Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 21:33     Subject: Re:Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
It's no secret that black actors have a MUCH harder time getting recognition in Hollywood. If it weren't for Tyler Perry, we'd have almost no presence at all!

Yes, Denzel and Halle won, but I think that was all politics. Was NOT happy about the movies that they won for (as someone pointed out a crooked cop and an actress/singer with a drug problem).

Not sure why but Hollywood doesn't like handing out LEADING awards to black people. Supporting role? Sure. Always the bridesmaid............
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 20:27     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
The last time I liked Meryl Streep was in Out of Africa. But I'm tired of her now, so maybe that's colored my perception of her performances since then. I thought she was great as Maggie Thatcher, but it was a typical MS performance. She eclipses every movie she's in. It's a "Meryl Streep" movie. I guess I'm not a real fan of hers anymore. Viola Davis blew me out of the water in The Help. Ya, she played a maid, but she played a woman whose race trapped her as a maid when she clearly had far more talents. Honestly, those who criticize The Help just don't get it.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 20:19     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Look, Viola's was the better performance. Period. End of story. She ought to have won. She was robbed. Why?
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 18:04     Subject: Re:Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:eh I remember when the book came out reading quite a bit of commentary from black people who found the book incredibly patronizing towards blacks and condescending towards the civil rights timeframe addressed in the book. So maybe it's more complicated. Maybe the oscar voters who are presumably very liberal didnt pay it as much attention or even bother to see it.


I agree with the people who found issue with the book/movie, but I don't think the Academy didn't give her the award because they were cognizant of those issues.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 18:04     Subject: Re:Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Here's another vote for Viola Davis. I definitely think she should have won, and as much as I admire Meryl Streep's acting abilities, don't understand why they didin't give the Oscar to Viola! I loved the book--especially her character--and was hesitant to see the movie because I didn't want it to ruin my personal idea and image of the characters, plot, etc. Ridiculous that I ever worried . . . she brought so much to the role--perfection!
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 16:50     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am going off topic - but I think George Clooney should have won Best Actor - not the french guy. Loved The Artist and think it deserved Best Picture - but - George deserved best actor. Subtle, human, tender performance......it's his time.....


Sorry, but I disagree. Pitt should have won. Clooney already has an Oscar and his skills are not on par with the other two-timeAcademy Award winners: Penn, Day-Lewis, Washington, Spacey, Nicholson, etc. No way does he belong in that group yet. It really was Pitt's time. His performance in Moneyball was great.


I did not know show Penn had won two academies.


Yup, for Mystic River and Milk. He deserved probably another 1-2 more for the work he had done over the years before Mystic River. He may be an asshole, but he can act.
I agree. His portrayal of Jeff Spicoli was masterful (and still the role I most associate with him). "If I'm here, and you're here, doesn't that make it 'our' time?"
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 16:47     Subject: Re:Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Viola Davis should have won, she's brilliant and I say this as someone who adores Meryl Streep. Viola was also nominated a few years ago in the movie Doubt, along with Meryl co-incidentally. Yes she was robbed. Maybe they should just have given it to Glenn Close.


They shold have just given it to Rooney Mara. Now, that would have been quite a surpise.



If they gave it to Rooney, folks would say her parents bought her the win.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 16:40     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am going off topic - but I think George Clooney should have won Best Actor - not the french guy. Loved The Artist and think it deserved Best Picture - but - George deserved best actor. Subtle, human, tender performance......it's his time.....


Sorry, but I disagree. Pitt should have won. Clooney already has an Oscar and his skills are not on par with the other two-timeAcademy Award winners: Penn, Day-Lewis, Washington, Spacey, Nicholson, etc. No way does he belong in that group yet. It really was Pitt's time. His performance in Moneyball was great.


I did not know show Penn had won two academies.


Yup, for Mystic River and Milk. He deserved probably another 1-2 more for the work he had done over the years before Mystic River. He may be an asshole, but he can act.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 16:02     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
I'm a white male Republican who saw both pictures and I thought Viola Davis was robbed. Her performance was brilliant in the Help, which should have won Best Picture as well. I'm a big fan of Margaret Thatcher, and thought the film The Iron Lady was disgusting. Streep portrayed a loony Alzheimer patient suffering from the loss of her husband and memory. Its kind of hard to judge if she did a good job of portraying PM Thatcher, as we haven't seen Thatcher for more than a decade due to her illness. Go watch the Iron Lady and put Mohammed Ali in her place, shaking and stumbling from Parkinsons disease, with crazy ramblings and mumbling of the past and see how much you like those apples. Viola was robbed, and shame on the academy. Streep knows it, you heard her first words when she got on stage. She heard that collective moan across the country. Her reply, ala Chris Brown at the Emmys, was TS.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 16:01     Subject: Re:Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
And the Oscars should have gone to . . . Viola and George. Both gave thoughtful and compassionate performances that made me think about the characters and the stories long after I left the movie theatre. Meryl and Jean -- entertaining and polished, but forgettable. But was is racist? Nah -- Oscar just loves a parlor trick kind of performance.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 15:54     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
to do
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 15:53     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Third sentence and you blame race. Jesus.


What's that about? Yes, I do think it was racist. e.


So what? Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, both won academy awards so the majority of the 94% whites voted for them, didn't they? The awards are over and you need to get over it, as well.


I did not see the help and thus have no input in regards to whether Davis should have won. However your examples do not help. Halle won for playing a sex crazed depressed woman (slut) who slept with the man that executed her husband. Denzel won for playing a crooked cop. Both played to stereotypes
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 15:48     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am going off topic - but I think George Clooney should have won Best Actor - not the french guy. Loved The Artist and think it deserved Best Picture - but - George deserved best actor. Subtle, human, tender performance......it's his time.....


Sorry, but I disagree. Pitt should have won. Clooney already has an Oscar and his skills are not on par with the other two-timeAcademy Award winners: Penn, Day-Lewis, Washington, Spacey, Nicholson, etc. No way does he belong in that group yet. It really was Pitt's time. His performance in Moneyball was great.


I did not know show Penn had won two academies.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 15:46     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Politics plays such a big part. "The Departed" was a very good movie but it partially won director and picture because Martin Scorcese was so absurdly overdue for Oscars.
Anonymous
Post 02/27/2012 15:45     Subject: Does anyone think Viola Davis was robbed of her Oscar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am going off topic - but I think George Clooney should have won Best Actor - not the french guy. Loved The Artist and think it deserved Best Picture - but - George deserved best actor. Subtle, human, tender performance......it's his time.....


Sorry, but I disagree. Pitt should have won. Clooney already has an Oscar and his skills are not on par with the other two-timeAcademy Award winners: Penn, Day-Lewis, Washington, Spacey, Nicholson, etc. No way does he belong in that group yet. It really was Pitt's time. His performance in Moneyball was great.


+1


+100. Clooney's acting abilities are overated.