Tuesday, February 28, 2006

9 Days of Oscar 2006: Lead Actress

Who’s nominated? Judi Dench- Mrs. Henderson Presents, Felicity Huffman- Transamerica, Keira Knightley- Pride & Prejudice, Charlize Theron- North Country, Reese Witherspoon- Walk the Line

Who should have been nominated? Naomi Watts- King Kong. A lot of buzz before King Kong was released revolved around the question of chemistry between Watts and her CGI monkey. The end result showed the director should have been more concerned about Adrian Brody’s lack of chemistry with…well…anyone. Watts scenes with a CGI Kong are so good you forget momentarily that the gorillas not really there.

Who will win? Reese Witherspoon. This is really a one woman race. Dame Judy and Charlize seem to have picked up nominations simply for putting out decent work in a lackluster year for leading ladies. Knightley should just be happy she’s nominated. By all accounts Huffman’s performance is great but Transamerica is a small film that’s not considered very good. That leaves Reese who made us remember that when she wants to be she can be a very good actress. If she wins lets hope that puts to rest any ideas for Legally Blonde 3.

Who should win? Reese Witherspoon. As of writing this I haven’t seen any of the films so I’ll pull for Reese just because I’m a Cash/Carter fan and she should’ve been nominated for Election.

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