I'm glad to see there is someone who is also more impressed with Brady's performance. Both deserves Oscars, in my opinion, but Brady was only like 15 when this film was made, and his performance was one of the best I've seen. Plus, he played Brian exactly EXACTLY how he was written.
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As good as JGL was, I was more impressed with Brady Corbet's performance and I was more emotionally invested in his character, to be honest. Both were fantastic though in this outstanding film.
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I've seen this movie several times now, the first time I watched it I was captivated by the whole film but more focussed on bryans story, but after watching it a few times levitts performance its just nothing short of amazing, the expressions and the subtlety of his performance is incredible, he conveys so much of neils pain thru empty looks and expression, truely talened and deserving of every award but yea nowhere near mainstream enough

Not enough people saw the film.
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I just said the same thing under another thread, why wasn't he nominated? It's amazing how the Oscars tend to overlook brilliant acting by underrated actors.
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They overlook this fantastic performance, but the Academy just can't ignore a film like Beasts of the Southern Wild (for example)
. Definitly deserved a nom.

Not true. They clearly snob them often but not all the time. Hilary Swank, Holly Hunter and Melissa Leo come to mind.

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Crash and Platoon both won best picture and were independent films. It was because of two reasons: 1. Not many Oscar voters saw it and 2. It's subject matter.
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I think it's because Mysterious Skin is considered to be an 'india film', and the Academy never nominates indie films or people who have starred in them or worked on them. They always seem to want to exclude independent cinema for some reason.

Truly deserved to be nominated at the very least.

you would think that, but the cinemas received it in 2005
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Even if that were a legitimate reason (it's not),
Brokeback Mountain
was released in 2005 and didn't make an appearance at the Oscars until 2006.
Mysterious Skin
was released in 2004, therefore would have been in the running for the '05 awards.
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already had Brokeback Mountain's Ledger in the running
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Very simple. To put it plainly, the Academy powers are composed of cowardly wusses. Gordon-Levitt actually deserved the award.
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I don't know if it was a deliberate snub, it could be the case that he just wasn't put forward and didn't campaign for it.
That said I do think it was Oscar worthy, his performance was so haunting and he inhabited the role so completely it was unnerving.

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Brilliant performances in this film. It was greatly overlooked

Bet they've never even heard of this exquisite piece of work.

He should have been, but I've come to learn that there are always going to be snubs at awards shows. I wouldn't be surprised if the content of the film turned off a lot of the Academy voters, actually, as they tend to be quite stuffy.
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