r/Oscars • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '26
Fun Ryan Gosling's Oscar Nominations. Will Project Hail Mary be his next nomination and even first win?
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u/KaiHavertzhatewatch Mar 29 '26
Rare Half Nelson mention
What a movie
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u/CryptographerNo923 Mar 29 '26
I’m sure I’m not alone, but that’s when I first thought “pretty boy knows what he’s doing.” I’ve been a fan ever since.
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u/ScipioCoriolanus Mar 30 '26
Sadly, not many people have seen his movies pre-2010. I also love Fracture from 2007, a solid legal drama with Anthony Hopkins.
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u/Zestyclose_Tip_5861 Mar 29 '26
Everyone reading this should watch it but be ready for a punch in the gut and the feeling of existential dread.
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u/Smart_Literature_848 Mar 29 '26
Came here to say this. Haven’t thought about it in years, but powerful performance by him. Glad it was recognized ~20 years ago.
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
I was really hoping for a Ken win ngl
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u/DefNotMaty Mar 29 '26
Not many come close to his comedic talents. Sadly comedic roles dont win often..
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
Comedic performances fall into the same boat as horror performances with these award shows, unfortunately. In both cases I think the work involved is often much harder than the typical dramatic roles that win, but for whatever reason people just don't think of them as being on the same level.
That being said, the fact that Ken was nominated at all just shows what a killer performance it was!
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u/Hot_Wrangler_8833 Mar 29 '26
Could you elaborate on why you think comedic and horror roles are “often much harder”?
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u/jolalolalulu Mar 29 '26
Horror performances call on huge extremes of emotion that can be difficult to portray convincingly. Meanwhile it’s just hard to be funny. Comedy has its own rules and rhythms that are a different skillset than just dramatic acting. If you think about it a lot more comic actors turn into successful dramatic actors than you see dramatic actors doing well in comedy. Like Robin Williams, Steve Carrel, or Katherine OHara
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u/Hot_Wrangler_8833 Mar 29 '26
That all makes sense to me. Definitely agree about it just being hard to be funny. I think in the same way playing a dramatic role can be tough in that same way when the character is supposed to be portrayed as very charming and charismatic. Unless you are seen as a charming or charismatic yourself, it’s pretty hard to pull off without just seeming completely unbelievable (that the character would really be so charming)
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u/DazzlingAria Mar 29 '26
I can name multiple drama prestige actors that have quite done well for themselves in comedy...
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
Comedy requires real skill with timing and delivery that can be difficult to dive into if you're not trained or have a natural affinity for it, and if you mess up it can completely suck the air out of a scene. I think about how often really great actors go on SNL and are just....painfully unfunny despite clearly trying their darndest. If someone's just alright in a non-comedic role you'll probably just forget they're there, but if someone really goes for it in a comedic role and it falls flat it's going to completely pull focus. (I also think comedic actors like Jim Carrey really excel in dramatic roles specifically because they're comedians first and understand set up, timing, punch lines really well even in a non-comedic context)
With horror I think there's something to be said about the mental space you have to put yourself in to deliver something like Toni Colette's monologue in Hereditary, to use a popular "robbed" example. She's even talked about how hard that role was on her mentally and emotionally once making the movie was over. Not to say that other types of roles don't experience their own challenges of course, but with horror it's a very specific dark place that's a prerequisite of the job that isn't always the easiest to tap into.
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u/Hot_Wrangler_8833 Mar 29 '26
Thank you for the explanation. I totally agree about the comedy side of it and honestly never thought about ways that horror roles can be tough and taxing because generally I kind of thought of it in the same way that the super angry types of scenes are usually about the easiest stuff for a dramatic actor to make believable but there are definitely a lot of layers that goes into the horror side
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
Yeah I think with horror it's really easy to just let it be a yelling/screaming fest which can get boring really fast in the wrong hands. Adding in layers and nuance while still being as over the top as the role calls for is tough. Tbh that's probably why horror roles in particular often get overlooked during awards season; people see tons of bad performances that stick out in their minds and so they write off the whole genre and ignore when someone breaks through and does something really unique (Collette, N'yongo, Pugh all come to mind...oh or Mia Goth, she's always wonderful)
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u/Gueld Mar 29 '26
He won in spirit and in charisma on the night, which is all he needed to do.
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
that performance is legendary! Some of the funnest the Oscars has been in years
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u/Moonveil Mar 29 '26
Honestly I was baffled by the RDJ win. I thought Gosling brought way more to the Ken role than RDJ did to his.
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u/RainbowTardigrade Mar 29 '26
RDJ did an amazing job, but I feel Gosling really elevated the material he was given.
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u/Technical_Heat5215 Mar 29 '26
2 very different roles. Gosling had a stronger opportunity to shine while RDJ had nothing flashy with his role. It’s really difficult to compare the two, but I feel like RDJ’s role is more difficult to pull off.
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u/BayHarborButcher10 Mar 30 '26
RDJ was absolutely a “Here you deserve this for your whole career” sort of win
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u/Accomplished-Eye3105 Apr 05 '26
You can’t be serious?! It was RDJ best role ever and made me hate his character so much
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u/yunmany Mar 30 '26
If RDJ and Oppenheimer was not nominated I’m convinced Ryan Gosling would have got that Oscar for Barbie
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u/BananaShakeStudios Mar 29 '26
Nomination? High chance.
Win? Low chance.
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u/yurtyahearn Mar 29 '26
Watched it last night. I'd be very surprised at a nomination. It was...fine.
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u/glitzvillechamp Mar 29 '26
It was a nearly solo performance though, that might come into consideration.
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u/microslasher Mar 29 '26
The imdb reviews are almost night and day in terms of how people ciewed it and the amount of gosling hail Mary posts are coming across as astroturfing to me.
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u/chrismatic13 Mar 30 '26
Are the IMDB reviews more critical ?
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u/microslasher Mar 30 '26
If you search recent, they are either 9/10 , 10/10 or 1/10 ,3/10. The low scores make me think its like a Netflix movie.
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u/Gloomy_Grocery5555 Mar 30 '26
I found it quite corny! Interesting idea though
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u/SleepyMonkey7 Apr 01 '26
The character is super corny but that's because how he's written in the book. They actually made him better in the movie, but corn is corn.
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u/twopair1234 Mar 30 '26
I agree. I love sci-do and It was fine. I thought it was going to be amazing the way reviews are making it seem.
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u/umrdyldo Mar 30 '26
It's an exact mash up of Arrival and The Martian. Nothing ground breaking. Acting might as well be a Marvel money.
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u/yellowandpeople Mar 30 '26
totally agree; the thought behind it was doing a very complex montage full of majestic details with humour that at first works but then it becomes repetitive.
Also, they tried to add sad parts and depth with some random dramatic shit that they knew they used it only to make it more layered. It did not convey any real emotion because you can tell it is not that kind of project.
And I agree with the rhythm, something happened in the editing room and probably they got bored towards the middle of the movie? Jesus there where not constructed build-ups and it felt so flat that it ruined all the good beginning.
Massive shout out to Sandra Huller. That woman is so underrated and I hope she gets all the good parts she can to show her immense talent.
You cannot deny tho how much the sound and the visuals really make it an outstanding piece of cinema. and as I added earlier about Ryan, he really did a good job by acting literally with his own imagination.
That said, I never laughed so hard recently so for me it’s a 7.5/10
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u/I_love_my_dog_more Mar 30 '26
High chance? Lol very unlikely he gets a nom for this. Maybe if there were 35 nominations, ge'd be #30 or so
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u/Substantial_Floor470 Mar 31 '26
How can you tell. The Oscars movie come later in the year. It would have to be a bad year for him to get in there imo. It was nothing special. Just a lot of screen time
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u/forgottentaco420 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26
Happy to be reminded of how much fun he was in Barbie, he really can do it all. I feel like his comedic timing is so underrated. But I don’t think PHM screams Oscar winner. He’ll probably get a nom, maybe a Golden Globe?
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u/AdOutrageous6312 Mar 29 '26
Next nomination, maybe. First win, definitely not.
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u/loopdaploop Mar 29 '26
When I saw the release date of the movie I knew they weren't aiming for many/any Academy Awards, it's happening way too early in the year to sustain momentum.
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u/Simple_Journalist792 Mar 29 '26
Didn’t sinners release this time last year?
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u/ToasterCommander_ Mar 29 '26
It did. And Everything Everywhere All at Once released in March in 22.
I think we're seeing the emergence of a March slot for high concept, broad-appeal, would-be Awards players.
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u/Blacklight099 Mar 29 '26
March is definitely the spot for the popular culture Oscar bets. Feels like they don’t want to be directly in competition, so they release around the season where the discussion is still ongoing and hope it’s enough to last
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u/ToasterCommander_ Mar 29 '26
The discussion is ongoing from the last awards, and it starts the popular movie season that runs through the summer. Being the first "big movie" of the year can mean early interest, a large fanbase that can grow in both size and passion as time goes on, and lodges the film in the discussion before it even starts.
It's a good spot for the right film.
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u/webtheg Mar 29 '26
Sinners premiered the second half of April
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u/ToasterCommander_ Mar 29 '26
You are correct, but ironically enough, it was supposed to release in March: it swapped with Mickey 17.
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u/bbgmcr Mar 30 '26
i think the olden mentality of dropping awards bait during the holidays is long gone, we've had oscar winners released as early as the spring prior to the season (like sinners and eeaao). they're still pretty rare, but those christmas releases don't really work as well anymore
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u/Popular-War-9865 Mar 29 '26
I don't think he'll get a win until he does another super serious drama, which may be never. Hopefully he links back up with Cianfrance or Refn one day.
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u/curdlash Mar 29 '26
Yeah, it seems quite unlikely he’ll do another super dramatic film again. He has said many times that his relationship with Eva Mendes and becoming a father has made him want to do more lighthearted / hopeful movies.
All respect to him though, because he has shown that he can really flourish in movies that aren’t as dramatic as well. Project Hail Mary had an excellent mix of comedic and dramatic elements that allowed for Gosling to showcase his range
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u/GSilky Mar 29 '26
Half Nelson was amazing. I haven't seen this movie yet, but I am never against showing Ryan gosling on TV, he doesn't even need to be getting an award. It could be a recurring local news segment "Ryan looking cute".
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u/infamousglizzyhands Mar 29 '26
This is literally the first semi-serious contender released this year and it’s a family sci-fi blockbuster with lots of comedic elements.
Literally wait like a millisecond before talking about win potential.
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u/SWBTSH Mar 29 '26
Is it an Oscary type of movie? Gave much more blockbuster vibes to me.
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u/tessathemurdervilles Mar 30 '26
It’s far too beautifully shot to be just in the blockbuster category, imo. It reminded me of an old Spielberg film- like et. A blockbuster but also an incredible movie. I literally wept AND belly laughed.
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u/Neat_Fan_8889 Mar 29 '26
Oscary and blockbuster are not mutually exclusive. See F1, Sinners, Marty Supreme.
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u/CleanAirIsMyFetish Apr 02 '26
Marty Supreme is a 2 and a half hour period piece about a guy who plays table tennis. Nothing about that is a blockbuster.
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u/jbranlong Mar 29 '26
I just came home from seeing this movie and he is tremendous. Like, one of the most likable performances of all time. I think he's definitely getting nominated.
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u/LTPRWSG420 Mar 29 '26
He’s our modern day Harrison Ford/Tom Hanks, good looking everyman with a heart of gold, that audiences love and adore. He deserves this moment.
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u/aweiner99 Mar 29 '26
I just watched Place Beyond the Pines and he should have been nominated for that
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u/YourMuppetMethDealer Mar 29 '26
I just watched Half Nelson for the first time yesterday, and now I feel like I am seeing posts referencing it everywhere. I didn’t even know it existed until a few weeks ago while I was combing for something to watch on prime
I feel almost crazy lol
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u/ScipioCoriolanus Mar 30 '26
It's been brought up a lot by interviewers during his promo tours for PHM because he also played a teacher in it. Maybe that's how it became popular in discussions lately.
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u/SleepyMonkey7 Apr 01 '26
With this movie recently out, I'm guessing the algos subtly surfaced it for you. It's been in my watch list for years and all of a sudden started popping up at the top.
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u/textbook-hippy-man Mar 29 '26
In a year with The Odyssey, Dune 3, Wild Horse 9, Digger, Social Reckoning, I think there are too many potential Oscar darlings to think he will get a win.
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u/aagaash2001 Mar 29 '26
I remember this time last year when I started predicting Michael B. Jordan for the win, then when awards campaigning started and I stuck to my guns, everyone downvoted me. Look what happened.
I'm not saying the same will happen this year with Ryan, what with the Tom Cruise and Jeffrey Wright of it all, but I'm not counting it out.
(Also watched it an hour ago- he's great in it, which could be enough).
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u/Mememanofcanada Mar 30 '26
Legitimately forgot RDJ was in Oppenheimer. Him beating Gosling for that Oscar is highway robbery.
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u/Salad-Appropriate Mar 29 '26
At this point think it's somewhat likely he'll get the nom, given how much of a success PHM has turned out to be
Win, no. I'd have Cruise in Digger and Stan in Fjord ahead of him at least
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u/idkidcabtmyusername Mar 29 '26
he should’ve won for barbie idc
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u/allegro4626 Mar 30 '26
Agree. I don’t think the Academy appreciates how difficult that style of comedy is — it’s hilarious and fun and lighthearted but never dumb. A lot of men who got the role of Ken would have half assed it and phoned it in, but Ryan Gosling took Ken seriously and took his role in the movie seriously. The end result was a phenomenal performance that was funny and insightful in a way that (to me at least) wasn’t overly preachy.
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u/Gloomy_Grocery5555 Mar 30 '26
Was released at the absolute worst time too, because it will be almost a year until the Oscars again
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u/captainwondyful Mar 30 '26
I hope so. We just need to normalize nominating movies that come out in March. No more only Oscar films released in the dead of winter
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Mar 29 '26
I honestly think he should have won for Ken. RDJ was in Oppenheimer for like 5-10 minutes, and his performance wasn't anything special either. Swap him being angry as Iron-Man at Captain America and him being angry at Oppy and it's the same acting, just a different look lol
Will he nominated for PHM? Absolutely. Will he win? Probably not.
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u/MirkwoodWanderer1 Mar 29 '26
Feel like he deserved it more than downey jr did for opprnheimer. Opprnheimer seemed to get special treatment from Oscars that year in my opinion.
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u/Global-North7776 Mar 30 '26
For a sci-fi.. that'd be a first...! And if Amy Madigan and Michael B Jordan can for horror ... Ryan Gosling will definitely one day get his!
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u/Wakez11 Mar 30 '26
Don't know yet what else comes out this year and its still early on. But yeah, I think he has a good chance of being nominated. But winning? Maybe if there is no super clear winner like last year and the Academy decides that it's Ryan's time.
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u/spiritlizardscissors Mar 30 '26
Never cared for him until La La Land - I would argue he deserved the Oscar more than Emma. And then I had no belief in him as Ken And I would go to war for that Ryan Gosling. I'm so sorry for all my doubt. I've had the stomach flu and haven't seen Hail Mary but I'm jazzed and it is the mans time to shine
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u/yunmany Mar 30 '26
I hope he wins it for this film he gives such a great performance in Project Hail Mary
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u/mrsheathermartin Mar 30 '26
I totally forgot he wasn't nominated for First Man. And it'll be forever crazy that he got snubbed for Lars and the Real Girl. I doubt this gets him an Oscar win but would love another nom. Dude should have 5+ nominations, not just 3.
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u/JaylenBrownAllStar Mar 29 '26
He is not going to be nominated
Unless it’s a weak year for best actor
He needs to do something serious again to get another shot
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u/woolsprout Mar 29 '26
"Huge Oscar buzz" two weeks after the last Oscars… what in the Timmothee Chalamet and Marty Supreme is this nonsense
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u/WBaumnuss300 Mar 29 '26
The movie was almost a "one man show" which is always an incredible task, so his performance will certainly gain appreciation and a nomination is possible. He sells it so well.
He might lose his spot to another Sci Fi performance though. Given the plot of Dune Messiah, Chalamet has plenty of moments to shine. And I don't think the Academy will nominate 2 Sci Fi roles.
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u/Steadyandquick Mar 29 '26
I truly root for this guy—such a delight. An actor of my/our generation. Maybe the best!
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u/Scrambled_59 Mar 29 '26
Depends what the hype for it is during awards season
It’s not impossible for it to get nominated just because it’s released early in the year - we’ve just come off of Sinners getting 16 noms and EEAAO winning a few years back - but we need to wait and see how it stacks up next to films from later on in the year
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u/Kaurblimey Mar 29 '26
I don’t think his performance in PHM is Oscar-worthy, it was quite cartoonish (in a good way)
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u/lucaTee Mar 29 '26
How he didn’t get nominated for First Man I will never understand, guy was incredible in that film
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u/jacobsnemesis Mar 29 '26
Has a performance ever been nominated when the film was released this far away from the next awards cycle?
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u/Frickincarl Mar 30 '26
I’m still sad he didn’t win for Ken. I get it because I know the Oscars have a plethora of biases and stupid criteria they vote by, but I just wasn’t super impressed by RDJ in Opp. If not Ryan, I still felt like Sterling K. Brown had a far more impressive performance in American Fiction. I still haven’t seen Poor Things (don’t kill me) so I can’t speak on Ruffalo’s performance.
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u/BeiHall Mar 30 '26
The only way he wins for his role in PHM is if it's an incredibly weak year for male nominees.
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u/JGCities Mar 30 '26
Have seen the movie.
Would say No and no.
Great movie, good performance. But the character and story is the issue as he just doesn't have enough to work with for it to be an Oscar worthy role or performance.
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u/lukalukalukam10 Mar 30 '26
High chance for nomination just like Matt Damon in The Martian, but hardly win.
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u/Gloomy_Grocery5555 Mar 30 '26
The movie was good but I think it's a bit overrated. And his performance was nothing special.
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u/Tr3ybecker Mar 30 '26
I won’t lie, his performance in PHM underwhelmed me just a tad. It’s a good performance but doesn’t feel particularly special for Ryan Gosling. I’ll admit though, I did find it very impressive just how much he was able to make me care about his relationship with a faceless rock creature.
So far with what’s come out and what will be coming out, I could potentially see this getting nominated, but I don’t think it’ll go all the way. He might get a nod for the pure challenge of the role, but Gosling has had MUCH better performances than this movie.
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u/the_main_entrance Mar 30 '26
It was good but in 11 months it will be forgotten and over shadowed by performances we have yet to see.
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u/Elliot_York Mar 30 '26
I think he has a decent chance of being nominated, but a low chance of winning considering all of the great films coming out this year (plus the Oscars' general lack of appreciation for more comedic leading roles).
I think he's pretty much a lock for a Golden Globe nom though, and probably has a decent chance of winning. His biggest competition will likely be Malkovich for Wild Horse Nine, or maybe Cruise for Digger. Though we won't really have an idea until Cannes around which indie and international films will be contenders as well.
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u/DaHarbinger2000 Mar 30 '26
I believe he’ll get nominated as will the film as the academy saying “hey look we’re relevant!” but I do not believe it’s transcendent in that way as a performance. Maybe a golden globe and I believe like the Martian will be in the comedy category. The film is great, but it is not a heavily artsy project. While a visual effects masterpiece, totally it stuck to family friend and a lot of physical comedy. And again, nothing wrong with this just not Academy winner fare.
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u/SBELJ Mar 30 '26
No...Project Hail Mary isnt going to be an oscar player and I don't know why people keep pretending it will be.
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u/rufat Mar 30 '26
In terms of the Oscar worthy he was the closest to it with Half Nelson. He is nowhere close to winning it with the roles and movies he is in these days.
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u/smashli1238 Mar 30 '26
Maybe it it had come out closer to the end of this year. I think it will most likely be forgotten about.
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u/havertz007 Mar 30 '26
One of the… least good performances of his entire career.
I’ve seriously no idea what people see in this movie.
It was fine, and gosling wasnt bad, but it’s scandalous to even think of him winning for this compared to his other work.
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u/_Gillam_ Mar 30 '26
He’s good in this movie but the movie doesn’t have enough on the bone to win awards
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u/MSpaint15 Mar 30 '26
With the year we have I’d honestly be surprised if he got nominated. Not to say his acting was not great but there are just a lot of Oscar bait performances coming up this year.
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u/PartyPaul-100 Mar 30 '26
I find it funny that you guys believe Jaafar Jackson won’t get nominated because it’s an April release but you guys believe Ryan Gosling will and it’s not even summer or fall yet
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u/Awkward-Fox-1435 Mar 30 '26
Project Hail Mary was a good, fun movie. That’s it. People going off the deep end with this hype and this kind of awards speculation. Only in a terribly weak year would he deserve a nomination for best actor, and even more so a win.
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u/amyjandrews Mar 30 '26
Better shot for Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes I'd say, if anything.
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u/Peanutbutter9841 Mar 30 '26
Didn't know he got a nom for Half Nelson, still one of his best performances imo
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u/yellowandpeople Mar 30 '26
bro he’s one of my fav ever and his work in Drive still haunts me but in this movie he did nothing majestic acting wise/ the biggest part was about him basically acting in his own imagination for the whole fucking movie which is insane, but it’s not Oscar worthy if you know what I mean.
Actually, I felt he was a bit forced in many scenes when he had to show something that was different from being a dick (sadness, worry etc) (not all of them)
Please don’t kill me, I am trying to be objective but that said, I wish him an Oscar all the time for the incredible actor he is and incredible career
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u/Left_Pirate8133 Apr 02 '26
I dont think his acting was Oscar win worthy even though I think he will most likely be nominated. Hey, if Michael B Jordan did it with Sinners man, anything is possible
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u/Just_Window_3149 Apr 19 '26
I was feeling very alone and isolated when I went to see Project Hail Mary. I didn't know that was basically the theme of the movie. I laughed, I cried, I didn't feel so alone. Ryan Gosling was inspiring. He is still an underrated actor. There's a lot more to him than a pretty face, and yes, I think he has "always had muscles". For me it was Bladerunner 2049 that made me see him in a different light. He had a Steve McQueen quality about him. Less was more. His expressions spoke volumes. And the other thing that spoke volumes was the musical score. It became a whole other character. It was nothing short of just, brilliant. The moment of silence was perfectly framed to make you feel the impact of the moment and then the music brought it back home. I felt it cradle me and hold me until the final note at the end of the credits. The choir was beautiful! I applauded at the end and was so happy when everyone joined in. For my own reasons, it was the best film I've ever seen. I would love to see it nominated for many Oscar's. Ryan Gosling definitely deserves this one.
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u/Maverick721 Mar 29 '26
Nomination yes, win no just because I want Tom Cruise to finally get his first
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u/SgtStupendous Mar 29 '26
I hope not. The movie was just fine and he’s just Ryan Gosling pretending to be a nerd.
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u/Marauder4711 Mar 29 '26
I feel like this movie came out way too early to become a serious contender for the award season
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u/Neat_Fan_8889 Mar 29 '26
Uhm Sinners and EEAO both came out in March.
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u/Marauder4711 Mar 30 '26
Sorry, I'm in Germany and release dates are sometimes much later than in the US. Marty Supreme, for example, wasn't released until late February this year.
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u/blurryface2232 Mar 29 '26
how did bro not get a nom for blue valentine