Post by urbanpatrician on May 27, 2018 9:42:15 GMT
1. Kahn - Easily. The acting equivalent of a knockout punch. Snubbed of a win again for the 2nd straight year. When will they learn?
2. Ladd - She's.... very good, essentially playing a warm lady friend. Not sure if she deserves a nomination, but most of us here haven't seen enough 1974 films to name many better ones.
3. Bergman - She's... fine. Of course it's not her best work, but who cares? The hate she gets primarily from dumb Queenies (most who haven't even seen any other of the candidates this year) vexes me. They were just interested in Lauren Bacall above all. Glad there aren't any of those who've made it here. Ok she has Madeline Kahn's Oscar, but Greer Garson has hers in 1942, Joan Crawford in 1945, Jane Fonda in 1978, and let's go counting the other times.
4. Shire - She's... good. Never thought of her as an actress though, mostly "that girl in all-time big hits." I like her shades of grieving and strength in this film though, she plays off of Pacino well, she was definitely the way I would've written her in that stage of her character's life, so once again smart writing by Coppola. I liked all 4 of the nominees I've seen - no issues with any.
2. Ladd - She's.... very good, essentially playing a warm lady friend. Not sure if she deserves a nomination, but most of us here haven't seen enough 1974 films to name many better ones.
3. Bergman - She's... fine. Of course it's not her best work, but who cares? The hate she gets primarily from dumb Queenies (most who haven't even seen any other of the candidates this year) vexes me. They were just interested in Lauren Bacall above all. Glad there aren't any of those who've made it here. Ok she has Madeline Kahn's Oscar, but Greer Garson has hers in 1942, Joan Crawford in 1945, Jane Fonda in 1978, and let's go counting the other times.
4. Shire - She's... good. Never thought of her as an actress though, mostly "that girl in all-time big hits." I like her shades of grieving and strength in this film though, she plays off of Pacino well, she was definitely the way I would've written her in that stage of her character's life, so once again smart writing by Coppola. I liked all 4 of the nominees I've seen - no issues with any.
She went from "Oh... that girl" (Part 1) to "Starting to look like a serious actress" (Part 2) to "Starting to one-up Pacino" (Part 3).
