...Sandra Bullock could beat Meryl Streep at acting.

This is my number one fear of Oscar night tomorrow. Sandra Bullock makes some cute movies, but she never is and never will be a Meryl Streep. Or a Helen Mirren. If she beats these ladies tomorrow I give up.

I love Sandra, but she just isn't Oscar material. As I've stated before, she might have been good in her role, but it wasn't something that many other actresses couldn't have pulled off just as well, if not better. For some reason, she's captured all of the buzz and will probably be taking home the statue tomorrow. She's also been making the rounds this past month, schmoozing with Academy members. Not that I can blame her for that, I'd probably do the same thing. However, if there's any category this year that has any wiggle room at all for another winner, it's this one. It would be nice to see this as a repeat of the Lead Actor category last year. Both Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn were front runners, with Mickey having a bit more of an edge and ultimately expected to win. However, Sean won. I'd love to see Meryl take it.

Did you know it has been 26 years since Meryl has won an Oscar? It's hard to believe, but Meryl Streep, arguably America's most acclaimed actress, has not won an Academy Award since 1983, when she took home the Best Actress trophy for 'Sophie's Choice.' (Three years earlier she nabbed her first Oscar for her supporting role in 'Kramer vs. Kramer.')

Did you know it has been 26 years since Meryl has won an Oscar? It's hard to believe, but Meryl Streep, arguably America's most acclaimed actress, has not won an Academy Award since 1983, when she took home the Best Actress trophy for 'Sophie's Choice.' (Three years earlier she nabbed her first Oscar for her supporting role in 'Kramer vs. Kramer.')

And she's been nominated 12 times since then. Five years is the longest span of time that she's gone without being nominated since 1979.

Did you know it has been 26 years since Meryl has won an Oscar? It's hard to believe, but Meryl Streep, arguably America's most acclaimed actress, has not won an Academy Award since 1983, when she took home the Best Actress trophy for 'Sophie's Choice.' (Three years earlier she nabbed her first Oscar for her supporting role in 'Kramer vs. Kramer.')

I know. She's had more nominations than Katharine Hepburn, yet Hepburn won four times. Poor Meryl. She's the Susan Lucci of the Academy Awards. She's always nominated, she always shows up, and her name is never called.

I know. She's had more nominations than Katharine Hepburn, yet Hepburn won four times. Poor Meryl. She's the Susan Lucci of the Academy Awards. She's always nominated, she always shows up, and her name is never called.


I haven't seen "The Blindside" with Bullock, but I did see Julie & Julia and was pretty bored with it. Meryl was great as Julia Childs, but I don't know if she is winning it this year.

Article on Who Will Win/Who Should Win:

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/blog/58-the-82nd-academy-awards-who-will-win-who-should-win-and-why?nc

I agree with all of the "Who Will Win's," but I don't agree with all of the "Should's."

I haven't seen "The Blindside" with Bullock, but I did see Julie & Julia and was pretty bored with it. Meryl was great as Julia Childs, but I don't know if she is winning it this year.
I did see The Blind Side and I have to say I was far more impressed with the actor who played Micheal Oher than I was with Sandra. This was a very good movie based on a great story but I really don't think Sandra's performance was Oscar worthy. I think the reason Sandra was nominated and is getting all this buzz is because this wasa movie that drew such sympathy for its subject and because it was based on a true story.

No offense, but aren't you being a bit overdramatic? MS is awesome, but I doubt the Oscars are the end all for her. IMO I consider critical acclaim a higher honor than an Oscar

No offense, but aren't you being a bit overdramatic? MS is awesome, but I doubt the Oscars are the end all for her. IMO I consider critical acclaim a higher honor than an Oscar

I'm such an Oscar junkie. I tape the award shows every year, and can recite the winners of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor & Actress since 1927. This is my superbowl. Any "critical acclaim" is secondary to that 80 year old gold man.

I'm such an Oscar junkie. I tape the award shows every year, and can recite the winners of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor & Actress since 1927. This is my superbowl. Any "critical acclaim" is secondary to that 80 year old gold man.

I agree. Most people know that an Oscar is the most prestigious award you can get in the business. And in movie trailers, you hear, "Academy Award winner..." You don't hear, "Critically acclaimed..."

This is comparable to Julia Roberts's win. I LOVE Julia, but did she deserve to win over Ellen Burstyn? No.

It's the exact same thing as Sandra. They did well in their roles, but many other actresses could have pulled off the same performance, or better.

Everyone deserves their time to shine, Meryl has hers, and other actresses are getting theirs, I'm sure Meryl would agree, given she's that kind of great lady.

I guess I don't get the big deal some are making of this.....

The two front runners in the category ;)

I Absolutely Refuse to Live in a Country Where....Sandra Bullock could beat Meryl Streep at acting.


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...Sandra Bullock could beat Meryl Streep at acting.

This is my number one fear of Oscar night tomorrow. Sandra Bullock makes some cute movies, but she never is and never will be a Meryl Streep. Or a Helen Mirren. If she beats these ladies tomorrow I give up.

Let us know what country you're moving to:lol: ;)

Let us know what country you're moving to:lol: ;)
:lol:

Let us know what country you're moving to

LOL I was just going to say that ;) :lol:

I'm such an Oscar junkie. I tape the award shows every year, and can recite the winners of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor & Actress since 1927. This is my superbowl. Any "critical acclaim" is secondary to that 80 year old gold man.

I rarely watch the Oscars any more, but I got my first VCR in March of 1984, and of course, was taping everything that was on TV lol!

I taped some of the Oscars in April 1984... let's take a trip down memory lane...

1) Shirley Temple was called back on the 50th anniversary of her "Special" Oscar from 1934... they showed a clip of her receiving the award after which she looked up at her Mom and said "Mommy, can we go home now?" That award from 1934 was not for a performance in a specific film, but was given to her for bringing a lot of joy to people during tough economic times.

2) An honorary Academy Award was presented to Hal Roach - the man who gave us "Our Gang"/The Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, and a bunch of other great comic actors during the silent and early sound eras.

The man who presented Mr. Roach with the award was former "Our Gang" star George "Spanky" McFarland.

TRIVIA: On a side note, Michael Jackson had choreographed a dance routine and was at the ceremony to watch it. Being a fan of "Our Gang", he went up and introduced himself to Spanky. They became friends and exchanged house visits over the next couple of years.

While visiting Spanky at his home, Jackson was looking at some old scrapbooks of Spanky's. He sensed something familiar about some childhood photos that were taken of Spanky, and asked where the pics were taken. Spanky replied that the photos were taken in the early 1930s at the McFarland's first Los Angeles home (they moved to L.A. from Texas after Spanky was cast in "Our Gang"), and he told Jackson that the home was located at 1616 Queens Road. An astonished Jackson replied that HIS family had moved into the exact same house when THEY first came to California several decades later!

I haven't seen "The Blindside" with Bullock, but I did see Julie & Julia and was pretty bored with it. Meryl was great as Julia Childs, but I don't know if she is winning it this year. i actully found the amy adams storyline in the movie more interesting than the meryl as jullia storyline although meryl was good

1) Shirley Temple was called back on the 50th anniversary of her "Special" Oscar from 1934... they showed a clip of her receiving the award after which she looked up at her Mom and said "Mommy, can we go home now?" That award from 1934 was not for a performance in a specific film, but was given to her for bringing a lot of joy to people during tough economic times.

Actually it was specicially in recognition for her first full-length feature, Stand Up and Cheer, although it was also for her overall accomplishments across the board. She was so precious. She was also the one who presented Walt Disney with his special achievement award in 1938 for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Seventy-two years ago... wow.

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/6400000/Walt-Disney-and-Shirley-Temple-Wallpaper-classic-movies-6414562-800-600.jpg

Let us know what country you're moving to:lol: ;)

I'm moving to the land of Life-Is-Fair. I'll let you know when I find it ;)

I'm moving to the land of Life-Is-Fair. I'll let you know when I find it ;)
As soon as you find it, I'm going there, too!!