Do you think Julia Roberts will get another Academy Award nomination or win?
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She was nominated for Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich which she won in 2000 for that one. She's continued on success with other movies in the Box Office over the years.
Now with the upcoming movie she's doing later in the year called August: Osage County do you think this could get another Oscar nomination?
Now with the upcoming movie she's doing later in the year called August: Osage County do you think this could get another Oscar nomination?
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Its difficult to answer until you have seen the film.
But it's impossible to say until the movie is released.
Take for example Susan Sarandon. At one point she could do no wrong. Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil etc. Then she dropped off the radar as far as awards go. The same with Glenn Close or Hilary Swank.
The darling of the Award committees now are people like Anne Hathaway, Angelna Jolie (but she's on the way out), Helena Bonham Carter, Kristen Stewart (why) Jennifer Lawrence, Julianna Moore (she's always slipping in and out of favor)
Julia Roberts is now 45 years old. In films she is going to get the Mom roles rather than the sexy lead roles. She's getting too old for the rom-com roles and IMO she will struggle to be taken seriously as a tough female cop in a thriller. She's made too many fluffy, safe. nice films and is too type cast in that role.
IMO she would have to produce (possibly finance) and edgy film herself so she gets the part and do a role/film that nobody is expecting playing a heroin addict or something similar. Something that will make people who think they know her and her type of roles sit up and take notice and say wow I didn't know she could act like that.
bib: And Meryl Streep:D And Amy Adams.
Regarding Julia, I was surprised that she won the Best Actress Oscar for Erin Brockovich.
kidman's in danger of being the female Michael Jackson if she has anymore work done on her kipper.
Julia hasn't done a decent film since her oscar win personally. As she has got older, her roles and choices haven't been kind to her.
Agree with that about Nicole!
You would never see Julia doing a role that Nicole played in The Paperboy. Plus Julia isn't so much of a character actress to have taken on Virginia Woolfe, who Nicole won the oscar for playing. Julia is a great actress but very safe on her roles. I think the biggest risk she took was with Erin Brockovich, as it was something she could get her teeth into and it allowed her to show a side of not just being another woman falling in love with a guy again.
But Nicole is so diverse. To Die For, The Others, Moulin Rouge, The Paperboy, Rabbit Hole, The Hours and Dogville are perhaps the most highlight films that show this about Nicole. The upcoming Grace Of Monoco will also further this on, i believe.
Nicole did get another Academy Award nomination in 2010 for Rabbit Hole.
It feels like Julia has kind of fallen off the wagon since 2001 which is personally IMO her peak. From 1997-2001 was when she just exploded getting her movies to be hit after hit in the box office. I felt that she made a great movie since Mona Lisa Smile back in 2003.
Also, she'll be starring in her first mainstream movie for years next summer with Guardians of the Galaxy. Perhaps a little premature, but could this be a career resurgence?
By the way, this video of her at the Golden Globes this year is hilarious: http://youtu.be/algughPnrpI
Kidman has some very astute "reader" of film scripts before she takes roles. probably the same one as Tom Cruise. Both rarely get it wrong, and i don't think that's a coincidence.
I agree that Julia Roberts is passed her best, judging by most of her recent films. Eat Pray Love was atrocious.
But I still think Nicole could win another Oscar. She has done a few duds, but still makes really interesting choices and takes risks with her roles. I wasn't a fan of The Paperboy, but her performance was really good
I thought her performance in Albert Nobbs was laughable, but she was outstanding in Damages and 101 dalmations. Other than that, i found her rather average, along with Jessica Lange.
As for the topic, I have no idea. She is a talented actress and people less talented have won.
You don't rate her but you find her outstanding...
I think Jessica Lange is about where she should be - on TV, being nominated for Emmy awards for American Horror Story
Glenn Close is a one trick pony, as is Sally Field.
Shame Maggie Smith didn't get a win for Quartet or The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) in recent years, totally different class...
Sally field is another actress who i have really liked much in terms of films.. Although i like her performance in Steel magnolias and she was great in Brothers and sisters, but her performance in Norma Rae for me was rather forgettable and I felt she never made the role her own.
Maggie smith is just amazing. She tends to play the same type of characters but she is one high class top notch actress. She doesn't mess about. She gives incredible performances. Her best has to be for Miss Jean Brodie.
Downtonfan, please stop criticising my posts. I don't know what your issue with me is, but we have actually gotten on rather well on past threads, so why the sudden hostile horrible attittude to me is confusing me.