(snob alert, sorry)
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Originally Posted by brianlove84
I believe Ellen Page should win Best Actress for Juno.
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I take it you can say that based on having seen The Savages, La Vie En Rose and Away From Her, right? There's a big difference between saying "I'd like her to win" and "She should win."
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Originally Posted by brianlove84
She really did a great job.
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Agreed, but for her to win over Cotillard, Christie and Linney (I haven't seen Elizabeth myself) would be an absolute joke, just as the absurd thought of Juno winning over There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Michael Clayton or Atonement is. Page didn't even give the best comedic performance this year, IMO. I'd give that kudo to Amy Adams.
After Brokeback lost to Crash I will never again be shocked at anything the AMPAS voters will do, but come on, really. They can't be THAT insane.
I liked Juno, saw it 3 times, but this is more a People's Choice Awards
winner than an Academy Award
winner. I'm glad it got nominated even if I would have preferred to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in its place. It's the "little movie that could" just like The Full Monty, Babe, and Little Miss Sunshine, and good for it (and them) but it does NOT belong in the pantheon of Best Picture WINNERS.
As it is, if There Will Be Blood loses, people in the future will say "I cannot BELIEVE that There Will Be Blood lost Best Picture!" but at least, the way it looks now, others will be able to say "Yeah, but at least it lost to No Country For Old Men," prompting the first person to say "Oh yeah, ok, there is that." It's like Chinatown losing Best Picture, but hey, it lost to The Godfather Part II. What can you say to that? There Will Be Blood (and No Country) losing to Juno would be akin to Chinatown and The Godfather Part II BOTH losing to The Towering Inferno, also nominated that year.
It can't happen. It just cannot happen. PLEASE don't let the Oscar voters be that mundane. No Juno, no Ellen. A part of me will die if that happens.
Ellen's a wonderful actress and will only get better. Her day will come.