How do you accurately guess the nom for Oscar? Especially the Best Actress race. On Oscars preferential ballots the top five nominees have to score enough number 1 points in order to get a nomination (or so I understand).Will enough people think Angelina Jolie gave the number 1 best performance by an actress in a lead role in 2008? I cannot imagine that. I can see it for Meryl Streep, Sally Hawkins, Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet and Melissa Leo, but just not for Jolie. Sure her film and role is more Oscar friendly, but Oscar has (albeit slowly) been changing.
Sure Cate Blanchett scored a nom for ‘Elizabeth: The Blah di Blah’, but the Academy obviously LOVE her (she is after all the apparent next Meryl Streep – I’ll be the judge of that), and they do not seem to feel the same way for Jolie. Will they feel she is owed? I think not. Do they really want Brad and Angela there? Doubtful really, I mean they hardly show a lot of love for the Pitt.
Sure there are the pro’s to her getting a nomination:
1 – Making up for an injustice last year
2 – Oscar baity role
3 – Part of Hollywood power couple
4 – Directed by Clint
But there are some glaring cons:
1- Overall reaction to the performance is iffy
2 – Reaction to the film is less than good
3 – She is not that loved in Hollywood
4 – There are plenty more deserving Actresses vying for the position
5 – The role, although baity, does seem a little ‘been there, done that’
Who do you all think are the most likely nominees for Best Actress?
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I don't could answer that, but maybe if Angie need that Oscar Nomination she should be nominated at BAFTAs. In last year every actress (With not real Oscar chances) who will be nominated for Critics Choice, SAG, Golden Globes and BAFTA she'll be nominated (Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron)... Remember last year Angie didn't take a BAFTA nomination but Cate does.
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