Nicole Kidman vs. Julianne Moore

Pfft, I don't vote in my own polls.

jk jk, Nic Nic for me. I like Jules just fine and actually her amazing work in May December has kind of rejuvenated my interest in her, but Nicky's still comfortably ahead. Birth, The Others, The Portrait of a Lady, BMX Bandits, Dogville, Moulin Rouge!, THE PAPERBOY. And we're both June 20 kids (different years, of course  ). No contest!

Wait did the moderators just delete a post that showed Nicole Kidman fully clothed getting banged against a wall?

GTFO - that scene is IN the fncking movie......it's not porn you cowards

Anyway.......... Moore

* Here you are, thanks Tyler - just to preserve my thoughts :

- without the .gif - you can look it up from Bll1 if you like fellas / perverts - my point was that Moore is a far more imaginative and playful actress imo - "Huppert-like" I called her - and there are very few male  or female actors who "play at acting" like Moore does   .....it's very refreshing  - unique - and results in moments of striking spontaneity and clarity

It's extremely hard to guess how Moore will play a scene if you just read it on the page.........

* I said about Kidman - that she is more like (maybe a btter?) Liz Taylor imo - known for things outside of acting to many people (husbands, fashion, AMC ad etc).......like Taylor Kidman was better earlier and became more pointlessly histrionic often .........however she can still sometimes be special (BLL1, The Northman (an overrated film btw)

* I really don't get Kidman's "great run" that people jizz over in the early 00s - those movies aren't that good, poor rather imo (Dogville, Eyes Wide Shut) - she peaked for at Birth / To Die For

* I think she sometimes gets credit for trash - the awful, and so is she in it - Destroyer .......and is sexualized by incels  (often, sometimes not) who conflate her attractiveness with portrayals 

3 years ago I said this below - that no on does sex on camera like Kidman or as often in weird ways  actually........it was true then and still somewhat is now with her upcoming roles too..............give or take Emma Stone nowadays:

Mar 23 , 2021

I mean relative to her sex highlight reel - sex on washing machine (The Paperboy), indifferent handjob to a scuzzy invalid (Destroyer) and wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too many others to mention - her violent sex against a wall is her true (but less convincing) Remy Lacroix moment........

Moore's list is insane, really... I'd have to think she and Kidman are tied in this regard?

Robert Altman
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coen Bros.
David Cronenberg
Alfonso Cuarón
Atom Egoyan
Luca Guadagnino
Todd Haynes
James Ivory
Neil Jordan
Pablo Larraín
Louis Malle
Ridley Scott
Steven Spielberg
Gus Van Sant

And soon... Pedro Almodóvar. 

She also has a Lynne Ramsay project in pre-production.

And that's not even counting respected directors who probably wouldn't get the "auteur" label like:

Lisa Cholodenko
George Clooney
Stephen Daldry
Tom Ford
Lasse Hallström
Curtis Hanson
Sebastián Lelio
Fernando Meirelles
Rebecca Miller
Kimberly Peirce
Julie Taymor
Joe Wright
Peter Yates

I know I've been hard on Moore lately with some critiques of her May December performance, but I'll still take her here. I just like her more often, especially in lead roles. I like a lot of Kidman's recent supporting turns (Lion, Boy Erased, Northman) but I think that's just because I find her acting style so mannered it's better in small doses. I guess I'd take Kidman for a basic movie star part but I don't care as much about that.

And it hasn't like Kidman hasn't fallen on her face as well. Big oof @ Being the Ricardos.

Kidman has 5 Oscar nominations. When I think of all the arguable snubs or nominatable performances she has, she could comfortably be over 15 nominations. Maybe approaching 20. She could easily have merited nods (some as filler nods and some win competitive) for these roles:

The Portrait Of A Lady
Eyes Wide Shut
Dogville
Birth
The Others
To Die For
Stoker
Margot At The Wedding
Paddington
The Beguiled
Boy Erased
The Northman
The Paperboy
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
Bombshell

And all these characters/performances are completely different. Insane talent.

Don't forget Chloe.  More of a Seyfried showcase, but man if Moore isn't strong in it.  I think Moore might be the most bipolar actor of all time, in terms of being great here and then there entirely losing sense of knowing how to act.  

It’s already been Moore for a long time, and the news of her starring in Pedro Almdovar’s next film has quelled any doubt of that. She’s worked with more, and with greater auteurs (Altman, Cuaron, Haynes, Coen bro’s, Spielberg, etc.) She has a much better filmography, topped by yet another masterpiece last year (May December). She has MUCH more range, especially as of late. Her oscar nominations are all richly deserved, and represent her talent perfectly. She has won all the major film festival actress awards and her list of critics wins is astonishing (compared to the other who has practically nothing, and never came close to any of the big 3). Frankly, this thread shouldn’t even exist. Thankfully, not everyone here is blinded by stanning and Julianne is rightfully winning quite easily.

I'm thinking the only actress who might beat her in a poll at this point is Cate Blanchett?