{"id":90249,"date":"2018-02-27T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=90249"},"modified":"2018-02-26T13:39:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T21:39:05","slug":"poll-best-actor-oscar-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/poll-best-actor-oscar-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Poll: Best Actor 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year&#8217;s Oscar race is fast approaching its finish line. Before we watch the ceremony on Sunday, let&#8217;s make some predictions. Who do you think will win Best Actor this year? More importantly, who actually deserves to win?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE:<\/strong> I am dividing this into two polls. The first is your prediction for which actor will actually take home the trophy, regardless of merit. <\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-882\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_882\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_882_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"8cbd6603e4\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"882\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who WILL Win the Oscar for Best Actor 2018?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-882-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17404\" name=\"poll_882\" value=\"17404\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17404\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, 'Call Me by Your Name'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17405\" name=\"poll_882\" value=\"17405\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17405\">Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Phantom Thread'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17406\" name=\"poll_882\" value=\"17406\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17406\">Daniel Kaluuya, 'Get Out'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17407\" name=\"poll_882\" value=\"17407\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17407\">Gary Oldman, 'Darkest Hour'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17408\" name=\"poll_882\" value=\"17408\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17408\">Denzel Washington, 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(882);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(882); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-882-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>Most signs point to Gary Oldman finally claiming his first Oscar. He prevailed at the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards and seems to be on a winning streak. Although the movie itself had some mixed reviews, and it&#8217;s debatable whether Oldman&#8217;s performance was really the best of the year, this would be a classic &#8220;make good&#8221; award for a respected actor that many of the voters feel should have gotten an Oscar years ago. See also: Jeff Bridges for &#8216;Crazy Heart&#8217;, Julianne Moore for &#8216;Still Alice&#8217;, etc. (It&#8217;s only been three years, and how many people even remember &#8216;Still Alice&#8217; at all?)<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, &#8216;Darkest Hour&#8217; is such an overt piece of Oscar bait and Oldman&#8217;s performance such obvious showboating that many voters may reject it. I doubt that Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet stands much of a chance here. Denzel Washington already has two Oscars and it doesn&#8217;t seem like many people actually believe he deserved a nomination for &#8216;Roman J. Israel&#8217;. While there may be some pressure to give Daniel Day-Lewis yet another Oscar for his alleged final performance before retirement, the man has three already and it will be damn hard to justify one more so soon after &#8216;Lincoln&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>If anyone could slip in here and steal the award out from under Oldman, it may actually be Daniel Kaluuya. His movie was hotly buzzed, and voting for him is a smart political move for an organization still struggling with a lack of diversity and an aging membership base. (Fair or not, such motivations weigh heavily into the voting process.) Still, despite its Best Picture nomination, &#8216;Get Out&#8217; is simply not the type of picture that traditionally wins Oscars. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Josh&#8217;s prediction:<\/strong> Gary Oldman<\/p>\n<p>Next, if you were an Oscar voter, which of the nominees would get your vote?<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-883\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_883\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_883_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"25b3d49acb\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"883\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Who SHOULD Win the Oscar for Best Actor 2018?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-883-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17409\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17409\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17409\">Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, 'Call Me by Your Name'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17410\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17410\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17410\">Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Phantom Thread'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17411\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17411\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17411\">Daniel Kaluuya, 'Get Out'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17412\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17412\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17412\">Gary Oldman, 'Darkest Hour'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17413\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17413\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17413\">Denzel Washington, 'Roman J. Israel, Esq.'<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-17414\" name=\"poll_883\" value=\"17414\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-17414\">None of the above. The best actor of the year was... (Tell us in the Comments)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(883);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(883); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-883-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>I still haven&#8217;t seen any of these movies, so I can&#8217;t weigh in yet.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year&#8217;s Oscar race is fast approaching its finish line. 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