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If the Academy snubbs her...

posted 13 years ago by Louisville88
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Let me make sure I have all the facts...Glenn Close's pet project Albert Nobbs (which apparently hasn't made anything and received luke warm reviews) Has Close getting nominated left and right (for what they say isn't that great of a perfromance) and Janet McTeer (who is good, but it isn't anything too grand) is receiving the same...but the film has a lukewarm audience.

Then there's Coriolanus...Ralph Fiennes pet project which is receiving RAVE reviews and averages 92% on rottentomatoes.com in which everyone is praised but none more than Vanessa Redgrave and it's not going to get anything???

Vanessa Redgrave has been robbed of nominations for Camelot, The Devils, Wetherby, Prick Up Your Ears, Venus, Atonement and so help me if Coriolanus gets added...

The fact that she hasn't been nominated since 92 is a pure shame...yet the likes of Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Reece Witherspoon, SANDRA BULLOCK, Jennifer Hudson (to name actresses) have not only been nominated...but WON! For lackluster perfroamnces.

I end with a review from Rollingstone: "Redgrave outdoes even her legendary self...her towering performance is a tour de force that carries the film to glory."

[–] oybth 11 years ago

The oscars are a popularity contest. Some actors compare it to a beauty contest.
Marlon Brando, George C. Scott, Woody Allen and Joaquin Phoenix are four who voiced their disapproval.

James Bacon was a very popular hollywood columnist, who chronicled the awards. He wrote that an academy member once gave him his ballot to fill in and mail. He said voters sometimes gave their ballots to the hired help on some occasions.

It's odd that Vanessa Redgrave hasn't got a Best Actress oscar, but some have who can't measure up to her talent. She has also done great work on tv specials, and on the stage. She is an all-time great actress.