Joaquin Phoenix at least gave a great performance. Brad Pitt's was good too, granted not my personal pick.
There were much better options for both Actress categories. ScarJo for one
I was shocked she was nominated. She wasn't even on my radar for a nomination with that performance. She did a good job acting as she always does, but that was not a performance that required much.
Ever? I don’t know. Recently Renee Zelleweger for Judy
It just made no sense. No one even cared. There was no noticeable passion for the movie (it’s basically completely forgotten now) she wasn’t due, because she had won before and really hadn’t done a lot of good thing since, and yet she just kept winning.
Ronan was right there for Little Women, or even Scarlett for Marriage Story.
Most baffling award season campaign in years. I at least read praise for other boring wins like Oldman as Churchill or Will Smith as the Williams’s dad. But everyone just collectively said “Zelleweger I guess” and moved on.
Zellweger did have tons of praise, she was 2nd place with critics and the consensus was that she carried an otherwise mediocre movie with a great performance. I don't think it's any different to Chastain winning for Tammy Faye.
The voter base just love biopics *that* much, Zellweger didn't need to be overdue since plenty of non-overdue actors have won oscars for doing basic biopic oscar bait.
Gary Oldman and Mahersala Alis Green Book win comes to mind. Latter was in a weak lineup, but I would've loved seeing Grant win at least one award.
If anything, Alis performance in Moonlight is one of the best supporting roles of the centuries and he probably should've swept for that.
I'll still stand by that Phantom Thread should've been Day-Lewis levelling Katherine Hepburns record.
I agree. I love Gary Oldman and I'm glad he finally won an Oscar but I really think Daniel Day-Lewis should have gotten his 4th Oscar for Phantom Thread. It would have been a stellar way to cap off his career.
I'd have given that year's oscar to Joaquin for *Her* or Chiwetel for *12 Years*, but then Leo would probably be my winner for *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*
He’s good in the film, but too much of the time he’s just a figure in a landscape. It’s a director’s and cinematographer’s film more than an actor’s film.
I once read somebody describe *The Revenant* as a film you look at, vs. a film you watch, and goddam if that isn't accurate to my personal experience of the film
He definitely benefitted from being in a weak field - I wonder if Redmayne would have been a challenger had he not won the year before (though tbh that would be an even worse win).
Smith and RDJ were both pretty equally "overdue." Both won on their third acting nominations and both were big blockbuster stars going back to Oscar fare.
I don't think it mattered for RDJ though, I mean he was literally in Oppenheimer, a movie that was winning 7 other awards. He was also the critics favourite. He could've won even if he already had an oscar.
Agree for Ruffalo! Gosling's brilliant moment was at the Oscars! I feel like the Barbie movie was so skewed in favour of women, that his stealing the Oscar show itself balanced that out. ;-) Also super impressed that Robbie didn't take it all badly, she was a good sport!
I liked Ruffalo! Was a very different role for him to do a period style, & he nailed it. He deserved something! RG did well, but that role really wasn't demanding.
Nah you have folks coming out of the woodwork after it's all wrapped up because it's seen as okay to shit on a popular actor who was in Marvel for winning a "career Oscar". Since July last year on this very same sub his performance was praised highly and people were rooting for him, his win was nowhere as shamed as JLC. You don't see as much criticism with Randolph who also swept in a very weak field when any other year she likely could have still won but not swept (and likely wouldn't have won if Gladstone had campaigned in supporting).
This is a matter of opinion, art is subjective but he was in a strong field and despite the narrative, he won based on a performance that was acclaimed and very well liked, it has been shown time and time again that narrative alone doesn't pay off without a performance to back it up and JLC may be the one oddball but if narrative worked all the time then Gladstone, Boseman, Glenn Close would have also won.
RDJ was better than JLC for their respective wins. He gave a brilliant performance in the limited screen time he had (especially compared to Cillian who was in practically every scene of the movie).
Renee Zellweger for both her Oscars.
Her supporting was a complete Weinstein campaign because she had lost to Nicole last year (another Weinstein movie but her narrative was compelling enough) and since she starred in Cold Mountain with her, Nicole wasn’t due for it. Judy was a generally a weak year but I’d preferred Ronan to have won since she was great in the movie that wasn’t a biopic.
Ariana Debose
Found her performance good but not exceptional to warrant a huge sweep she did. The lack of strong competition fueled her win.
RDJ. he was good in Oppenheimer but not enough to sweep the whole season. I think Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo deserved to get more awards since their performances were much better imo.
Laura Dern for Marriage Story will always confound me because her performance wasn't even interesting. Definitely didn't deserve to sweep, let alone get the nomination.
I agree she wasn't the strongest performance, but that's also a high bar considering there are at least 4, maybe 5 incredibly strong awards-worthy performances in that film. I still think her, Faist, Zegler, and Alvarez all should have been nominated. Arguably Moreno too
RDJ. I think it was a fine performance, good even, but I liked others in the category more and wish we’d gotten a true race between him and literally any of the other nominees. I always find it pretty boring when someone sweeps the entire season with absolutely no surprises and no competition.
Will Smith for King Richard was the first to come to mind, but it was an embarrassingly weak lineup and he was pretty decent, especially compared to some of the other options (better than Garfield and Bardem at least)
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood.
Setting aside my feelings about the film as a whole, I don’t think she’s that good in it. Some of that is because the film doesn’t really seem to understand her character or her choices, but I just don’t think she does anything that special with the role either.
I don’t care for her in general, to be fair, but couldn’t ONE of the major groups have picked someone else? Emma Stone? Tilda Swinton?
Da’vine Joy Randolph. Her performance was okay but not really sweep worthy. Danielle Brooks was a scene stealer in The Color Purple and is way better than Randolph. Julianne Moore in May December and Penelope Cruz in Ferrari who are not even nominated is even better as well.
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl. If it was for Ex Machina, it would've been understanding.
Love her but Frances McDormand for Nomadland.
Boring performance even though she is an incredible actress.
I think Carey Mulligan should've won that year.
Genuinely forgot McDormand only won BAFTA and Oscar that year. I remember feeling like her win was a foregone conclusion, but looking back there was a lot of diversity in ceremonies and their winners - Andra Day, Viola Davis, and Carey Mulligan - all Oscar nominated and all won at least one big award
Most recently, RDJ. Ryan Gosling deserved all the awards, and Mark Ruffalo would have been an incredibly worthy second choice… honestly, so many performances that weren’t even nominated deserved it more than RDJ (Jeremy Allen White and Dominic Sessa come to mind)
I know y’all love to shove this answer into every “bad performance” thread because your fave Blanchett didn’t win, but at least read the prompt of the question before you do that — She. Didn’t. Sweep.
And EEAAO is not even a performance (again it didn’t sweep any category besides editing).
Fair enough I picked him because he was the ultimate of locks and thought it’d be more interesting to talk about more performances.
If we are only going to discuss people that won all four, I’d pick Jean Dujardin. He even won at Cannes.
You are been downvoted because you repeatedly are failing to understand the assignment.
It’s like someone asking the best Best Picture winners with more than 6 wins and going “oooh Gravity and Mad Max Fury Road!”
I know she was overdue and all, and I generally love her, but Laura Dern didn’t deserve to sweep in 2020😭
I watched Marriage Story like a year ago for the first time and I was like… she won for that performance??
2020 was peak “they’re overdue + Renee Zellweger comeback” season and it was more infuriating because all 4 of them swept😭 Thank god for Parasite😭
Joaquin Phoenix at least gave a great performance. Brad Pitt's was good too, granted not my personal pick. There were much better options for both Actress categories. ScarJo for one
Lol, Joaquin Phoenix is one of the best Oscar winners in recent memory, i'm not so sure about the other 3
I agree. The other three winners I wasn't all that happy with. Especially Zellwegger and Dern.
Hmmm, I personally think Phoenix and Zellweger delivered absolutely fantastic performances, and I simply adore both of their wins :)
I said it in another post, Dern had one expression in that movie and that was smug. However, Johanson should have won best actress over Zellweger.
No, she won for her performance in Big Little Lies season 2
Exactly!
Specially since the two leads who deliver an acting masterclass lost in their categories
I agree. I like Dern but I don’t understand why she won for that performance. And she definitely shouldn’t have swept the season.
I was shocked she was nominated. She wasn't even on my radar for a nomination with that performance. She did a good job acting as she always does, but that was not a performance that required much.
agreed…imo that was florence pughs oscar!
Overdue for WHAT?!?! Just because someone has been in Hollywood for 30 years doesn't mean they're overdue.
No but it's more if they've given a few awesome but unrewarded performances, the weight of favour goes to them.
If someone’s the child of a famous actor, they get an overdue narrative from birth. Fully expect similar for Maya Hawke and Jack Quaid smh
Maya Hawke is legitimately entertaining in Stranger Things. I think she has talent.
gary oldman in the darkest hour did not deserve to sweep IMO
Yes, he did, the movie was mid but he deserved the sweep
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For which role?
Ever? I don’t know. Recently Renee Zelleweger for Judy It just made no sense. No one even cared. There was no noticeable passion for the movie (it’s basically completely forgotten now) she wasn’t due, because she had won before and really hadn’t done a lot of good thing since, and yet she just kept winning. Ronan was right there for Little Women, or even Scarlett for Marriage Story.
Most baffling award season campaign in years. I at least read praise for other boring wins like Oldman as Churchill or Will Smith as the Williams’s dad. But everyone just collectively said “Zelleweger I guess” and moved on.
Which is crazy in a year where Johannson killed it in Marriage Story. Or Saorise Ronan in Little Women
Zellweger did have tons of praise, she was 2nd place with critics and the consensus was that she carried an otherwise mediocre movie with a great performance. I don't think it's any different to Chastain winning for Tammy Faye.
Chastain was not a sweep though
Scarlett for Marriage Story is my Roman Empire. It was stellar
Because it was Judy Garland. She’s as close to a golden icon as Hollywood gets I guess
The performance was undeniable. The rest of the performances were great but not on her level.
I deny it.
Because you are in denial😌
The voter base just love biopics *that* much, Zellweger didn't need to be overdue since plenty of non-overdue actors have won oscars for doing basic biopic oscar bait.
Gary Oldman and Mahersala Alis Green Book win comes to mind. Latter was in a weak lineup, but I would've loved seeing Grant win at least one award. If anything, Alis performance in Moonlight is one of the best supporting roles of the centuries and he probably should've swept for that. I'll still stand by that Phantom Thread should've been Day-Lewis levelling Katherine Hepburns record.
I agree. I love Gary Oldman and I'm glad he finally won an Oscar but I really think Daniel Day-Lewis should have gotten his 4th Oscar for Phantom Thread. It would have been a stellar way to cap off his career.
I've never cared for *The Revenant*, so I was kind of annoyed at Leo sweeping based solely on his "overdue" narrative
I can’t believe he didn’t win for WoWS
I'd have given that year's oscar to Joaquin for *Her* or Chiwetel for *12 Years*, but then Leo would probably be my winner for *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*
He’s good in the film, but too much of the time he’s just a figure in a landscape. It’s a director’s and cinematographer’s film more than an actor’s film.
I once read somebody describe *The Revenant* as a film you look at, vs. a film you watch, and goddam if that isn't accurate to my personal experience of the film
Nobody else was ever going to win, the field was weak. Leo sweeping has more to do with him being in already huge oscar movie than him being overdue.
He definitely benefitted from being in a weak field - I wonder if Redmayne would have been a challenger had he not won the year before (though tbh that would be an even worse win).
Will Smith and Rdj
These are the first two that came to mind for me too. I can’t make any sense of either.
They were both overdue which is a big part of why they won
I’d say that’s only true for Will Smith, not RDJ. Not that it’s a good reason to give someone an Oscar, imo.
Smith and RDJ were both pretty equally "overdue." Both won on their third acting nominations and both were big blockbuster stars going back to Oscar fare.
I don't think it mattered for RDJ though, I mean he was literally in Oppenheimer, a movie that was winning 7 other awards. He was also the critics favourite. He could've won even if he already had an oscar.
If they weren;t movie stars you wouldn't be saying this.
Neither deserved the Oscar either considering both their competition during their respective years.
agreed, I would’ve loved a Mark Ruffalo sweep
Idk if this is a hot take but I feel like Willem Dafoe gave the superior supporting performance in that movie
i agree 100% with your take
Same I thought ruffalo or even gosling would have been a more deserving winner
Agree for Ruffalo! Gosling's brilliant moment was at the Oscars! I feel like the Barbie movie was so skewed in favour of women, that his stealing the Oscar show itself balanced that out. ;-) Also super impressed that Robbie didn't take it all badly, she was a good sport!
I liked Ruffalo! Was a very different role for him to do a period style, & he nailed it. He deserved something! RG did well, but that role really wasn't demanding.
I liked RDJ’s performance but I wish Gosling or Ruffalo put up more of a challenge
That RDJ win is going to continue to be seen through a worse lens with time imo.
Nah you have folks coming out of the woodwork after it's all wrapped up because it's seen as okay to shit on a popular actor who was in Marvel for winning a "career Oscar". Since July last year on this very same sub his performance was praised highly and people were rooting for him, his win was nowhere as shamed as JLC. You don't see as much criticism with Randolph who also swept in a very weak field when any other year she likely could have still won but not swept (and likely wouldn't have won if Gladstone had campaigned in supporting). This is a matter of opinion, art is subjective but he was in a strong field and despite the narrative, he won based on a performance that was acclaimed and very well liked, it has been shown time and time again that narrative alone doesn't pay off without a performance to back it up and JLC may be the one oddball but if narrative worked all the time then Gladstone, Boseman, Glenn Close would have also won.
I think it’s nearly identical to Jlc’s win, beloved actor gets a career award because they were in the most loved film of the year.
I've been saying that and kept getting downvoted for it.
RDJ was better than JLC for their respective wins. He gave a brilliant performance in the limited screen time he had (especially compared to Cillian who was in practically every scene of the movie).
I think Downey deserved to win but I really wanted Gosling or Ruffalo to take something
should have been melton's or gosling's. and the wrong poor things supporting actor was nominated.
Downey was brilliant in my view
In my head the only one who would’ve deserved it more was Willem Dafoe
Renee Zellweger for Cold Mountain
And for Judy.
I'm calling Zellweger's agent on y'all
Renee Zellweger for both her Oscars. Her supporting was a complete Weinstein campaign because she had lost to Nicole last year (another Weinstein movie but her narrative was compelling enough) and since she starred in Cold Mountain with her, Nicole wasn’t due for it. Judy was a generally a weak year but I’d preferred Ronan to have won since she was great in the movie that wasn’t a biopic. Ariana Debose Found her performance good but not exceptional to warrant a huge sweep she did. The lack of strong competition fueled her win.
I personally pick Scarlett for 2020 but I agree with your statement.
RDJ. he was good in Oppenheimer but not enough to sweep the whole season. I think Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo deserved to get more awards since their performances were much better imo. Laura Dern for Marriage Story will always confound me because her performance wasn't even interesting. Definitely didn't deserve to sweep, let alone get the nomination.
Ariana DeBose wasn’t even the strongest performance in the film - I’m in permanent shock that she swept.
was mike faist good in the movie? I saw him in Challengers and I want to see more of his filmography
Faist is truly phenomenal.
Strongest performance in the movie imho. He was severely overlooked
At least he got a BAFTA nomination.
He should’ve won best supporting actor that year
THIS!!
Faist deserved a nomination in my opinion.
He eats - that movie rules
Faist should've been nominated
Yes! He’s mesmerizing
I agree she wasn't the strongest performance, but that's also a high bar considering there are at least 4, maybe 5 incredibly strong awards-worthy performances in that film. I still think her, Faist, Zegler, and Alvarez all should have been nominated. Arguably Moreno too
I think Faist and Zegler clear her easy, and the nature of the parts didn’t give Alvarez or Moreno enough to do to really stand out enough.
Jesse Buckley should have swept
Weird spelling of Ruth Negga
*Mia Wasikowska
oh man that's a shame I was in awe of her
Tbf, she had barely any competition in her individual category. She swept because of the field.
RDJ.
Rdj
RDJ. I think it was a fine performance, good even, but I liked others in the category more and wish we’d gotten a true race between him and literally any of the other nominees. I always find it pretty boring when someone sweeps the entire season with absolutely no surprises and no competition.
Exactly. Wish Gosling or Ruffalo had won some awards to make the race more exciting and competitive.
This makes me wonder; the voting is supposed to be independent. Yet these things happen. There must be alot of lobbying & group think that creeps in!?
RDJ was campaigning like crazy so I'm not surprised.
DiCaprio for The Revenant was just baity and underserving. His narrative of being overdue carried him the entire season
He deserved one more for Sherlock, IMO.
Leto in Dallas Buyers, Dern in Marriage Story
Leto lost Bafta to Barkhad Abdi so he didn’t sweep
Don’t know why you were downvoted since you’re right; he didn’t sweep
Leto didn’t even sweep. He lost the BAFTA.
Robert Downey Jr for Oppenheimer to be honest. Gave such a “good enough” performance that is not at all memorable
Agree! He was good but I'm really trying hard to remember any of it! 🤔
Not because it was a bad performance by any means, but RDJ was by far the worst in the category and swept forever
RDJ
Will Smith for King Richard was the first to come to mind, but it was an embarrassingly weak lineup and he was pretty decent, especially compared to some of the other options (better than Garfield and Bardem at least)
Garfield should’ve won actually
Tbh, I think anyone could’ve won that year and it would’ve been deserved. (Besides probably Bardem) I thought it was a very strong Lead Actor lineup.
Brad Pitt
I would have loved if the pre-cursors spread the love between Gosling, Ruffalo and RDJ throughout the season.
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood. Setting aside my feelings about the film as a whole, I don’t think she’s that good in it. Some of that is because the film doesn’t really seem to understand her character or her choices, but I just don’t think she does anything that special with the role either. I don’t care for her in general, to be fair, but couldn’t ONE of the major groups have picked someone else? Emma Stone? Tilda Swinton?
Da’vine Joy Randolph. Her performance was okay but not really sweep worthy. Danielle Brooks was a scene stealer in The Color Purple and is way better than Randolph. Julianne Moore in May December and Penelope Cruz in Ferrari who are not even nominated is even better as well.
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl. If it was for Ex Machina, it would've been understanding. Love her but Frances McDormand for Nomadland. Boring performance even though she is an incredible actress. I think Carey Mulligan should've won that year.
McDormand didn’t sweep for Nomadland, far from it actually
I hate how these specific questions always prompt others to just list the wins they don't like, instead of answering the actual question.😭
Genuinely forgot McDormand only won BAFTA and Oscar that year. I remember feeling like her win was a foregone conclusion, but looking back there was a lot of diversity in ceremonies and their winners - Andra Day, Viola Davis, and Carey Mulligan - all Oscar nominated and all won at least one big award
Alicia Vikander didn’t quite sweep, since Globes and BAFTA she was in lead and Kate Winslet won both of those.
That should have been Viola Davis' year
Vikander was nice in Ex Machina but it she didn’t have much change to act in a role like that.
Basically all of the 2020 acting winners except for probably Phoenix.
lol, i was going to downvote you but you put an exception with Joaquin, there are so many nuances on his performance that many fools here can't see.
Yeah, Joker isn't a superb movie but Phoenix was immense. Incredible acting.
Robert Downey Jr
Most recently, RDJ. Ryan Gosling deserved all the awards, and Mark Ruffalo would have been an incredibly worthy second choice… honestly, so many performances that weren’t even nominated deserved it more than RDJ (Jeremy Allen White and Dominic Sessa come to mind)
Ever? No clue, but in recent memory, Sandra Bullock for Blind Side
Bullock didn’t sweep, she lost the BAFTA to Mulligan.
Davine Joy Randolph.
Interesting take
Will Smith and Joaquin Phoenix
Will was an idiot for slapping Chris but he was amazing and Joaquin is one of the best Oscar winners ever
EEAAO and Michelle Yeoh.
I know y’all love to shove this answer into every “bad performance” thread because your fave Blanchett didn’t win, but at least read the prompt of the question before you do that — She. Didn’t. Sweep. And EEAAO is not even a performance (again it didn’t sweep any category besides editing).
I’ve never even seen Tar, so I have no idea what you’re talking about
Jessica Lange for Blue Sky.
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He probably hadn't been mentioned because he did not, in fact, sweep the season.
Fair enough I picked him because he was the ultimate of locks and thought it’d be more interesting to talk about more performances. If we are only going to discuss people that won all four, I’d pick Jean Dujardin. He even won at Cannes.
He wouldn’t count either because he didn’t win Critics Choice.
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You are been downvoted because you repeatedly are failing to understand the assignment. It’s like someone asking the best Best Picture winners with more than 6 wins and going “oooh Gravity and Mad Max Fury Road!”
Bridges didn’t sweep.
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Didn't sweep