and in regards to my posting: when it rains, it pours, i guess.
1. elizabeth (1998 pulpy winner: best actress, drama)
2. the good german (this should be the movie she's getting hype for...)
3. oscar and lucinda
4. coffee and cigarettes (2004 pulpy nominee: best supporting actress, musical/comedy)
5. the aviator (2004 pulpy nominee: best supporting actress, drama)
6. heaven
7. veronica guerin
8. the talented mr. ripley
9. notes on a scandal
10. the life aquatic with steve zissou
11. bandits
12. lord of the rings series
13. babel
14. the shipping news
the problem i have with her is that every performance on this list after the talented mr. ripley is merely good (her performance in the shipping news is pretty bad though), and only her performance in elizabeth is incredible - certainly not a bad filmography to be sure, but she is totally undeserving of the "best contemporary actress" accolades she recieves. in 2004, her performance paled in comparison to those of linney, madisen, and portman (i felt she was better in coffee and cigarettes, as you can see, but even then the three of them were better). add a (very) undeserved oscar (it's not like they really owed her - yeah, yeah, she deserved it for elizabeth, but look at kate winslet.) and extreme overexposure in parts that don't really work for her (notes on a scandal), and it = me not liking cate blanchett very much.
she's really great in the good german though i must say.
hey, where's my FYC campaign?
update quite a few months later (4/3): wow, was I on crack with that performance list??? Yeah Elizabeth is her best work, but the others should be in...a much different order, to say the least.
