RDJ DESERVED AN ACADEMY AWARD!!
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Andi09 — 14 years ago(April 15, 2011 10:06 PM)
I had watched most of Chaplin's films prior to this movie and RDJ blew my
f ucking mind, he was absolutely PERFECT. He was robbed alright, but I haven't cared for the Academy in a long, long time. Even if he was to receive the gold, proving that he's a great actor, the fact is, we already know he is.
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a.lampert — 12 years ago(July 20, 2013 03:54 PM)
I've just watched Chaplin for the first time, twenty years after it was made, and agree that RDJ was better in this film than Al Pacino was in Scent of A Woman. He may have lost anyway to Clint Eastwood who was probably favourite for Unforgiven that year. I still think Downey was better because Chaplin was a bigger challenge for an actor than either Pacino or Eastwood's parts. One slip and it could have been fatal but he was superb from beginning to end.
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KrazeeforKittiez — 12 years ago(January 23, 2014 05:14 PM)
His portrayal was pure genius and he should have received the award but the same could be said of others who have not won
Maybe someday he will win the award for a lesser performance to make up for not winning for Chaplin. IMO.the Academy does stuff like that.
For example: Elizabeth Taylor almost died and the she won a award for Butterfied 8 (phew) when she really should have won for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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RazzberryBeret — 11 years ago(October 06, 2014 08:27 AM)
If Peter O'Toole couldn't nail an Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia, Beckett or Goodbye Mr. Chips (or his 5 other nominations) then there's a fair chance Robert Downey, jr wont get one either. Donald Sutherland has never even garnered a nomination the mind boggles. I'd say the non-winners club is a pretty cool one.
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Felixthecat34213 — 11 years ago(October 18, 2014 12:57 AM)
Yeah I personally don't think Al pacino's performance holds up today as well as Downey's in Chaplin.
Of course this was also the year The Crying Game lost to Unforgiven (the darling of the academy that year.) I'll admit that Clint Eastwood has made some really terrific films, but Unforgiven is basically just a rehash of The Searchers. Mystic River is certainly a much better example of his directing skills and that didn't win. -
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boogles — 10 years ago(September 17, 2015 06:53 PM)
I agree - I think it's the best performance that RDJ has ever given. Unfortunately, he was up against good old Al - and well, Al had been passed over a couple of times before(think Godfather Parts 1 and 2, Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico, there's more as well).
I think if Scent of a Woman hadn't had Al in it - then the Oscar fight would have been RDJ versus Clint Eastwood, for his superb performance in Unforgiven. Then, I think RDJ might have won it. Good though I thought Eastwood was(and I love Unforgiven as a film - it's great he won Best Picture and Director) - I think RDJ would have won the Best Actor Oscar. -
rockincrocodile — 10 years ago(September 25, 2015 11:49 AM)
Absolutely. As you can see from my profile pic, I love him in "Chaplin". The physical comedy he got so absolutely spot on, and most of all: The eyes of a man in his 20s that looked so old and weary in the last scenes Wow. Breathtaking. He was again snubbed for "Tropic Thunder". It would be such a shame if Robert shouldn't get an Oscar at one point, or posthumous, which is hopefully hundreds of years away. It's just that easy tasks like Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes won't get him one. C'mon movie makers: Challenge that man, you know he can!