Anybody else think Kim Bassinger didn't deserve the Oscar?
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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.
When the Story Lady tells us about the naughty boy who blew up his goldfish. -
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. -
vajta99 — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 06:47 AM)
I'm afraid this is one of the best examples of how Oscars are rigged sometimes. One way you can figure it out is by looking at all those critics association awards that are handed out each year (Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago). Kim Basinger was hardly mentioned in any of them, and here she is, winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe (not BAFTA, though). Kevin Spacey had much more nominations for his role in L.A. Confidential than her and he didn't even get an Oscar nom.
Let's look how some of the most famous critics association voted that year in the supporting actress category:
Boston Society of Film Critics
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
(she wasn't even nominated for Academy Award)
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Alison Elliott - The Wings of a Dove
Chicago Film Critics Association
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
(she wasn't even nominated for Academy Award)
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Joan Allen - The Ice Storm
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
National Society of Film Critics
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
Nathalie Richard - Irma Vep
New York Film Critics Circle Award
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Online Film & Television Association
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Christina Ricci - The Ice Storm
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
Online Film Critics Society Award
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
Julianne Moore - The Myths of Fingerprints
Joan Cusack - Grosse Pointe Blank
San Diego Film Critics Society Award
Jurnee Smollett-Bell - Eve's Bayou
(she wasn't nominated for Academy Award)
Satellite Awards
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm
Ashley Judd - Kiss the Girls
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
Society of Texas Film Critics
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
So, if we are to judge by critics association - Kim Basinger did not deserve to win because that year there were far better supporting actress roles than hers. Although I personally think she's great in it, I would give the Oscar either to Julianne Moore or Gloria Stuart Hell, even Joan Cusack who was great in "In & Out".
L.A. Confidential is one of my favorite movies of all times and I love every character and every actor and actress in it - but if Kim Basinger didn't won an Oscar, I would've survived.
