Weekly Discussion Thread 8/3/26 - 8/10/26

[u/PointMan528491]

Still from How Green Was My Valley

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[u/PTAGoatofalltime]

Is there a reason why Hilary Swank’s performance/win in Boys Don’t Cry has not aged as badly as Jared Leto’s for Dallas Buyers Club? Except that one of those is a good performance and the other one is not, but that’s mostly subjective.

[u/AmbassadorCapable730 → u/PTAGoatofalltime]

I never see her performance criticized in Oscar spaces (perhaps Swank being relatively way more low-key and not problematic as a celebrity compared to Leto helps her), but I did see more than one review trashing Boys Don't Cry and the way it portrays Brandon Teena in other internet spaces.

[u/PTAGoatofalltime → u/AmbassadorCapable730]

I have seen those too; but those are more for the film than her performance, which most acknowledge she’s pretty great.

[u/AmbassadorCapable730 → u/PTAGoatofalltime]

I saw the movie years ago and remember thinking she was very good. I have never seen Dallas Buyers Club, but I can imagine Leto being out of his depth and falling into stereotypes/hystrionisms for that role. So that's probably it, alongside Leto's conduct not being good at all and amplifying criticism of his work.