Anybody else think Kim Bassinger didn't deserve the Oscar?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — L.A. Confidential
GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 11 years ago(October 16, 2014 08:53 PM)
After watching it 5 or 6 times I still don't think she was that great or fantastic. She wasn't horrible. But I didn't think she did anything amazing in it. I personally think it should've gone to Gloria Stuart in Titanic. This seems like the stupid old we're sorry we snubbed you Oscar. Like Jack Palance winning for City Slickers or Tommy Lee Jones winning for the Fugitive. Of course most people already know Gloria Stuart was the best performance that year.
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hnt_dnl — 11 years ago(October 28, 2014 01:29 AM)
I agree. It's ironic that Basinger won, when she probably gave the least impressive performance of the main cast. But she was essentially the sole female character of importance, so there was no competition against her in the same film. I think the males might have cancelled each other out, because you had Crowe, Pearce, Spacey, and Cromwell all standing out, and even David Straithairn and Danny DeVito in minor entertaining roles. Too much macho! Not enough awards!
Crowe and Pearce were the leads, but they were essentially newcomers and the Best Actor category was filled with veterans (and Matt Damon!), but not a single Supporting Actor nod among Spacey, Cromwell, Straithairn, or DeVito? -
GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 — 11 years ago(November 14, 2014 07:42 PM)
I strongly disagree. He should've won for JFK. He wasn't worthy of an Oscar at all for the Fugitive in my opinion. To me Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive is no different than Arnold Schwarzenegger in any of his movies. Not that I hate watching him in the movie but it is defiantly not his best performance.
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ibrarules — 11 years ago(November 23, 2014 07:14 AM)
I strongly disagree. He should've won for JFK. He wasn't worthy of an Oscar at all for the Fugitive in my opinion. To me Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive is no different than Arnold Schwarzenegger in any of his movies. Not that I hate watching him in the movie but it is defiantly not his best performance.
Completely agreed.
TLJ is a very good actor but imho his win over the likes of Fiennes, DiCaprio, and Postlewhaite appalss me -
film_rat — 11 years ago(December 21, 2014 05:33 AM)
I wasn't really overwhelmed biy Kim Basingers performance. As you pointed out, UltronDoom86, she was okay, but nothing spechial. It war more her character (Lynn) than the person which caught your eye and atention.
BTW, for an escort "girl" I found her to old. Don't get me wrong now, she looks great and in the movie she is a brilliant looking end 3-. But a professional who makes his money with renting prostitutes, would't he have chosen rather a 20-year-old than a nearly 40-year-old?
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namik-ramani — 11 years ago(January 29, 2015 06:44 PM)
I swear i just finished watching this movie and thought the same thing ! She was ok, but in the script for her character and her acting was nothing oscar worthy, really just normal scenes. I waited and thought maybe something by the end of the movie will come where she would nailed it but nothing ! Really only normal scenes ! And I thought wtf academy
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PatriceLeGraisseux — 11 years ago(January 31, 2015 10:33 AM)
I can't find a single memorable moment in her performance. I love that she won but I can't appreciate anything about the performance, I think it might have to do something with the era the movie is set in. I really don't know.
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TMC-4 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 01:03 AM)
http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/02/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-kim-basinger/
Shes been a Bond girl, Batmans girlfriend and a corpse in a Tom Petty video. Most recently, she played Zac Effrons mom. What the hell happened? The easy answer is that Kim Basinger was a sex symbol who got old. But the story of Basingers career is far more interesting than the easy answer would lead you to believe.
http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/02/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-kim-basinger/6/
That could have been the end of the story. But Hollywood loves a comeback and Basinger was primed and ready for one. In 1997, Basinger had a hell of a comeback in Curtis Hansons gritty film noir, LA Confidential.
It was the role Basinger was born for. She played a glamorous, sexy femme fatale. But with enough vulnerability to win a slew of awards including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Despite the overwhelming success of LA Confidential, Basinger didnt jump right back into starring roles. She didnt release another movie for three years. In 2000, she starred in two box office turkeys, I Dreamed of Africa and the supernatural thriller, Bless the Child. Both received bad reviews.
