tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706452461432905985.post6638237496229664932..comments2020-02-09T20:36:58.396-08:00Comments on Silver Screen Surprises: Oscars 2012Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706452461432905985.post-56457781919952444652013-01-21T11:42:57.561-08:002013-01-21T11:42:57.561-08:00I don't know if you should have an opinion abo...I don't know if you should have an opinion about who YOU think should win unless you've seen every performance. Mostly, I agree with you, but I can't in certain cases (specifically, Supporting Actress....Anne Hathaway is brilliant with her small amount of screen time). Marshagarshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463641200987388252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706452461432905985.post-10963127500252687802013-01-10T17:34:43.211-08:002013-01-10T17:34:43.211-08:00I absolutely disagree with you about Bradley Coope...I absolutely disagree with you about Bradley Cooper in SLP, as well as Jacki Weaver to some degree. I liked the movie, a lot. I had little to no expectations walking into the movie, and I walked out saying, "Wow." The WOWs, however, were for Jennifer Lawrence and the script, not Cooper or Weaver. <br /><br />I'll start by saying that I am not a Bradley Cooper fan, and this role didn't do much to change my mind. Don't get me wrong - he WAS good, very good... but not great. I feel as though many other 30-somethings could have been cast in that role and played it as successfully as Cooper. Ryan Gosling - check. James Franco - check. Joseph Gordon-Leavitt - check. Chris Pine - check. You catch my drift. There was nothing outstanding about Cooper's performance.<br /><br />I feel the same way about Jacki Weaver to a lesser degree. Her role was your basic suburban housewife role with not a whole lot of variations on the theme. I also have problems with non-nationals playing a role of a person from a different country, ala Renee Z in Bridget Jones, EVERY Meryl Streep non-American, etc etc. What? The casting people couldn't find an American woman in her 60's to play this role? Hello? Every 60 year old American actress would drool for a role like this, a prominently featured role in a major motion picture.<br /><br />That is all. I am stepping off my soapbox now. *:D Larrynoreply@blogger.com