Last movie you watched......

She was great in 'Doubt.'
As were Streep and Seymour-Hoffman.

 

Opinions vary.
Which one of these is not like the others:
(a) Meryl Streep
(b) Philip Seymour Hoffman
(c) Amy Adams

Adams even got eclipsed by Viola Davis, who was in the film for about five minutes.

 

Not eclipsed by anyone.

 

To be fair though, that's like two of the most decorated actors ever that you're comparing her to. To try to make a sports comparison, Hoffman is Ruth and Streep is Ted Williams. If Amy Adams is "only" as good as like Ozzie Smith or Craig Biggio, is that the worst thing in the world?

 

Streep would be Ruth:


Hoffman
2013
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
The Master (2012)

2009
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Doubt (2008)

2008
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

2006
Won
Oscar Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Capote (2005)



Amy Adams
2014
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
American Hustle (2013)

2013
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
The Master (2012)

2011
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
The Fighter (2010)

2009
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Doubt (2008)

2006
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Junebug (2005)




Streep
2014
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
August: Osage County (2013)

2012
Won
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
The Iron Lady (2011)

2010
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Julie & Julia (2009)

2009
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Doubt (2008)

2007
Nominated
Oscar Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

2003
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Adaptation. (2002)

2000
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Music of the Heart (1999)

1999
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
One True Thing (1998)

1996
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

1991
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Postcards from the Edge (1990)

1989
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Evil Angels (1988)

1988
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Ironweed (1987)

1986
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Out of Africa (1985)

1984
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Silkwood (1983)

1983
Won
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sophie's Choice (1982)

1982
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

1980
Won
Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

1979
Nominated
Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Deer Hunter (1978)

 

Adams's nominations, save one, have been for supporting roles.
This is what I've been arguing all along- this is her forte.

 

Her current nomination is for a leading role. She's had four nominations for supporting roles.
Streep had three nominations for supporting roles.
Hoffman had three nominations for supporting roles.

 

Streep got the supporting nominations early in her career, pre-superstar.
You appear to love Amy Adams as much as I love astronomer Robert Smith.
It's still no way to conduct an objective examination of someone's corpus.

 

She's been in a lot of stuff for which I have no use: 'Leap Year,' 'The Muppets,' 'Enchanted,' etc.
I didn't like 'Julie & Julia.'

I'm certainly not in the I-celebrate-her-entire-catalog camp.

But I've seen her in several movies in which I thought she was great. I point out 'The Fighter' and 'American Hustle' in particular because I think a lot of viewers fall for the big performances in those movies, and I don't think big and over-the-top = good.

 

Ron Howard's "Rush" was excellent. I never followed Formula 1 and didn't know of the two main characters prior to the movie, but really enjoyed it. Both the leads were strong and it had a certain elegiac quality that stays with you.

Only criticism: Olivia Wilde is barely in it.

 

Free Movie Friday was "The Butler," which I quickly started lining up against "12 Years a Slave." They both left me in similar places, I guess because it was two different ways of getting the same overall message across.

None of the easily recognizable historic figures -- like the presidents he served -- were anywhere close to reality, which threw me off. Also... Oprah?!?

 

Caught up with "Warrior," the estranged-brothers-fight-in-MMA movie. Rather enjoyed it.