Oscar Watch: Best Actor
At this point in the Oscar race, there’s really no chance that Brokeback Mountain isn’t going to dominate that nominations. I had the pleasure of seeing the movie at an advanced screening on Thursday night, and it was phenomenal. It’s honestly one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. This year’s Oscar race is really starting to heat up with the Fall/Winter movies and a few movies and performances are way in the lead.
Best Actor
Heath Ledger’s performance in Brokeback Mountain was honestly heart-wrenching. His last line, at the end of the film, “Jack, I swear” really will 
go down in history as an Oscar-winning line because after seeing this movie, I honestly don’t see how it could go to anyone else. This is such a breakthrough role for Ledger, and with having so many previous flops (critically and commercially), I’m sure he’s thrilled with how hailed this performance has been.
go down in history as an Oscar-winning line because after seeing this movie, I honestly don’t see how it could go to anyone else. This is such a breakthrough role for Ledger, and with having so many previous flops (critically and commercially), I’m sure he’s thrilled with how hailed this performance has been.Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s performance in Capote has been getting Oscar buzz from the minute it came out. Hoffman was the early front runner after the critics screeened the movie I saw it a month or so ago, and the movie was great, but his performance was even bette
r. It was so odd because the movie seemed to be pretty long, and it was moving kind of slow, but I didn’t even notice. You cannot take your eyes off Hoffman in this movie. Ever. His is the most surefire nomination, but unlikely win up against Ledger and Phoenix.
r. It was so odd because the movie seemed to be pretty long, and it was moving kind of slow, but I didn’t even notice. You cannot take your eyes off Hoffman in this movie. Ever. His is the most surefire nomination, but unlikely win up against Ledger and Phoenix.Walk The Line is probably one the best biopics I’ve ever seen and it can be almost solely attributed to the stellar acting by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. There were so many points during the film when I couldn’t even t
ell that Phoenix wasn’t Johnny Cash–which partly can be attributed to the fact that they do slightly look alike–but mostly to Phoenix’s amazing, emotional, and riveting performance.
ell that Phoenix wasn’t Johnny Cash–which partly can be attributed to the fact that they do slightly look alike–but mostly to Phoenix’s amazing, emotional, and riveting performance.
This is Phoenix’s best work yet and the Oscar nomination if not win will surely put him on track for Hollywood’s newest addition to the A-List.
Other performances getting Oscar buzz in the Best Actor category are that of Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon in Crash, Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale, Cilian Murphy in Breakfast on Pluto, Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man, Terrence Howard in Hustle and Flow, and Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener, among a few others.
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