https://variety.com/2020/film/opinion/jennifer-lopez-oscars-snub-hustlers-1203465758/
Interesting read. I haven't seen Hustlers myself, but I was surprised not to see J-Lo's name in the nominees list after all the hype and countless best supporting actress noms and wins for the other awards ceremonies.
It's like Toni Collette in Hereditary all over again.
Here's a reason: she's a terrible actress who has been nominated for a Razzie 7 times.
shareI don't think she's so terrible. I particularly enjoyed her performances in Out of Sight and The Cell.
That said, I can't say whether she deserves a nom this year, I just thought it was an interesting article to share.
Interesting also that the National Film & TV Awards, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle, Seattle Film Critics Society, Indiana Film Journalists Association, Nevada Film Critics Society, Satellite Awards, Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala, Online Film Critics Society, Austin Film Critics Association, Hollywood Critics Association and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association ALL seem to disagree with your appraisal as they ALL awarded her best supporting actress this year.
Oscar voters obviously dance to the beat of their own drum.
That's fair, but
* "don't think she's so terrible" isn't the same as good
* you didn't name her performance in Hustlers anywhere in the post.
Now that you named your favorite Jlo performances, which of those are Oscar worthy?
I will concede that Oscars are political and not a good judge of talent, but any actor prefers one over all those other awards you listed combined because it quadruples salary. That is the value of the Oscar.
I'm glad she didn't get nominated. I don't think she deserved the nomination.
shareI think the article greater demonstrates the frustration within certain sectors of the media with their inability to reduce the Academy Awards to the level of the People Choice, as they have successfully done with every other televised award.
As Ramin Setooden states in his article, this was his opinion which he backs with opinions of others on social media, which isn't a proven method of determining what's good of bad for anything.
The Academy voters are not impressed with one good performance and a tireless Oscar campaign after twenty years of box office groping garbage.
This was prevalent five years ago with Jennifer Aniston's performance in the film Cake. Good movie, (somewhat), very good performance and despite racking up nominations throughout the award season, Aniston's name wasn't called on the day Academy nominations were announced. That said, her lockout hardly proved to be bad for the Academy.
I didn't read the article -- but I found nothing Oscar-nom-worthy in her performance.
shareIt's not like Hustlers was good movie in any way.
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