Awards for CoS - Seriously?! (was: Casting/ Tis the season for awards)

[Emily F]

Does it really matter what category Daniel is entered into?  Does anyone 
seriously think he has a chance???  No offense meant to Daniel, because he's 
off to a great start, but he still has plenty of room to grow as an actor.  
When stacked against seasoned actors (including Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo 
diCaprio, Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, and Tom Hanks - who probably 
wouldn't win, but at least deserved a GG nomination!) for the Oscars, he 
doesn't stand a chance.  When it comes to the supporting actors, all of the 
best actors have such small roles that I would be utterly amazed if they 
won.  I adore Alan Rickman and Maggie Smith, but how long are they actually 
on screen in CoS?  Needless to say that Rupert Grint and Emma Watkins still 
have a long way to go before they deserve an Oscar, or any other acting 
award (again, no offense meant to either of them!).

OT: I'm not sure whether Daniel Day Lewis will fall under Best Actor or Best 
Supporting Actor, but I haven't seen a performance like that in a long time! 
  Gangs of New York is worth seeing - at full price - just for him.  :-)

As for the other categories, I can't think of any in which CoS deserves to 
win.  The closest they could come is in the special effects categories, but 
Two Towers has CoS beaten, hands down.  I'm sure CoS gave it the ol' college 
try, but Jackson & team had a whole lot more time (and money, I think) to 
craft the effects for TT.

All in all, there were some really excellent films released this year.  CoS 
was definitely not one of them.  I would toss it, and not even gently, into 
the mediocre pile.  Mediocre movies don't deserve awards, even if they 
sometimes end up with them.  ;-)

Emily

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