Ramblings on politics, film, music, literature, current events, pop culture, lists, dirty words, trapezoids, birds, cartoons and any other damned thing that strikes my synapses. A 39ish-year-old freelance journalist and writer living with his wife and baby daughter in the hardscrabble environs of Oklahoma, Chase McInerney now spends much of his time frozen in stark, cold sweat-inducing, gut-percolating fear. For it will be soon ... yes, very, very soon.
No real surprises in today's Academy Award nominations, with one exception. How did William Hurt earn a Best Supporting Actor nod for A History of Violence? His scenery-chewing performance as the tough-talking mob boss was more fit for an old "Batman" TV episode. Frank Gorshin would have been more nuanced.
posted by Chase McInerney @ 9:40 AM
10 comments
Who Links Here
Blogroll Me!
Okie Blogger Round-up 2006
10 Comments:
I thought Hurt was absolutely fantastic in this movie. I don't understand the disparaging remarks and think this blog should be boycotted. I would suggest you watch a little movie they call "The Big Chill" if you need some perspective.
I just spent the entire time he was on screen trying to figure out if that was a real goatee or a fake one, and if it was fake, why didn't they try to put it on straight.
He had such a bit part to get that nod. I would have given it to Ed Harris, maybe, or even Ed O'Neill.
I do think Hurt's tone seemed more appropriate for a different movie. That said, Ed Harris would've been a good choice for best supporting actor. I was surprised Maria Bello wasn't nominated for best suypporting actress. Her scene on the stairwell alone deserved some sort of nod.
That's what you call it -- a "nod"?
The Brittish call it a 'wank.'
Has david Cronenberg ever been noted for his 'realism?'
I too have to defend Hurt's performance -- I thought it was great and the best thing he's done in years. I was pleasantly surprised he made the list because he seemed to have lost the buzz and the role is a small one.
I have all sorts of Oscar minutiae on my film site if anyone wants to read them and see if their heads explode.
http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com
Yikes... I had no idea about the depth of Hurt fans out there on the Internet. Let me refine my view on his performance this way: I don't think it fit the tone of the movie, which seemed -- despite the origins of the story -- far from comic-bookish. Hurt's performance, it seemed to me, was just not in keeping with the rest of the picture.
Don't you puss out Chase, Hurt sucks and everybody knows it.
You, along with rudepundit and charmingbutsingle, should check this out:
www.xanga.com/tastefulwhiner
Look familiar? Especially the Jan.20 "Excuses Excuses" entry.
Post a Comment
<< Home