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Posted by: Josh! 22nd August 2017, 10:42 AM

OSCARS 2008
BEST LEADING ACTRESS



The nominees were:
Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"
Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie "Away From Her"
Laura Linney "The Savages"
Ellen Page "Juno"

What were your favourites? What was unfairly snubbed? Who shouldn't have even been here in the first place?

Here are some of the other nominees from major awards from the same year:
Golden Globes
Drama:
Julie Christie "Away From Her"
Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Keira Knightley "Atonement"
Angelina Jolie "A Mighty Heart"
Jodie Foster "The Brave One"

Musical or Comedy:
Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"
Amy Adams "Enchanted"
Nikki Blonsky "Hairspray"
Helena Bonham Carter "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Ellen Page "Juno"

BAFTAS
Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"
Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie "Away From Her"
Keira Knightley "Atonement"
Ellen Page "Juno"

SAG Awards
Julie Christie "Away From Her"
Cate Blanchett "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Marion Cotillard "La Vie en Rose"
Angelina Jolie "A Mighty Heart"
Ellen Page "Juno"

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Posted by: Josh! 22nd August 2017, 10:47 AM

Seen three of these and this would be my ranking:

1 Marion Cotillard
2 Julie Christie
3 Ellen Page

Cotillard - This is one of my favourite performances of all-time, it's amazing how she managed to portray one woman throughout different stages of her life. There was heaps of emotion in her singing scenes and I just found it one of the most captivating portrayals of a character I've ever seen

Christie - She was probably runner-up in the real Oscars too and it's not hard to see why. It reminds me of Julianne Moore in Still Alice or Judi Dench in Iris where some of the scenes just tear your heart out. I'm not that familiar with Christie's older films but it's a shame she hasn't done much of note since this either.

Ellen Page - Perfect for this role but the role is a bit light in comparison to the other two so I have had to rank her a bit lower. She seemed so promising at the time though so it's also a shame we haven't seen her do many good films since (Inception aside really...)

In terms of snubs, I really think Keira Knightley could have made it in if she was pushed supporting. She hardly has a big role so it wouldn't be category fraud and she was just as good in this as she was in her actual two Oscar nominations (if not better!). A bit of a shame Ronan was the only acting nomination from this film when McAvoy, Knightley and Redgrave all nailed it too !

Helena Bonham Carter would have been in my top five too but she probably never stood much of a chance in reality despite the Golden Globe nomination. She's so underrated though, 2 Oscar nominations does not do her justice at all. It's a bit gutting that Depp stole the attention here because they made a great duo in the film but she didn't get half the love from the awards

Posted by: Shaphne 22nd August 2017, 08:01 PM

Amy deserved the Oscar nod for Enchanted

Posted by: Frank! 23rd August 2017, 11:16 AM

The performance that Cotillard gave is probably one of the best of all time, so it's a good thing she won! Her performance is really quite something. The confidence she oozes, the big emotional scenes and the subtle ones are all splendid as well!