How refreshing it is to see five completely worthy nominees. What a shame it is that only one can win.
It is hard to have any complaint about the Best Supporting
Actor category this year. I have quibbles, such as the fact that not one member
of the brilliant supporting cast in Tinker
Tailor Soldier Spy managed to make it onto the list (presumably they all
cancelled out each other’s votes), and that Christopher Plummer, great though
he is, has been nominated more for the outlandishness of his role (an elderly
father who belatedly comes out) than for the quality of his performance (I
personally thought he was better in The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo).
However, you can stand back and look at these five nominees
and say not only that they’re all worthy of their place there, but also that
you wouldn’t mind any of them winning.
