2006
This is a great performance by the great Kate Winslet but I just embrace her because the movie was between me and her. Kate shows Sarah's emotions extremely well and she has some mindblowingly great scenes and yet the whole thing becomes uneven because she's overshadowed by the movie itself. Great work but not as brilliant as I used to think.
I must say that this is a great performance by the great Helen Mirren. As Queen Elizabeth II, Mirren was able to become very moving and effective. The technical part is just perfect though the emotions could have been a bit stronger. Although this work doesn't really live up to the hype that surrounded it when it was released, it's still very well done by Mirren.
Meryl is fantastic all in all, the movie sometimes drags her performance down and I feel that she could have been given much more to work with. I still say that she's just excellent as Miranda Priestly, the merciless, vicious magazine editor but the movie prevented me from saying that I was totally blown away
On a reapeated viewing, I became less enthusiastic about her and she stars to grow off me.Judi Dench gives a fantastic performance as Sheba Hart, a desperate, lonely woman who feels like she has some hope in her life at last. Dench is almost disturbingly perfect as Barbara Covett. Every line reading, every nuance, every movement is just great.
As I finished writing, I've become dead certain that Penélope Cruz gives her absolute best performance in Volver as Raimunda, a very complicated and tough woman. This is not only a beautiful achievement but also a tearjerking tribute to an acting style that has unfortunately died somewhere. But we need this type of performances, too. Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar are probably the saviours of the Raimundas of the cinema.
So I can proudly announce
that my winner is...
Penélope Cruz
in
Volver
Congrats, Penélope!
Final thoughts: Wow, a fantastic year with quite an obvious winner, iny opinion. I feel quite bad for Dame Judi but Penélope's achivement was undeniably the biggest of the bunch. Tempted was I to make Meryl my pick until I saw Penélope who totally blew me away. Helen and Kate were the sour grapes, if I may say so but they were also quite good. I don't want to say much but this is a must-see year for any Oscar/Best Actress fan.
The ranking of the reviewed years:
- 1944
- 1969
- 1974
- 1989
- 1959
- 2006
- 1964
- 1939
- 1977
- 2010
- 1997
- 2009
- 1980
- 1941
- 1963
- 1966
- 1973
- 1990
- 1978
- 1954
- 1948
- 2002
- 1957
- 1940
- 1998
About the next year: I want to make up for that last fiasco of mine with 1967, so I again let you decide from two. This time I only picked years where I got the movies in advance, so happy voting!
What do you think?
I wish you a happy Easter! :)
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