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trocadero

holidays and salad days and days of moldy mayonnaise

Feb 04, 2009 19:10

Life gets in the way of blogging. You know how it is. But so does Facebook! Sweet Jesus, that site has been my internet crackpipe lately. I can't help it. It's like a scab I can't stop picking. Sorry, I went a little overboard with the metaphors ( Read more... )

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lz1982 February 5 2009, 15:00:28 UTC

Frost/Nixon (quite excellent, and why the hell didn't Michael Sheen get an Oscar nomination?)

ITA. I think maybe because in the Best Actor field, he was overshadowed by Langella, but his part was so big that no one would think of him for Supporting.

I just saw this onstage Tuesday night, with Stacy Keach as Nixon and Alan Cox as Frost. Keach and Langella were fairly comparable, although I liked Langella slightly better, but Sheen was definitely the better Frost. Cox was good in the "nailed him!" moment at the end, but Sheen was much better at creating a sympathetic character.

trocadero February 5 2009, 15:20:39 UTC

I think Sheen was snubbed for this role and his role in The Queen because they were both very subtle, understated performances. Oscar likes over-the-top scenery chewing. That said, I look forward to seeing more of Sheen in the future and I hope that he gets a nomination some day. I really like him.

lz1982 February 5 2009, 15:35:27 UTC

I agree with that--in both films he had the misfortune of playing opposite a much showier actor.