Friday, November 27, 2009

End of November Best Actor Predictions

My last best actor predictions where in September.

The best actor landscape has changed somewhat over the past couple months, most notably with Jeff Brides entering the scene and a release of a few more of the films with viable candidates.

Tier 1, My Predicted Nominees

1. George Clooney, Up In The Air
4. Colin Firth, A Single Man
5. Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine

Tier 2, The Maybes
7. Viggo Mortensen, The Road
8. Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
9. James McAvoy, The Last Station *New*
10. Hal Holbrook, The Evening Sun *New*

Tier 3, The Maybe Maybes

11. Ben Foster, The Messenger *New*
12. Tobey Maguire, Brothers *New*
14. Ben Whishaw, Bright Star
15. Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes

Out from last predictions: Peter Sarsgaard, An Education; Ethan Hawke, Brooklyn's Finest; Sean Penn, The Tree of Life; Hugh Dancy, Adam; Clive Owen, The Boys Are Back.

2 comments:

Andrew K. said...

I did not McAvoy was being campaigned in lead. Just wonderful - I guess he'll never get that blessed Oscar nomination. Sigh.

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

We'll see...

Thanks for passing by and have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Rosa