Forrest uses Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! as his launching point, claiming that his Oscar nomination should have come from that film opposed to Clint Eastwood's Invictus and I completely agree.
It also goes back to films like The Departed and The Talented Mr. Ripley in which Damon gives, in my estimation, two tremendous performances that were largely ignored - the former saw Damon excluded from almost any awards season participation despite the fact that it won big at the 2006 Oscars.
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The Departed in general was ignored for acting performances (except inexplicably for Mark Wahlberg - maybe an overdue thanks for Boogie Nights?) DiCaprio and Damon both could have been up for Lead Actor that year.
ReplyDeleteWhat's even more surprising is that I remember very little discussion even about the POSSIBILITY of a Damon nomination for "The Departed". It was like he didn't even exist that year - I still don't understand it.
ReplyDeleteHis work in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" is certainly worthy of a Best Actor nomination. In my mind, that is a terribly overlooked film, and I'm sure "The Informant!" has a similar fate in store for itself.
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