Comments on: wild card http://www.dansanders.net/2008/07/03/wild-card/ building a bias for action Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan http://www.dansanders.net/2008/07/03/wild-card/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Dan Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:17:02 +0000 http://www.dansanders.net/?p=54#comment-131 It was released late June in '89, so we didn't skip a class to go see it - not that we would have done that, anyway... I haven't seen Capote yet; every time I think about it I forget later. I need to grab the two and watch them both. I've always been a fan of PSH, too. Ideas on who the competition will be? It was released late June in ’89, so we didn’t skip a class to go see it – not that we would have done that, anyway…

I haven’t seen Capote yet; every time I think about it I forget later. I need to grab the two and watch them both. I’ve always been a fan of PSH, too.

Ideas on who the competition will be?

]]> By: Scott http://www.dansanders.net/2008/07/03/wild-card/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Scott Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:44 +0000 http://www.dansanders.net/?p=54#comment-130 And you saw the first one with me, if I remember correctly. Ledger is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for sure. He wasn't going to win for Brokeback because Hoffman wasn't going to be denied for his portrayal of Capote. The Academy was in the midst of a little biopic obsession then. But, you are right, it is not traditionally the type film that warrants Oscar love. I think he will get a nomination because he has engendered good will and, a la James Dean, died too young with a world of promise. But, as in Dean's case, that is not enough to ensure a win. It should be interesting. And you saw the first one with me, if I remember correctly.

Ledger is getting a lot of Oscar buzz for sure. He wasn’t going to win for Brokeback because Hoffman wasn’t going to be denied for his portrayal of Capote. The Academy was in the midst of a little biopic obsession then.
But, you are right, it is not traditionally the type film that warrants Oscar love. I think he will get a nomination because he has engendered good will and, a la James Dean, died too young with a world of promise. But, as in Dean’s case, that is not enough to ensure a win. It should be interesting.

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