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Oscar Nominees 2012: Best Actor
We assess the pros and cons for this year’s Academy Award nominees
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Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)Why It Will Win  | Gary Oldman doesn’t have an Oscar. For shame, Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, for shame! | | | He’s an understated piece of terrific in this film, quietly riveting for every second he’s onscreen. | | | He’s Batman’s best friend, so if he doesn’t win Academy voters could find themselves dangling upside down off Gotham’s highest building. Also, he plays the ukulele, which is cool. |
Why It Won't Win  | It’s his first nomination, incredibly, so statistically this is probably a loss-leader he should write off, and hope for better next time. | | | The film’s had very little love with only Screenplay and Music nominations apart from this one – usually a bad sign. | | | No Harry Potter star has won an Oscar since appearing in the series (Jim Broadbent won his first). We’re pretty certain that’s coincidence, but let’s assume it’s prejudice for giggles. |
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| 1 | Brad Pitt | It’s only his third nomination; there’s plenty of time and there’ll be more to come. Pitt’s career has gone from strength to strength in the last few years. Also, the bastard comes home to Angelina Jolie every night: he doesn’t need an Oscar too
I LOL'd, bravo Empire! :D More
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Posted by Zubi Q on Sunday February 19, 2012, 13:55 |
| | 2 | Jean Dujardin | I know SAG's always a good indicator, but he's also won Globe, BAFTA & Best Actor at Cannes which must surely count for something? More
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Posted by mrsstifler on Tuesday February 14, 2012, 16:12 |
| | 3 | Jean Dujardin (The Artist) | Dear Empire you say - He’s won Best Supporting Actor previously, but it seems odd that such a huge figure in the town doesn’t also have a Best Actor statuette.
Is this correct as I don't remember Jean Dujardin winning?
Cheers, Al. More
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Posted by Alan Hill on Tuesday February 14, 2012, 12:07 |
| | 4 | Gary Oldman's pissed. | Gary Oldman to win because he's "Batman's best friend?"
For an actor as talented and brilliant as Gary, I wouldv'e thought Empire could have come up with a better reason than THAT. I mean, jeez. More
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Posted by TheMovieAddict101 on Monday February 13, 2012, 21:23 |
| | 5 | Anyways. | It really should be Dujardin taking home the main price. I didn't think Clooney's turn was all that terrific in "The Descendants" and though I acknowledge that Oldman delivered a very fine perfomance I just don't see him win. In my opinion it's either Clooney or Dujardin and then my sympathies are with J.D. More
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Posted by maleachi on Sunday February 12, 2012, 15:32 |
| | 6 | Jean Dujardin | The third argument "Why it will win" (which should be "why HE will win", surely) has been copied from Clooney's page. Also, he's not only won the SAG award, but also the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy/musical. More
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Posted by Dropje on Sunday February 12, 2012, 10:52 |
| | 7 | If being in Harry Potter means you won't win an Oscar... | ...then that's pretty much it for the majority of the British Film Industry at the Oscars for at least a decade. More
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Posted by kickpuncher on Saturday February 11, 2012, 12:41 |
| | 8 | | I haven't seen all these movies so I can't really have a say. But having seen and liked the artist I can't understand why or how he got a nomination. It is not a bad performance but it is very theatrical. Like he is acting infront of little children. Over dramatic. I understand that the role demands smt like that becuse it is a "silent movie" but I've seen him before and it is the way he is acting. The movie as a whole actually although I liked it the moment I heard about the nominations I LOLed because this movie, charming as it is. Should not be up there. Why did it get any attention to begin with? because it is made the way movies were made 100 years ago? I understand that they want to give an academy award to Pitt and Oldman cos they own it to them but the movie with Oldman was terrible. I loved the one minute movie version of it on the empire competition by the way! The cast was great but it was one of those movies you forget and nobody who watched it will see it again.More
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Posted by smakris04 on Saturday February 11, 2012, 08:18 |
| | 9 | Best Actor | It's a travesty that Gary Oldman has never even been nominated, so it'd be great to see him win, but Clooney's performance in The Descendants really was terrific, and considering he's never won Best Actor I think he deserves it. More
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Posted by Whistler on Friday February 10, 2012, 20:17 |
| | 10 | | If there was any justice it would Oldman and it wouldn't be one of those here you are for your body of work Oscars like Marty got for the Departed it would be an award for arguably one of if not the finest performances of his career. Oldman is riveting and the fact Alfredson and Hardy or Cumberbatch aren't up for their respective awards goes to show the Academy don't know jack! My favourite film of last year and simply a masterpiece! More
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Posted by agent cooper on Friday February 10, 2012, 19:58 |
| | 11 | jean dujardin - Empire makes mistake! | he hasn't won best supporting actor before, has he?? for what?
surely, that's wrong as this is his first proper english language film, and Oscar does really like foreign speaking movies (hence the token category) More
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Posted by Count Karnstein on Friday February 10, 2012, 19:40 |
| | 12 | Not to be picky but... | Shouldn't that say 'Why HE will win'??? More
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Posted by MissOrange on Friday February 10, 2012, 18:37 |
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