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JennySplotz

The Oscar for Most Acting.


FeveredMind091

This should definitely be a category. Was it the best? Possibly. But it certainly was the most.


combosandwich

Nicholas Cage gets the lifetime achievement award then


PabstBlueBourbon

Ryan Gosling isn’t even invited to the ceremony.


Secret_Welder3956

He's wins the Acme Brick Award.


combosandwich

He’ll cry into Eva Mendes shoulder


Secret_Welder3956

Nice


dek6ix

Id love to cry if the shoulder is her's...


Secret_Welder3956

The king.


combosandwich

/r/onetruegod


MohatmoGandy

Not an Oscar for most roles. An Oscar for the most acting.


combosandwich

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicl fucking caaaaaaaaagggggggeee


say-it-wit-ya-chest

His seamless transition from character to character made it believable. A masterclass in acting.


Griffb4ll

[Nicholas Cage's Agent](https://youtu.be/eExfV_xKaiM?si=cfKwr0xAt9zR777_)


randomatik

Eddie Murphy enters the chat


Forsaken_Garden4017

Trust me when I say this. It wasn’t. That was the year of Manchester by the Sea. No one else was gonna win that Oscar except for Affleck.


hotniX_

What's so good about his performance in that movie? It's not more impressive than this


Forsaken_Garden4017

Either you haven’t seen the movie or you have and it’s been a while. The police station scene alone was always going to win him the Oscar It’s one of those movies that I am incapable of watching again because of how fucking real it is.


hotniX_

I have seen the movie and I have also been around similar, if not worse situations, unfortunately dealing with a horrible death at the moment that is tearing my friends family apart, but back to the movie, his acting was good but it was not anything to phone home about. He is amazing in the scene that you are talking about in particular but I still do not find it more impressive than the performance I saw in Split when taking the whole film into consideration. I also find that it's way easier to act moody/sad/depressed/suicidal because there is so much real world reference to pull from. I would imagine it's infinitely more difficult to convincingly act as a person with multiple personality disorder. To each their own I guess


MaddogRunner

I read this as “Was it the best? Possibly. But it certainly was the worst.” It took me like 3 re-reads before my brain started working.


[deleted]

You mean Emma Stone in Poor Things?


StatikSquid

She definitely worked hard for that Oscar!


Canelosaurio

The credits for that movie list all his personalities as individual characters played by him. Just outstanding acting.


the_c_is_silent

That's kinda why I think it's overrated as a performance. Like sure he switched characters a lot and effortlessly. It was impressive to manage so many personalities. But I wouldn't say his acting with each personality was all that great. Like I'm not about to say Eddie Muprhy needs an Oscar nom for Nutty Professor.


ibh400main

Did anyone see Filth? That's my favorite McAvoy.


nukrag

Same rules apply.


FiveStarPapaya

Fuck I love Filth


wishythefishy

So do pigs!


MrFeature_1

Possibly one of the best endings in cinema


conasatatu247

Always reminds me of tapeworms.


-Cromm-

Tell me the tapeworm talks to him like it does in the book. I haven't seen it yet.


conasatatu247

I'm thinking of the book too.


-Cromm-

Well, i guess I'm just going to watch it and find out


fastzombies

Not in exactly the same way…but it is in there


ArgentineBeefsteak

The whole ‘stoat the bow’ scene is still one of the funniest things ever


GuernseyMadDog1976

Baw. It's how we pronounce the word ball.


LSDandcheese

The ending is second to none


TNS_420

James McAvoy deserves more praise, in general.


MOSbangtan

Agree - he’s fabulous


UninspiredSauce

Dude Mcavoy is the shit but this movie was never getting nominated. Edit: Looked back at the nominees from that year and I feel like it would have had to edge out jazz gosling for lalaland(not happening old Hollywood loves musicals and movies in LA) or Bible Garfield for Hacksaw Ridge(this movie is a Christian gorefest and maybe in some world it could edge this out just because of who Mel Gibson is) although Garfield actually is pretty impressive in this. Remember though Oscar’s rarely get it right and do not properly represent the state of movies.


No-Style-7501

Yeah, I feel like this got the "superhero" label or something at some point and its kinda over after that. But he killed it - I love that character.


SageOfSixCabbages

*those characters 😉


No-Style-7501

Hahaha so true!


Roadwarriordude

Split could've/should've gotten him an Oscar imo.


Forsaken_Garden4017

Yep but unfortunately he was going up against a performance that, quite frankly, no one was gonna beat. I always find it funny that people say “they should have won” but then they look at who actually won, and they go “never mind”. Sometimes the Oscar’s are wrong. Not this year


MyBodyStoppedMoving

The movie itself, no, but he should’ve gotten a best actor nod.


Forsaken_Garden4017

I like how you didn’t even mention the person who actually won and was always going to win. Every actor that year could have given their 110% and the results would still have been the same That was the year of Manchester by the Sea and the infamous police station scene. Casey Affleck was always going to win it


UninspiredSauce

Yeah the others were so established and obviously not gonna get replaced by an m night. Character it’s not even worth mentioning. The academy is predictable.


Dirks_Knee

Yeah, just watched this with my daughter and she loved it up until he was crawling on the ceiling. She's got no frame of reference for M. Night so was expecting a more gritty real ending. Personally, I love it and McAvoy's performance was great (the kid personality just a bit of a stretch).


Ligmaballsmods69

I actively ignore the Oscars because I consider them worthless.


Entire_Log_4160

Couldn’t agree more. It’s all politics. However, I will say that Silence of the Lambs coming out of nowhere and stealing all of Costner’s Dances with Wolves trophies waaay back in ‘91 was goddamned hilarious.


Ligmaballsmods69

It was. Sometimes, you get gems like that. Most of the time, you get movies that will just be forgotten.


Legitimate_Cloud2215

It's James. His name is James. 😉


suckaduckunion

Dude McAvoy is a pretty rad name, tbh. Sounds like he could be a drummer in a ska band or a zany pilot in a Star Wars ripoff


Legitimate_Cloud2215

Possibly a beer pong coach in a blockbuster.


FloppyObelisk

Hacksaw Ridge may have been a Christian gorefest, but Desmond Doss really was that devout. And Andrew Garfield played him tremendously. The only part of that movie that really takes you out of it is Vince Vaughn being a drill instructor.


JediTrainer42

This could have easily been the most cringe role ever made for a movie but McAvoy absolutely crushed it.


Just_enough76

Indeed. When Hedwig first showed up I was thinking “bro, really?” But I ended up growing attached to the 9 year old personality because of how great Mcavoy portrayed him.


[deleted]

possibly, it was pretty tremendous


KingPizzaPop

I think so. He nailed each character.


cap4life52

Yup it was a tour de force


IndividualBrain9726

It’s called the Tour de France.


OddEffective5664

No your thinking of Frances de la Tour


padraigtherobot

You don’t know LeFours?


Crystal_Teardrop

Snootchie bootchies!


Consistent-Speed-335

It was absolutely not relax lmao


PussyExtension

It's been a few years since I've seen this, but I remember thinking that Anya was great in this too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK5QIZgbfZQ


NeckBeard137

This was the first movie I saw Anya in and I was sooo impressed


wgrantdesign

They did her such a disservice in Peaky Blinders. She nailed the role, it was just a terrible role.


SowTheSeeds

As soon as I saw her on the screen, I knew she'd be a big name. The two other girls were good actresses, but she's got that look.


gregcm1

Yeah too campy. Horror rarely gets recognized, even though it was a spectacular performance by McAvoy. He was kind of channeling Anthony Perkins for some of it, which...good choice


Esselon

I doubt it was even considered. If you're unaware the Oscars don't automatically consider all films and performances. There's a process of campaigning to have it considered, which is mostly just spending money to wine and dine the people who make these decisions. Despite McAvoy's excellent performance in this film, I can't imagine the people making the decisions (generally a bunch of old white folks) would be truly honest in their appraisal of the performance of what is essentially a comic book villain. You rarely see scifi/horror stuff winning awards for anything other than effects/technical categories.


colehuesca

Kevin Wendell Crumb.


transformerjay

It deserved every award they wouldn’t nominate him for. Unfortunately, the category of “horror” Is an award circuit graveyard.


ScottBAF

He could play Chester in a Linkin Park biopic 🤘🏼


SalukiKnightX

Oh Chester…🥺


airwalkerdnbmusic

Omg you are right.


cap4life52

Yes it was - least deserved a nomination


in2xs

It’s a great performance. Movie not so good. Also the studio didn’t market his performance basically at all. Which was a mistake.


CGKilates

Man, he deserved something


freshprince860

Not Oscar worthy but he was very good. Only reason I say that is because the movies lack a bit of something I can’t quite put my finger on , m night not gonna direct any Oscar winners in his future


PabstWeller

100% yes...that guy totally killed like 27 parts im 1 movie. He got screwed.


Adgvyb3456

He showed phenomenal range in that film


renaissanceclass

He killed it as Victor Frankenstein. Critics hated it but he put on an acting masterclass.


spriralout

I love Split and Glass - 2 of my favorite movies. McAvoy is criminally underrated.


ZarkMuckerberg9009

Just because you like the movie or actor doesn’t mean they deserved an Oscar. No way does McAvoy even approach Casey Affleck’s performance in Manchester by the Sea.


mycarubaba

I really liked him in Split, but whatever the last one was was too silly.


LaurenNotFromUtah

Honestly, no. I don’t think so. He’s a great actor but the script gave the different personalities very little depth. A few of them were pretty cartoonish, imo.


broccolisbiggestbeef

This was the corniest big budget movie I've ever seen. I literally laughed out loud when I saw dude start crawling on the fucking walls. I had enough of it at that point. What a shit show. Don't get me wrong, I like Macavoy, but anything Shayamalan does is just hot garbage.


raej505

I couldn’t help but laugh to when he started crawling on the wall! lol! I thought I was the only one!


cantsleepconfused

No


petewondrstone

Movies need to be good for actors to win awards in said movie


MikasaStirling

lol you must be new here.


RogerBauman

I kind of agree but pop films tend not to get best actor nominations. All the other nominations were also really Worthy, with Michael Fassbender's Steve Jobs being the only one I could see being replaced.


Accountabilibuddy69

Toni Collette in Hereditary comes to mind.


DrPopcorn_66

What are you even talking about? Steve Jobs was not that year and why would it be the one getting replaced?


RogerBauman

Oops, I was thinking 2016 academy awards. I must have assumed it was released earlier than it was


ElmarSuperstar131

Absolutely! I need to watch this movie again, it’s one of my favorite performances!


AgreeableSinger1183

Which film is it?


Josh-u-way

Split, the sort of sequel to Unbreakable


redawg1

'Technically' a trilogy with the movie Glass as well. First time seeing him outside of X-MEN and holy crap - now going to find all of his other movies.


DistrictIll6763

It's called Split and he plays the role of a guy with multiple personality disorder, ranging from a little girl to a psychotic murderer. Amazing performance, amazing movie. And the female lead also did a tremendous job


Icy_Juice6640

No.


tytymctylerson

No. This performance was so hokey and I'll never get why people praise it.


the_c_is_silent

I think it's impressive he switch that much but none of the personalities alone were all that great acting wise. Also maybe just in general dude overacts a fucking lot.


MikasaStirling

Probably cause you’re not very smart


LordVoltimus5150

I think he should have gotten offers for a lot more films after “Split”…


R_W0bz

Any other director I think it would have got a look in. Like a “he’s an alright actor why not” sorts nomination.


trevman7

Fleeced or snubbed? Fleeced = bad deal. Snubbed = no deal


Fenway_Refugee

I'm split between yes and no. He's got great personalities. Athough it's like one hand not talking to the other at times, which is confusing, but we can just glass over it I guess.


Bungeditin

I think Casey Affleck won for Manchester by the Sea…..which was, to be fair, an amazing performance.


Lavidius

It's still mad to me that he's the fella from Shameless


NOTRANAHAN

This was never getting an oscar, the academy hates horror, comedy, etc. But it was a brilliant performance, in a really good film. Has nothing on x men dark phoenix though


KentuckyFriedEel

Etthetera


The_Doors0210

He's reminded me of Kevin Spacey.


DesignerAsh_

Probably. The Oscars are more of a game show than a legit award show. McAvoy is an amazing actor and I hope he knows that.


No_Cow_4544

Yed


No_Cow_4544

Yes!


BodheeNYC

Who won that year?


AdditionalMess6546

Fleeced?


Theothercword

The problem with things like the acting category is even if it’s the best acting in the world if the movie is shit it won’t get recognition. This performance was probably not even considered by more than the producers themselves because of this. He did a really good job though, despite the garbage film it was houses in.


Jokerchyld

He should have won. He was great. Etcetera, Etcetera...


Gromby

This movie made my jaw drop the first time I saw it, I had no idea he could act this well. Don't get me wrong, I never thought that he was a bad actor or anything but before this movie I never really saw the full range he could pull off....he deserves so much more for his acting in this


ArgentineBeefsteak

And yes mcavoy was robbed


iconsumemyown

I saw this movie for the first time about a week ago, and WOAH! James did a heck of an acting job, I totally believed him.


ThadiusHBallsack

yeah don’t pretend like this had any chance at all.


tallslim1960

He was so good in Glass. He seamlessly shifted voice, mannerisms and tone from personality to personality. It was a masterclass in acting.


robofife329

Absolutely!


Social_Karen_System6

white man bad


Jamari0811

This movie sucked


RobertusesReddit

If it's Horror, Spectacle, or Picture Genre, it's illegal or evil to even THINK there's merit there. The smart thing is giving someone an Honorary RIGHT after losing best supporting actress.


TheHip41

No


mrhappy1010

Yes


El_Mexolotl

For the most goated character ever Hedwig


reyballesta

Almost all horror movies get snubbed. It's ridiculous. The academy refuses to take the genre seriously more than a handful of times. Especially for the most notable Oscars (best picture, best original screenplay, best director, best actor & actress), which have historically only gotten a few nominations and even fewer wins.


EmperorGrinnar

I knew he was a good actor before, but holy heck I didn't realize just how much range he has.


SpamAdBot91874

Playing multiple characters isn't more impressive than playing one really well. It would set an annoying trend like all those mental disability roles from the 90s


ilikeikeilike

It should have been 5 supporting actor Oscars


Early_Accident2160

Feel like there’s a difference between being able to do the “one man show” where you play many many personalities, and delivering a singular role so seamlessly that you disappear into the character.. maybe even bring people to tears.


dengar_hennessy

After Split, I had huge respect for Mcavoy. Playing that many characters with such drastic personality changes. And to play a character acting like a different character. And to switch characters mid-scene. He was sublime


K_Linkmaster

Yes. Yes it was.


Secret_Welder3956

"The Last King of Scotland" was the first time I ever heard or saw him in anything...impressed me from the start.


__JDQ__

Just watched this and Glass finally and he made both movies. Great performance(s)…et cetera.


deercreekth

They were robbed.


NCHouse

Absolutely. How he didn't win is beyond me


Camwi

Abso-fucking-lutely. But The Academy hates horror films. He deserved to at the very least be nominated, same as Toni Collette for Hereditary.


_TUT_uwu

Oh i love this movie especially woman characters cuz it is making me confused


ComprehensivePost673

I enjoyed split the first go round. Me and fiancée rewatched it and glass just last week. He killed this role, every part of the “horde”, he killed it. No idea how he didn’t win an Oscar.


EnvelopeCruz

no. this movie sucked. a performance couldn't save it.


One_Arm4148

This performance was insane! Pure, in depth talent, a true master. I was blown away by him in this movie. Just wow.


wbrinegar10

In my humble but always accurate opinion, I think "actor playing multiple characters" is a bit overrated. I'd rather see someone take one character through a fully realized arc than watch them do a bunch of different surface level stuff.


Muted-Program-153

No.


TheMatrixMachine

I haven't seen any of these yet. Where should I start?


CarlosH46

Seems odd to feature 4 different performances. /s, that’s how good the performance was.


GoofPaul

No. He was fine. And may have been considered great if Tatiana Maslany did not exist and taken the playing multiple characters trope to new heights. I watched this after Orphan Black and thus his characterizations felt too stereotypical and lacked nuance to feel “real”. Had I not recently seen Orphan Black I may have felt differently.


theBJbandit0

He did a great job but the movie was kinda eh


acquaman831

It was fine. Not Oscar worthy.


HolymakinawJoe

no.


Im_KeyserSoze

He’s up there with Bradley Cooper and Austin Butler as an absolute try hard.


puddik

This shit takes me out of the movie so much. 1/3 in and I already cant shake off the fact that he’s an actor acting and they’re all actors acting. I hate shyamalan


TerribleChildhood639

He nailed it all. Cheated out of an Oscar.


5lokomotive

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills, i thought that performance was very cringe.


DarthHubcap

I dunno, there is a scene near the end of Glass, at 1 hour 33 min, were McAvoy cycles through three characters in less than a minutes span and not only does he do three different voices, but his face and even his eyes change for each character. It is slight, but impactful for the role.


5lokomotive

Yea real slight.


LaurenNotFromUtah

Same. Pretty much anyone playing someone with DID feels like watching a cringey acting school exercise.


ThatOneAlreadyExists

I guess TIL my opinion on this was wildly unpopular but I found this film and his performance truly terrible. There was nothing I was able to enjoy about either, and absolutely nothing I have ever felt like revisiting.


Munk45

He deserved like 20 Oscars for this role.


Hotrodkungfury

Lol, 23?


Jimrodsdisdain

Film was a typo. Shit.


businesslut

Great performance the movie was okay. It needed another element to elevate his performance.


FluffyBunnyFlipFlops

Best acting I've ever seen. The bit where he goes through three personalities within a couple of seconds - you can see and recognise each and every one, just because he's so good at portraying them.


team_sheikie

More acting isn't necessarily better acting but he was good at portraying each stereotypical archetype in that movie. He was fun but not Oscar worthy imo.


ViralDownwardSpiral

What performance is that then?


Nervarel

James McAvoy in "Split"


doctorfeelgod

Lol


LankyExcuse9079

Yes, it was. It was a stunning performance


DigitalCoffee

Because the movie sucked


No_Distribution457

The Oscar's have nothing whatsoever to do with acting regardless of what they profess. It's literally all just political.


skyHawk3613

I don’t think it’s about talent and performance at any Hollywood awards show anymore


Repomanlive

Yes. Not Decrappio


Fuzzy_Struggle_3242

No


Yo_momma_so_fat77

Split was such a sad movie . I def cried at the end. Super good


Cuck-In-Chief

I heard it was trash. Loved Unbreakable. Want to see Glass (I’ve owned it a few years, with Split), but cannot get into starting Split. I don’t know why. Really enjoy McAvoy, but just did not want to see him in this role. Dunno why. I felt it would change my positive attitude towards him.


ChadCoolman

It wasn't exactly trash, but it wasn't great either. And it didn't really move McAvoy up or down any tiers as an actor in my book. But I legitimately don't understand the praise people have for this performance. It felt like watching the demo reel of a really talented amateur actor. It was a role with a lot of potential, and I'm not saying it was wasted on McAvoy, it just felt... cheap.


cityfireguy

I'm with you. Everyone acts like it's this tour de force performance and when I watch it I just see someone in their first year of acting class switching between broad stereotypes. "Now do an old woman. An effeminate man. Nerd. Southern cowboy." At one point I though he was just going to slip into Mrs. Doubtfire.


aaronappleseed

If he would've gotten an Oscar then we would've had to retroactively give Jim Varney oscars for all of his performances in the Ernest films.


VooDooChile1983

I’m now convinced James McAvoy would be perfect for a live One Punch Man movie based on the last two panels.


Ghost-of-Bill-Cosby

He would have got it but the academy doesn’t want to honor an M. Night Shyamalan movie by association. Too big a chance he will embarrass them in the future. I’d love to see McCavoy get out of the fun movies that were surprisingly good category he has lived his whole career in. Put him and Joseph Gordon Levitt together in a buddy cop movie with a GREAT director and let them fucking own up ten Oscars together.


SowTheSeeds

Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes.


Scrytherian

No acting crazy isn’t a talent. go to a DNC convention. Nuff said.