05-19-2006, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by North East Goon
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction was an outstanding performance and he never won. I dont think he has ever won, so he would be my choice.
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If they did give him one for pulp fiction they probably would have taken it away for XXX or XXX 2
or his next movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/
Sometimes I think Samuel L. Jackson doesn't know how to say no when offered a part in a movie
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05-19-2006, 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Eastern Girl
What about Alan Rickman? Has he ever won an academy award? I think he is a highly underappreciated actor, same with Christian Bale.
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American Psycho was an awesome movie, the book was about ten times as twisted if you can even imagine that. And his performance in batman was pretty good too.
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05-19-2006, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Regulator75
I agree with the Edward Norton selection however If he should of won any award it was for his work in American History X, brilliant film and character.
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I was just about to post the same thing. An extremely memorable performance in a very important and moving film.
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05-19-2006, 01:45 PM
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I second the nomination of Johnny Depp. I think he is such a versatile actor. He can play so many different roles and you don't see Johnny Depp, you see the character. There are so many movies where you see the actor and you can't picture him as the character, you just see the movie star.
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05-19-2006, 01:46 PM
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Daniel Day Lewis should have won for his performance as Bill "The Butcher" Cutting in Gangs of New York. IMO, Adrien Brody wasn't even the best actor in The Pianist let alone 2002.
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05-19-2006, 01:53 PM
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Forest Whitaker has one in his future I think. If not as an actor then as a director.
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05-19-2006, 01:57 PM
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Edward Norton's never won an Academy Award, but he's been nominated twice. However, Jim Carrey (he of great performances in The Truman Show, Man on the Moon and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) has won a bunch of Golden Globes...but has not even gotten a single Oscar nomination.
A travesty.
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05-19-2006, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Forest Whitaker has one in his future I think. If not as an actor then as a director.
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I know hes directed some good ones but i cant think of one...what ones?
also he was awesome in good morning vietnam
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05-19-2006, 02:00 PM
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The Academy Awards are vastly overrated now..... they are used as political tools now, instead of real awards...
Golden-Globes are better i feel..
regardless.... I cant beleive that Keanu hasnt been nominated....
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05-19-2006, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
please don't take this the wrong way...but the recent winners of academy awards for actors have been african american, denzel washington for training day, halle berry, jamie foxx, morgan freeman...is this an attempt for the academy to clean up its image and make up for all those other years when they completely ignored their performances?
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Lets see...
Best actor:
2005 - Philip Seymor Hoffman
2004 - Jamie Foxx
2003 - Sean Penn
2002 - Adrian Brody
2001 - Denzel Washington
2000 - Russell Crowe
Best Actress
2005 - Reece Witherspoon
2004 - Hilary Swank
2003 - Charlize Theron
2002 - Nicole Kidman
2001 - Halle Berry
2000 - Julia Roberts
Best Supporting Actor
2005 - George Clooney
2004 - Morgan Freeman
2003 - Tim Robbins
2002 - Chris Cooper
2001 - Jim Broadbent
2000 - Benicio Del Toro
Best Supporting Actress
2005 - Rachel Weisz
2004 - Cate Blanchett
2003 - Renee Zellweger
2002 - Catherine Zeta-Jones
2001 - Jennifer Connelly
2000 - Marcia Gay Harden
So you are way off base on your idea.
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05-19-2006, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by North East Goon
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction was an outstanding performance and he never won. I dont think he has ever won, so he would be my choice.
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Samuel has been in more hollywood movies then any other actor.
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05-19-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RedMan12
Samuel has been in more hollywood movies then any other actor.
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You may want to check out John Wayne (175 credits)
Samuel has a ways to go to catch him.
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"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
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05-19-2006, 02:15 PM
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I believe in the Jays.
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Lets see...
Best actor:
2005 - Philip Seymor Hoffman
2004 - Jamie Foxx
2003 - Sean Penn
2002 - Adrian Brody
2001 - Denzel Washington
2000 - Russell Crowe
Best Actress
2005 - Reece Witherspoon
2004 - Hilary Swank
2003 - Charlize Theron
2002 - Nicole Kidman
2001 - Halle Berry
2000 - Julia Roberts
Best Supporting Actor
2005 - George Clooney
2004 - Morgan Freeman
2003 - Tim Robbins
2002 - Chris Cooper
2001 - Jim Broadbent
2000 - Benicio Del Toro
Best Supporting Actress
2005 - Rachel Weisz
2004 - Cate Blanchett
2003 - Renee Zellweger
2002 - Catherine Zeta-Jones
2001 - Jennifer Connelly
2000 - Marcia Gay Harden
So you are way off base on your idea.
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- Sidney Poitier, nominated for The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Sidney Poitier, nominated (and winning) for Lilies of the Field (1963)
- James Earl Jones, nominated for The Great White Hope (1970)
- Paul Winfield, nominated for Sounder (1972)
- Dexter Gordon, nominated for 'Round Midnight (1986)
- Morgan Freeman, nominated for Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Denzel Washington, nominated for Malcolm X (1992)
- Laurence Fishburne, nominated for What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
- Morgan Freeman, nominated for The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Denzel Washington, nominated for The Hurricane (1999)
- Will Smith, nominated for Ali (2001)
- Denzel Washington, nominated (and winning) for Training Day (2001)
- Don Cheadle, nominated for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Jamie Foxx, nominated (and winning) for Ray (2004)
only 14 nominations for male actors in the best acting category ever! and only 6 of them were before the 90's, and notice how many won before 2001, thats right, ONE! so i wouldnt say that im WAY off base as you put it
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05-19-2006, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You may want to check out John Wayne (175 credits)
Samuel has a ways to go to catch him. |
How about Christopher Lee from Lord of the Rings. He has the longest listing I've seen on IMDB, 258! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000489/ That man scares the crap out of me!
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05-19-2006, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
- Sidney Poitier, nominated for The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Sidney Poitier, nominated (and winning) for Lilies of the Field (1963)
- James Earl Jones, nominated for The Great White Hope (1970)
- Paul Winfield, nominated for Sounder (1972)
- Dexter Gordon, nominated for 'Round Midnight (1986)
- Morgan Freeman, nominated for Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Denzel Washington, nominated for Malcolm X (1992)
- Laurence Fishburne, nominated for What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)
- Morgan Freeman, nominated for The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Denzel Washington, nominated for The Hurricane (1999)
- Will Smith, nominated for Ali (2001)
- Denzel Washington, nominated (and winning) for Training Day (2001)
- Don Cheadle, nominated for Hotel Rwanda (2004)
- Jamie Foxx, nominated (and winning) for Ray (2004)
only 14 nominations for male actors in the best acting category ever! and only 6 of them were before the 90's, and notice how many won before 2001, thats right, ONE! so i wouldnt say that im WAY off base as you put it |
Sure I would. In the last 20 years I'd guess that there have been more roles in better movies for 'African-American' actors. It makes sense that that would translate into more nominations and award, and that 'making up for the past' would have little, if anything, to do with it.
I would say that 4 awards out of 4 major categories in the last 6 years isn't making up for anything.
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"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
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05-19-2006, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by MissTeeks
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Wow, I was just trying to think of famous actors and John Wayne was the longest list I saw (who was primarily a lead actor in movies).
That's quite a list.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-19-2006, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You may want to check out John Wayne (175 credits)
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sorry I guess I heard wrong.
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05-19-2006, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by RedMan12
sorry I guess wherever I heard that it was wrong.
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n/p, Samuel is still going strong. The Duke, on the other hand.......
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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05-19-2006, 05:55 PM
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Hellllo people, Harrison Ford!
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05-19-2006, 05:58 PM
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What about Kurt Russell? Has he ever won? He's done some less than stellar movies, but I think he is a fantastic actor that deserves some recognition... Not bad to look at either.
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