Best Actor

They should give it to Phillip Seymour Hoffman over Javier Bardem. Bardem’s role wasn’t that complex or difficult and my teenage daughter – who hates drama class – could have done it. I’ve loved Tom Wilkinson ever since The Full Monty in everything he’s in but his role in Michael Clayton wasn’t anything remarkable. As I’ve said many times, the award should go to above average, excellent performances. He’s always good, the movie itself was good – but not truly great. When I pay my $9.50, I expect the movie, actors, etc. to be good. Better than good. These movies cost tens of millions of dollars – they’d darn well better be worth that investment. So a crappy performance or movie is inexcusable and the oscar should go to someone or something that is truly exceptional – way beyond “worth the investment.”