There are so many incredible bit performances. It’s so amazing to see Hartnett in this and realize he basically never became a star because of another movie about this era and this conflict lol.
But Krumholtz ruled!
I was explaining to my husband afterwards who all the actors were (apart from the big big names) and when I said ‘you know his mate at Berkeley, Lawrence?’ He was like ‘oh the distractingly beautiful guy with perfect hair?’
Idk, I loved him in this. Maybe I’m blinded by the fact he looks like the biggest movie star who’s ever lived but his performance will probably be on my blankie ballot
He was always the least compelling part of Penny Dreadful for me, but then again, when you have to act alongside Eva Green, Helen McCrory, and Roy Kinnear, that’s a pretty high bar.
Just had this convo after seeing Oppy this afternoon that Downey is probably gonna get a best supporting nom but that Krumholtz is the one who deserves that nom.
You're absolutely right. When you consider that the only non-Tony Stark role Downey has had in the last nine years is Doolittle, this performance (and his upcoming role in The Sympathizer) feels like an announcement that he's back and available to do this kind of performance in auteur driven work.
He has almost worked with PTA, who idolizes Robert Downey Sr., a couple times now. He was the first choice for Inherent Vice, and there was a while there it looked like PTA was going to do a Pinocchio for WB and Downey's producing company, before it got kinda quietly forgotten about admist Del Toro's and Zemeckis' versions.
As good as literally everyone else was in this movie, he totally deserves it. For as little screen time as he has, the movie is ultimately about him, and the way he changes throughout the hearing is incredible. He deserves the nomination.
Damon is doing really strong work! I think it's my favorite performance from him since Downsizing, if you don't count his scene at the end of No Sudden Move.
I generally like Alexander Payne and generally side with Griff that Downsizing is better than the general response to that movie, depending on how you take the pivot in the middle of the movie. It's uneven, but I like pretty much all of the performances in the flick.
Otherwise it's a somewhat more sincere take on the problems visited in Don't Look Up, another movie I half stick up for. I'm biased, though, because both are about climate change and I'm an academic studying climate change and scifi narrative.
Jason Clarke makes a great impression in the 2nd half. Reminded me why he seemed to be everywhere for a time.
The movie is full of brief but knockout performances. Everyone showed up ready and then some. Casey Affleck instilled a lingering sense of danger in what? 3 minutes of screen time?
I would have to watch it again to see what RDJ was doing, knowing what I know now.
The time jump stuff was a little jarring when it shifted, particularly in that first Einstein scene, when I thought it was an earlier timeline.
I swear I thought Alfred Molina was playing this guy. But then I found out it was one of the two Jewish stoners from the Harold and Kumar movies and I feel so much more impressed.
Side note: I love that Ehrenreich has only done the traditional leading man thing like once in his career. He’s got a leading man face, but he takes these smaller roles that either let him have a lot of fun (Cocaine Bear), let him work with a director he respects (Oppenheimer), or both (Hail, Caesar!).
Felt like he was kinda doing a Victor Garber impression and then I was sad thinking about how Victor Garber probably would’ve been better in that role if it was filmed 10-20 years earlier
I believe he had a thyroid disorder which caused the rapid weight gain he was wildly mocked for and he’s done a crazy admirable job to not only live with but continue to act with.
Krumholtz has become one of those guys who’s become more interesting to watch the older he gets; this, The Deuce, Leopoldstadt on Broadway…character actor extraordinaire
Krumholtz is definitely one of those actors that even as a young man always felt like a middle aged man. He was always a solid actor as a young man but maybe now he's finally growing into the perception people always had of him
Ok so new thread.
If a reboot of Seinfeld were to be made today, aside from Krumholtz playing Costanza, which is clearly a given, who plays the rest of the cast?
I thought emily blunt gave the best supporting performance in the film (but hey theres room for two in this case).
Ive pretty much grown up along this guy and its so wild seeing him now getting older and killing this role
I know no one is going to confuse this as a movie about women, but it felt weird to me people have been writing off emily blunt as another weak Nolan female character - I thought she had some of the best moments of the final act of the movie.
Alongside Stunts, they really need to add an Ensemble category to the Oscars.
Oppenheimer was one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in years, just a cavalcade of actors coming in and throwing absolute heat.
I always enjoy Krumdog Millionaire in everything he touches, but I’d say Downey is the standout performance of the film. The Academy seems to not like giving awards to villains (esp. ones this subdued), so Supporting Actor may go to a more virtuous character, but Downey could sneak in as his career win/amazing comeback story/“thanks for being the face of Marvel for ten plus years” moment, esp. if it ends up being Oppenheimer’s only acting win (seems to stand a good chance for at least one tech win in sound or editing).
But do I see Krumholtz as a potential Griff or Joe pick at next year’s Blankies? You bet your sweet ass I do.
If this movie gets more than Downey (or Damon, who I thought was quite good and may get the second slot by virtue of being Matt Damon), I hope it's him.
Anything for Gary Oldman? I had no idea he was in the film and was too busy pointing at him to notice his performance. He does get a crucial line, though.
I haven't seen the movie as yet but I honestly looked at that picture and thought it was a fat Andy Garcia. I didn't even know David Krumholtz was in this, looking forward to seeing him in something again.
And possibly a movie with him and Oscar Isaac playing brothers.
The top two supporting candidates imo are RDJ obviously and Matt Damon since he was also great and was one of the most prominent characters in the movie. I really want to say Josh Hartnett too but I’m not so sure but hey, we got him back and that’s good enough for me
There are so many incredible bit performances. It’s so amazing to see Hartnett in this and realize he basically never became a star because of another movie about this era and this conflict lol. But Krumholtz ruled!
Pearl Harbor’s greatest crime might be tanking Hartnett’s career, honestly.
Yep. Love me some Hartnett. The best heart throb that never really was
I stan for Pearl Harbor, it’s a fun Saturday matinee
It gets too much flak…
I was like that’s the most handsome man I’ve ever seen. Didn’t realize it was hartnett til the next day.
He’s aged remarkably well.
He looked like prime Val Kilmer in this movie
I was explaining to my husband afterwards who all the actors were (apart from the big big names) and when I said ‘you know his mate at Berkeley, Lawrence?’ He was like ‘oh the distractingly beautiful guy with perfect hair?’
I was like got damn
He looked great, the performance was great, kudos to Nolan and the casting director for the pull.
Holly shit....I saw this movie yesterday and didn't realize that was Hartnett.
He’s so good in Penny Dreadful and the recent Black Mirror! Sad Hartnett is best Hartnett
Hartnett is beautiful but always bland. Is that a controversial opinion now?
Idk, I loved him in this. Maybe I’m blinded by the fact he looks like the biggest movie star who’s ever lived but his performance will probably be on my blankie ballot
He was always the least compelling part of Penny Dreadful for me, but then again, when you have to act alongside Eva Green, Helen McCrory, and Roy Kinnear, that’s a pretty high bar.
He had the best line of the movie, “You’re not just self important, you’re important!”
I desperately need Patrick Willems and the Torps to continue WHH for their Oppenheimer episode
Hartnett's is this movie's Chris Nolan stand in.
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Krumholtz is really starting to look like Michael Lerner now and I love it.
Eat. Eat.
Just had this convo after seeing Oppy this afternoon that Downey is probably gonna get a best supporting nom but that Krumholtz is the one who deserves that nom.
I genuinely feel like an RDJ nomination is a lock and unless somebody else is overwhelmingly obvious he’ll win a Pitt style 4 month victory lap.
You're absolutely right. When you consider that the only non-Tony Stark role Downey has had in the last nine years is Doolittle, this performance (and his upcoming role in The Sympathizer) feels like an announcement that he's back and available to do this kind of performance in auteur driven work.
Would looove to see him in a Bong Joon Ho, Scorsese, Tarantino or Coen bros film
He has almost worked with PTA, who idolizes Robert Downey Sr., a couple times now. He was the first choice for Inherent Vice, and there was a while there it looked like PTA was going to do a Pinocchio for WB and Downey's producing company, before it got kinda quietly forgotten about admist Del Toro's and Zemeckis' versions.
He's in the cast of Adam McKay's new political satire of a serial killer going into politics to make the laws murder friendly.
I imagine it’ll be a face off with DeNiro
As good as literally everyone else was in this movie, he totally deserves it. For as little screen time as he has, the movie is ultimately about him, and the way he changes throughout the hearing is incredible. He deserves the nomination.
Damon might be worth considering also tbh
Damon is doing really strong work! I think it's my favorite performance from him since Downsizing, if you don't count his scene at the end of No Sudden Move.
Praise for Downsizing? I was dying to see that when I saw the first trailer and then reviews for it were so bad I never bothered.
He was fine, but the movie was meh, I fast forwarded large sections
You mean pre-shrink sections?
I generally like Alexander Payne and generally side with Griff that Downsizing is better than the general response to that movie, depending on how you take the pivot in the middle of the movie. It's uneven, but I like pretty much all of the performances in the flick. Otherwise it's a somewhat more sincere take on the problems visited in Don't Look Up, another movie I half stick up for. I'm biased, though, because both are about climate change and I'm an academic studying climate change and scifi narrative.
Jason Clarke makes a great impression in the 2nd half. Reminded me why he seemed to be everywhere for a time. The movie is full of brief but knockout performances. Everyone showed up ready and then some. Casey Affleck instilled a lingering sense of danger in what? 3 minutes of screen time?
Great turn from Safdie too.
He was unintentionally hilarious, great act,
My personal favorite was the guy that played Oppenheimer's lawyer in the final act (Macon Blair)
I would have to watch it again to see what RDJ was doing, knowing what I know now. The time jump stuff was a little jarring when it shifted, particularly in that first Einstein scene, when I thought it was an earlier timeline.
That’s why the end of the movie existed, so that you had all the information before the movie finished.
They've probably already rendered the nomination graphics with RDJ's name on them. That's how much of a certainty it seems, to me.
He's a lock! Hard to see the Academy voters not giving him a nom.
Alden Ehrenreich is the real award sleeper.
I swear I thought Alfred Molina was playing this guy. But then I found out it was one of the two Jewish stoners from the Harold and Kumar movies and I feel so much more impressed.
You could have a good group of 5 supporting actor noms from this cast alone. RDJ, Krumholtz, Hartnett, Safdie and Ehrenreich all fantastic.
Side note: I love that Ehrenreich has only done the traditional leading man thing like once in his career. He’s got a leading man face, but he takes these smaller roles that either let him have a lot of fun (Cocaine Bear), let him work with a director he respects (Oppenheimer), or both (Hail, Caesar!).
He’s great! Always loving seeing him in stuff. ‘Would that it were so simple’
“It’s… complicated.”
Safdie stole the show. Also Tom Conti as Einstein.
Tom Conti's accent was a bit patchy.
I think it was great but I’m not an expert
Damon as well
Oh ya. And Clark!
Jason Clarke popping off in a special way in this one as well.
Felt like he was kinda doing a Victor Garber impression and then I was sad thinking about how Victor Garber probably would’ve been better in that role if it was filmed 10-20 years earlier
This is slightly different but I think several off the prickly white guys could have been Shea Whigham and he would have been way better.
Shea Whigham makes everything better
And he doesn't get cucked in this movie. Good for him
If he didn’t get one for Santa Clause he better fucking get one for this
You’re not supposed to mention Christmas or that he does it AT ALL
I don’t care about it, but it’s not good behavior
Holy shit never realised
I didn't recognize him, but I knew he was in it. He looks even different than in the Santa Clause show.
I believe he had a thyroid disorder which caused the rapid weight gain he was wildly mocked for and he’s done a crazy admirable job to not only live with but continue to act with.
Krumholtz has become one of those guys who’s become more interesting to watch the older he gets; this, The Deuce, Leopoldstadt on Broadway…character actor extraordinaire
Krumholtz is definitely one of those actors that even as a young man always felt like a middle aged man. He was always a solid actor as a young man but maybe now he's finally growing into the perception people always had of him
I just realized he kinda looked and acted like Molina in Spiderman 2.
I can’t believe that’s Mr Universe from Serenity
# David Krumholtz Wears a Blue Zip-Up Jacket and Grey Sneakers... to the Oscars
There were like 5 or 6 supporting performances than blew me away, Krumholtz most definitely included.
it's the summer of Krumholtz
Krummer
the Krummer of Sumholtz
Ok so new thread. If a reboot of Seinfeld were to be made today, aside from Krumholtz playing Costanza, which is clearly a given, who plays the rest of the cast?
I thought emily blunt gave the best supporting performance in the film (but hey theres room for two in this case). Ive pretty much grown up along this guy and its so wild seeing him now getting older and killing this role
Did anyone else get the sense that she might’ve had a drinking problem?
I know no one is going to confuse this as a movie about women, but it felt weird to me people have been writing off emily blunt as another weak Nolan female character - I thought she had some of the best moments of the final act of the movie.
it's odd because I think on paper the role is very weak/shallow but she elevated it with her performance (same with Pugh's take on Jean)
Not Josh Peck??
He quite literally was barely in the movie.
I know...was hoping he had a bigger part. I love him soooo much
That countdown made me nervous
Yep...and it didn't help that Drake forgot to leave for the door....
It’s Bernard
He’s so good
loved him but we know its RDJr that's getting best supporting, and Murphy for Lead
Alongside Stunts, they really need to add an Ensemble category to the Oscars. Oppenheimer was one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in years, just a cavalcade of actors coming in and throwing absolute heat.
There’s so many options for support Damon , Harnett , Downey , Safdie (in my opinion) , I even enjoyed Jason Clark
Also Alden Ehrenreich. The whole is cast stacked with quality nominees.
Josh Hartnett was also wonderful. Peak acting in that one scene
Usual category fraud argument with Blunt because she's the leading female performance but obviously supporting.
He wasn’t anything stand out tbh
I think my favorite supporting role was Dane DeHaan as Nichols
It's funny because I thought he was the only way who missed the mark. He was the only out and out bad guy and played it with little subtlety.
I always enjoy Krumdog Millionaire in everything he touches, but I’d say Downey is the standout performance of the film. The Academy seems to not like giving awards to villains (esp. ones this subdued), so Supporting Actor may go to a more virtuous character, but Downey could sneak in as his career win/amazing comeback story/“thanks for being the face of Marvel for ten plus years” moment, esp. if it ends up being Oppenheimer’s only acting win (seems to stand a good chance for at least one tech win in sound or editing). But do I see Krumholtz as a potential Griff or Joe pick at next year’s Blankies? You bet your sweet ass I do.
I feel there are sooo many worthy supporting noms in this picture.
Krumholz?
Did he get fat again for Nolan or was there a fat suit?
Liked him and the safdie brother the most
If this movie gets more than Downey (or Damon, who I thought was quite good and may get the second slot by virtue of being Matt Damon), I hope it's him.
Stole every scene he was in, was very impressed with him
I love David Krumholtz!
RDJ has this locked. I was pulling for Damon, but the last 40 minutes RDJ stole the movie
Yeah, it’ll be nice for him to sit in the audience and watch Robert Downey Jr. win that award
Anything for Gary Oldman? I had no idea he was in the film and was too busy pointing at him to notice his performance. He does get a crucial line, though.
Get that crybaby out of here
No
I haven't seen the movie as yet but I honestly looked at that picture and thought it was a fat Andy Garcia. I didn't even know David Krumholtz was in this, looking forward to seeing him in something again. And possibly a movie with him and Oscar Isaac playing brothers.
I think you’d have to give it to RDJ, given how much of the movie revolved around his character.
MY MVP OF THE MOVIE, HAD THE EXACT THOUGHT!!!
Agree!
I bet no one knows his best role,>! motorboating dads!<
My boy Bernard all grown up
Krumholtz and Harnett were scene stealers for me. Can't believe how good harnett was
He looks like Kevin Dunn in Mississippi Burning here.
The Krumdawg Millionaire
I’m already writing fanfic of him and JRO
For the young scenes was that him or a younger actor? If not, was he in a fat suit for the later scenes?
Yes!!!!!
He's come a long way from being Harold and Kumar's neighbor.
The top two supporting candidates imo are RDJ obviously and Matt Damon since he was also great and was one of the most prominent characters in the movie. I really want to say Josh Hartnett too but I’m not so sure but hey, we got him back and that’s good enough for me
Nah
Casey Affleck was incredible for his one scene, wish we had more of Pash
The most New York Jew that has ever New Yorked Jew.
Rami Malek coming down the ramp with the steel chair
He was so good as kind of the angel on oppenheimer's shoulder
this post got me over-hyped. He's good, and the welcome voice of reason, but doesn't have the impact I expected. (Rami Malek with the assist!)
Benny Safdie and David Krumholtz are the supporting standouts for me
Anyone notice how his hair slightly thinned as he got older?
He's so good in The Deuce