Johnny Depp Misses The Big Show Again, Why Some Actors Never Get The Prize - Page 2
This year's winner for Best Actor was Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, a brilliant actor certainly, but one who's already been honored by the Academy. My first thought when Daniel won (besides who the hell dressed he and his wife?) was "Why not Johnny, or Viggo Mortenson for that matter, I mean let's not get greedy there Daniel." Of course, this response was utterly inappropriate and without any real merit or objective basis, but still. It kind of raised my hackles when I thought back to poor old Harrison Ford and his year-after-year snubs, his age, what's left of his opportunities to win an Oscar and how bad I'd feel to have lived my life working hard, doing brilliant work and never fully actualizing my dream of winning the highest achievement in achievement.
Demoralizing to say the least. Of course Johnny Depp, Viggo Mortenson and another favorite of mine, Leonardo Di Caprio (his portrayal of Howard Hughes in The Aviator is one of the finest ever) are young enough to have numerous opportunities to play roles which will hopefully showcase their talent, and it their lucky, win an Oscar.
But then again, with guys like Daniel Day-Lewis (2 Academy Awards), Jack Nicholson (3 Academy Awards), Tom Hanks* (2 Academy Awards) and Denzel Washington* (2 Academy Awards) hoarding all the golden statues, they may end up like Harrison Ford, looking back over their lives and wondering what they might have done differently.
Not sure what the answer to this conundrum is, but surely, like with all honors, there's some politics and snobbery going on. And dammit, I don't like it one bit. Spread the love Academy, give some others a chance.
(Both of these are favorite actors of mine, so I am NOT picking on them for anything other than multiple wins)
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