Oscars 2013: Supporting Actress

     The nominees for Supporting Actress for the Oscars this February are the following: Amy Adams (The Master), Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook). This week, we shall be discussing Anne Hathaway's performance as Fantine.

     Before we get on to discussing her acting, let us discuss Les Miz as a whole. It was pretty much an exact copy of the infamous musical. I give props for the actors' singing that they did actually pretty well. I actually thought it was going to be a mix of dialogue and music. Well, that went out the window. Although I'm glad the musical can be on film forever, I still wished that the movie would have taken advantage of its medium better and tell the story in a different way rather than replicating the musical.

Oscars! Best Supporting Actor Candidate: Robert De Niro.

     The nominees for Best Actor/Actress in a supporting role for the Oscars this February are the following: Alan Arkin (Argo), Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), and Robert De Niro as well as Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook). This week we will be discussing Robert De Niro's performance.

     Silver Linings Playbook is one of the few films, in a long while, that have had a nomination in each acting category. Now, it's no secret that De Niro was one of the most besotted actors of his day. In 1974 he won Best Supporting Actor as Don Corleone in The Godfather Part II and in 1991 he  was nominated as Best Actor in Cape Fear. Overall, in a span of 17 years he was nominated six times and won two Oscars. However, it has now been 21 years since then. Personally, I am quite enthused about De Niro be nominated for his role as Pat Sr. in Silver Linings Playbook. 
     David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook is a film that features quirky characters. It immerses the audience to relate with a family, that is far from perfect, in these serious situations. It's quite odd at first but once you allow yourself to just watch the movie, the comedy-drama is really enjoyable. The actors and actresses seem to play their role with this passion. Their characters are awkward, but that is what the movie is about. The movie is mental, in more than one way.