Deniro losing to Hopkins was a joke

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bishop-69757 — 10 years ago(March 03, 2016 09:40 AM)

Lets start off why was Hopkins nominated for lead actor when he had like 20 minutes of screen time. I thought Ted Levine out shined Hopkins in SOTL but that's just me. This should have been Deniros 3rd Oscar. I could live with Hopkins winning Supporting.

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RobbieCalifornia — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 05:57 PM)

The real joke is that Robert Mitchum wasn't even nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Max Cady in the original. Superior to DeNiro's, IMO.
I just rewatched the original, Mitchum was frightening and pure evil.

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franzkabuki — 10 years ago(March 06, 2016 05:33 AM)

They're both hammy, but Hopkins more distinctively and memorably so. As for who gave the best lead actor performance in 1991, then my pick would certainly be John Turturro in Barton Fink.
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poettesse — 9 years ago(August 23, 2016 06:33 PM)

I still say Hopkins deserved that Best Actor Oscar.

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pksoze22 — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 07:05 PM)

Hopkins was better in Remains of the Day than he was in Silence imho.

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Saltpeter — 9 years ago(September 18, 2016 12:05 PM)

I remember noticing the nominees that year played criminals (Beatty, De Niro, Hopkins), a damaged psycho (Willilams) or damaged from a horrendous past (Nolte)!

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robby_ross — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 07:58 PM)

Ugh, seriously? De Niro was like the crazy uncle doing party tricks and telling dirty jokes at a wedding reception. In comparison, Hopkins' performance was subtle.

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lukejbarnett2002 — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 09:35 AM)

yeah, do they just go main, lead actor who gets top billing and is the main lead character in the movie so it has to be best actor. this is so stupid if the actor only has 20 minutes screen time. that's a supporting actor not a lead actor. supporting=not as much screen time as lead actor, it always does and it has to. they are just supporting the main actors. but in this case it just so happens that there isn't a lead actor. deniro was robbed.