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Post by Allenism on Aug 18, 2022 15:50:26 GMT
Both performances widely considered to be her finest hour, which do you prefer?
Glad to see her career getting a a much needed bump with the Top Gun success.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 18, 2022 19:41:37 GMT
I recently rewatched "House" and was kind of blown away by her. I forgot just how much raw pain was there in her performance. I wish the movie spent a bit more time with her instead of giving a fuller and richer arc to Kingsley's character but what is there for Connelly is still enough to make a very strong impression. It's probably her best performance for me.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 18, 2022 19:49:10 GMT
She has to act opposite Ron Eldard in House........ and not burst out laughing at his "acting" so that alone is impressive.......
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Post by Allenism on Aug 18, 2022 20:19:19 GMT
I recently rewatched "House" and was kind of blown away by her. I forgot just how much raw pain was there in her performance. I wish the movie spent a bit more time with her instead of giving a fuller and richer arc to Kingsley's character but what is there for Connelly is still enough to make a very strong impression. It's probably her best performance for me. Yeah, it still grinds my gears that Naomi Watts at her most horridly shrieky managed to squeak by that year while Connelly's far superior portrayal of grief and desperation was left out. The 2003 Best Actress line-up was a shitshow.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 18, 2022 20:51:42 GMT
I recently rewatched "House" and was kind of blown away by her. I forgot just how much raw pain was there in her performance. I wish the movie spent a bit more time with her instead of giving a fuller and richer arc to Kingsley's character but what is there for Connelly is still enough to make a very strong impression. It's probably her best performance for me. Yeah, it still grinds my gears that Naomi Watts at her most horridly shrieky managed to squeak by that year while Connelly's far superior portrayal of grief and desperation was left out. The 2003 Best Actress line-up was a shitshow. It's kind of weird to me that Connelly's performance didn't make more of an awards splash in general that year. Seemed like a perfect opportunity for a post-Oscar nomination - a well-received baity (but not overly so) drama which obviously was on the industry's and the critics' radars. Plus a heavy role. But she only got 7 mentions for it among which just one resulted in a win (the Kansas City Film Critics Circle - I knew I always enjoyed these guys for a reason!). A shame really.
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Aug 19, 2022 12:18:28 GMT
She's my win for both (tied with Uma Thurman in 2003). I slightly prefer her "House of Sand and Fog" performance, which is perhaps one of the best portrayals of depression and hopelessness I've ever seen.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Aug 21, 2022 2:25:11 GMT
Allenism is right about Naomi Watts. That was clearly a nomination they felt they owed her after the roars they heard from her missing for Mulholland Dr. She was bad, and it looks worse 19 years later.
That was an irregular lineup. The only nomination it felt like they were passionate about is Theron. Morton I thought was the best of the nominees, but I wouldn't have thought she would be nominated given it seemed like the ScarJo talk and buzz that year overshadowed everyone else except Theron. Ultimately I think she missed because of the split between Girl With the Pearl Earring/Lost in Translation, them trying to get her in supporting but eventually lead proved to be a better option for her given the weakness of the nominees. And the fact that Lost in Translation is mostly praised for Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray, before you get to ScarJo.
There were better candidates than Keaton or Watts.... both performances I seriously forgot. Keisha Castle Hughes was not bad, but I wouldn't nominate her when Wood and ScarJo seemed more relevant. I suppose Cotillard, Collette, and Demoustier had no chance, but those are other really good performances of the year.
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