a brief WTFrant about the Oscars
Mostly, I don't care about this kind of thing, but someone is going to have to explain to me why Hailee Steinfeld received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit.
I say this not because I don't think she deserved the nomination. She was fantastic. I ask this because anyone who has seen True Grit or even overheard the trailer for True Grit on TV somewhere knows that she was the main character of the movie. Wikipedia lists her before Jeff Bridges when it describes who stars in the film, and yet for some reason Jeff Bridges' role was considered a leading role. Half of the movie is Hailee Steinfeld's character just trying to get Jeff Bridges' character to be involved; if anything, he should have gone into the supporting role category. Need more convincing? Ask the Coen Brothers!
"The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humour in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the MAIN CHARACTER -- the little girl-25 years later when she's an adult."
So maybe I'm misunderstanding what makes an actor qualify for Best Supporting Role as opposed to Best Leading Role and it actually doesn't have to do with who the main character is. Maybe they knew Natalie Portman was going to win Best Leading Actress and wanted to give the girl a chance. Or maybe they're the type of people who consider Jeff Bridges more important because he's already famous and think it's okay to marginalize Hailee Steinfeld because of her age.
Also, while I'm on the subject, does anyone else think it's fucked up that they separate Best Actress and Best Actor? Being an actress is not actually different from being an actor as I understand it, unless you count the fact that actresses have about 20 times the amount of competition for a significantly lower number of roles and will only be cast if they're one specific body type. If Hollywood is **so progressive** (which yeah, no one actually believes), can they not just give out two awards to the two best performers and not take gender into account?
And finally, who the hell decided it was a good idea to consider Inception for Best Soundtrack? I mean. I mean. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNN.
I say this not because I don't think she deserved the nomination. She was fantastic. I ask this because anyone who has seen True Grit or even overheard the trailer for True Grit on TV somewhere knows that she was the main character of the movie. Wikipedia lists her before Jeff Bridges when it describes who stars in the film, and yet for some reason Jeff Bridges' role was considered a leading role. Half of the movie is Hailee Steinfeld's character just trying to get Jeff Bridges' character to be involved; if anything, he should have gone into the supporting role category. Need more convincing? Ask the Coen Brothers!
"The book is entirely in the voice of the 14-year-old girl. That sort of tips the feeling of it over a certain way. I think [the book is] much funnier than the movie was so I think, unfortunately, they lost a lot of humour in both the situations and in her voice. It also ends differently than the movie did. You see the MAIN CHARACTER -- the little girl-25 years later when she's an adult."
So maybe I'm misunderstanding what makes an actor qualify for Best Supporting Role as opposed to Best Leading Role and it actually doesn't have to do with who the main character is. Maybe they knew Natalie Portman was going to win Best Leading Actress and wanted to give the girl a chance. Or maybe they're the type of people who consider Jeff Bridges more important because he's already famous and think it's okay to marginalize Hailee Steinfeld because of her age.
Also, while I'm on the subject, does anyone else think it's fucked up that they separate Best Actress and Best Actor? Being an actress is not actually different from being an actor as I understand it, unless you count the fact that actresses have about 20 times the amount of competition for a significantly lower number of roles and will only be cast if they're one specific body type. If Hollywood is **so progressive** (which yeah, no one actually believes), can they not just give out two awards to the two best performers and not take gender into account?
And finally, who the hell decided it was a good idea to consider Inception for Best Soundtrack? I mean. I mean. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNN.