Posted June 26, 20178 yr OSCARS 2009 BEST LEADING ACTOR The nominees were: Sean Penn "Milk" Richard Jenkins "The Visitor" Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon" Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" 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: Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon" Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Sean Penn "Milk" Leonardo DiCaprio "Revolutionary Road" Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell "In Bruges" Javier Bardem "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" James Franco "Pineapple Express" Brendan Gleeson "In Bruges" Dustin Hoffman "Last Chance Harvey" BAFTAS Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon" Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Sean Penn "Milk" Dev Patel "Slumdog Millionare" SAG Awards Sean Penn "Milk" Richard Jenkins "The Visitor" Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon" Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" OSCARS REVIEWS 2016 Best Picture 2016 Best Leading Actress 2016 Best Leading Actor 2016 Best Supporting Actress 2016 Best Supporting Actor 2016 Best Director 2015 Best Picture 2015 Best Leading Actress 2015 Best Leading Actor 2015 Best Supporting Actress 2015 Best Supporting Actor 2015 Best Director 2014 Best Picture 2014 Best Leading Actress 2014 Best Leading Actor 2014 Best Supporting Actress 2014 Best Supporting Actor 2014 Best Director 2013 Best Picture 2013 Best Leading Actress 2013 Best Leading Actor 2013 Best Supporting Actress 2013 Best Supporting Actor 2013 Best Director 2012 Best Picture 2012 Best Leading Actress 2012 Best Leading Actor 2012 Best Supporting Actress 2012 Best Supporting Actor 2012 Best Director 2011 Best Picture 2011 Best Leading Actress 2011 Best Leading Actor 2011 Best Supporting Actress 2011 Best Supporting Actor 2011 Best Director 2010 Best Picture 2010 Best Leading Actress 2010 Best Leading Actor 2010 Best Supporting Actress 2010 Best Supporting Actor 2010 Best Director 2009 Best Picture
June 26, 20178 yr Author This was a really, really strong year. All four that I've seen could've been winners in any other year. 1 Frank Langella 2 Mickey Rourke 3 Brad Pitt 4 Sean Penn I wasn't expecting to enjoy Frost/Nixon so much but I did find it excellent and that was largely down to Langella's performance, he's exactly how I imagine Nixon to be in real life. Rourke knocked it out of the park in the Wrestler too and it's a shame he didn't win because I doubt he'll ever get a role this good again. I thought Pitt was brilliant to capture how people act differently in different stages of their lives and it is one of the most interesting roles that I've ever seen on-screen so certainly a deserving nominee. I was impressed with Penn too but he's had better roles imo and I also found the character slightly unlikable which dampened my view of the performance, I guess? I'm not sure he deserved to win a second Oscar so soon after his first either. I'd have probably put Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon as my fifth nominee, I loved the film and he worked really well with Langella.
June 26, 20178 yr I've only ever seen Milk from that list, and while I prefer James Franco's role, I'm glad Sean got a win since both were amazing.
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