Future Oscar picks. Who will get one down the road?

[Lord Wortherington]

I say Adam Sandler, I don't think he's funny and I don't particularly like him, but I'll bet you anything he wins an Oscar in five years or so. I think he's being "groomed" for it. It's one of those clown actor/comedian goes to serious drama fame stories.

[Bicoastal]

1. Sandler, I know Bill Murray.

I've watched Bill Murray. Bill Murray is a favorite of mine.

Sandler, you're no Bill Murray.

[regnaD kciN]

6. It didn't seem to work for Jim Carrey...

He got rave reviews and several end-of-year acting awards for "serious" roles in The Truman Show and Man on the Moon, but failed to get even an Oscar nomination.

I think the AMPAS voters tend to resent it when someone pegged as a comic actor tries to do a dramatic part -- it's like they're horning in on the domain of another group of actors.

[Bicoastal]

7. Actually, despite the reviews...

...I've never known him to be a great actor.

"Eternal Sunshine" is the first movie I've seen him in where he wasn't playing Jim Carrey, not a role.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Not a bad choice...

he can do drama pretty well.

I would guess Tom Cruise. Hollywood owes him, and he can turn in a good performance when required.

[Lord Wortherington]

3. I wanted to really not like him in 'Reign O'er Me'

But I ended up liking him and the movie.

[Dr. Strange]

4. Johnny Depp

Won't get one for any particular role. Will eventually get a lifetime achievement award of some sort.

[begin_within]

5. Ryan Gosling, Javier Bardem, Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore

are all possible targets. I think the Oscars often go to the best role, actually, and whoever is lucky to have gotten that role then gets the Oscar as a fringe benefit.

[yoyossarian]

8. The crappiest actors seem to be taking all the major awards lately...

I guess pirates will always be popular...

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[ghostsofgiants]

9. I would like to think I'm destined to be nominated for but robbed of a best director Oscar

At some point in the future. (Okay, maybe not, ahha.)

[terrya]

10. Paul Giamatti

Sooner or later, he'll get an Oscar. Probably Best Supporting Actor. But he's a damn fine actor.

[RubyDuby in GA]

14. I honestly cannot believe he did not win Supporting Actor for Cinderella Man

What is wrong with those people?!?!?!

[kaiden]

11. Javier Bardem

[bigwillq]

12. Good pick.

:thumbsup:

[NashVegas]

13. James McAvoy

I've had my eye on this one since he appeared in Children of Dune. Now he's kicking ass in Atonement.

[LynneSin]

15. One would have said the same thing about Tom Hanks in his early

years.

Now he's like the next James Stewart/Gary Cooper