Mickey Rourke in the 1980s was a combo James Dean-Marlon Brando. His career should of been so much more!

I totally totally agree with you man.I mean it's a great kind of appreciation to the nominees telling them individually what greatness they have achieved

Yes. Totally

Couldn’t agree more- love seeing the awe in the room when legends come out. That’s the kind of Oscar magic I think we fans tune in for!

Fuck no!!! The Oscars are long enough as they are now

I agree it's a good format. But to do this for all acting nominations with the actress awards too would push the event to nearly 5 hours.

I agree but I think Penn's transformation into Harvey Milk was far more impressive

Vero! Meritava lui!

He was robbed and now fadded away into obscurity

I thought Sean penn was gay though to be fair

I became an instant fan after seeing his performance in The Wrestler.

I was so proud of The Wrestler. Especially since about a quarter of the Indy guys they used in the film are ACTUAL friends of mine and a few other people I went to college with. All of us went to see The Wrestler opening night in Manhattan. People were SNEAKING IN to even STAND in the back of the theater to watch the film.

Perfectly put

@@FastEddie86 *?All Madonna´s men are "GAY" anyways🙃*

Agree

So is Sean Penn's. Very nice tribute from both Kingsley and Penn.

Ben is a class act on and off the screen

Was Mickey away from some time or something? He was great in Iron Man and The Wrestler.

@@IWantToMature85 he's been blacklisted from big roles because of how he views the whole Hollywood machine, that's why you rarely see him in big movies. The few times he is it's because someone is a fan of him or he wants to return the favour like when he was in The Expendables, Mickey was repaying Stallone for letting him be in Get Carter

👏👏👏👏👏👏

Mickey Rourke puts his heart and soul into EVERYTHING he deserved that oscar

And so was Sean

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Both roles were impeccable. I think people got lost in Mickey's comeback and didn't realize just how physical and deep Sean's performance was. Both would be deserved. I personally like Sean's performance a tad better, even if I like The Wrestler more.

Brad Pitt was a fan of his in the 90s

In an recent interview he told that he idolised him and Gary Oldman.

+clift monty what about the pianist????Brody is a great actor,too!!!

+gogo koliou seriously, the Pianist is a masterpiece! Brody was absolutely phenomenal in the film and shows his talented range, he may not belong in that same pantheon quite yet, but hell get there.

+gogo koliou Brody was good in The Pianist, but Day Lewis got robbed that year, imo.

+fred eric One Movie Rocky

deniro kick more ass in godfather II

he was very good in Bone Tomahawk (2015)

+John Jones they did, 'we are no angels.' It has sean penn, de niro & anthony hopkins.. 1988 or 89

Robin Panwar Really? I don't remember him being in that. Must have been a small role.

yep smal one.. but extremely funny...

As of 2016, Sir Anthony Hopkins has made 127 films and We're No Angels isn't one of them. Robert DeNiro has made 107 films, and these two amazing actors have never worked together. Here's hoping they someday will! Happy New Year.

Melissa Williams-Cottrell Yeah, he isn't credited at all for 'We're No Angels'. Maybe Robin mistook the actor for a look-a-like.

Agreed.

Owl Han is it good the film ?

Matty dug IT IS GOOD. REALLY GOOD. BUT THE WRESTLER WAS GREAT

I bet you live a sad, lonely life. Right?

Owl Han You're in the minority, my artistically vacuous friend.

Well,except for good ole Will Smith…the slapper!😂

You should see when at a quiet advanced age, Olivia de Havilland was on stage with like 40+ other Oscar winners. LOVED that bit! Brava! Love & Light from Miami Shores🦚 Stay safe mate✌🏼🌎

Definitely!

Rourke was great in the Wrestler but Penn was better in Milk. At least my opinion. And Milk was just a better overall film.

@@evanmoorman3828 I think. So. Too

They don't even nominate any of Christopher Nolan's movies.

Me too! As someone who met and bought film from Harvey Milk before he was taken so brutally from us, I am proud to have met a man who gave ME hope. And I’m not even gay.

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He did not. And it's Wrestler.

Definitely!

Why that bleach blond innuendo? Pretty sick of Ben to say that

6:37 I think the Dude with the Pearly Whites should of got it !

There's a vampire sitting behind Mickey Rourke! Edward Cullen AKA Robert Pattinson.

just two films...

His speech of Pitt felt rushed.

Bri Martinez totally!!!!!

They have been friends for years.

People not laughing at the jokes made it awkward

I’m so glad to have you as a fan of mine, i would love us to talk more on hangout you can drop your email address to know more about your thoughts?? and advise for me thank you ?

Sean Penn's performance in I am Sam is arguably the worst performance to ever get a nomination. Ridiculously overacted performance. The movie itself was an abomination. It was sappy, condescending, mawkish and manipulative. Sean Penn may be the best actor working today but I am Sam sure as hell didn't help his career. His best performances were in Milk and Dean man Walking.

I totally disagree with u. He did s remarkable job in "I am Sam" I know a few autistic kids and that's exactly how they behave. I've never watched "Milk" but I heard he played a gay character and I don't particularly care for that so I probably won't ever watch it. However I think he's a phenomenal actor

Josef Hautala Sweet and Lowdown was brilliant. The movie itself was pretty darn good. I haven't seen 21 grams yet but I've heard it's great as well. I'll take a look at it.

Josef Hautala At the moment, probably. I can't think of anyone else who's been consistently giving top-notch performances for about 15 years.

How could he have won for "I am Sam"? He went full retard. You know how the Academy is about that.

The best Actor won the Best Actor's award. Deal with it.

Mine too.

Sean Penn deserved to win I own "Milk" on DVD so I know for a fact that Sean's performance as Harvey Milk was Oscar worthy and that's what Sean Penn is the REAL winner of this award I'm also a gay man so you can understand why I'm glad that Sean Penn won.

Douglas Roth Exactly that is what I'm saying, sean penn only won this award cause he played a homosexual.

Michael Carranza He won the award because he's a great actor and he's performance in "Milk" was Oscar worthy,

***** Just watch The Wrestler, one of the best movies of the year.

Douglas Roth Nah, its all cause of 2008 gay rights movement bullshit, sean penn playing a homosexual won him the award.

What LOL?????

Hard to notice Jenn when there’s Robin Wright in all her might sitting in front of her

When sean won jen was like thank god brad didn't won otherwise she would have to witness him kissing angelina and thanking her in the speech.

👍❤

I loved his speech.

Dead man walking

Its called an opinion sir. Sean Penn did as good a job as anyone would have. He was great, I'm just saying that Mickey Rourke excelled him.

SI MICKEY ME HIZO LLORAR!! GRANDE ACTUACION!! MAESTRO!!!MICKEY!!MERECIAS ESE OSCAR Y MUCHOS MAS!!

Rey Atanacio maybe Daniel Day Lewis

Um, Frank Langella lost that night.

Denzil was robbed in previous years also. Malcom X and The Hurricane were clearly the best performances in those respective years.

@@Saintinthecity-wh9nl denzel's performance in malcom X was not better than al pacino's in scent of a woman

So Penn who is IRL badass, shows you AMAZING transformation into gay person with feelings and you think Micky should get it? Really?

@@Saintinthecity-wh9nl I am sorry. I agree with Denzel's performance in Malcolm X getting snubbed, but when it comes to Hurricane, Nope. Kevin Spacey gave the best performance indeed that year in American Beauty.

crowe attacked someone

Fun fact: Sean Penn almost became Bruce Springsteen's brother-in-law. He was engaged to Bruce's sister Pam for a time.

a lot of actors could have played harvey milk but who else could have played randy the ram

Oh please. "Better" this, better that. It's a stupid awards show. Stop comparing excellent actors. They're all good.

darren motise Mickey is without a doubt always better than Penn.

Natasza Suarez That's your opinion. Others might think Sean Penn is better and that's their opinion. In the end, they are both good actors.

Swiit Lime Oh. Really? So when he plays Francesco he plays himself or when he plays Henry Chinaski he also plays himself? Are you out of your mind?

Did you decide that mickey should’ve won oscar AFTER you also watch milk?

When I first heard that Sean Penn would be playing Harvey Milk, I thought to myself, Couldn't they find a gay actor to play the role, rather the a man who is terninally straight, like Mr. Penn. There are plenty of good gay actors out there, any one of whom I am sure would have jumped at the chance to play Milk. I went to see the film fully expecting to be disappointed. As it turns out, I walked out if the theater after the film feeling what a great movie. Congrats Sean, u pulled it off!

LOL. I just love Micky Rourke. He's total slime & doesn't care.

*Penn

Well, Penn is the Thumbnail now😁😁😁

Sean didn't seem into Robin. That marriage was over.

because Rourke still deserved it. He won every other award they both competed in even the Golden Globe.

Vivek Varghese No, Sean won the SAG.

Michael Colby Maybe with the exception of that award. But I'm positive he won both BAFTA and GG.

Vivek Varghese He did, but the SAG awards have the most amount of academy members in it. Sean was amazing in Milk, the only reason people say he is not one of the best actors of all time is because they don't like him as a person. And the sad thing is he really is not a bad guy, he is just really opinionated and has really bad anger problems.

Michael Colby Point in favour, the Academy is extremely biased. Almost all the Academy members who vote are also members of the GG and they do the same, so why were the results different this time? You see so often the GG awards go to the same as the Academy recipients..

Agree he is a amazing believable actor ,and that face of his helps lol

Absolutely...he was just brilliant in DMW.

and for I am Sam

He deserved his oscar in Mystic River

absolutely agree

good evening

Harvey sexy milk

Curious if there was support for Rourke in Hollywood why didn't they, or Penn anyway who has clout, pull him back in? Now he's back and they support him......

No he won cause he should have won for mystic river and I am Sam years before

Ab Floyd this was his second Oscar The first one was for Mystic River

Robert de niro hated Mickey.

@@PrettyPaintedRecords. Umm. He did win for Mystic River.

I’m so glad to have you as a fan of mine, i would love us to talk more on hangout you can drop your email address to know more about your thoughts?? and advise for me thank you ?

Did you even see Milk? This is easily one of the greatest best actor performances of all time. The only reason Rourke gained momentum building to the oscars was by winning popular voted awards like the Golden Globe and Bafta where people like Penn, who don't even bother to show up, never win. Penn swept the critics choice awards and also won the SAG award. He was always the favorite to win. Simply based on the strength of the performance, Sean Penn rightfully won. Rourke was terrific though.

Akash Vijay acting is not a contest for biggest amount of mannerism (which Penn often overuses),its mostly about appearing like a real person.and based on that Mickey Rourke in my opinion is the winner in each performance that one could compare to any given by Penn(whose general display of gesture seems off the reality of film).so basically i think Penn is many times nominated only because he tends to choose oscar material movies(im not saying on purpose but maybe he just likes those more "sappy" themes that tend to manipulate the not very critical audience and its feelings),and appeals to the political agendas of the people in the academy,so he is a good prospect for promoting certain personality traits that would make an "ideal american hero".of course he was gonna win but i dont think it has anything to do with the academy priorizing good acting over "behavior".i dont need a bunch of critics or prize-givers telling me who is a great actor and who is not.

dayargrosario Well that does make sense. But let's just say both are terrific actors and both gave tremendous performances.

Rourke should get an award from his idol Vlad Putin, together with other Putin loving starts like Depardieu and Seagal.

becaus the wrestler is not based on a true story he didn't get the award. While the wrestler played by mickey rourke is one of the best leading actor performence in cinema history and that's a fact.

***** No, for giving a great convincing performance. I forgot I was watching Sean Penn. Mickey Rourke never left.

Overall Sean Penn killed it. Don't get me wrong, Mickey Rourke did a fantastic job, but Sean Penn was sooo good that I believe he sold his soul to be able to pull off that great performance lol...

I watched The Wrestler again like two weeks ago and Mickey Rourke's performance was 10/10. Sean Penn's performance was 11/10.

Exactly lol... Sean Penn is straight, but he was able to pull off the difficult transformation, which is why he deserved to win. Mickey Rourke's transformation was difficult, but no where near Sean Penn's. I wouldn't say the greatest performance all time, that would probably have to go to Robert De Niro for his performance in Taxi Driver. Julia Robert's swept every small critics group awards as well for her performance in Erin Brockovich, but Ellen Burstyn clearly had a way better performance in Requiem for a Dream.

MF DOOM Your opinion. Don’t shove it down people’s throats