Deserving Performances:
Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale
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Showing posts with label 2000 Best Supporting Actor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000 Best Supporting Actor. Show all posts
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Results
Deserving Performances:
Takeshi Kitano in Battle Royale
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
Benicio Del Toro won an Oscar from his first nomination for portraying Javier Rodriguez in Traffic.
Traffic is an interesting fairly effective film, even though I do not think the film is completely even but that happens with films like this.
Benicio Del Toro is the lead of his section of the film which is the Mexico section. I do not mind his supporting placement though because his part still is only in a total of one third of the film, and the film overall is an ensemble piece. Del Toro portrays Javier Rodriguez who seems be like the only honest person in Mexico. He is a Mexican police officer who tries his best to find someone good to turn to in a place where almost everyone is corrupt.
Del Toro's performance is an intensely quiet and subtle performance. This is really required of Javier who must remain quiet in most people eyes to make it so the corrupt think he is corrupt as well. Javier is in a position where he really cannot show emotion to very many people. Del Toro therefore stays very much restrained throughout his performance. Del Toro never underacts though and he simply employs a very realistic approach as Javier.
Del Toro manages to create a good amount of empathy, without seemingly even trying to get it through this simple yet effective performance. Del Toro performance never really seems to have any visible acting most of the time since, Javier is putting on the facade of indifference most of the time. Del Toro though gives slight indications of how Javier really feels throughout his performance very subtly but incredibly well handled.
Javier opens up more fully in a few scenes such as with his Partner's wife, and his scene after the death of his friend. Del Toro is very good in these scenes displaying Javier's emotions quite well although still showing him to be a restrained man overall. I think in particular his scene of driving after the death of his friend is perfectly handled by Del Toro as he slowly emotionally deteriorates although he stops before completely breaking down which goes well in line with Javier as a character. Del Toro overall gives a strong effective performance of incredible realistic subtlety.
Benicio Del Toro is the lead of his section of the film which is the Mexico section. I do not mind his supporting placement though because his part still is only in a total of one third of the film, and the film overall is an ensemble piece. Del Toro portrays Javier Rodriguez who seems be like the only honest person in Mexico. He is a Mexican police officer who tries his best to find someone good to turn to in a place where almost everyone is corrupt.
Del Toro's performance is an intensely quiet and subtle performance. This is really required of Javier who must remain quiet in most people eyes to make it so the corrupt think he is corrupt as well. Javier is in a position where he really cannot show emotion to very many people. Del Toro therefore stays very much restrained throughout his performance. Del Toro never underacts though and he simply employs a very realistic approach as Javier.
Del Toro manages to create a good amount of empathy, without seemingly even trying to get it through this simple yet effective performance. Del Toro performance never really seems to have any visible acting most of the time since, Javier is putting on the facade of indifference most of the time. Del Toro though gives slight indications of how Javier really feels throughout his performance very subtly but incredibly well handled.
Javier opens up more fully in a few scenes such as with his Partner's wife, and his scene after the death of his friend. Del Toro is very good in these scenes displaying Javier's emotions quite well although still showing him to be a restrained man overall. I think in particular his scene of driving after the death of his friend is perfectly handled by Del Toro as he slowly emotionally deteriorates although he stops before completely breaking down which goes well in line with Javier as a character. Del Toro overall gives a strong effective performance of incredible realistic subtlety.
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich
Albert Finney received his fifth Oscar nomination for portraying lawyer Edward L. Masry in Erin Brockovich.
Erin Brockovich I find is not a very interesting law suit procedural, that I particularly dislike because of its focus on the central overblown performance.
Edward L. Masry is a lawyer who works with Erin Brockovich to procure settlement money for people mistreated by a big company who poisoned their water. The one thing that Masry does a whole lot of is shake his head at the antics of Erin Brockovich and her fairly over the top way. Albert Finney always tries to underplay, and react to Julia Robert's performance. I think Finney does this pretty well actually, and I must saw I greatly prefer his natural reactions to Robert's very loud performance.
Finney overall is not given that much to do despite having a good amount of screen time. He mostly just does the work of Masry and reacts naturally to what he sees and does most of the time, although he adds a little humor to his part from time to time which Finney handles very naturally, and it works well with the part. Masry really is not delved into all that much, and is just shown to be an hard working man who wants to do the right thing. Finney is fine, and does really everything he can with the fairly limited character he has, and I really cared more about what he was doing than anything about Robert's character and her bombastic performance.
Edward L. Masry is a lawyer who works with Erin Brockovich to procure settlement money for people mistreated by a big company who poisoned their water. The one thing that Masry does a whole lot of is shake his head at the antics of Erin Brockovich and her fairly over the top way. Albert Finney always tries to underplay, and react to Julia Robert's performance. I think Finney does this pretty well actually, and I must saw I greatly prefer his natural reactions to Robert's very loud performance.
Finney overall is not given that much to do despite having a good amount of screen time. He mostly just does the work of Masry and reacts naturally to what he sees and does most of the time, although he adds a little humor to his part from time to time which Finney handles very naturally, and it works well with the part. Masry really is not delved into all that much, and is just shown to be an hard working man who wants to do the right thing. Finney is fine, and does really everything he can with the fairly limited character he has, and I really cared more about what he was doing than anything about Robert's character and her bombastic performance.
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
Joaquin Phoenix received his first Oscar nomination for portraying Commodus in Gladiator.
Phoenix portrays Commodus as a pure evil spoiled evil emperor. This type of performance has been done many times before, any film with an evil Roman emperor has this sort of performance within it. Joaquin Phoenix does not really show anything new in his portrayal of Commodus as an evil Emperor. From his first scene we can instantly see that he is an evil, with his sweaty pale look, and his voice which really can be described as evil.
His voice he uses sound rather similar to an infamous portrayal of another evil emperor whose name also starts with C. Phoenix quite clearly seems to be imitating that actor with his performance. After all they both play evil emperors who murder their predecessors, and they both wish rather for a relationship with their sister which is far too close. Phoenix really imitates this earlier performance, and really I should not even say imitates but rather really rips off the earlier performance. He has the same evil voice, self-indulgent manner of movements.
Phoenix I suppose is creepy but any actor could be creepy quite easily since the character himself is simply just that. He really does nothing more with his character than one would expect. He makes Commodus a fairly one dimensional evil villain. Instead of trying to suggest more depth of Commodus he just does the evil emperor routine which is expected and includes a lot of flamboyant overacting that was not very impressive. Now a villain can be one dimensional, and an actor can still excel by making their performance incredibly entertaining and effective. Phoenix does neither making his Commodus a rather unoriginal simple, a not very entertaining villain.
His voice he uses sound rather similar to an infamous portrayal of another evil emperor whose name also starts with C. Phoenix quite clearly seems to be imitating that actor with his performance. After all they both play evil emperors who murder their predecessors, and they both wish rather for a relationship with their sister which is far too close. Phoenix really imitates this earlier performance, and really I should not even say imitates but rather really rips off the earlier performance. He has the same evil voice, self-indulgent manner of movements.
Phoenix I suppose is creepy but any actor could be creepy quite easily since the character himself is simply just that. He really does nothing more with his character than one would expect. He makes Commodus a fairly one dimensional evil villain. Instead of trying to suggest more depth of Commodus he just does the evil emperor routine which is expected and includes a lot of flamboyant overacting that was not very impressive. Now a villain can be one dimensional, and an actor can still excel by making their performance incredibly entertaining and effective. Phoenix does neither making his Commodus a rather unoriginal simple, a not very entertaining villain.
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Jeff Bridges in The Contender
Jeff Bridges received his fourth Oscar nomination for portraying President Jackson Evans in The Contender.
The Contender is an interesting films at time, but I feel it is a bit obviously, and too simply written at other times. Also it seems like it goes on for too long.
Jeff Bridges portrays President Jackson Evans who wants to make a legacy for himself by trying to make his new Vice President a woman. The way Evans is written and the way Bridges portrays him is rather simple. The film suggests very little about the President other than being a man who stands by his beliefs, and will quietly get what he wants.
Bridges shows his usual charisma well in the role when ever he is trying to quietly get what he wants. His performance is rather simply just this charisma for most of his performance. He is just fine and fits in with the role well enough. I never find anything he does with his performance to be completely amazing though. He gives his performance a quiet dignity, and control.
Bridges has a big speech at the end which is finely handled by not really amazing to me. Bridges' performance is just nothing special most of the time, and President Evans simply is not really an all too complicated character, and I really do not see anything Bridges does that any competent actor would have done in the role. Bridges' performance is suitable but I never really found it to be very special or even at all memorable.
Jeff Bridges portrays President Jackson Evans who wants to make a legacy for himself by trying to make his new Vice President a woman. The way Evans is written and the way Bridges portrays him is rather simple. The film suggests very little about the President other than being a man who stands by his beliefs, and will quietly get what he wants.
Bridges shows his usual charisma well in the role when ever he is trying to quietly get what he wants. His performance is rather simply just this charisma for most of his performance. He is just fine and fits in with the role well enough. I never find anything he does with his performance to be completely amazing though. He gives his performance a quiet dignity, and control.
Bridges has a big speech at the end which is finely handled by not really amazing to me. Bridges' performance is just nothing special most of the time, and President Evans simply is not really an all too complicated character, and I really do not see anything Bridges does that any competent actor would have done in the role. Bridges' performance is suitable but I never really found it to be very special or even at all memorable.
Best Supporting Actor 2000: Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire
Willem Dafoe received his second Oscar nomination for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire.
Shadow of the Vampire is a movie with a interesting premise, but it also has many pointless and uninteresting scenes. It feels oddly slow despite being a fairly short film, but the last scene of the film is terrific.
Max Schreck portrayed a vampire Count Orlock incredibly well in the original silent film Nosferatu, and this film tells the story that the reason Schreck was so good in the role was because he really was a vampire. Willem Dafoe has a rather incredible an odd challenge in portraying Schreck because Schreck's original performance was so strange, and almost other worldly that it would be difficult for any actor to even attempt to imitate it. Dafoe performance is not a spitting image of Schreck's original performance that would be impossible but his imitation is still uncanny.
Dafoe utilizes his whole body to create Schreck once again, which he uses to make all of Schreck's mannerisms. Every part of his body from his bizarre odd posture that is just as Schreck's original posture, and the way Schrek would move his neck and head in its odd way, and that perfect way in which he would moves his fingers. All of these movements and motions are very odd, but they seem completely natural due to Dafoe. This is astonishing because it makes his performance all the creepier since he really seems like a vampire.
Now Dafoe's performance is not only an expert imitation though. He also develops this odd vampire quite well. He makes Schreck actually an odd somber and sad vampire in one incredible scene. Dafoe is simply magnificent in showing the age of Schreck, and the actual almost sadness he has for being a relic. He also makes Schreck want to be known through film rather interesting, with making an actual need of Schreck, an incredible desire which is almost above everything else.
Dafoe makes Schreck an entertaining villain, showing his evil happiness exceptionally well, and in a very entertaining fashion. Dafoe's performance as Schreck simply is brilliant creating a complex character out of what could be a simple monster, and somehow naturally imitating the bizarre manner of the original performance of Schreck's. I wish the film was as good as this terrific performance.
Max Schreck portrayed a vampire Count Orlock incredibly well in the original silent film Nosferatu, and this film tells the story that the reason Schreck was so good in the role was because he really was a vampire. Willem Dafoe has a rather incredible an odd challenge in portraying Schreck because Schreck's original performance was so strange, and almost other worldly that it would be difficult for any actor to even attempt to imitate it. Dafoe performance is not a spitting image of Schreck's original performance that would be impossible but his imitation is still uncanny.
Dafoe utilizes his whole body to create Schreck once again, which he uses to make all of Schreck's mannerisms. Every part of his body from his bizarre odd posture that is just as Schreck's original posture, and the way Schrek would move his neck and head in its odd way, and that perfect way in which he would moves his fingers. All of these movements and motions are very odd, but they seem completely natural due to Dafoe. This is astonishing because it makes his performance all the creepier since he really seems like a vampire.
Now Dafoe's performance is not only an expert imitation though. He also develops this odd vampire quite well. He makes Schreck actually an odd somber and sad vampire in one incredible scene. Dafoe is simply magnificent in showing the age of Schreck, and the actual almost sadness he has for being a relic. He also makes Schreck want to be known through film rather interesting, with making an actual need of Schreck, an incredible desire which is almost above everything else.
Dafoe makes Schreck an entertaining villain, showing his evil happiness exceptionally well, and in a very entertaining fashion. Dafoe's performance as Schreck simply is brilliant creating a complex character out of what could be a simple monster, and somehow naturally imitating the bizarre manner of the original performance of Schreck's. I wish the film was as good as this terrific performance.
Best Supporting Actor 2000
Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire
Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator
Benicio Del Toro in Traffic
Jeff Bridges in The Contender
Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich
After finally getting over the trauma of watching Star! I feeling I can finally return to supporting.
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