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Post by bob-coppola on Dec 31, 2020 3:07:40 GMT
Anyways @tyler (lol ignore that guy), I understand where you're coming from, but I haven't - from my personal observations - seen Sophie's Choice being widely regarded as one of the greatest films in history. I like that film a lot tho, can't say the same about The Iron Lady on the other hand. Streep's performance was one the most honored at the time. In addition to the Oscar, GG, she swept the Big 3 critics awards - NYFCC, LAFC, NSFC. She also won NBR, BFCA. The were a lot less film awards in 1982. It's undisputed that Streep's fantastic in Sophie's Choice. My comment is more towards the movie itself - the usual response I see from audiences nowadays is that it's just a good movie with a fantastic performance by Streep. It's not like other things she's done (like Kramer vs Kramer, The Devil Wears Prada, The Bridges of Madison County and Adaptation), that get very positive responses beyond her acting.
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Post by bob-coppola on Dec 31, 2020 3:09:39 GMT
bob-coppola - Oh no, I think you're right - it's not widely regarded as a masterpiece, but I was simply saying that it also is not widely regarded as "subpar." Yeah, "subpar" is probably way too harsh to describe Sophie's Choice. It's good. But I was lumping it with that terrible Iron Lady, so at the end it all evens out? HAHAHA
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Post by filmnoir on Dec 31, 2020 18:35:20 GMT
Streep's performance was one the most honored at the time. In addition to the Oscar, GG, she swept the Big 3 critics awards - NYFCC, LAFC, NSFC. She also won NBR, BFCA. The were a lot less film awards in 1982. It's undisputed that Streep's fantastic in Sophie's Choice. My comment is more towards the movie itself - the usual response I see from audiences nowadays is that it's just a good movie with a fantastic performance by Streep. It's not like other things she's done (like Kramer vs Kramer, The Devil Wears Prada, The Bridges of Madison County and Adaptation), that get very positive responses beyond her acting. But Meryl Streep was not the director, writer, producer on Sophie's Choice. She was only responsible for her performance. Yet her win was still considered undeniable, even though the film was not a Best Picture nominee.
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