Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right - The Kids Are All Right became THE indie Summer movie and between the lots of raves that the movie earned, Annette Bening was one of the targets of the critics' praise. Seeing Annette Bening laying a member of a lesbian couple and a mum in a comedy may be something that we aren't used to see and this is the point of a possible Oscar nod and maybe win: she's doing something light, different from, for example, her character in American Beauty. And we can't forgive the Academy for never gave her the golden statue (poor Annette she lost to Hillary Swank twice!), but this year, a nod is sure and a win is possible, definetly! If she won't get a Best Actress nomination for The Kids Are All Right, something's wrong with the Academy: she's overdue for a win, at least!
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone - so young (19), so pretty, so talented! Jennifer Lawrence is the golden girl of the year for her highly praised breakthough performance in the indie drama Winter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik. In fact, in RT critics' consensus, you can read that "it (Winter's Bone) boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence" and the Academy loves young actresses who have their big break on screen. She worked with Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron in The Burning Plane and received a Venice Film Festival Award in order to honour how promising she is. Well, after so many raves and the awesome reception of the movie itself, Jennifer Lawrence may be able to be one of the five actresses to win this year's Oscar race for Best Leading Actress.
Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right - the other leading actress of The Kids Are All Right may be the greatest competition to Annette Bening's win. In fact, Moore get as much praise as Bening and is as much overdue for an Oscar win as Bening. The difference between the "lesbian lovers" is that Julianne Moore is far more popular and appeared in some serious movies that gave her a lot of praise, while Bening body of work is a little bit shorter in spite of the big quality of her performances. Moore is a four-time Academy Award nominee (Boogie Nights (1997); The End of the Affair (1999); The Hours (2002); Far From Heaven (2002);) and was one big snub in last year's race for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in A Single Man. Now, she does a light comedy and is maybe the most central character of the movie, but does more time mean better time? Well, an Oscar nod is almost sure for Julianne Moore, but winning this one will be a great battle!
Natalie Portman for Black Swan - the reviews from Venice said that Natalie Portman shinned a lot in Black Swan. The critics talked about the complexity of the character and said that Portman was completly fantastic in her role. In fact, Portman began her cinema career when she was a child in Léon - The Professional, grew up and toke the role of Padmé in Star Wars prequels trilogy and get nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in Mike Nichols' Closer. Now, she's the brighest star in Venice thanks to her Nina and to Darren Aronofsy. Her Oscar buzz is huge at the moment and I would be surprise if she won't get an Oscar nomination for Best Leading Actress.
Noomi Rapace for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - called the new Marion Cotillard thanks to her performances as Lisbeth Salander in the Millenium Trilogy's adaptation to the big screen, Noomi Rapace emerged as a strong contender for the Oscar race thanks to the annoucement of an English spoken remake of the Swedish adaptations of the Millenium (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest) movies in which she starred as the main character. In fact, in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's few minutes I saw, I didn't see an actress, I saw Lisbeth Salander, the character from the books. Noomi Rapace didn't play Lisbeth Salander, she melted into the character so deeply that she became Lisbeth Salander, her traumas, her hopes, her feelings and the critics have the same opinion as me, giving her raves. The Academy should recognize Rapace, because becoming such an intense and complex character like Salander instead of playing her is something almost from other world. All the media attention that the upcoming David Fincher's remakes have may help her, but then we have Sony, who wouldn't like to see bar raising to Rooney Mara. Noomi Rapace has a big chance to get nominated for the first Swedish instalement of the trilogy, let's just hope that the Academy will do it... she deserves it more than many Hollywood stars!
in consideration: Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole); Hillary Swank (Conviction); Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine);
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone - so young (19), so pretty, so talented! Jennifer Lawrence is the golden girl of the year for her highly praised breakthough performance in the indie drama Winter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik. In fact, in RT critics' consensus, you can read that "it (Winter's Bone) boasts an incredible, starmaking performance from Jennifer Lawrence" and the Academy loves young actresses who have their big break on screen. She worked with Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron in The Burning Plane and received a Venice Film Festival Award in order to honour how promising she is. Well, after so many raves and the awesome reception of the movie itself, Jennifer Lawrence may be able to be one of the five actresses to win this year's Oscar race for Best Leading Actress.
Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right - the other leading actress of The Kids Are All Right may be the greatest competition to Annette Bening's win. In fact, Moore get as much praise as Bening and is as much overdue for an Oscar win as Bening. The difference between the "lesbian lovers" is that Julianne Moore is far more popular and appeared in some serious movies that gave her a lot of praise, while Bening body of work is a little bit shorter in spite of the big quality of her performances. Moore is a four-time Academy Award nominee (Boogie Nights (1997); The End of the Affair (1999); The Hours (2002); Far From Heaven (2002);) and was one big snub in last year's race for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in A Single Man. Now, she does a light comedy and is maybe the most central character of the movie, but does more time mean better time? Well, an Oscar nod is almost sure for Julianne Moore, but winning this one will be a great battle!
Natalie Portman for Black Swan - the reviews from Venice said that Natalie Portman shinned a lot in Black Swan. The critics talked about the complexity of the character and said that Portman was completly fantastic in her role. In fact, Portman began her cinema career when she was a child in Léon - The Professional, grew up and toke the role of Padmé in Star Wars prequels trilogy and get nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in Mike Nichols' Closer. Now, she's the brighest star in Venice thanks to her Nina and to Darren Aronofsy. Her Oscar buzz is huge at the moment and I would be surprise if she won't get an Oscar nomination for Best Leading Actress.
Noomi Rapace for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - called the new Marion Cotillard thanks to her performances as Lisbeth Salander in the Millenium Trilogy's adaptation to the big screen, Noomi Rapace emerged as a strong contender for the Oscar race thanks to the annoucement of an English spoken remake of the Swedish adaptations of the Millenium (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked Hornet's Nest) movies in which she starred as the main character. In fact, in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's few minutes I saw, I didn't see an actress, I saw Lisbeth Salander, the character from the books. Noomi Rapace didn't play Lisbeth Salander, she melted into the character so deeply that she became Lisbeth Salander, her traumas, her hopes, her feelings and the critics have the same opinion as me, giving her raves. The Academy should recognize Rapace, because becoming such an intense and complex character like Salander instead of playing her is something almost from other world. All the media attention that the upcoming David Fincher's remakes have may help her, but then we have Sony, who wouldn't like to see bar raising to Rooney Mara. Noomi Rapace has a big chance to get nominated for the first Swedish instalement of the trilogy, let's just hope that the Academy will do it... she deserves it more than many Hollywood stars!
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