I am a huge Eric Bana fan… and it looks like right now the Vegas bookmakers are picking him as their current favorite to win the Oscar for Best Lead Actor for his upcoming role in the Steven “I’m too important to do commentaries” Spielberg film Munich.
Even though peoples reactions to Hulk were mixed (I actually kinda liked it), most people agreed that Bana’s portrayal of Bruce Banner was amazing. It was really the first time I noticed him. Then came that awful film Troy. You know… it’s not hard for an actor to look great in a fantastic film… but it takes someone with ass loads of talent to play a role so well that it stands out in a crap film. That’s exactly what Bana did in Troy. A movie billed as staring “Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom”. Nonsense… Bana took that film and made it his by force. Sadly one man can’t make a worthless film watchable. But DAMN he was good in it!
At this point I can’t say if Bana “deserves” to win the Oscar this year or not… after all I haven’t seen Munich yet. Nor have I seen Capote yet. But man… it’s nice to even hear that real talent is being recognized.
