We have now seen all five of the best actress nominated movies, and this is the toughest category so far to pick a winner. All of the performances were great, and I cannot say that any did not deserve the award. All I could do was start eliminated one by one the nominees, to try to narrow it down.
The nominees are: Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie in Away From Her, Marion Cotillard (the Oscar winner)in La Vie En Rose, Laura Linney in The Savages and Ellen Page in Juno.
The winner for best actress in a lead role in the 2008 Andrew Awards is....
Julie Christie in Away From Her.
As I said, I had to eliminate the other actresses one by one. Cate Blanchett was great, but I thought her first portrayal of Elizabeth was better and more nuanced. Laura Linney has played this type of character before...it did not seem a great stretch for her. Ellen Page was great too, but was she acting or just playing herself more or less? Was it her acting or the great script and dialogue?
That left Marion Cotillard and Julie Christie. I can't fault the Academy for picking Marion. She was phenomenal. And her transformation throughout the movie was brilliantly played. But for me, Julie Christie was transcendent in her role of a woman stricken with Alzheimer's. I think I wrote in my blog, that she was luminescent. And she did it without the help of big sets and lots of makeup, she did it quietly, with the power of her acting. Just by a hair, that is why I chose Julie Christie.
Sharlynn actually agrees. I thought she would go with Cate or Marion, maybe even Laura.
Has anyone else seen all the movies? Who would you choose?
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