Glenn Close says Gwyneth Paltrow’s Oscar win made no sense
Nov 29, 2020 22:06:01 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 29, 2020 22:06:01 GMT
Gywneth was delightful and beautiful playing an aristocratic woman who plays a working class man who is playing a young woman. Her range in this movie was incredible. (She looks great naked, too, but that has nothing to do with why I like her as an actress. No, really). She is vulnerable and strong. Perhaps you are reviewing her wimpy acceptance speech which was pretty dreadful, I admit.
As for “Shakespeare In Love” itself, Tom Stoppard’s script is one of the wisest and wittiest of the decade, the cast is uniformly fine, and the art direction the best of the year. Overall, the Best Picture of 1998. The Academy got at least BP and Actress right this year.
In 1998, Gwyneth Paltrow received these awards and nominations for “Shakespeare In Love” leading up to the Oscars.
Won Best Actress: Golden Globe (comedy), Screen Actors Guild (these first two are huge), Empire (leading UK film magazine), Florida Film Critics, Kansas City Critics’ Circle, Las Vegas Film Critics.
Nominated: BAFTA, Blockbuster (won for “A Perfect Murder” a few years later), Chicago, and Online Critics.
Cate Blanchette
Won Best Actress: Empire Magazine (“Elizabeth” and “Shakespeare” were considered different years), Golden Globe (drama), BAFTA, Broadcast Film Critics, Online Film Critics, Satellite Critics, Toronto Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics.
Nominated: Screen Actors Guild.
So, you can see they were both pretty much critically match going into the Oscars. That's where Gwyneth's win came from.
Did Weinstein bribe ALL of those people, even the ones abroad?
“Saving Private Ryan” advocates and Spielberg fan-boys are all in a snit because their favorite movie didn’t win. While the battle scenes that bookend the movie are masterful they have to ignore a very major flaw - the whole middle section between the battles is talkie and War Movie Cliché City.
One last observation: if you preferred another movie or actor as the winner, that’s fine. BUT, that doesn’t make the actual winner a bad movie or bad actor or unworthy winner.
As for “Shakespeare In Love” itself, Tom Stoppard’s script is one of the wisest and wittiest of the decade, the cast is uniformly fine, and the art direction the best of the year. Overall, the Best Picture of 1998. The Academy got at least BP and Actress right this year.
In 1998, Gwyneth Paltrow received these awards and nominations for “Shakespeare In Love” leading up to the Oscars.
Won Best Actress: Golden Globe (comedy), Screen Actors Guild (these first two are huge), Empire (leading UK film magazine), Florida Film Critics, Kansas City Critics’ Circle, Las Vegas Film Critics.
Nominated: BAFTA, Blockbuster (won for “A Perfect Murder” a few years later), Chicago, and Online Critics.
Cate Blanchette
Won Best Actress: Empire Magazine (“Elizabeth” and “Shakespeare” were considered different years), Golden Globe (drama), BAFTA, Broadcast Film Critics, Online Film Critics, Satellite Critics, Toronto Film Critics, Southeastern Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics.
Nominated: Screen Actors Guild.
So, you can see they were both pretty much critically match going into the Oscars. That's where Gwyneth's win came from.
Did Weinstein bribe ALL of those people, even the ones abroad?
“Saving Private Ryan” advocates and Spielberg fan-boys are all in a snit because their favorite movie didn’t win. While the battle scenes that bookend the movie are masterful they have to ignore a very major flaw - the whole middle section between the battles is talkie and War Movie Cliché City.
One last observation: if you preferred another movie or actor as the winner, that’s fine. BUT, that doesn’t make the actual winner a bad movie or bad actor or unworthy winner.