It's funny how in Hollywood specifically, your personality can influence whether or not you receive an Academy Award. The Academy is made up mostly of former winners - everyone that has won an Oscar - from screenwriters to cinematographers to directors to sound engineers to musicians to actors themselves. This can be a double edge sword, apparently.
For instance. Its really cool that the Academy, especially its winning actors, are judging the performances themselves, and that they understand that it can be just as hard, if not harder, to give a subtle, quiet performance, as it is to give an emotionally big and dramatic one. As a fan of most of the DV, performance based, DIY character dramas (including our very own Uptown, Carter, and Cookies & Cream which all feature the leads in almost excrusiatingly real and subdued performances), I like that other actors get this and have nominated performances like these this year, as well as in the past with performances like Will Smith in Pursuit of Happyness. So this is refreshing and encouraging.
But unfortunately, although being nominated alone is a career maker and a huge achievement, someitmes you can lose out in the end to a flamboyant performance like Daniel Day Lewis' brilliant performance in There Will Be Blood.
In addition to this, we personally can't wait until the day where your personality has little to nothing to do with whether that year you gave the "best" performance or not. Also, it will be a great day when a small, somewhat "unhappy" story gets the same praise and respect as a feel good film like Slumdog Millionare. A great performance is a great performance, regardless of whether its a "depressing" film or whether or not an actor is deficient in the public relations department.
That being said, here are some interesting thoughts on this year's nomination hopefuls for best actor and actress in the 2009 Academy Awards.
Best Actor front runners:
Best Actress front runners:
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