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Post by dadsburgers on Apr 28, 2021 20:54:37 GMT
The discussion on the Frances McDormand poll got me thinking deeper: Which of her Oscars would you give her? If you're not a fan, who do you prefer? It's an interesting question for me because I absolutely love all three performances, but also think all three are extremely competitive years. Currently, I do give McDormand all three wins, but I'm tempted to cheat and spread the love to Blethyn or Davis.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 28, 2021 21:02:47 GMT
The discussion on the Frances McDormand poll got me thinking deeper: Which of her Oscars would you give her? If you're not a fan, who do you prefer? It's an interesting question for me because I absolutely love all three performances, but also think all three are extremely competitive years. Currently, I do give McDormand all three wins, but I'm tempted to cheat and spread the love to Blethyn or Davis. She's my win '96 & '17 (I love everything about both those 2 films) in 2020 she's 2nd among the nominees to me (Mulligan) .........but at best she'd be 4th in the year among those eligible ........ behind #1 Morfydd Clark in Saint Maud and #2 Azura Skye in The Swerve.........then Mulligan......so I voted "Other" there....... |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Apr 28, 2021 21:10:57 GMT
1996 : WINNER Brenda Blethyn ; 1st RU Emily Watson
2017 : WINNER ***Emma Booth for Hounds Of Love ; 1st RU Frances Mcdormand
2020 : WINNER Carey Mulligan ; 1st RU Vanessa Kirby
*** not nominated that year by the Academy
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 28, 2021 21:25:46 GMT
Fran for the first two, Carey for the last. I've loved all of McDormand's nominated perfs except Nomadland, even North Country which people tend to forget.
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Post by DanQuixote on Apr 28, 2021 21:28:31 GMT
She’s currently my 1996 winner for Fargo. I nominate her for Three Billboards, but I think Ronan is better from the nominees and Vicky Krieps is my winner.
NS Nomadland.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Apr 28, 2021 21:32:04 GMT
She's my 1988 BSA winner for Mississippi Burning , though.
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Post by meowy on Apr 28, 2021 21:46:47 GMT
Blethyn
Ronan
Mulligan
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Post by speeders on Apr 28, 2021 21:50:23 GMT
May I ask why you write "2020 other" instead of having fellow Oscar nominees Vanessa Kirby since all the other nominees are mentioned? The same goes for the other years too, but at least there you left off two nominees each year.
For 1996, I've only seen Frances but consider her brilliant and worthy but I don't doubt she had some stiff competition. I look forward to watching the other 4 nominees to see how they compare to her.
2017: It's easily Frances for me, both out of her fellow nominees and in general.
2020: Very tight race, I find Carey, Vanessa and Frances all worthy winners on their own (and in that order) but it's easily Carey for me (with Vanessa very close behind).
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Post by JangoB on Apr 28, 2021 22:13:29 GMT
Strictly from the nominees:
1996 - Watson (an all time great turn) was the best but McDormand would be my #2
2017 - Hawkins is my favorite
2020 - McDormand was the best
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Post by dadsburgers on Apr 28, 2021 22:15:15 GMT
May I ask why you write "2020 other" instead of having fellow Oscar nominees Vanessa Kirby since all the other nominees are mentioned? The same goes for the other years too, but at least there you left off two nominees each year. Honestly was just lazy and figured most voters would go for one of those nominees, or for something that wasn't nominated at all (in which case, I couldn't going to list everything someone might like) |
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Post by countjohn on Apr 28, 2021 22:20:43 GMT
McDormand in 96
Robbie in 17
Davis in 20
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Post by fiosnasiob on Apr 28, 2021 23:11:23 GMT
Out of the nominees : Emily Watson is my win in 1996, Frances is my win in 2017, that's actually among the very best performances of the century, I always liked and respected her as an actress but that performance made me a fan and she's superb in Nomadland and my win again which is extremely rare in such a short period of time, I have to go back to Gong Li at her Zenith in the early 90's for it to happens, so now I'm not only a fan but she's even avatar worthy.
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 28, 2021 23:23:06 GMT
I actually don't give McDormand any of her wins. Though 2017 is the only year where I don't think there was anyone so significantly better than her, that made the win questionable. I think this year, at least 3 of the nominees were better than Frances, and while I think she does very good work in Fargo, she beat an all-time great performance in Emily Watson's Breaking The Waves.
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 28, 2021 23:27:32 GMT
Actually, I tell a lie. Vicky Kreips in Phantom Thread for me crushed all the other lead actresses in 2017, and should have been nomimated and won. But of the ones who got nominated, McDormand was probably the 2nd best choice after Margot Robbie in I Tonya. And there was not much of a gap between them.
None of McDormand's winning performances feel so undeniable that they needed to win, but at the same time, she's such a likeable performer and all her winning performances are still "good,", that I can't hate on them. They just wouldn't have been my picks.
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Post by mrimpossible on Apr 28, 2021 23:41:13 GMT
I thinks she deserves all of her 3 Oscars even if she wasn't my #1 pick in any of the years. She's a legend in my book.
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 28, 2021 23:43:42 GMT
McDormand
Robbie (McDormand #2)
Mulligan (McDormand #2)
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Apr 29, 2021 0:25:04 GMT
McDormand
McDormand
Kirby
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Post by TheAlwaysClassy on Apr 29, 2021 1:07:38 GMT
Watson
Ronan
Mulligan
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Post by stabcaesar on Apr 29, 2021 1:33:17 GMT
Emily Watson, Breaking the Waves
Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
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Post by Drish on Apr 29, 2021 3:07:03 GMT
Haven't seen Watson yet but Blethyn is my vote for that year as amazing as Franny is in Fargo.
Her performance is Three Billboard is one of my favorite of all time and my second favorite win of the category of that decade.
Highly deserved for Nomadland but I preferred Kirby, Carey and Davis more.
I would say she 100% deserved all three of her wins and they are all so varied.
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Post by Sharbs on Apr 29, 2021 3:10:01 GMT
Frances in Fargo
Frances in 3 Billboards (was Kruger up until a few months ago)
Other - Aubrey Plaza
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 29, 2021 4:27:02 GMT
Out of the nominees, in 2017. But in those particular years I prefer Emily Watson ( Breaking the Waves ), Juliette Binoche ( Let the Sunshine In ) and Morfydd Clark ( Saint Maud )
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 29, 2021 5:20:18 GMT
Haven't seen Mulligan and Day yet but I prefer McDo over Davis.
In 1996 and 2017, Frances is my win.
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Post by hugobolso on Jun 14, 2021 20:03:22 GMT
I haven't seen The Shape of Water, so I think that Blethyn and Mulligan were better in 1996 and 2020.-
McDormand was better than Ronan in 2017. So for now is McDormand, any way I will not vote for her, because I haven't seen Hawkins.
Breaking the waves was a film hard to watch and never I've seen completely, however I vote for Blethyn because she was much better than McDormand, I also think that Madonna in Evita was also better than Frances.-
1996 was a great year for actresses (It wasn't like the Reese Witherspoon Walk the line bland year), so I guess McDormand didn't even deserve the Oscar nom. I cannot understand all the hype.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jun 14, 2021 20:18:02 GMT
She's my win in 2017, but only my #3 in 1996 behind Watson and Blethyn. In 2020 Mulligan is the only nominee who makes my Top 5 (although I have Day in 2021).
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