Naomi Watts in The Impossible

Why isn't she getting more Oscar Buzz! Why! She's earned it after Mulholland and King Kong!!! Those newbies Chastain and Lawrence are too fresh for Best Actress...they need to ripen

• It's because The Impossible hasn't started screening yet. It's a big mistake that other films have made before. Get the buzz going from industry screenings by Dec 1, or it's going to be three times as hard.

• Wasn't there a Clint Eastwood movie about the same topic withmMatt Damon?

• Even more upsetting is the fact that a 6 year old child is being taken seriously as a potential Best Actress nominee. Ahead of Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Helen Mirren, Michelle Williams and many others. That's just repulsive.

• We've been waiting for Naomi to happen for decades now. She's 44. She's worked steadily but never, ever connected with audiences in any significant way. She's pretty. She's not a terrible actress. But she will never be a star.

• That "6 year old child" gave one of the best performances of the year.

• She's playing Princess Diana and Marilyn Monroe in different movies. Seems kind of desperate.

• [quote]We've been waiting for Naomi to happen for decades now. She's 44. She's worked steadily but never, ever connected with audiences in any significant way. She's pretty. She's not a terrible actress. But she will never be a star. Well, its an acting award not a star award r4....if it was Kim Kardashian would win it.

• a 6 year old can't give a performance....they just do what you tell them to

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• Watts did well in Mullholand Dr. That`s about it

• [quote]a 6 year old can't give a performance....they just do what you tell them to Some of them just won't listen.

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• at least she is thin....not like fat ass Jennifer Lawrence

• I thought it was a boy that gives the best performance

• She was good in Mulholland and The Painted Veil.

• She was also fantastic in 21 Grams. Naomi is a superb actress, and gorgeous to boot. I saw her out with Liev Schreiber at Shakespeare in the Park this past summer and she was stunning. (They look like a comedy routine together because she's so tiny and he's so tall (6'3") and strapping.)

• She's the worst actress on the planet. It should be illegal for her to be cast in anything. Always forced, stiff and phony. And those rabbit teeth. Yuck.

• You'd think she would have enough self-esteem to send her boyfriend's cheating add out to the curb.

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• That should read "cheating ass" of course!

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• The Ring was possibly the best horror movie of the late 90s, certainly in the top 5. The sequel, which Naomi also starred in, was mediocre but not terrible.

• Correction, The Ring was 2002. Ok so it was one of the best of the early 00s.

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• Mulholland Drive, The Painted Veil, 21 Grams, Fair Game, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger (one of the best performances in a Woody Allen film ever, and that's saying something). She's a very good actress. And of course she's a star. That's why we're discussing her. The problem is for likely oscar contention a movie almost has to be screened in a two week period,not earlier, not later. which is crazy.

• If you think that 6 year old child gave one of the best performances of the year, there's something seriously wrong with you. She was playing herself -- the writer/director admitted that he re-wrote the script to make it fit her personality after seeing her audition. How, exactly, is that acting? It's not. It's playing in front of a camera.

• I saw a screening of 'The Impossible.' I don't know... it's a disaster movie. She's mostly looking terrified or in pain. Amazing special effects for the tsunami. But really can't imagine it for Best Actress.

• Time magazine put Wallis on the list of best performances of the year, second only to the couple in Amour. She is also featured on the NYT website in one of those videos they make every year with the actors who gave the best acting performances of the year. Tons of critics have praised Wallis and the director. She got and Independent Spirit nomination. Is there something wrong with all of them? Who cares if she was 6 years? The end result was wonderful and effective, that's what matters.

• Victoire Thivisol was five years old when she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice film festival for Ponette, a performance that ranks higher than a pretty large number of recent oscar winners, and much better than iconic performances by Naomi Watts like Le Divorce, King Kong, Ned Kelly and of course, Tank Girl.

• r23, yes there is something wrong with all of them for placing that amatuerish performance so high. Hell, even Lindsay Lohan gave a better, more nuanced performance as Elizabeth Taylor.

• She's not getting more oscar buzz because the film is a latecomer (even though it's only 12/10, which is ridiculous) and though many insist otherwise, the field is actually not that small with Chastain, Lawrence, and Riva all but guaranteed nods and with several others potential nominees.

• I like Watts and thought she was quite good in KING KONG but her performance got lost in the hype. And it sounds like she's going to have the same problem with this new film that happened with THE PAINTED VEIL. She was great in that but it came out too late in the year and there was no time to push it for awards. Edward Norton was sexy in that too. Earlier Oscars mean more shut-outs.

• Let's face it, it's being released by Summit - and the only films they can promote are those shitastic "Twilight" movies.

• Summit released The Hurt Locker and that won BP.

• Wallis was playing herself? first of all, this "she was playing herself" meme is ridiculous. It is not easy for an actor to play him or herself. The best actors know how to use themselves. Some of the greatest screen performers of all time continually played a version of themself. Wallis, if she is playing a form of herself, certainly has never experienced the situations or committed to the actions she does in Beasts. If she does so creditably - as almost everyone agrees - it is an achievement for an actor of any age, all the moreso for a small child, not less so.

• Has anybody seen this movie?

• Becuase she played the exact same spunky, woman-in-jeopardy role in King Kong and she was annoying in that and non Oscar-nominated.

• Watts is an Oscar contender!

• Watts is most likely going to get nominated. She's with Marion Cotillard in the space behind Lawrence and Chastain, but in front of Wallis and Riva.

• [quote]Has anybody seen this movie? I just got home from it and looked for a thread. It was terrific- exciting, gripping, sad, thrilling and heart-warming. It will get some Oscars definitely for technical achievement. Maybe score. She was good but the kid who lay her oldest son, Tom Holland, is great.

• Watts is not a great actress in anything I've ever seen.

• The mixed opinions on Watts are fascinating. I just saw The Impossible and thought she was very good but perhaps should have been nominated as supporting actress, since she was out of the picture for quite a bit. The oldest son was excellent. I wish they had a 'junior' oscar category for children. I'm sure there would be at least five worthy performances each year.

• She spends almost half the film lying in bed with an oxygen mask over her face. Great acting that is not.