Blanchett vs. Yeoh - who gave a better performance?

The only female performances that even remotely approach the galaxy that Blanchett is in are Mia Goth in Pearl and Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie in 2022 and they don't either in totality.

Certainly not some 50 minute performance by Yeoh ffs. That was a joke - depending how well you follow pacinoyes - and you should btw. Also "Greetings from Maine!"  - also a joke......

I said it in the first review in the Tár thread - in the 8 other greatest performances by lead actors male or female - in English in the modern era (post 67) - De Niro (Taxi Driver/Raging Bull), Pacino (GF 2/DDA), Rowlands (A Woman Under the Influence), DDL (TWBB), Streep (Sophie's Choice), Brando (Last Tango in Paris) - Blanchett may be THE most well rounded of all of them.........where she has to show sexuality, a (staggering and unwavering) physicality and suggest a (deteriorating) mental framework, while also convincingly portraying a unique job(s) AND a recognizable daily familial life / work life "balance" - not merely what the character is going through in the movie's events - but how she balances all of that before the movie even begins - she does the backstory too (!?!) - and show how it all falls apart in a believable way.

That's not even to discuss where this performance is on a technical level - which is impeccable - not merely how she convinces in the verisimilitude as a conductor - but also of a teacher - and her use of negative space which most actors don't even try in film - how the actor can control the frame and orchestrate (no pun) what we see via movement and motion - and use themselves to convey how the actor can be the auteur - not necessarily the director - of the movie. It's the most technically accomplished of those ^ performances too I'd say.....

Yeoh doesn't dominate her movie anywhere close to as much - which, yeah matters a lot - and I do get that she's in a shorter movie that can't replicate Tár - but oh well, tough break - way it goes. I'm not going to make shit up and say she "is the equal to Blanchett" in screen time or its impact .....it's hard to even think of these 2 as being in the same profession much less in competition with each other for their work

I think Yeoh might win - but let's hope not ....

I think both performances are reaching irritating peaks of "overrated," if I'm being honest. Blanchett's performance is stronger on a technical level and I feel she dominates her film in a way I don't think Yeoh does, but that's by design and that doesn't have any bearing on Yeoh's performance, which is much more complementary with her co-stars.

If Blanchett wins her third for TAR, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world and it would be my favourite of her Oscar-winning performances... but I don't harbor any strong passion for it.

Yeoh winning would be a great thing for her as a long-overlooked actress who has deserved far more attention and accolades than she's gotten, but I just don't think much of the performance beyond it being good. The film really did suffer on a rewatch for me across the board save for Ke Huy Quan's performance.

If I had to pick one, I'd say Blanchett but honestly, as long as it's not Michelle Williams. That would be a disastrous win.

Yeoh was good but I don’t think she was close to nom worthy.

Blanchett. Lydia's story arc just punched harder than Evelyn's. You have a master of their craft at the pinnacle of their career thwarted by such a trivial incident in a film that delivers their comeuppance in the bleakest...funniest...way. Crown her...

Well I mentioned that for me - there's only 8 other performances - in English, in the last 55 years (!) - male or female - that can stand with Blanchett - "the modern era, post-1967" ......and this year I think only Farrell - in English - is really, really "great" but not close to Blanchett  .........my 2nd best male lead English performance is Jeremy Pope (The Inspection) who is also great......... but less so.  

For non-English language males I like Hae il Park (Decision To Leave) and Emanuel Parvu (Miracle) the best that I saw......I think Hae il Park - much like his romantic, swooning movie - requires a 2nd view to really get.

On first watch  I said he was solid and the movie was all the director's show ..........on my 2nd watch I realized I missed a whole lot of both of the lead actors nuance ........even though it's totally still the director's show  ..........

I mean, off the top of my head: Catherine Clinch in The Quiet Girl, Frankie Corio in Aftersun, Zar Amir Ebrahimi in Holy Spider, Saoirse Ronan in See How They Run, Rebecca Hall in Resurrection. Amber Midthunder in Prey, Tilda Swinton in The Eternal Daughter, Taylor Russell in Bones and All, Jennifer Lawrence in Causeway, Ana de Armas in Blonde (despite how one might feel about the film overall), Charlbi Dean in Triangle of Sadness, Daisy Edgar-Jones in Fresh . . .

None of them are Oscar magnets nor would I ever expect them to be, but I personally favor them over most of the expected-to-be-nominated field.

I love Yeoh in EEAAO, but when I saw Tàr at Venice I thought I'd just seen one of the performances of the decade/century, and I can't even stop thinking about it.

Blanchette

Exactly how I feel

This idiot on Twitter would have an aneurysm if he saw these poll results lol



This guy is one of the most obnoxious people I’ve seen in support of Yeoh. ALWAYS bringing up race

It’s gotten to the point where I want AMPAS to give Yeoh the Oscar so SJWs can shut up about race

That’s fair and at least you’re not obnoxious about it like the dumbass from Twitter I posted

But I’m not entirely convinced of the “Cate Blanchett will have plenty more opportunities to win” narrative bc people say this now…until the next time she’s up against a woc. “Well no Latina won a Best Actress before…no Indian/fully black/Native American actress has won before”. I’m frankly tired of this race talk, and it’s weird how tokenism is being embraced. This is not how I want woc to win Oscars. Woc should win bc they gave the best performance, not bc of the “It’s time…” narrative

But at this point, I hope Yeoh wins so SJWs can stfu. I also wouldn’t want Cate to get backlash from these obnoxious losers who will no doubt take it out on her personally. That’s how irrational SJWs are. I KNOW they will call her a racist white woman. They will call her selfish for not abstaining from campaigning