The Oscars are not really better than bollywood... - Page 5

I saw a lot of people saying that they don't agree with the winners, but I've never seen complain about NOMINATIONS...i think the nominations are really fair and the critics are really fair too...for example Angie wouldn't get nominated for a mega hit like tomb raider, like aishu did for dhoom2 nor would any of kat's performances like nominated...so in that respect oscars nominates performances way way way above the rest...and Natalie's transformation throughout the film and those expressions were impeccable...also majority of the critics( American and foreign...SUNDANCE, anyone?) loved and praised natalie, but of course not everyone agreed with her winning but that doesn't mean she wasn't good...people have biases towards their favs...I mean we do here and our favs haven't given these mind-blowing performances like Black Swan, The Blindside, Sophie's Choice,etc.

Originally posted by: Terenaina

There are great actresses in hollywood who used to model. I remember watching David letterman with aish's interview he was telling about the same story of actresses use to model and became actress later and aish said, "yes same story." lol which means it's a common story with most actresses in hollywood also not just bolly

I disagree sweetcoco....I don't think Natile Portman's performance was mindblowing. She was average IMO. I have liked kareena in Chameli and PC in kaminey better than what Natile has done in Black Swan. And I don't think she deserved the award. Her performance seemed artificial to me...some of the scary look was given to her by the make up. She just didn't move me with her performance...it wasn't powerful enough for me. I seriously was bored....and the film someone mentioned was original...NO WAY is Black Swan original...we have seen movies like that in Hollywood before. The movie and Natile's performance is overrated....am glad the film didn't win the osars..because that would have been the biggest joke!

I think Natalie Portman was impressive in Black Swan, I thought the entire movie was incredible. I'm so glad she won at the Oscars! It was one of the very best movies I have seen last year. I remember everyone in the cinema hall was completely enamoured with Natalie and the film in general. It's like we were all in a trance. Regardless of whether the film has been inspired by similar hollywood projects or not, in my opinion, the film due to the storyplot, and the cast, can stand on its own and has done justice to the film writers vision.

Maduri...really? I never considered her a great actress. I guess these things are just preferences. Because I don't think it's an insult at all to compare Natile's performance to Priyanka and Kareena or Vidya. And you mentioned these actress have been in the industry for a long time...Deepika hasn't even been in the industry for that long. And plus no one was comparing deepika to Natile.

And to me, if Priyanka and Kareena can pull off a Chameli or a Kaminey, than they can pull of a Black Swan. All they need is a body double and some make up to make them look scary. And the rest..."acting" they know how to do that already! 😉 Esp if they get directors like hollywood, and get the training that Natile got...they can def pull it off. And yes of course Vidya, Kangana, Tabu, also can pull it off.

PS when I say Natile's performance am only talking about Black Swan.

I don't think Madhuri is a flawless actress, but she has had a helping hand in moulding Bollywood into what it was during the 90's and she has given a number of memorable performances that are still remembered today; Tezaab, Parinda, Dil, Saajan, Beta, Khalnayak, Hum aap ke hai Kaun, Raja, Devdas, Anjaam etc. So yes, I think she has justified herself as an 'actress' already. I loved Kareena as 'poo' in K3G but then after a while, I realised she just wouldn't get out of 'poo' phase, and It hit me whilst I was watching main prem ki deewani hoon, that she indeed sucked as an actress. That's not to say that she hasnt improved at all .. I loved her performances in JWM and Golmaal 3. She didnt over act ( a trait she was well known for) in those films. But i still think she has a long way to go, and she is at the top today because there just aren't any good enough competitors. They're all the same. I don't like Priyanka as an actress, and I think she has a long way to go still. Fashion is a prime example. She was good in some parts, but I don't think she was convicing enough to win a national award? She still had so much scope for improvement. Heck, Kangana, left a lasting impression despite not playing the main lead.

I agree with the fact that the Oscars are given way too much credibility and prestige, when lots of the winners are chosen on very biased terms. I agree with what people said about Sandra Bullock completely, she is one my most favourite actresses but I definetely dont think she deserved an Oscar. Her performance may have been HER best performance but it was not THE best performance of that cinematic year.

^ yes I agree Bollywood awards are really pathetic these days. It seems like it's getting worse every year. We won't see in hollywood performances like Kat in TMK getting awarded like we have seen this year. Even that of Kajol in MNIK...wouldn't be awarded in Hollywood.

^I agree, she got it at Screen or something for best entertainer female 😆 I mean there's no words to even describe how ridiculous that is.

Originally posted by: kash4life

^I agree, she got it at Screen or something for best entertainer female 😆 I mean there's no words to even describe how ridiculous that is.

I'm sure even Kat fans would agree, its nothing to even do with Kats performance in the film, its just that character role, getting an award of any kind for that character is just a complete example of how ludacris they are.

not only best entertainer female but she got several best actress award for TMK and Rajneeti😕