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Posted by: Josh! 19th August 2017, 08:33 PM

OSCARS 2008
BEST LEADING ACTOR



The nominees were:
Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will Be Blood"
George Clooney "Michael Clayton"
Johnny Depp "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen "Eastern Promises"

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:
Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will Be Blood"
George Clooney "Michael Clayton"
James McAvoy "Atonement"
Viggo Mortensen "Eastern Promises"
Denzel Washington "American Gangster"

Musical or Comedy:
Johnny Depp "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Ryan Gosling "Lars and the Real Girl"
Tom Hanks "Charlie Wilson's War"
Philip Seymour Hoffman "The Savages"
John C. Reilly "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"

BAFTAS
Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will Be Blood"
George Clooney "Michael Clayton"
James McAvoy "Atonement"
Viggo Mortensen "Eastern Promises"
Ulrich Mühe "The Lives of Others"

SAG Awards
Daniel Day-Lewis "There Will Be Blood"
George Clooney "Michael Clayton"
Ryan Gosling "Lars and the Real Girl"
Emile Hirsch "Into the Wild"
Viggo Mortensen "Eastern Promises"

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Posted by: Josh! 19th August 2017, 08:35 PM

Legitimately only seen one of these so I guess Johhny Depp is my winner by default. He was great though and I'm glad that we got another musical acting nominee as they don't happen very often. In a way, I'm a bit gutted that he stole a lot of the limelight though because Helena Bonham Carter was just as deserving.

In terms of snubs, I thought James McAvoy was pretty brilliant in Atonement (I preferred him to Saoirse Ronan in this to be honest!). It's such a shame he STILL doesn't have an Oscar nomination to his name..

Posted by: Frank! 21st August 2017, 01:48 PM

There was only one really deserving of that award that year, and that was Daniel Day-Lewis. End of discussion.
All kidding aside, I do think he was by far the strongest that year and gave a mind blowing performance! He really was terrifying!

Posted by: Shaphne 21st August 2017, 01:53 PM

Not seen ANY of these oops.

Posted by: Josh! 21st August 2017, 01:56 PM

QUOTE(Shaphne @ Aug 21 2017, 02:53 PM)

Not seen ANY of these oops.