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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4685079" data-attributes="member: 2572"><p>In order to say whether he deserved it or not you have to look at the other nominees for comparison and then factor politics in as well.</p><p></p><p>James Brolin - Milk</p><p>Robert Downey jr. - Tropic Thunder</p><p>Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt</p><p>Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight</p><p>Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road</p><p></p><p>The Accademy seems to prefer roles that do more than just have people play them well, they like roles that either stretch acting far or go agaist the grain. Whether it is right or not they will also look at who has recenntly won, or if they have been unrewarded too long for thier entirety of work. With those in mind this is what I saw.</p><p></p><p>James Brolin & Micheal Shannon - Fine jobs but they don't strech ones acting abilities. They were never really in contention.</p><p></p><p>Robert Downey Jr. - The role was one that the Academy might want to give an award for as it is very different, but it was attached to a type of movie that has little respect from the Academy. This was a longshot at best.</p><p></p><p>Philip Seymour Hoffman - A period piece which give it extra credit and subject matter that is controverial helps. Hoffman did a wonderful job in making things ambigious and did a wonderful acting job. On the down side he already has a Oscar for Best Actor in 2005. Hoffman was probably the only other possible contender.</p><p></p><p>Heath Ledger - Hollywood loves people playing socialpaths or people with other mental problems so that helps greatly. The type of picture probably hurt somewhat but not greatly given the other factors. If it wasn't for Ledgers death it would have been a close one between Ledger and Hoffman. But Ledger did die, and the Academy saw this as its last chance to honor Ledger. Ledger had been nominated once before for Brokeback Mountain, which is just the sort of movie the Academy loves, but came up short. Since there would be no chance to honor him in the future this was probably the tiebreaker that put him over the top.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Jenkin, post: 4685079, member: 2572"] In order to say whether he deserved it or not you have to look at the other nominees for comparison and then factor politics in as well. James Brolin - Milk Robert Downey jr. - Tropic Thunder Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road The Accademy seems to prefer roles that do more than just have people play them well, they like roles that either stretch acting far or go agaist the grain. Whether it is right or not they will also look at who has recenntly won, or if they have been unrewarded too long for thier entirety of work. With those in mind this is what I saw. James Brolin & Micheal Shannon - Fine jobs but they don't strech ones acting abilities. They were never really in contention. Robert Downey Jr. - The role was one that the Academy might want to give an award for as it is very different, but it was attached to a type of movie that has little respect from the Academy. This was a longshot at best. Philip Seymour Hoffman - A period piece which give it extra credit and subject matter that is controverial helps. Hoffman did a wonderful job in making things ambigious and did a wonderful acting job. On the down side he already has a Oscar for Best Actor in 2005. Hoffman was probably the only other possible contender. Heath Ledger - Hollywood loves people playing socialpaths or people with other mental problems so that helps greatly. The type of picture probably hurt somewhat but not greatly given the other factors. If it wasn't for Ledgers death it would have been a close one between Ledger and Hoffman. But Ledger did die, and the Academy saw this as its last chance to honor Ledger. Ledger had been nominated once before for Brokeback Mountain, which is just the sort of movie the Academy loves, but came up short. Since there would be no chance to honor him in the future this was probably the tiebreaker that put him over the top. [/QUOTE]
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