Okay, am I the only one that's thoroughly pissed that Heath Ledger got a "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar nom?
The hubby said, "Well, he wasn't the star."
I beg to differ. I hate to break it to the studio, but we went to this movie because it was Batman and in it was the best portrayal of the Joker ever committed to film. I'm sorry, in my not-so-humble opinion, he was a co-star. This was in no way shape or form a supporting role. Two Face was more of a supporting role. The movie could have rolled on without him. But, without either Batman or the Joker, it would have just been strange little cop show better suited for TV. This movie doesn't exist without the Joker.
And, let's not forget that this role is pretty much what killed Heath Ledger. The man dies from all the trauma inflicted upon him from just pretending to be this crazed madman, and they give him "Best Supporting Actor"? Apparently, in order to get "best actor" you have to be either Tom Hanks or top dying from a role by maybe rising from the dead and healing the sick and bringing peace, joy, and bunnies to the world. And, I'm not so sure about the latter idea. That Oscar Committee is harsh and obviously populated by morons.
Yeah, I knew there was a reason I stopped watching the Oscars after overblown, teeny-bopper giggle-fest known as "Titanic" swept up. Idiots.
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Go ahead. Flame me for the Titanic remark. It wasn't that good of a movie, folks. The fact it beat out "Good Will Hunting" and "L.A. Confidential" was absolutely criminal.
The Oscar Committee is blind
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Okay, I get you're angry, LOL. I'm not sure it's the Oscar's fault though. I think Ledger was billed as a supporting actor in the film.I'm not pissed that he was nominated as a supporting actor. I'm pissed that The Dark Knight, which was hands down one of the best crafted and entertaining films of last year, wasn't nominated for best picture.I'm really pissed that Frost/Nixon was even eligible seeing as it still hasn't been released. Oh yeah, it had a "limited" release in '08 which was a completely transparent move to make it eligible.The whole bunching movies at the end of the year and even after really does bug me but the fact that TDK was overlooked for best picture is down right criminal.
You do have a point about Best Picture, but you know I could almost forgive that if they had given Ledger a Best Actor nod. I mean, whether he was billed that or not, dude, he obviously carried the film. It's like Sean Astin never getting individually recognized in the LoTR films. Robbed, I tell you! Robbed!Okay, forget that, I don't forgive the fact TDK wasn't given a Best Picture nod. They're idiots! Idiots!Amend that again...what it comes down to is that TDK isn't recognized as the masterpiece it is. I mean, all of the other films they can possibly run it against are films no one has seen? What does that tell you?
You forgot the other stipulations for getting a best actor oscar. You have to be playing someone who is mentally or in some other way disabled, and the Joker was just too damn good at what he did to qualify for a disability. The Oscars suck. They glorify the pretentious, formulaic, and emotionally manipulative "serious Oscar film" at the expense of real imagination and craftsmanship, as evidenced by "Titanic," and by the fact that "Lord of the Rings" failed to win anything but technical Oscars until the end. Where the hell was the Oscar for "Stardust," I ask you?