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Oscars: Best actor
The Academy went overboard in the best actor category, giving Jesse Eisenberg of “The Social Network” a nomination for his role as the founder of Facebook. The role was not as fully fleshed out as it could have been, but perhaps that’s the fault of the screenwriters rather than Eisenberg. Still….
The leading contender for the Oscar has to be Colin Firth for “The King’s Speech.” But others are just as worthy, especially Jeff Bridges for “True Grit” and Javier Bardem for “Biutiful” (The latter movie opens in Austin on Friday.)
The other deserving nominee is James Franco for “127 Hours” (who’ll be a co-host of the Oscar telecast).
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By Rachelsun
January 26, 2011 1:50 PM | Link to this
Jesse’s acting and fleshing out of the character more than deserves an Academy award nomination. Obviously you did not really see this film and n know nothing about the art of acting to make that statement about his performance. Every look and facial expression even the changes in his eyes reflected the personality of the character as well as the complex, excellent dialogue he delivered realistically.