I'm glad The Hunger Games isn't going to be a typical Summer Blockbuster film. Especially with competition for Summer awards time from The Dark Knight Rises and the Amazing Spiderman. Because it wouldn't really have much chance, The Dark Knight has one of the most phenomenal directors of this age who is able to keep suspense right to the very end - including the end of his trilogy I'm sure. TASM has two of the most sought after young actors, Emma Stone for her comedic performances and Andrew Garfield with his wow factor acting that he portrays through the depth of his eyes. All The Hunger Games has going for it is a spectacular fan base and a well thought out trilogy of books, Miley Cyrus' boyfriend and that girl who wanted to sleep with Magneto in the new X-Men film, which, now-a-days isn't enough to establish a film into getting an award, nor the lead actors. Sadly enough.Take Michael Fassbender for example, he was one of the break out stars of this year. His role in Shame (opposite Carey Mulligan) was fantastic and his acting in X Men brought something to the character that Ian Mckellen could never bring, a sense of charisma, charm and love. Not that Sir Ian didn't. But that's just it, it was the charm, charisma and undying love we felt for him, the actor. Not the character. Which, a mon avis, Fassbender brought to life. His role in Jane Eyre and A Dangerous Method were also phenomenal, Jane Eyre is not my favourite Classic Lit reading, but still a phenomenal performance once again, as per usual. So perhaps, it was his best year (2011) to date, so why didn't he win the Golden Globe for Best Actor? Because that's the year George Clooney decided to re-grace us with his presence with two films, The Descendants and The Ides of March. The latter being the better performance, and more original out of the two, yet he still won the award for The Descendants. REALLY!? Yes, it was more real, but it didn't seem like acting, which I suppose is good, but he just kind of .... drifted in the film.
Speaking of The Ides of March. Why the hell hasn't Ryan Gosling won anything remotely noteworthy for his films in 2010/2011? After a three year career break, boy does that boy know how to say "Hey, guys remember me?" Starting with All Good Things, co-starring Kristen Dunst (also her year, she actually acted this time, instead of those wooden things she called performances) set him off for a good start, the film is inspired by the life of accused murderer Robert Durst, with Gosling playing him. This shone him in a different light from any other performance, mainly The Notebook. Although, he was only nominated for a PRISM award. Next came Blue Valentine, which I had been tracking for about 10 months to a year before it had been released, amazing performances from both leads, Gosling and Michelle Williams (also showing that she too can act, yippee!) for which he scraped Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor which he shared with Philip Seymour Hoffman. After the low-budget films he moved on to the bigger budget films, the more mainstream ones, his performance not faultering because of the budget, unlike many other actors and actresses who seem to forget about acting when they turn up to big-budget films.
Anyway, the point is, make away for the young actors and actresses of tomorrow, who have such acting credibility and let go of the Brad Pitt and George Clooney love. Yes, they are great actors, but they've past their best by date now, especially with talent now being released at the age of 30. Chastain, Fassbender, Gosling and Hardy among those.
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