I didn't feel there was much subtlety to his performance as fun and charming as it is.

He was very good as Lector. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. In this case the opinion is wrong though.

I thought Anthony Hopkins played a bad Hannibal Lecter in Ridley Scott's Hannibal and in Red Dragon.
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In my opinion, although the film's story evolves around Bufallo Bill's murders and final kidnapping, it is Lecter who this film is really about, and Clarice to an extent. I mean, anyone else could have played Buffalo Bill and the film would still get the same level of appreciation. But remove Anthony Hopkins and I don't think much of this film would be remembered like it is now.

I'm not saying he wasn't good - he was fantastic. And yes, he made a lasting impression, or his character did. Fava beans and chianti and all. But then so did Buffalo Bill - we're still seeing memes based on the "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again" and "baby in the basket" bits. He definitely deserved an award; just not Best Actor. His was a supporting role, not a starring role.

I get your point but 20 minutes is more than enough to make an impression. The impression Anthony Hopkins made with Hannibal Lecter in this movie 1) is the one thing that most viewers would still remember from this movie if everything else about it was forgotten, 2) would be carved to the minds of whoever that watched it and appreciated it, for the rest of their lives.

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Maybe it's just that it seems bizarre to give a Best Actor award to an actor who, amazing as he is, is onscreen for fewer than twenty minutes. Supporting Actor might have made better sense.

I particularly liked the dozens of dozens of 'worsts' they list; movies, actors, actresses, directors, etcwithout listing who they felt
should
have won instead.
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There are critics for pretty much everything. Everything that every person has said in the history of the world has drawn outrage from at least one other person. Hell, there are people who disagree with Ren Descartes' famous philosophical statement: "I think, therefore I am". Just goes to show that even the most obvious truth in the universe has its critics (albeit idiots).

The correct saying is:
Opinions are like haemarrhoids. Eventually every arshole has one.
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Yup. Everyone has opinions,they're like as*holes.

That's just one person's opinion. A person who thinks Avatar and Kate Hudson in Almost Famous should have won Oscars.

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