And the Nominees Were Not:Jeremy Irons in Dead RingersJohn Malkovich in Dangerous LiaisonsWilliam Hurt in The Accidental TouristBob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?Forest Whitaker in Bird ...
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Ed Harris in A History of Violence
Ed Harris did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Carl Fogarty in A History of Violence.Ed Harris portrays the Philadelphia gangster who comes looking for diner owner Tom Stall who recently killed two men trying to rob his diner..
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Results
5. Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang- Kilmer is just excellent in giving a deliciously amusing and cyncial performance that compliments Robert Downey Jr's leading work marvelously. 4. Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale- Daniels is terrific at being one of the most self indulgent character's ever, he never strives from the indulgence instead reveling in it creating a very...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Mickey Rourke in Sin City
Mickey Rourke did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Marv in Sin City.Sin City is a film that has effective elements but frankly its style wears thin and the numerous problems of the film start to wear down heavily on re-watch. One of the major flaws of the film is the acting. Many of the performances are just awful as they struggle to read the lines, and...
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Val Kilmer in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Val Kilmer did not receive an Oscar nomination, despite winning a Satellite award (yes that award is considered a bit of a joke but hey they awarded Javier Bardem for Skyfall so they can reward a good performance), for portraying "Gay" Perry van Shrike in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Val Kilmer here portrays a private detective who work for a film studio. In the beginning of...
Monday, December 17, 2012
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale
Jeff Daniels did not receive an Oscar nomination, despite being nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying Bernard Berkman.The Squid and the Whale is an intriguing and entertaining film about the conflict that develops when a literary family is broken apart by divorce.Daniels here boarders I would say on a lead and a supporting performance. I would say he can be taken as...
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Barry Pepper in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Barry Pepper did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Mike Norton in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.Barry Pepper plays someone here who is best described as a bit of an idiot. Mike Norton is a boarder guard who basically spends his time looking at Porno magazines when he is not beating up Mexicans trying to cross into the United States. He spends time at...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Ed Harris in A History of Violence
Ed Harris did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Carl Fogarty in A History of Violence.Ed Harris portrays the Philadelphia gangster who comes looking for diner owner Tom Stall who recently killed two men trying to rob his diner. Fogarty though believes Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) to actually be Joey Cusack who was involved with the criminal underworld in Philadelphia....
