Amy Adams and the Elusive Oscar | Why She's Never Won
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Amy Adams has received six Oscar nominations for her incredible work in film and yet she still has never been victorious at the Academy Awards. In this video, I break down Adams' extraordinary career and discuss the reasons why she hasn't won an Oscar. #amyadams #oscars #academyawards #brianrowevideo #elusiveoscar
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Her snub for her performance in “Arrival” still stings to this day. It was arguably her best performance and somehow the Oscar’s found a way to ignore her smh.
Could NOT AGREE MORE! WTF? That performance - and film - were just superb!
I know, it still hurts!!
and Big Eyes
She could've won that year if only Arrival wasn't "alien" or sci-fy movie (which The Academy hate especially in acting category) and pure heavy drama about mother and daughter storyline.
Literally! That year she was my slam dunk winner and she wasn’t even a NOMINEE? Mess
Oh my, Glenn Close. Probably the Queen of Elusive Academy Award
Yep!!
I would love to hear your take on Saoirse Ronan's career
I will absolutely get to Saoirse. Stay tuned!
Me too! Ronan was phenomenal in Brooklyn and Lady Bird!
The fact that she didn’t get nominated for Nocturnal Animals AND / OR Arrival (Same year!) is equally mind blowing as the fact that she hasn’t won yet 🤯
So true! Thanks for watching!
I think nocturnal animals was decent. The performances that really stood out in that movie were those of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Michael Shannon. I won't call enigmatically reading a book for most of a movie as 'award-worthy performance' but that's just me maybe ☺️
@DJ Moose arrival is fully on amy adams.
@DJ Moose arrival requires a quiet and somber, but deeply emotive performance. while i think the well-written script, and her character arc definitely enhance the performance, the movie just wouldn't be complete without her charisma
@@anujpramanik1819 it's just you.. she was superb in N.A. in ways you will never bother to know
After Jessica Chastain, I’m looking forward to Amy Adams’ win one day. Her performance in Arrival was the greatest Oscar snub ever
Her win is coming, hopefully on her next nomination!
That snub from the Academy was such a huge crime they should be sentenced to exile.
It’s amazing how she shines by really blending into the movie, not making the role about herself -which is what the Academy apparently rewards. She appears as Debra Messing’s sister in a silly little movie called The Wedding Date -and she’s effing great. She creates an actual character from whatever script she’s handed.
Agreed, she’s incredible. Thanks for watching!
The Wedding Date is one of my favourite films - I watch it several times a year - and sometimes I forget that she's even in it because she is so different. She is one of the few actors who I feel actually becomes the characters rather than plays another version of herself.
as someone who also struggled until the age of 30 to succeed in a competitive industry, I admire Amy Adam's commitment to never giving up to pursue her dream.
Amen to that!
Most definitely, over 40 here, life hasn't been great the past while but I battle on. I have this (one may call me niave), kind of indomitable
"it'll all be grand " self assuredness. I have lost my leg and battle chronic nerve pain on a daily basis. I've been at the bottom and the only way is up from now on. Just need to work on my ol self confidence. Have a great day everyone.
She understood herself as a late bloomer
Our time will come!
She does not need an Oscar to validate how great an actress she is.
Agreed!
I do agree with you. Still, an Oscar probably commands better pay and even more choice for parts.
And honestly, a woman’s shot for parts is probably much more limited than a man’s due to age. Tho the range is widening just a touch, we know that once one looks 40-you get Moms and grandma roles.
Amy Adams is terrific but there always seems to be someone else due or more deserving that year. Except, 'Arrival' how the heck she didn't get in for her performance in Arrival is mind-boggling 😦
One can make the argument that the year Mellssa Leo won for The Fighter, she "bought" the Oscar.
I know, it’s crazy. Thanks for watching!
I think that about Doubt, and also Her although I understand it appears as weaker. The precision in those performances is 😮
I still think about that movie every now and then.
Does anyone even remember what Emma Stone did in La La Land? Cause I dont..I'd also argue she was better in Junebug than Rachel Weisz that year
Looks like this is your most popular video to date. Hollywood should take note of the love the audience has for Amy Adams and capitalize on it more. It's a low key version of the kind of love that ppl used to have for movie stars in Hollywood's Golden Age. Her public persona manages to be both awe-inspiring and relatable at the same time.
Yup, almost a year later, this is the most popular video! Very happy it’s this one!
The problem Amy always seems to have, is she is nominated for the wrong roles or snubbed (Nocturnal Animals, Arrival) and where she is nominated she is never going to win because of timing. Take Doubt, nominated against her co-star Viola Davis, the vote there would likely be split cancelling each other out. The fighter the narrative and publicity behind Melissa Leo too difficult to overcome. Blue Jasmine, how do you beat Cate Blanchett and her it's ''her time narrative''. There are always a lot of mitigating factors as to why she can easily grab a nomination, but falls just shy of the finish line, very much the Glenn close of her generation. Someone always has a louder and bigger machine behind them, in a career defining role (Regina King). Equally her recent choices have been rather lacking in the prestige or overall strength of her earlier work, somewhat damping her chances and dimming her overdue narrative. She needs a good script, strong performance and a quiet year and she will get there, see Jessica Lange in Blue Skye or Renee in Judy.
Absolutely agree! Her time is coming. Thanks for watching!
Very well said! She had the worse timing and bad years.
One of my theories on why Amy Adams was snubbed for Best Actress was because unfortunately the producers for both her movies were campaigning her against herself for Best Actress. She can’t pull a Kate Winslet and campaign her roles for both Lead and Supporting and hope for the best. If the producers for Nocturnal Animals stepped aside and helped campaign their actress for another movie, then I think she could have gotten nominated. But of course, movie producers won’t waste their resources campaigning another movie. It’s kind of like why Sidney Poitier wasn’t nominated in either Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and In The Heat of The Night. He probably vote splitter himself during the nomination process (it also didn’t help that he was competing against his co-stars Rod Steiger and Spencer Tracy!) which is a travesty! Mr. Tibbs is probably one of the most iconic heroes in movie history!
ARRIVAL is Amy Adams' best work. The performance is greatly enhanced by the fact that the movie is a masterpiece that's ageing brilliantly. This should've been both a Best Actress Oscar nomination and a win.
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
I think there were 2 factors behind Amy Adams Oscar snub for Arrival.
1. Amy Adams had both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals being campaigned for Best Actress and neither of the distribution companies were willing to back down to allow Amy to campaign for just one movie, which ultimately led to a vote split between the two performances. I think the same happened to Sidney Poitier when he was snubbed for Best Actor for both Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and In The Heat of The Night.
2. After the #Oscarsowhite controversy the year prior, there definitely a lot of pressure to nominate more actors of color and probably the main reason behind Ruth Negga’s nomination. I personally thought they never needed to overcompensate that much, especially considering there were an abundance of great black films like Fences, Moonlight, and Hidden Figures. The actors from all of their respective films were practically locks to get nominated and all were very deserving too.
I personally would have picked Amy Adams over Ruth Negga or Meryl Streep.
Not only is she one of the greatest actresses of our time, she's also such a humble human being -a rare quality in Hollywood, if you ask me, that Amy Adams shares with living legends like Kate Winslet, Toni Collette or Marion Cotillard.
Whenever she's on screen, Amy (or any of the women I just mentioned, for that matter) only has one goal: honoring the character she's playing. No matter the performance, we never see an actress showing off. We just see a full character coming alive thanks to her talent and her dignity. It's never about her ego, or about getting recognition, or begging for awards attention (unlike Blanchett or Chastain... but that's a different conversation).
Speaking of which, Adams should've won at least two Oscars by now: Best Supporting Actress for her subtle work in "Doubt" and Best Lead Actress for her exquisite performance in "Arrival". And before you say what you're about to say: yeah, I know. I just chose to live in an alternate universe in which Amy Adams was nominated (and won) for her most glorious performance in "Arrival".
By the way, in my universe, Toni Collette was also nominated (and she obviously won) for "Hereditary". Meryl Streep was also nominated (and won) for "The Hours". And Kate Winslet has won pretty much everything she's ever been nominated for. 😊
I agree with all your points here. You’re right in that she never shows off but only serves the character. She really is one of our very best!
Thank you for mentioning her subtle acting, she embodied the character which rarely "seen" cause its not like "acting it out". I love her in "Doubt" too but my fav is "Sharp Objects". She's indeed one of the most humble actress in Hollywood, no wonder Marion Cotillard and many actors and directors that ever work with her adore her so much, in most of interviews (when promoting her movies during award season campaign) she always shy when people praise her works and deflecting by praise and talk about her castmates. Ashton Kutcher even point that out to take the compliment and celebrate herself instead of give credit to her castmates.
I just love her in Doubt. That movie - and her performance in it - has aged so well.
Yes winslet should had been nominated much more and should had won at least 2 or 3 oscars by now. And yes I actually saw every competition. But even if she had an oscar and many noms she should had more. Would like to have a kate winslet video, too. Hope it will come in the future.
P.S: I hate that she was agaibst herself in The Reader and Revolutionary road. I still think rev. Road wpuld be her victory and tje reader was ruahed finished to secure the awarfs run, but if the reader had come a year late, she would had won back to back, cause she eadil would had won against sandra bullock. Sorry for all the lovers, but kate woukd easily beat her with the reader, too.
She certainly has the right attitude. The TV/movie business is extremely tough and fickle... the fact that she's been steadily working and succeeding should be more than enough. The awards/nominations... I suppose for anyone in the biz, formal recognition means a lot but then there are plenty of those who's won the top honors and we've never heard from them again...
So true. Thanks for watching!
I find sometimes if an actress is in a movie that is too genre-y, they dont get nominated no matter how good they are. Like Toni Collette in Hereditary (Horror) or Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road (Action). So that is my theory why Adams missed out on a nomination for Arrival (Science fiction).
Yes, excellent point. Thanks for watching!
Which is also why I believe Michelle Yeoh might be snubbed for Everything Everywhere All At Once next year (I'm not even sure if that movie is a specific genre lol). I'd love her to be nominated but I won't be surprised if the Academy skips her.
@Vitoria S- I really hope Michelle Yeoh gets nominated for EEAAO because she was absolutely fantastic in that movie. Hopefully Michelle Yeoh can be the exception like Daniel Kaluuya’s performance in Get Out. Fingers crossed! 🤞🏽
@@vickhs which is why I have hopes! EEAAO is genre-defying, you can't define it
@@asava17 I know!!! I'm very happy to have been proved wrong!
I'm hoping that she will get the Oscar's soon. One of the finest and versatile actresses in the film industry .
Agreed!
It's all about timing. It took years for Leonardo DiCaprio, Joaquin Phoenix, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore, Jessica Chaistain to win their first Oscar. Well, for Leo's case, he won in the wrong movie. Amy needs to be starred in a good movie with good critic and audience score to deserve her first Oscar.
Exactly. Thanks for watching!
FUCK. The Revenant is great
Leo happened to win in a year when his opponents were much weaker (Does anyone even remember the Bryan Cranston and Mark Ruffolo movies?🤔)
However, EVERY single time he’d lost prior he was up against acting heavyweights, who had put in hugely lauded performances (Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whittaker, Matthew McConaughey & Jamie Foxx)
Plus, another thing is Leo literally campaigned for his award like he was running for office (LOL) - Which of course highlights the ridiculous politics and I guess desperation it takes for some to garner a Oscar win
You can include James Woods, Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Beau Bridges, Jeff Goldblum, Frank Langella, Sigourney Weaver, Glenn Close, Amy Irving, Tom Wilkinson, Patricia Clarkson, Mary Beth Hurt, David Strathairn and many more, long overdue.
It's insane Glenn Close hasn't won.@@iwaisman
Amy elevates every movie that she’s in. There are so many of her films that are among my favorites even movies that are not critically acclaimed or overlooked like Leap Year, Julie and Julia, are so charming I can watch over and over again. I just believe that she’s among the select few who are the best actresses of her generation. I really expected her to win for Arrival. That year, having been so great in 2 movies, she was definitely snubbed for not even being nominated. Sharp Objects should have won her multiple awards. Sharing an award was fine but I think that project was deserving of much more for her contribution alone. Her performance was masterful, and remains a haunting character thanks to her.
So agree! It is CRAZY to me that she hasn’t won an Oscar!
sharp objects is such an underrated show and adams was the perfect casting
She was so good in Sharp Objects. That was such a good limited series
Agree about Sharp Objects - its easily my favorite performance of hers. She fully embodied the role of Camille. Perfection.
Fully agree about Sharp Objects, I like Michelle Williams but that Adam's Emmy
She should have an Oscar for Arrival and an Emmy for Sharp Objects and the fact that she has neither is enraging
She should absolutely have won an Oscar by now!
I think her performance in Arrival that year was better than Stone’s in La La Land that year, Adams’ is subtle but haunting, genuine and it felt so so real.
As an aside, i kind of am a bit ok with her not winning for American Hustle bc of her poor experience with O’ Russel. Id like for her win too be associated with happy memories on the movie.
Thanks so much for watching!
Her not getting nominated for Arrival is such a travesty
I know!! So painful!
I think there were 2 factors behind Amy Adams Oscar snub for Arrival.
1. Amy Adams had both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals being campaigned for Best Actress and neither of the distribution companies were willing to back down to allow Amy to campaign for just one movie, which ultimately led to a vote split between the two performances. I think the same happened to Sidney Poitier when he was snubbed for Best Actor for both Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and In The Heat of The Night.
2. After the #Oscarsowhite controversy the year prior, there definitely a lot of pressure to nominate more actors of color and probably the main reason behind Ruth Negga’s nomination. I personally thought they never needed to overcompensate that much, especially considering there were an abundance of great black films like Fences, Moonlight, and Hidden Figures. The actors from all of their respective films were practically locks to get nominated and all were very deserving too.
I personally would have picked Amy Adams over Ruth Negga or Meryl Streep.
her work on sharp objects is absolutely something else
She was incredible!
Agreed!!!
SHE SHOULD HAVE WON THE EMMY FOR SHARP OBJECTS. PERIOD!
Would have been a great win!
She’ll get the Oscar. She needs the one film that’s seriously unforgettable that it’ll get the attention and win
I believe so too. Thanks for watching!
Amy wasn’t even nominated for the best performance of her career. Arrival should’ve not only netted her a nomination, but the win as well. I fear she may be the modern day Glenn Close at this rate.
Agreed!! Thanks for watching!
Meryl Streep nomination wasn’t needed that year.
Many say that both Amy and Glenn are closeted conservatives.
@@Voyager759 And?
Winning an Academy Award is unquestionably an achievement, but it doesn’t solely define an exceptional acting ability.
Agreed!! Thanks for watching!
she seems the same in every role.....yawn.
Your DP is shit actress.
Amy is one of my all-time favorite actresses today. Like so many others, I first became aware of her through her amazing performance in Enchanted. I loved her in Doubt, and I loved her in Arrival. Like you, I am absolutely sure there is an Oscar in her future. All she has to do is keep working and doing extraordinary performances.
Yes, agreed!
The thing with Amy for me is that 1) She just can't get the public behind her: no matter how great she is, the narrartive (which doens't really mean merit) is always on somebody else. She was snubbed for The Arrival and that became a talking point, but previous to the snub that wasn't a movie people were raving about outside of cinephiles and/or genre fans clubs. Natalie Portman managed to make her Jackie movie be all over tinseltown even if very few people had seen it (Arrival grossed almost 3 times more). 2) Character study would have given her lots of Oscars in the 70s, but that's just not what the Academy cares about these days: what wins is that one scene that's easily marketable and that's worth watching the entire movie for. The Arrival or Nocturnal Animals don't have such scene, nor do many of her other performances. She favors stories and characters that have longer arcs with nuance and elaborated storytelling, and her scenes are impressive when seen in sequence, never as standalone. And to be honest, that's why I find her so unique these days. Her strategy is to play the most interesting characters instead of just playing "that one scene" and that's why she's so consistent and is able to go through her filmography with such dignity. The moment she starts begging for it and goes for fighting a bear in the snow, that's when she'll stop being interesting for her fans.
PS. Didn't know Jean Marc Vallée had passed. RIP.
Great points throughout, thank you for your comment!! Love your point about the ‘70s, it’s so true. Thanks for watching!
Facts.
Adams had been getting nominated all the time up until Arrival so I believe that she suffered from voter complacency, meaning voters assumed her spot was safe and voted for others instead.
I think Jessica chastain sounds a bit like that. I didn't see Eyes of Tammy Faye so I could be wrong tho; then again, I don't want to see it precisely bc Jessica's projects aren't as interesting in storytelling comparing to Amy's. There isn't an Amy Adams project I've seen that I didn't like the whole thing. She does pick the best stories
I love Amy but she usually isn't a showy actress and think that has worked against her.
You have a point there. Thanks for watching!
She deserves to have her own Still Alice moment, where it’s just her year
Yes, agreed!
Emma Stone nominated (and winning?? ugh) for La La Land?! Any mediore actress with a decent singing voice could've pulled off that role. Such an undeserved win in my opinion.
Finally someone said it
@@rics1883 dont get me started....lol I have a laundry of list of Oscar winning actresses who should've remained on the sidelines.
Adams should’ve at least been nominated!
I very much disagree with this, while I don’t think it’s the best performance in her filmography, I definitely think it’s worthy of the award. Her audition scene where she cried on the phone and then had to awkwardly end the audition was enough to take the award. Would I have rather Adams had taken it? Absolutely! I don’t even like La La Land, Arrival is way better and Adams way more consistent. But still, even though Stone has a beyond amateur singing voice, the Oscar is for acting, not singing, and her acting was phenomenal, pulling off a mediocre script better than it had any right to be.
She's a great actress and I did enjoy the film (mostly how it looked), but yeah La La Land was such a transparent way to kiss the asses of the Academy given the subject matter (struggling dreamers in a romanticized Hollywood).
Sucks that she wasn't even nominated for Arrival.
I will say, there is a backlog of actors that are "overdue" for an Oscar, and she is one of them. These actors often get rewarded for inferior work, and at the expense of, perhaps, more deserving winners. However, the years that Amy lost, she lost to an accomplished winner. All of this has set her up for a win, probably starring in some "important" biopic, down the line ... and at the expense of a more deserving winner.
I'd say the year she was up for Supporting Actress for "Fighter" and she lost to her costar Melissa Leo for her role in that film, is a bit of a tough loss. Leo is chewing scenery, whereas Adams is more grounded - but Leo was the rage that year.
Losing to Blanchett (Blue Jasmine, 2013); Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018); Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener, 2005); Penelope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona, 2008); and even Anne Hathaway (Les Mis, 2012) are not bad losses. She faced some tough competition those years.
Agreed. Her winning for The Fighter would have been so well deserved. Thanks for watching!
She does not need Oscar. Oscar needs Amy Adams.
She always looks so happy for the winner, bless her, but there’s got to be a deep down longing for that golden statue!
I know, she’s always so gracious!
@@TheAwardsContender She is, but I think behind her smile is a longing - and who can blame her? She’s long overdue for an Oscar!!
She's Shirley Mclaine isn't she. Handles both drama and comedy alike and is fantastic in Musical theatre. She's another Shirley McLaine and hopefully similarly she'll win big later on.
Hopefully wins soon!!
She fed the children by doing what was needed in Enchanted.
Yes!
Not just "Arrival". How could they ignore her brilliant acting in "Big Eyes" ? I'm shocked. Arrival & Big Eyes are my personal favorite Amy works. Anyway, she will win the Oscar in the future. I'm sure in it.
I think so too. Thanks for watching!
Agree. I really loved her in Big Eyes.
In my opinion for Junebug Amy was absolutely robbed, the part was very difficult and she was lovely, moreover Rachel Weisz performance was nothing special. Thanks for the video 👋🏻
Thanks for watching!
She is an amazing and consistent actress who is a successful working actress. I just dont think the Oscars love her enough to give her an Osacr over a more deserving performance. His two main points are she should have won for her firsr nomination and she was seriously ridiculously snubbed for Arrival. The majority of her performances she unfortunately in a category with other powerhouses performances. She never lost to an actress who was less deserving(rachel weisz could be debated). The Oscar race unfortunately is a formula and talented people are left in the dust constantly based on how The Academy "feels about you". And please eff off with the political angles on this subject. Amy may get her day. But I will tell you outside of her fanbase I dont think sadly the Oscars love her enough to give her the prize. And thats is what is truly messed up.
So true. Thanks for watching!
It kind of sucks she doesn't have an Oscar yet but as a working actor, I would love to have her career!
Yes, what a career it is and continues to be. Thanks for watching!
Yes!
Hey, how about make a elusive Oscar for Emily Blunt? She is so amazing.
Yes, I’ll get to her!
I grew up with Amy Adams being brilliant in Enchanted and Julie and Julia. Since then, every time I see her in any movie scene, a warmth in my heart suddenly appears. My favorite films with her presence on screen are Arrival and Vice.
She is a phenomenal actress!
Honestly I ask myself the same question every time I see her. It's been given to people with not half of her talent and career
She just needs the right timing…
She definitely needed to win for nocturnal animals and arrival!!
Yes!! Thanks for watching!
She should have been nominated as best actress for Big Eyes , Arrival, and Nocturnal Animals.
Few things enfurate me more than her snub for Arrival. She should have been nominated for both Arrival and Nocturnal Animals (I know, it's against the rules, but I don´t care). And that Oscar should have been for her ¬¬
Now I think the day she wins, it will be more for her being overdue than for a really deserving performance.
Yes, you’re probably right. Thanks for watching!
It was not a snub. If she had been nominated we would be here saying the same for the actress that wasn't nominated for her. All the nominated actresses gave an equally great performance.
so, if you have two great performances as a lead in a movie, you cant get two nominations in the same category for those movies?
@@russeluc I think the rules don´t allow a person to be nominated more than once, at leat for the acting categories. I would have to check but I'm almost sure that's how it works.
@@russeluc Yes, you can, but the academy rarely grants that. Simply to have more diversity, to nominate more people.
I don't think she should have won an Oscar yet.
She's definitely one of my favorite actresses and a terrific actress anyways, but still I believe that every year there was at least one better performance than hers. I think she was the closest with American Hustle, but still Cate Blanchett was even better for me.
Not winning an Oscar doesn't mean you're a bad actor, but being a great actor doesn't mean you have to win an Oscar.
But well made video anyways.
Thanks!
It's criminal that she hasn't won one yet. I'm hoping one day, she will finally have her moment.
Same here. Thanks for watching!
She is one of the most beautiful women ever
Still can't belive Amy had to stay at home for Arrival/Nocturnal so that Hallywood could give an answer to Trump nominations for Meryl 🤡
She deserved for Arrival!
the best performance by an actress 2016 was indeed Isabelle Huppert for Elle - that's it. Just my opinion of course but it is the best most electrifying performance of all the nominees that time. The one that upset the apple cart was giving Streep a nod for Florence... - yes, she's amazing in it, no doubt about it, but if not for Streep then Adams would've been in for a shot for Arrival. And in the end Stone won for La La Land anyway but for me it was Huppert who dazzled the most for Elle - controversial as it may have been but so what, she bloody well deserved it.
Love Huppert in Elle!
We’ve got Nightbitch and Klara and the Sun coming up this year - my fingers and toes are crossed for an overdue win!!
Negga probably was nominated after Oscar’s so white previously made Academy members look for non white actors to nominate. Not that I am saying she didn’t need to be nominated, but that other awards voters maybe didn’t feel that preasure. Streep was good in her film even though she is over nominated in many films.
Wish Adams could’ve made the final five!
No.
Arrival should have given her Oscar and she wasn’t even nominated was atrocity. Emma stones la la land was subpar compared to amy, Natalie, Isabel. Same thing with Toni Collette how she was criminally snubbed for Hereditary. She was way better than Olivia coleman’s the favourite performance.
Toni Collette being snubbed for 'Hereditary' has got to be the Academy's ugliest day in recent years.
Good points all around!
Did you even see the Favourite?
@@dhritidutta6231 Why would I make comment without watching her work?
I can almost guarantee that if Woody Allen was still in his prime film making years, she'd win her first Oscar with him. She needs a showy role.
Good point!
The master is PTA’s most underrated movie. Everything you said was spot on, absolutely incredible
She's my favorite and so overdue! Hopefully next nomination is HER win!
I sure hope so. Thanks for watching!
Hollywood did dirty with Amy Adams..They nominated her in her movies in which she hadn't any chance to win..and they snubbed her for the Arrival which was so brilliant and seems that Academy don't want give her Oscar deliberately.
Gwyneth Paltrow,Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence have Oscar and this talented woman doesn't ? Unbelievable!!!!
Completely agree.. even Emma stones win to this day baffles me. How she was better than amy who wasn’t even nominated…
She’ll get hers one day!
@@rics1883 I love Emma...but La La Land is so overrated..She is good but not Oscar worthy..
Unbelievable is right, and your three examples of past "winners" is excellent in my opinion! Halle Berry is another I would certainly add to that list!
@@paullemon5154 ah yess..she is too..Monster's ball winning was so political during that year...Nicole Kidman should have won for Moulin Rouge
Happy Birthday, Amy!!! Her and Viola Davis are acting legends! Great video, Brian!
Yes, happy bday, Amy! Thanks for watching!
I would love to hear your opinion on how Anna Paquin was able to pull of an unexpected win for Best Supporting Actress over the heavily favored Winona Ryder for The Age of Innocence. I have my own opinions about it but I would love to hear your take on that win! Hopefully a future video about the 1993 Oscars?
Yes, I’ll definitely tackle that Oscar race down the road. Thanks for watching!
Amy is such an endearing presence onscreen. I hope she wins an Oscar soon.
Same here!
Junebug, I think was the film she should have won her Oscar, bringing much humor and heartbreak with a certain glow to the character of Ashley. Rachel Weisz winning that year for The Constant Gardener was OK but, I just thought that Adams was better. By the way Rachel Weisz's last name is pronounced (VICE).
Agreed, love her in Junebug!
I would love a video on the 2016 Best Actress race. That year gave my favorite film Performance, Rebecca Hall in Christine. To bad that movie was way too overlooked. I would have love to have seen Amy and Rebecca on the 5 finalist list. Maybe take out Meryl Streep in FFJ
Yes, such a fascinating race!
My personal opinions on who should have been nominated were (in no particular order)
1. Isabelle Hupert- Elle
2. Viola Davis- Fences
3. Amy Adams- Arrival
4. Emma Stone- La La Land
5. Natalie Portion- Jackie
@@davy209 my exact line-up! Davis was indead a lead role and adams should definitly be nominated.
Amy Adams is one of those actresses we all know is going to win a best actress Oscar one day it's all about the right movie at the right time.
Exactly!!
She's been one of my favourite actress for years. I really hope she gets an Oscar.
Same here!
Maybe she spreads herself too thin across so many films, some so big that she gets lost and some so small that she remains unrecognised? She is not a prime actress.
That could be part of it, sure. Thanks for watching!
I'm conflicted when it comes to Amy Adams. She is undeniably talented yet with the exception of Arrival and The Fighter, I rarely connect to her performances. And honestly, I'm not sure she'll ever win a competitive Oscar. She very well may be this generation's Glen Close except I actually think Close has turned in many Oscar winning worthy performances. Btw, I'm looking forward to that video. I hope Amy finds a role that will get her the gold because she clearly wants it and there are clearly a lot of industry types and commenters on this very video who thinks she's deserving. And I certainly wouldn't begrudge her a win.
She’s young enough that I think she’ll find the right project soon to win her the gold. Thanks for watching!
@@TheAwardsContender I think you're right! And it's always a pleasure to watch one of your videos.
Keep in mind that Gwyneth Paltrow and Marisa Tomei won instead :)
Haha yup!
She should have an “No-Winners club” with Glenn Close, Michelle Williams and Saoirse Ronan😊
Unpopular Opinion:-
I like Amy Adams a lot and she has been consistently good in all her roles (I have seen most of her filmography and she's never given any bad performance irregardless of the movie's quality), but the thing is I really cannot recall a performance from her that is excellent enough to be deemed as an Oscar-winning performance (not to say all those actual winners are actually deserving).
Strangely though, I admired her performance in Hillbilly Elegy a lot (easily one of my favourite performances of hers along with those acclaimed ones). She is easily the best thing about that movie. That year was an amazing year for actresses and I think she should have been nominated. Besides, Close had one or two good scenes in that movie but tons of bad scenes in between hence I think she totally deserved her Razzie nomination. I'd honestly much rather see Adams and Close staying Oscarless than winning based on the overdue factor for performances that are not deserving.
I'm not sure how unpopular that opinion is. And not to rub salt in the wound but I thought she gave 2 bad performances. One in Cruel Intentions 2 and in Julia & Julia, so bad in fact, I think she tainted Meryl's chance of winning the Oscar. But not to be a Debbie Downer, I thought she was deserving of a nomination for Arrival.
Yes, I agree her performance in Hillbilly Elegy is solid! Thanks for watching!
@@MrHootiedean How was Julie & Julia a bad performance? You may not have liked her character but calling that a bad performance is a bit of a stretch.
@@richierich7229 It's ALL opinions here. But even Amy Adams has admitted she's turned in less than stellar work in her career. She wouldn't name the roles but at least she's aware enough to know what's connected and what hasn't. And fyi, that was the 2012 Hollywood Reporter round table where she admitted that. So if she can say it, so can I. And since it was just 3 short years after Julie & Julia where her performance, if not entire storyline, was critiqued as the weak link of the film, I think it's a safe assumption we share similar opinions about her work in the film.
Another amazing video and finally an individual worthy of an 'elusive Oscar' video! Adams should have been nominated for Arrival and Enchanted period! Her snub for Big Eyes was based upon waltz's lackluster performance. She was quite good in Dear Evan Hansen but much of the acceptance or lack thereof counted against her performance.
I'm looking forward to Glenn Close. A few other actors have received an Oscar and Razzie nomination for the same performance notably James Coco and Amy Irving in the 80s.
Thank you so much!!
while it’s disappointing that she has yet to win, I’m just glad she didn’t give up on acting cause her talent is tremendous
It’s going to be pure catharsis when she finally does win. One of my all time favourite movie stars. Just a phenomenal actor.
please do saoirse roman, she has so many nominations and is amazing in so many more roles that she wasn’t nominated for
I will absolutely get to her. Stay tuned!
She's one of my favorites because she makes characters seem real, not overacted (with some intentionally comedic exceptions). It's like she just seamlessly blends into the movies and roles. Maybe that's why some people don't notice her as much though, unfortunately.
Such a good point. Thanks for watching!
@@TheAwardsContender Thanks for making this video! :)
Amy Adams is one of the most talented and versatile actresses working today and she’s definitely overdue for an Oscar win. The day she finally wins an Oscar, I’ll be so happy. My favorite performance from her is still Arrival and I was upset when she got snubbed for Best Actress that year when it seemed like she was an absolute lock for a nomination. She was my second favorite leading actress performance in 2016 behind Emma Stone in La La Land.
Emma stone was okay in la la land. Idk how she even won Oscar for such average performance
@@rics1883 I agree. I thought everyone in that category that year was as or more deserving than Emma Stone.
Agreed, I wanted her to win for Arrival, too. Thanks for watching!
@@rics1883 To me Emma Stone did a nice job with a weak script. There are times when people criticize Hollywood fawning over art about the entertainment industry, and I don't agree because the material is so good (i.e. Birdman), and then times when I'm like...yeah, this is not as good as they're acting like it is (i.e. La La Land).
@@rics1883 agree, she's so lucky with strong year competition like Portman (Jackie) & Huppert (Elle). I love Emma but her performance in La La Land was so bland, pretty much character in ordinary film or series but maybe because she gave the Academy nostalgic moment with classic Hollywood musical energy, plus good timing with La La Land strong campaign, she's so much better and should've won in Birdman or The Favourite.
Still don't believe that the young and cute nurse on Catch Me If You Can't was Amy Adams, she looks like a teenager on her role while she was 28
Haha so true!
Another fantastic video! I totally agree with you on the Amy Adams subs. Truly one of finest actresses we have. I love your breakdown of the "why's" she hasn't gotten that Oscar. I feel like the handlers of Emma Stone's career was simply more "sparkly"
Adams seems to truly love her craft, more so than awards. She is brilliant in most everything. Fingers crossed that the system gives her the trophy soon.
Same here. Thanks for watching!
I love that kind of actress when you're not really sure it's her. Toni Collette is also a queen to not make a performance about herself.
Yes!
She is gorgeous eloquent funny can cry on demand. She needs a role of a lifetime.
She must win all the awards in the world for her performance in sharp objects.
She was so great in that!!
I feel like Amy Adams will have to pull a Charlize Theron in Monster in order to get that gold trophy.
You’re probably right. Thanks for watching!
It's so ironic, when I saw the movie Arrival I was like "Oh thank God, she's finally going to win her Oscar."
Meryl streep getting nominated for florence foster jenkins over Amy Adams for Arrival is one of the worst mistakes the academy has made
Would’ve loved an Adams nomination there!
It was in "Junebug" when I first noticed Adams. It was then when I predicted she was going to be a star. I've said that only two other times: with respect to Molly Parker and Amanda Seyfried. While those two actors have had excellent careers, they have yet to quite reach the heights of Amy Adams. Ultimately, whether she wins an Oscar or not, she's already recognized as one of the great actors of her generation, and will be in the good company of such peers as Emily Blunt, Michelle Williams, and Naomi Watts, who've also never won an Academy Award. Ultimately, an Oscar is just a footnote in a long career filled with brilliant performances. And it's those memorable roles - and not her awards - that will be remembered, as they have been for the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy, Marilyn Monroe, and countless others who've never won.
Thanks for watching!
Another up and coming actress who should be nominated is Joey king. Though her her movies flop sometimes her performances are never lack luster. She’s headed places.
Yes, she’s great!
One of Amy Adams best performances was in “Enchanted.”
It was Oscar caliber. This was an extremely difficult role to accomplish and she managed the charm and innocence to perfection of the fairy tale character. She wasn’t nominated for this role. She’s very talented. I can’t think of another actress who could have pulled this off, playing a fairy tale character accidentally plunged into the real world. Nice.
There is no DOUBT (see what I did there?) that Adams will get an Oscar despite two unfortunate practices that bedevils female actors exclusively: Category fraud and that insidiously unfair "actress over 40" phenomenon. I truly believe she is immune to both and the Academy will rightfully recognize her in due time.
Amy is that rare actor that is universally beloved, dazzles in any genre and thrives in either lead or supporting. Consistency with picking the right roles points to career longevity and continued relevance.
Agreed!! Her Oscar is coming eventually!
I love that everyone in the comments is still as hung up on the Arrival snub as I am. I don't think I'll ever get over it...
Me neither! Ugh… still so painful.
Nocturnal Animals and Arrival were incredible films and she was riveting. Losing the Oscar with these performances makes me wonder what the committee is smoking.
Excellent video! It never fails to baffle me that she hasn't won a single Oscar! Like, why there isn't much chatter about her the way there was about Leo's lack of Oscar?
Thank you so much! Hoping she gets her Oscar someday soon!
I feel like the video was made from the heart but it seems terribly reductive to me. Cinema is way much more than Hoollywod and ignoring it implies complicity with the US cultural colonization.
Her performance in big eyes was absolutely fantastic.
Yes!! Would’ve been a great Oscar nom!
She needs to change her agent immediately. How many back to back BAD movies? Dear evan Hanson, hillbilly, etc
I think it’s been a streak of bad luck. She’ll be back with something great soon.
She only deserved two of her nominations (Junebug and The Master). She's a good actress, but nothing amazing.
I think she’s absolutely been deserving of her nominations. Thanks for watching.
She is a brilliant actress. She needs better roles to fit her talent.
I have more respect for actors/actresses with multiple nominations and 0 wins than those who have been nominated ONLY ONCE and won. I am talking to you Halle Berry, Gwyneth Paltrow and Adrien Brody, etc. LOL
Haha, good point. Thanks for watching!
Oddly enough arrival is the only movie I thought she should have won an Oscar for. Her other performances have been great, but just nomination worthy.
Love her in Arrival!
Amy Adams is one of the best in the business. I think she’ll win eventually. I personally would have liked to see her win in the Fighter, but Melissa Leo was great too.
Yes, still hope she wins soon!