I was gonna say because it was a hilarious indictment of Hollywood, but ... yeah, that's exactly why it wouldn't. Maybe we're giving the Oscar people too little credit?
Jack Black's character "suffering" from heroine withdrawal alone made it worth watching, not to mention "Angry Corporate Exec" as potrayed by Tom Cruise.
They nominated Wall-E for Best Original Screenplay, and I do not care about the rest very much. Dark Knight for Best Adapted Screenplay would have been cool, too, though.
Eh, technically, but I wasn't really talking about honorary ones. Regardless, your claim is pretty false since there have been many actors nominated for posthumous awards who have not won them.
you've quite clearly fallen into a wormhole or vortex while you slept and a-woken in a universe where the crap is awarded and the good stuff is flushed away never to be remember again.
either that, or the oscars board really have finally lost their sanity.
til next.... ~Kits~ (hasn't seen it, but knows ben stiller films)
I have seen it. And, frankly, Robert Downey Jr's performance was extremely good, hilarious, AND is the kind of satire that the Academy voters are most likely to get, empathise with, and love.
While I will agree with "awesome", I also feel that "inspires awe" and "is good" do not always go together.
(I really liked RDjr's performance in it, too. But I'm *shocked* that a Ben Stiller/Jack Black comedy is up for an Oscar - normally, the nature of the film itself would disqualify it regardless of individual performances.)
Except that *getting* posthumous Oscars is actually very very uncommon, in acting at least. To the best of my knowledge, there's only been one nominee awarded the award posthumously before, to another Australian named Peter Finch, for Network (1976).
From http://www.filmsite.org/bestactor.html:
Posthumous Acting Nominations and Award(s):
Jeanne Eagels - nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for The Letter (1928/29) posthumously James Dean - the only actor who was twice nominated (in two consecutive years) for a Best Actor Oscar after his death and lost, for East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956) Spencer Tracy - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) posthumously Peter Finch - was nominated for - and won the Best Actor Oscar for Network (1976) posthumously - Finch is the only performer to have won the Oscar after his death Ralph Richardson - nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) posthumously Italian actor Massimo Troisi - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for The Postman (Il Postino) (1995) posthumously Heath Ledger - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight (2008) posthumously
Not just that, but his role was absolutely the kind of thing that *actors* would find hilarious more so than normal people, AND it was a very good performance overall.
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Date: 2009-01-22 05:46 pm (UTC)I can almost accept that.
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Date: 2009-01-22 06:20 pm (UTC)Jack Black's character "suffering" from heroine withdrawal alone made it worth watching, not to mention "Angry Corporate Exec" as potrayed by Tom Cruise.
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Date: 2009-01-22 09:36 pm (UTC)*coughs* Edward G. Robinson *coughs*
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Date: 2009-01-22 09:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-22 10:04 pm (UTC)either that, or the oscars board really have finally lost their sanity.
til next....
~Kits~ (hasn't seen it, but knows ben stiller films)
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Date: 2009-01-22 10:15 pm (UTC)But still! Tropic fucking Thunder!
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Date: 2009-01-22 10:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-22 10:39 pm (UTC)(I really liked RDjr's performance in it, too. But I'm *shocked* that a Ben Stiller/Jack Black comedy is up for an Oscar - normally, the nature of the film itself would disqualify it regardless of individual performances.)
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Date: 2009-01-22 11:45 pm (UTC)From http://www.filmsite.org/bestactor.html:
Posthumous Acting Nominations and Award(s):
Jeanne Eagels - nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for The Letter (1928/29) posthumously
James Dean - the only actor who was twice nominated (in two consecutive years) for a Best Actor Oscar after his death and lost, for East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956)
Spencer Tracy - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) posthumously
Peter Finch - was nominated for - and won the Best Actor Oscar for Network (1976) posthumously - Finch is the only performer to have won the Oscar after his death
Ralph Richardson - nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) posthumously
Italian actor Massimo Troisi - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for The Postman (Il Postino) (1995) posthumously
Heath Ledger - nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for The Dark Knight (2008) posthumously
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Date: 2009-01-23 01:56 am (UTC)That being said...
I'm a LEAD farmer, motherfucka!
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Date: 2009-01-27 02:52 pm (UTC)But... Tropic Thunder!
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Date: 2009-01-27 03:08 pm (UTC)It DOES make sense in the detail....just...TROPIC...THUNDER?