tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post707679118041878913..comments2024-03-28T21:19:42.625-05:00Comments on Word on the Streep: Academy Awards analysis (2009)Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13115351346180340694noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-43121706880845191272018-05-23T12:07:54.250-05:002018-05-23T12:07:54.250-05:00If you know Margaret Thatcher and British politics...If you know Margaret Thatcher and British politics you know Meryl nailed it in The Iron Lady. It was just a real shame the screenplay, directing and editing let her down. <br /><br />I think it would have been very close between Blanchett and Bullock had she not won in 2009. I think the Academy liked the narrative of Bullock admitting she didn't like the roles she was taken so she stepped back in the mid 2000s and tried to become more picky about the roles she took. They love a popular star who tries hard. (Matthew M, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon etc)CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-10024918270400429292018-05-22T19:51:01.264-05:002018-05-22T19:51:01.264-05:00I really thought there were 4 brilliant performanc...I really thought there were 4 brilliant performances here (Streep, Mirren, Sidibe, Mulligan),and one <br />mediocre performance (Bullock). Shame on the academy for rewarding the least worthy <br />performance. I'm still mystified by this Bullock win. WTF?utahprimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966303576961145308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-57632033963841517562018-05-22T18:55:56.495-05:002018-05-22T18:55:56.495-05:00Marketing campaign and politics aside, I don't...Marketing campaign and politics aside, I don't see Bullock (Gravity) being superior to Blanchett at all (her Blue Jasmine turn was revelatory). The latter basically swept all critics and movie awards that year. It's still the best performance of the decade to me so far!<br />But yes Meryl should have won for Doubt or Julia instead of Iron Lady. Especially Julia where she was comic supreme! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751049975001656578.post-5150304349556944922018-05-22T18:01:56.329-05:002018-05-22T18:01:56.329-05:00I wish there had been more Julia and less Julie in...I wish there had been more Julia and less Julie in the movie but it was still a really entertaining "popcorn" movie and Meryl was delightful. Especially moving in a couple of the quieter moments when you could see Julia's sadness and doubt beneath all that cheer.<br /><br />That being said, I'm glad Meryl's third win wasn't for a movie where she was in just over half and wasn't that challenging a role (for Meryl). Didn't Nora Ephron say Meryl did a spot on Julia Child impression without even trying when she first told her about the script?!<br /><br />I agree about Bullock completely. I wonder if she feels she'd have rather won for Gravity as well? She kinda joked in her speech here that she may have just "wore" the voters down. Anyway, I wouldn't rush to award any of the other 3 nominated. Sidibe was most impressive but is she such an amazing talent? Hmm. Mirren, whom I love, could have done more with her role in The Last Station. Had Meryl made this I'm sure she would have at least done a Russian accent. The movie is just too inauthentic. <br /><br />Pity Winslet hadn't been able to hold off one of her 2 2008 movies and won here. Meryl really deserved it for Doubt.CJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12937312863597687063noreply@blogger.com