Sandra Bullock Defeats Meryl Streep | Best Actress Oscar 2010

[@nahuel]

I love Sandra (how can u not) but to this day I can't understand how she won an Oscar for that performance. She totally deserved it for Gravity. I actually saw all the nominee's movies and my heart was with Gabourey Sidibe. She was astonishing.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@thaonguyen4419]

ABSOLUTELY AGREE!

[@benhaynes4409]

I love her too. But I mean Her performance in Miss Congeniality is more Oscar-worthy than Blind Side

[@lizfinkelstein1323]

Absolutely love how Streep said in an interview how difficult it is to bring charm to the screen.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I liked that too . I think sometimes performances like that are underrated.

[@TheAwardsContender]

YES, I love that, too!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

When you consider Oscar wins like Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holliday or ulie Andrews in Mary Poppins or Goldie Hawn in Cactus Flower the charm they brought to those roles has a lot to do with how well the films worked it's not small achivement .I am sure other things played into it like Julie not getting My Fair Lady but I wouldn't dismiss the what she brought to the role.Think how much of a dud Mary Poppins could have been without her winning personality.

[@Weezing336]

I just realized how much work must go into finding these clips and editing it all together so perfectly for your videos. That's a lot of dedication. And worthy of appreciation.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you! Yes, a video like this takes about ten days and tons of work, and I’m grateful for your support!

[@Weezing336]

@@TheAwardsContender That really goes to show how passionate you are, as if it weren't apparent enough!

[@andreid.8568]

I don't get it, how can Sandra's Oscar be for Blindside?! She's done so many amazing roles. Blindside?!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

It happens like that sometimes. Actors don’t always win for their best work. I know it’s subjective . Other things are usually part of it too.

[@okiguess8103]

This is why these kind of videos are so interesting. He goes in great detail to explain the many reasons why a performer won. Not necessarily is always by the performance itself. And knowing why she won at least we understand the context better, even if we don't agree

[@laurajones1773]

She’s better in Gravity imo.

[@myperspectiveisimnotblind]

idk why, but your reaction to Sandra Bullock winning made me tear up LOL

[@myperspectiveisimnotblind]

funnily enough, my first "OFFICAL" introduction to Sandra Bullock was ALL ABOUT STEVE (funny, I know) and I loved it so much as a 10-year old 😂 I vowed to watch more of her films I googled her and found out I actually already watched two of ber movies a couple of years prior to 2010 with While You Were Sleeping and The Lake House And yes, I watched AAS in 2010 on DVD at the time

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

It was cute, but I would have personally died if imo reaction was featured on news. Good he had fun apparently

[@TheAwardsContender]

OMG, love this!

[@paulojrneto]

7:58 Mo'Nique was wearing a flower in her hair similar to the one Hattie McDaniel was wearing when she won her Oscar for Gone With The Wind, the first African-American actress to do so.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love it!

[@MediaLover194]

Your initial reaction is probably the most excited anyone’s ever been about The Blind Side

[@livelaughluvdisc]

How do you not have more subscribers? I love this channel, great work as always

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for your support!

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

I would add a sixth reason: Hollywood never thought Sandra could pull off another dramatic performance so spectacular and that's why they gave her the Oscar. But they were wrong, because she surpassed herself in Gravity

[@TheAwardsContender]

Exactly!

[@davy209]

I would have preferred if Sandra had won for Gravity instead of for The Blind Side. Gravity was her personal best performance.

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

@@davy209 totally agree. She was amazing in gravity. I wish she tied with Cate for blue Jasmine. They both gave the performance of a lifetime

[@emillion4470]

Two of my favorite Best actress performances of that year were Sidibe and Mulligan's. No shade but Streep in Julia was almost phoning it in with a usual fabulously skillful acting job. I understand why Bullock won - it was just her time. I've loved her ever since "While you were Sleeping" but didn't expect much from her as a dramatic star. An Oscar for Blind Side felt more like an acknowledgment of goodwill by her peers for years of solid work and being beloved by the industry. Little did we know that she would reach her full potential as an actress and dazzle us with a tour de force performance in Gravity. Which unfortunately, somewhat diminishes her Blind Side win in my book.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her in Gravity!

[@kellicoffman8440]

I have always felt Streep was phoning it In I Julie and Julia compared to what she can do

[@jeffreytaddeo6245]

Very good video, Brian. While I am not a Sandra Bullock fan and don't feel she deserved an Oscar (or even a nomination for that matter) for "The Blind Side," I appreciate your passion and the great effort you put into all your videos.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, Jeffrey, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Jared_Wignall]

It’s interesting to reflect how she won the Academy Award against those women she was up against, including Meryl Streep. I was always more interested in Carey Mulligan winning for An Education, but Streep did a great job in Julie & Julia. Looking back at how Bullock was nominated later for Gravity and people now see that she should have won for Gravity instead of The Blind Side. She did a very good job in The Blind Side, but she gave a better performance in Gravity. It’s also cool to see you were interviewed as a result of a video of you going viral because of how excited you were that Sandra Bullock won. Thank you for the video Brian, it’s always interesting to hear you break down why someone won an Academy Award. Have a great day and take care!

[@richierich7229]

Cate Blanchett had a better performance in Blue Jasmine the year Sandra was nominated for The Blind Side. Actors don't win for the best performance of their career. They win for the best performance in a calender year.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thanks, Jared, glad you enjoyed the video!

[@loluolusesan-falade1181]

For Gravity, probably deserving but for the blind side in 2010: NO

[@laurajones1773]

I agree. She’s so much better in Gravity.

[@richierich7229]

@@laurajones1773 And Cate Blanchett was much better in Blue Jasmine.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her in Gravity!

[@cinemaholic730]

She should have gotten a nomination for supporting actress for Crash

[@lonellfletcher]

In the minority and I don’t care; I loved her in The Blind Side. It was a fun and sassy and surprising turn from her.

[@erinpilla]

I was rooting for my home girl Gabourey that year! She had the narrative and the chops. She shone independently even if Mo'Nique was absolute slayage. Looking back, I believe Sandra really should have won for Gravity, but when she had the chance to be nominated, they wouldn't let it pass. Would we have known she would have surpassed that? Just that in that year she gave her best performance to date, she had to go against Cate Blanchett's genre-uplifting performance. But I won't lie, Sandra nailed a role of something she personally had issues with. That alone is commitment worth praising

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely, thanks for watching!

[@irina1296]

Many people say that they ONLY gave Sandra the Oscar that year because she would never have another chance. Plus they love Sandy. Well, Sandra is one of my all-time favorite actresses. I love that fact she won it in 2010. Yes, Meryl showed more powerful performance but still. Without "The Blind Side", Sandra would definitely win for "Gravity" - phenomenal performance but back in 2010 academics didn't know it

[@timgriffin3368]

This is the Definitive Reason IMO. And agreed Gravity, Great!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love her in Gravity!!

[@davy209]

Sandra Bullock’s performance in “The Blind Side” wasn’t in any way a bad performance, but her performance felt very much like Julia Robert’s performance in “Erin Brockovich” but she didn’t do much to make that role uniquely her own. It’s probably the fault of the directors and producers, who originally wanted Julia Roberts for the role, but she ended up turning down the role. Her performance in “Gravity” is so much better than in “The Blind Side”, because Sandra was able be herself and bring her own unique qualities to the role, instead of being told to imitate another actor. It would have been a more worthier choice Oscar win for her.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I would have preferred Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia or Gabourey Sidibe in Precious. I would have given it to Sandra for Gravity.

[@laurajones1773]

I agree that Sandra Bullock is more deserving to win for Gravity. I think Meryl Streep should have won in Julie and Julia.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Honestly it’s my favorite Meryl Streep performance. It’s the one I watch more than the more often. But I have a lot of her performances I love. I would have liked it more than The Iron Lady.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, she’s better in Gravity!

[@brennankeeley3392]

DIVA!!!! I love you! Your videos bring me so much joy and this one went ABOVE AND BEYOND. Your passion for film is unmatched and shines through in every video you make. Keep up the awesome work :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Wow, thank you, Brennan, your comment made my day! ❤️

[@alexkersh5138]

I remember following this Oscar race. in my opinion Gabourey or Carey should have won. They gave my two favourite performances that year. They also give amazing performances but yet hardly ever get award buzz. I know Carey was really close to winning in Promising young woman which I wish she did that performance was everything. and I adore Gabourey in difficult people and AHS. As for Sandra I wish she didn't win for this movie. I love Sandra but this wasn't my favourite performance of hers.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@davy209]

@davy209 1 second ago I felt like Meryl Streep in “Julia and Julia”, Carey Mulligan in “ An Education” and Gaborey Sidibe for “Precious” were all much better performances than Sandra Bullock’s performance in “The Blind Side”. Any of the other three would have been more worthier winners in my opinion.

[@allisontucker9874]

Your outfit was on point for the inside edition interview!! Do Cher vs Glen Close!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha thanks!

[@arontamas5639]

I wish she had won for Gravity, she was even better in Premonition 2 years prior..... But I just love her and Blind side.....I never found her win undeserved which is kinda rough considering how many great performances were in that category, Carey and Gabourey specially were way more deserving but it's okay, it was long overdue at that point. :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, very true!

[@pophector]

The first few seconds of this video are both internet & TV gold I consider now a wonderful piece of early 2010s nostalgia I'm pleased to now be familiar with. Thank you for sharing that, Brian! I've stanned that hard for many of my favorite actors & singers as well. Yes to the "A Single Man" love! I'd have loved for Colin Firth to have won for that instead of the by numbers "The King's Speech", amazing performance. I was team Gabourey Sidibe for best actress, her performance FLOORED me and I love that Mo'Nique won even though she decided not to play the campaigning game which cost her her career for many years, so I've happy to see she's slowly making a comeback. Carey Mulligan did a great performance in An Education & I would have loved for her to win in 2021 for Promising Young Woman, she or Viola would have made more exciting winners than Frances McDormand in "Nomadland" (especially with how very wide open that race was and I think could be one of your longest videos yet in about a few years). Meryl was so dynamic and campy as Julia Child (I loved the HBO Max "Julia" adaptation as well though very different). I don't think it's better than her performance in Doubt, but she SELLS it every minute she's on screen. Still would have been a worthy win for the Oscars. I've loved Sandra Bullock for so many years and she is one of the most charismatic and likable actors ever from While You Were Sleeping to Hope Floats to Practical Magic to Miss Congeniality to 2 Weeks Notice etc... I love it when iconic A-List actresses get their "It's their time moments". And saying that Sandra Bullock is an Oscar winner feels very fitting like Jamie Lee Curtis... I just wish it was for "Gravity" instead of this. She wasn't beating Hurricane Cate for "Blue Jasmine" but that is her peak best performance that I wish had been released in 2009 instead. Great video, Brian! It was fun going on a trip down recent Oscar memory lane again!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

Wasn't it Katherine Hepburn who once said: "Great actors win Oscars for the wrong roles"? Or something like that. In this case, I always think she should've won for Gravity but I am so very happy she's an Academy Award winner. She's is so talented and gorgeous as well. The Oscar needed her!!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Yes it was Hepburn that said it and she’s a great example for of that statement. I don’t know if that’s why she said it but it’s also subjective. I would have given it to Sandra for Gravity. It would be one of my favorite wins had she won for it. I do think it’s also fair to say she isn’t bad in Blindside but it’s not Gravity level.

[@perryjones7771]

@@kellie-nd1yp Angela, Glenn, and Amy will win for the wrong roles watchz

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@perryjones7771 ha ha ! very possible!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, agreed!!

[@mikeharlow]

I love this videos so much! This has become one of my favorite channels ❤️

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you, Mike! Your comment made my day!

[@mikeharlow]

@@TheAwardsContender I’m literally sitting here watching your videos right now! 😂 I’m obsessed with the “vs” ones!

[@VTMCompany]

Favorite line at the beginning of her Oscar speech: "Did I really earn this or did I just wear y'all down?"

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, classic!

[@victorodia5878]

Thanks for making this

[@TheAwardsContender]

You’re welcome!

[@DHGlee2013]

I was rooting for Sandra that year. I would have been happy seeing Sidibe or Mulligan get it but your reaction was mine way back in 2010. The Oscar’s were great that year. Christoph took home supporting actor and Bullock won for Blind Side(in 2009 it was a good movie sure it hasn’t aged well but it was a box office hit and Sandra was great in it) Side note: I’m still waiting for Sidibe to get that one role that will get her an Oscar! Edit: I completely forgot about Helen Mirren which is sad because The Last Station is one of my favourite movies but I ALWAYS forget about her nomination and Christopher Plummer too ❤

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@josiefischer9359]

That video of u is amazinggg omggg ahh love ur energy

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, thank you!

[@bradenmendiburu2731]

Is it possible for you to make a 2015 Race Retrospective with Moore for Still Alice and Pike for Gone Girl?

[@poett8875]

That would be interesting but that race wasn’t close. Moore cleaned house that year. (Even though Pike was my personal choice.)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good idea!

[@doncasto8520]

She won the precursor awards so her winning the Oscar was not a surprise or shocking at all, but your over-the-top reaction made my day.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, I’m glad!

[@singstreetcar5881]

She wasnt even nominated for the bafta. Be for real

[@doncasto8520]

@@singstreetcar5881 BAFTA is never a good indicator of the Oscars. None the winners got an Oscar this year. Joanna Scanlan won the year before and wasn't nominated for an Oscar.

[@khongmaithikhog5624]

​@@doncasto8520bafta winners this year lost at Oscar too 😮

[@brettdarling1178]

This was the year that the Best Picture Category opened up to a possibility of 10 slots, (now it is a flat 10) and this is how Blind Slide got that surprise Best Picture nod, but my favorite movie that year was District 9. In a year of 5 slots I think it gets in. I also think Sharlto Copley should have been nominated for Lead Actor that year. I remember watching this and thinking, Oh God… Am I going to have to watch this pencil pusher for the next 2 hours? And his performance changed from desk job to feeling genuinely terrified and sympathetic for his character. Probably my favorite performance of the year, and he should have been more in the conversation for a career turning best.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Excellent point!! Love Copley in that film!

[@DitalianCole]

Another awesome video, Brian! Yes , I agree. Timing is EVERYTHING!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thank you!!

[@DitalianCole]

Brian "Ebert" Rowe, you're welcome!

[@TheRec012]

Omgggg thank you for this Brian, Sandra is also one of my favorite actress. I remember seeing her in Demolition Man and Speed, but I really fell in love with her watching While You Were Sleeping ❤ I was soo happy went she won that oscar. 2009 was her year, but is it true that both those roles were originally offered to Julia Roberts? Supposedly, Robert refused as she was filming the movie Valentine's Day, if is true well that Oscar was meant for Sandra.

[@TheAwardsContender]

I have heard both roles were offered to Roberts, so interesting how things work out!

[@1marilynable]

I honestly love the blind side. I know a lot of people hate it but it's an amazing film

[@TheAwardsContender]

I like it too!

[@davy209]

I honestly liked The Blind Side and Sandra’s performance, but in my opinion, Carey, Gabourey, and Meryl all had better performances and any of those three should have won the Oscar that year.

[@brettdarling1178]

Oh my god! 15 minutes of fame 13 years ago, and now KZbin famous! That is amazing!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha!! ❤️

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I love Sandra Bullock, but this should've been Streep's 3rd Oscar. Her performance as Julia Child is so radiant and full of life, you just love her and hang onto every moment. A much better biopic role than The Iron Lady.

[@tbam73]

Gabbys newness had zero to do with her not winning. Plenty of first nominee fresh off who have won.

[@seankoontz4235]

Sandra Bullock in Gravity was the first time I ever left the theater and thought “that’s an Oscar winning performance”

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes!! She’s so great!

[@davy209]

I would have preferred if Sandra won her Oscar for Gravity instead of The Blind Side.

[@ZoraTheberge]

Sophie’s Choice is absolutely the best acting captured on screen ever.

[@joshuah9109]

Whenever I'm asked, I say the same. Streep's performance in SOPHIE'S CHOICE is (arguably) the GREATEST performance ever put to film! I've seen the movie twice, but I can't bring myself to watch it again. The "CHOICE" is just too painful to watch!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@nightynightshade]

YES YES ABSOLUTELY!

[@cinemaholic730]

There's a lot of praise for her in Gravity which is 100% deserving. But for me I seriously thought she was overlooked for Crash. That was the first film she really blew me away playing a character unlike anything you expect from her and she should have been Oscar nominated for that film. If Beatrice Straight can get nominated (and WIN) an Oscar for her brief performance for Network then Sandra surely could have at least gotten an Oscar nomination for that film.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, that one scene where she blows up at Brendan Fraser is amazing!

[@SoulKnightKing]

Brian, I didn't even know your voice could reach that high note when you wear squealing 😂😂😂

[@TheAwardsContender]

Lol, me neither!

[@lonellfletcher]

Just an aside, All About Steve is a surprisingly endearing and charmingly quirky film where what could've been an annoying character was turned into someone you could surprisingly root for. AND I think Bullock will surprise everyone (and herself) with another Oscar-worthy turn in the future.

[@louis-mariedesaintecroix9866]

My thoughts exactlly. It's a nice comedy with a charming protagonist. Definitly not Razzy-worthy.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@55555gino]

I never understood how she could win for the blind side. Literally all of the other nominees gave better performances, SPECIALLY Carey Mulligan and Gabey S. Gravity, on the other hand, is an Oscar winning performance for me

[@paullemon5154]

I agree with you 100%. Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side felt like a TV movie of the week. Any mediocre actress could've played that role. All of the other actresses nominated turned in much better performances.

[@TheAwardsContender]

She’s astonishing in Gravity!

[@claireindigo1200]

Your reaction is so real😂that was me when Michelle Yeoh won.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, I love it!!

[@ldp0567]

Worth it the first 30 seconds; how had I never seen that video before!?!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha!

[@outinsider]

The predominately white Academy loves white savior movies, from Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill A Mockingbird, to The Blind Side and Green Book. I know she's an everyday person with her acting career and humble enough to not get full of herself, but I do think Gabourey Sidibe should have gotten it for Precious. The Academy only just awarded Jennifer Hudson for her film debut in Dreamgirls and wouldn't do it again until Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years A Slave, so I feel you are right that Sidibe didn't have a chance unfortunately, and that white savior films still make good box office in a white supremacy country like ours. That isn't to say that Sandra Bullock didn't do anything amazing in her performance, as we saw sides of hers we didn't see, like accent work and assertiveness and hidden vulnerability under strength, but Sidibe had it and the trend continued of awarding veterans over talented actors of color. The nomination did get Sidibe to still be working today, but I would have given it to her for Gravity. I do hope you will post your Patreon video on here. I think taking away the systemic bias towards Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side does a disservice to the dialogue we could still be having.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Excellent perspective, and I thank you for watching!

[@nightynightshade]

I know Meryl wins a lot of awards but man SHE should have won for Julie and Julia. When I saw a clip of the real Julia MY JAW DROPPED! I realized then and there that Meryl has shape-shifting level acting abilities! Also I wish Stanley would’ve gotten something for the lovely bones because WOW!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Meryl is amazing in Julie and Julia! One of my favorite performances of hers!

[@davy209]

Meryl should have won her third Oscar for “Julia and Julia”, instead for “The Iron Lady”, and that win should have went to Viola Davis in “The Help”.

[@nightynightshade]

Also Sophies Choice creeped into my soul, tore my heart to pieces, and never stopped haunting me since❤

[@TheAwardsContender]

Such a great film!

[@JACK-lx5dl]

OMG i like bullock but she does not deserve it

[@rickG913]

I have no idea why people love Bullock’s performance in The Blind Side it is sooo bad. Tom Hanks in Elvis bad. She’s basically a Karen caricature throughout and that voice is as believable as that blonde hair.

[@bradenmendiburu2731]

Love these videos!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks!

[@shelly2846]

This win is an Oscar disgrace. In his book this kid worked hard and changed his life. The movie made it about a white savior. It reinforces degrading stereotypes.

[@melissa-janegrace1487]

Hi! Video idea: how does Oscar voting work? From the nominations to voting, I’d love to hear your take. Congrats on the 10k. I’ve been loving your content from the very start. With gratitude from 🇿🇦

[@TheAwardsContender]

Good idea!

[@Camen_Sandie]

Oh yea, what a pleasant start to my day!!!

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sharkbites5472]

No way did Sandra deserve that Oscar over Meryl Streep! I was just as disappointed that Meryl didn’t win the Oscar. As the guy who was going insanely happy in the video! ✌💯

[@martybergmann9345]

As Good As It Gets is my favorite movie. That was my reaction when Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt both won Oscars. Great to see another movie fanatic.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Nice!

[@jhhone]

You'll hate my comment for sure while I am a big fan of Sandra Bullock her Oscar win for "The Blind Side" was the most undeserving win for basically a Lifetime Original Movie! The movie was sappy and heavy handed! Like a friend of mine said it's some white savior B.S. and I have to agree! BTW- I was 27 when "Speed" came out and that was a powerhouse performance for Bullock!

[@paullemon5154]

Agreed!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@jhhone]

​@@TheAwardsContender Thanks! I thought you'd burn me in effigy!

[@thomashavard-morgan8181]

This might be controversial, but I have never rated Sandra bullock as a serious actress. She can be funny, whimsical and hold the screen, but serious depth and (pardon the pun) Gravity, well the only time she has delivered that is Gravity. I sort this win into one of those academy got swept up a in a feverish love, for a mawkish, sentimental melodrama and went didn't she do good against type. When in actuality Mulligan (forever underrated and twice robbed) and Sidibe nailed it that year.

[@victorodia5878]

Brian i am so excited about this video

[@TheAwardsContender]

❤️❤️❤️

[@lizd.8655]

Your reaction is priceless and I'm glad you got your selfie with her! I do cringe at this win only because Michael Oherr's story was radically shifted to a white savior narrative, not because of the great Sandy herself

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@duanein3d]

OMG I THOUGHT I HAD HALLUCINATED THAT MERYL STREEP T-BONE MOMENT 😭😭😭

[@TheAwardsContender]

🤣🤣🤣

[@louis-mariedesaintecroix9866]

I really enjoyed All About Steve! It's a nice, refreshing and charming story with funny characters we're no used seeing.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Glad you like it!

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

So excited for (quoting Frank Costanza) "that girl from the bus"? I like her, but like her better in Gravity. I think she was at the same level that Cate Blanchette

[@joshuah9109]

That quote was clever, kudos 👍. and I thought she was AMAZING in GRAVITY!!

[@juanpablogonzalezlacava]

@@joshuah9109 I love that quote from Seinfeld. And I usually refers to her like that

[@branagain]

I love the Oscar before at where five people come out and focus on each nominee.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yes, same!

[@B.Arthur]

Baby Brian is so handsome! You’ve barely aged, drop the skincare routine 😘 I can’t laugh too hard at your reaction to Sandra‘s win, cause I broke into tears when Anne Hathaway won. I was at work, lol. For starters, Gabourey Sidibe would’ve had my vote. You said it yourself, she gave the best performance in the category, and Precious over-performed by many estimations. You’re right to point out that odds were against her because of the Academy’s shameful track record on acknowledging performers of colour - but I’d also like to point out two additional dimensions. Firstly, that Gabourey isn’t just a black woman - she’s a plus sized, dark skinned black woman. The entertainment industries’ institutions, including the academy, routinely fail and/or refuse to acknowledge, platform, or depict any of those things, but the intersection of all three made a win in Best Actress SPECIFICALLY unlikely, because that category has a particular history of being used by the Academy to reward performers and characters who embody their ideal of womanhood, (see the Greer Garson Good Wife craze of the 40’s as one example). This is part of why performers like Monique and as far back as Hattie McDaniel have proven victorious in the Supporting Actress category. Secondly, I’d like to note that we often view Sandra Bullock’s win through the lens of early post-election / first term Obama era optimism, (as BKR does in her perfect Sandra video), and I think we should ALSO view Gabourey’s loss through that lens. Precious is, crassly put, not the kind of black character that a lily-white institution like The Academy wanted to hold up during the afterglow of Barack Obama’s election. Perhaps that would not have been true if Best Actress’s history was itself not so lily-white. Perhaps if Cicely and Diana and Diahann and Whoopi and Angela had all won, and not JUST Halle, it wouldn’t have seemed so hard to uphold a young single mother of two from a background of abuse and marginalization that traffics in specific stereotypes. I don’t think it mattered that the POINT of Precious, the film, is that Precious, the character, works to better her circumstances by seeking something SO simple that extremely privileged white academy voters DEFINITELY take it for granted: an education, (oops accidental Carey Mulligan). While her story IS deeply moving and inspirational, I feel like a victory for Precious in Best Actress would have been perceived as counterintuitive to the moment. As for Sandra and Meryl, I think you’re absolutely right. What mattered here was that Meryl needed a third Oscar, and Sandra had presented people with an unexpected opportunity for a first. What stands out to me is that unlike, say, Will Smith or Brendan Fraser, who returned from periods of relative irrelevance, (great band name), with unexpected and uncharacteristic performances, Sandra’s accidental “Oscar bait” role came during a major peak for her - a peak so great that she was able to make a colossal dud like All About Steve (the kind of movie that is so bad it makes you question the decision making capacity of an actor and their team) and have it brush off her like nothing. The timing was everything, but it didn’t hurt that Meryl’s offering this year would have been, let’s say, a tough sell to many Academy members. I’m reminded of the way they’ve treated 72 versions of Little Women, and I have to wonder: do any of them actually take Julia Child seriously? Do they care about her? Is she the kind of figure they want to uphold and venerate as the pinnacle of prestige in American cinema? I really doubt that. Now - had Meryl’s offering this year been Doubt, I think that we could’ve seen the academy deprioritize Sandra on the off chance she would continue in her upward trajectory, (which in a sense she did, all the way to her career best performance in Gravity less than a decade later), but that’s partly because Doubt came with a high degree of prestige baked in. Instead of just Amy Adams (red headed step-successor to Kerr and Close) there was also the late great PSH, and of course Viola Davis, and then there’s the prestige angle of the film being adapted / directed by the playwrite, etc. Part of me wishes this had been the case. I vastly prefer Doubt to The Iron Lady, and it would’ve made Cate vs Sandra in early 2014 a much more riveting race - and while I LOVE Cate’s performance in Blue Jasmine, and consider it her best so far, I think maybe a loss there could’ve potentially lead to a proper win for Carol - at least if Weinstein’s orc brain hadn’t screwed that race up for all involved. I’m still waiting for someone, ANYONE, to tell me who tf is Alexia Vickamber? Anyway, it ultimately feels to me like timing was everything. The Academy recognized Sandra was having a moment, and they took their first opportunity to reward her. That tells me that they may have worried they’d never have another chance, while I HIGHLY doubt anyone at the time looked at Julie and Julia and thought “THIS is Meryl’s peak, she’ll never do anything this good again, this is a performance that will stand out in her catalogue for generations.” Imagine Gabourey Sidibe in 2009 joking that she was “going to beat up” Meryl Streep, lmao. Anyway. Great video as always! Hope you don’t mind these chunky comments, lol.

[@TheAwardsContender]

So interesting, I loved reading this. Lots of What If scenarios to comb through!

[@brenoleitebrito2471]

It was her moment.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yup!

[@singstreetcar5881]

Let's give it up for BAFTAS for not nominating sandra Bullock in a lifetime movie

[@LuisHawke]

That reaction represented me. 🫶🏻

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, what can I say, I adore Sandra!

[@daviddelara7158]

Your reaction to Sandra winning was so cute - Sandra has been one of my favourites and still Is :)

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yay, thanks for watching!

[@markjamesatienza2966]

Though I personally feel Mulligan and Sidibe gave better performances that year, I'm glad we live in a world where Bullock won an Oscar. I hope she gets more Oscar-worthy roles.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed, I would love to see her receive a third nomination!

[@davy209]

I personally think that Meryl Streep in “Julia and Julia”, Carey Mulligan in “ An Education” and Gaborey Sidibe for “Precious” were all much better performances than Sandra Bullock’s performance in “The Blind Side”. Any of the other three would have been more worthier winners in my opinion.

[@jamesrooney4839]

Oh Brian what a reaction

[@TheAwardsContender]

🤣🤣🤣

[@bilaalbadurdeen2733]

Sandra is great in blind side ❤

[@keshavchunylall3867]

Wow Brian you were so young!

[@TheAwardsContender]

Yup!

[@jeffreyturner7678]

I would love to hear your commentary and thoughts on Spacek V Berry....

[@TheAwardsContender]

Ooooh, that would be a fun one!

[@aronaeve1669]

Sandra Bullock is a beauty and spectacular actress and never failed in any of her movies. She is Oscar female actress 💖💖 Meryl has never been a favorite of mine; yet the movie Mamma Mia was so much fun & great cast.

[@joymartin4640]

Love Sandy but she definitely shodulnt have won this year but that sucks to say because honestly, she couldnt have won in 2014 either. Sandy was great in Gravity but Cate's performance in Blue Jasmine was so well nuanced and refined. Either way, its great Sandy is an Oscar winner.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Absolutely. And I too prefer her performance in Gravity!

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@TheAwardsContender Kind of a perfect storm for Sandra winning it that particular year and sometimes that's how it plays out. I really wasn't a Blue Jasmine fan so I don't feel conflicted about that one.I really love Gravity.

[@luisrizo8813]

Thoughts on people wanting her to return it after the recent controversy?

[@popastrology1900]

Your reaction to Sandra Bullock winning will be my reaction if Glenn Close ever wins an Oscar. I've been patiently waiting since the 1988 Academy Awards.

[@igormehello]

i never gave a damn about award shows nor actresses, i was always a popstars guy, but suddenly i’m addicted to you and BKR

[@alpe1987]

You gonna need an ambulance if and when Glenn Close wins

[@TheAwardsContender]

You have no idea

[@siracenola8826]

Video is good, per usual. But, this win is my least favorite. And I am a Bullock fan....to be clear. This role, this win.... No! No! No!

[@benhaynes4409]

Sandra had it from the start. Helen & Meryl - 2 older veterans and previous winners. Cancelled each other out. Carey & Gabby - 2 young newcomers and new to the scene cancelled each other out. Sandra had the only Lane to a victory - a famous well liked actress, not too old not too young, still in her prime and relevant in the industry

[@pictureperfect3211]

That Oscar should’ve gone to Precious. Sandra is a great Actress but that role was problematic, where the Academy could’ve done the progressive thing and award the Actor portraying the role of a young black teenager in the 80’s overcoming adversity and abuse from her own family.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Love Sidibe!

[@txsailor82]

Love that high screech you did 😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Haha, didn’t know I could reach those levels!

[@vapalaca]

Gaby was incredible in Precious

[@TheAwardsContender]

Agreed!

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

Mulligan should of won for PYW Also I remember being 13 and going to see Julie and Julia with my boyfriend at the time. I had read the book and was Just so excited that the film was pg-13.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

@@TheAwardsContender your personality and energy is the reason I subscribe

[@alielsayed3549]

That was your award not hers. I’m so happy for you

[@TheAwardsContender]

😂😂😂

[@laurajones1773]

I think Amy Adams and Meryl Streep should have been both be nominated for Best Actress that year.

[@arthurhernandez3854]

I always thought that year was Bullock vs Carey, and that it's being actually remembered as the Oscar that Carey should have won, but I didn't follow the awards race that much then. I'd love to see the Carey Mulligan and the elusive Oscar video, by the way 😊

[@TheAwardsContender]

Great idea!

[@samsong24]

This is when the Oscars really started to lose credibility, for me. I started watching in 2002 and this was the first time I felt embarrassed watching the ceremony. People give a lot of stick to Gwyneth Paltrow for her win, but it's actually a beautiful performance. Bullock in The Blind Side is derivative of so many other performances and paper thin.

[@sophiaruizuvalle2523]

Sandra Bullock and real life Micheal Ohr should make a movie of the REAL story of the blind side He's suing the Touhys to end his conservatorship, he had been tricked into thinking was his adoption Now that would be an amazing movie

[@SoulKnightKing]

Wouldn't the Razzie win have hurt Sandra/helped Meyrl if it was earlier in the season?

[@TheAwardsContender]

Possibly, yeah!

[@nickyoude2694]

I'm of the mindset that Sandra's win was partly down to Evangeline Lily's absence (The crew behind Hurt Locker could have strong-armed her into that race much like how Jeremy Renner got nominated).

[@cristianacevedo178]

Gabourey Sibide should have won. I mean, Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side is NOT Oscar material even. Racism and contacts won that time.

[@roberthenrypoet]

And it was that kiss...that sealed the Oscar for Sandra. 😂😂😂

[@jaylouis8227]

I remember when Kathryn Bigelow won the best director Oscar that year, the band played "I am Woman." I thought that was so cheesy. I get it was a historical moment, but come on. Lol. I also imagine Lee Daniels thought for a moment he won because Barbra Streisand said, "the time has come," just before she announced the winner and at that time, neither a black or female director had won an Oscar for directing.

[@hakimbandaru1915]

You aged like fine wine. You look so much better now than you did in the first clip.

[@jiananlee5482]

Be Kind Rewind called Blind Side is a white saviour movie, what is your opinion on that?

[@ClassicalMusic2002]

I mean it's very accurate.

[@naailtariq5930]

It's unfortunately very accurate, because I do love Sandra alot and this is still an entertaining movie. But fwiw, it's not just her opinion, it's widely regarded as a white savior film.

[@tbam73]

@Classical Music the movie or the white savior title? Because the movie wasnt accurate

[@tbam73]

It most certainly was a white savior movie

[@bryanalstoncoxing]

This is the poster child white savior movie lol, it checks every box

[@Dennisanyone-]

Ugh. I hate the freaking Blind Side. Condescending, pandering, basically lifetime movie about affluent right wingers (don’t get me started on those people), rescuing the black kid. Lol you acted as if it was a shock Bullock won. But to be fair my reaction to Streep winning two years later was pretty close. Bullock’s popularity, plus the movie being a big hit, pushed her over the edge. No mystery here. But Meryl was probably close. You must be fun to watch the Oscars with Brian. Hope you didn’t end up with a brain aneurysm or hoarse voice haha. I wish Bullock would’ve been nominated for the Proposal instead of tripe like BS. Oh well it was a popular win.

[@ArmandoBarrera-od2sh]

❤❤❤. Sweetie you are the best at what you do . Thank you for blessing us with your talents . I just want to say that , I love everything about you sweetie you are the love of my life Sandy B . Love you now and forever 💋❣️💕❤️🫂😘💍🫂😘💍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sfitz0076]

I'm happy she won the Oscar. I love her. But The Blind Side is a Lifetime movie at best.

[@TheAwardsContender]

Thanks for watching!