Anyone else think Weisz shouldn't have won the oscar?

Neither Rachel Weisz OR Michelle Williams deserved the bloody Oscar.

Amy Adams was WAY ahead of the competition. Ebert even predicted right down the line that she would win, based on who was the best. Take that Ebert usually hits the nail on the head and you have a valuable source to what I'm saying.

Amy Adams was masterful, but not as experienced as Weisz... so therefore at a disadvantage due to the Academy's tendency to let experienced actors hog the awards.

Miss Weisz played a very complex character. I don't think anyone else could've pulled it off better than her. Watch the film again.
and for Michelle Williams....well let's just say that almost any girl with bad relationship memories can play her role.
she had like 3 lines in that movie, come on. ' you didn't go up there to fish...' haha.

Well I know this may not be viewed well by some but personally I think the casting of Rachel Weisz was a really dumb thing.She just exudes both too much sickening and wicked sexuality for this role.

Having her character portrayed that way was too much of a contrast for her humanitarian efforts.Be for real do you honestly think someone with convictions for sounding off on the malpheasance inflicted on a group of people would conduct themselves in that trashy manner?

The director gave us scenes with her walking around the natives 'reaching out' and embracing.That was the most phoniest display of caring and loving for the downtrodden I've ever seen in a film.

Wrong actress here.

What I really think Ms. Weisz should do is marry me; she is an absolute treasure, who has given a breathtaking, certainly oscar-worthy performance, in this film!!! BBM???

Rachel Weisz did deserve but not nearly as much as Ralph Fiennes did he was fantastic and certainly deserves to get one, not just for CG but his past movies as well ie Schindler's List and my favourite The English Patient.

_-*~ I Love Ralph Fiennes ~*-_
<<<<<<<<<< _-*~ I wish ~*-_

You do need a lot of skill to play Rachel Weisz's role.. You don't need much skill to play Michelle Williams' role in Brokeback Mountain.

Weisz was brilliant, deserved it 100%. Actually I would have been pissed if Williams won. Her performance (while very good) was vastly overrated, just like the film.


Thandie Newton was absolutely AWFUL in Crash! My God! Even Sandra *freakin* Bullock outacted her in that film. The same thing with Maria Bello. She was terrible in A History of Violence.

Keener gave an excellent silent performance. McDormand was good but I don't think she deserved her nod as her performance was nothing special. As for Amy Adams; no comment *haven't seen Junebug yet*.

I used to hate her performance and had it listed as the most overrated of 2005, but then I saw it again. She gives one of the most natural performances of the year and brings fire to the role despite her delicate looks. I've got:

Amy Adams, Junebug
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Juliette Binoche, Cache
Maria Bello, A History of Violence

Rachel moves up every time I see the film, though.

"We're wrecking like trains."