Friday
Feb272015
Your Daily Reminder
Friday, February 27, 2015 at 7:00PM 
Julianne in 2013 getting her star
Remember that time when Julianne was winning TV prizes for her turn pretending to be Sarah Palin in Game Change and we thought "this is all we'll ever get to see her accepting prizes for -- but at least we get to see her accept something even if it's so not representative of her career!"
Yeah, glad we were wrong.
Reader Comments (13)
Julianne Moore winning Best Actress is a bigger deal to me than her winning an Oscar. Who knew she would Blue Sky her way to rightfulness?
There truly can not be too many reminders of Julianne's Oscar. I'm so thrilled by it.
3rtful: Although she's not operating at the levels of Far from Heaven or Safe, I still think she rocks it in Still Alice, whereas Lange is just boring in Blue Sky (which is weird because even when she is bad she's making interesting, if still questionable, choices).
Haha I totally kept saying this during Oscar season. How I read so many times on this site that we'd have to accept her daytime emmy and indie spirit award for Far From Heven, and then when Game Change happened everyone said hey at least we're getting this even if it's no Oscar. And now... it's just such a great time to be alive. lol
@ BVR, I don't think Lange is boring in Blue Sky. I actually think she's beautifully theatrical in places . I'm endlessly amused when people believe that an actor has the superpowers to elevate material. Well, actually an actor can do that but only if they are allowed to (script changes, suggestions, improving their lines, etc.) but how often is that? The writing creates the character arc, if that's well made -> great! Next, you have the director and the freedom he's allowed by the producers -> hopefully the director's good enough and decides to keep the already well put together character arc. THEN we go down to the acting. So... can yo guys tell me more about how well written and/or directed the Carly Marshall character is? Some people may criticize the Blue Jasmine script but if you think about it, Blanchett's great because she's given great language and most importantly a great unorthodox story which is at the same time easy to relate to. The twist at the end keeps the electricity in the air until the film's over. Imagine if Woody had decided to exclude the "Her turning Him in" part and had kept it a more standard "The police caught up with his deeds" scenario. That directly affects the story, the character arc, and how she reacts throughout the film.
As far as Best Actress this year comes to mind, I'm not in love with the Still Alice performance but since Kidman is my undisputed favorite in 2002 I won't bitch about Julianne winning.
I am absolutely thankful for these reminders. However, I feel we also need to keep remembering that it was such an excellent 12 months for her, and don't lose sight of the fact that she also won a Cannes acting award (for her best career role, IMO). In fact there are many similarities to the roles, the biggest for me being that both are dominating performances in flawed films that are otherwise forgettable (or would have been in a decade).
Yavor: Without having seen The Babadook, Two Days One Night or Mommy, she'd be my fifth place right now. Since my last check-in with my lead actress ballot, I pushed Rosamund to 4th, even if that means Eva Green as a hammy Frank Miller woman is my current winner.
@ Travis C, I sort of agree with you. Had she been nominated for Maps to the Stars instead of Still Alice I would've been super excited and rooted for a win on a weekly basis. I find her unique in Maps.
Just read this in a YouTube comment. Copying verbatim:
"Now, she became the best actress ever, statistically talking. Best Actress at: Cannes, Venice and Berlin. Two Golden Globes, one Primmetime Emmy, one Daytime Emmy, two SAG, one BAFTA and now one OSCAR. Plus many minor awards. Congratulations to her, she has won every important TV/Movie awards."
Can anybody confirm this statement? Has Julianne actually achieved such a unique distinction?
Juliette Binoche got the Grand Slam, too, has an Oscar, a BAFTA and three European Film Awards and a César to make up for the American proizes she doesn't have.
The two fo them are two best actress of this world, but Binoche has the edge because of directors:
Godard,Carax,Kaufman, Malle, Kieslowski, Minghella, Akerman, Techiné, Haneke, Ferrara, Gitai, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Assayas, Kiarostami, Cronenberg, and Dumont
vs
Malle, Altman, Haynes, Jordan, PT Anderson, Daldry, Cuarón, Kalin, Meirelles, Ford, Cholodenko, Egoyam, Cronenberg.
In another point of view, her Frenchness allows Binoche to work with much better directirs that aren't afraid of casting 40+ yo women in leading roles... And Moore, despite Hollywood's ageism and sexism, has managed to work with a lot of great directors in leading roles.
Let's call it a tie.
Weird that, as a longtime critical darling *and* a New Yorker, she still hasn't won anything from the NYFCC. It's now the only high-profile award missing from her collection. What gives, New York critics?
I'm super happy for her. And of the five nominated performances, hers actually was my favorite. While I get that the film was conventional in many ways, I found it very, very moving.
What a great year for her.
still can't believe that Julianne winning an Oscar finally happened!
sidenote: just watched Miss Julie, and Chastain is more erratic in it than Portman in full Black Swan mode.