I like that all around idea. Clooney, Pitt, Hardy, and Gosling is an absolute unbelievable group for the award. They did major work last year. I would be ok with either of Clooney/Gosling or Hardy. I think Pitt comes in 4th, even as good as he was in Moneyball, I just don't see him being better than Hardy in Warrior, Gosling in Drive or Crazy Stupid, or Ides for that matter, and Clooney would beat Pitt of Descendants alone, add in Ides and Pitt stays 4 to me.
Now to rank the other 3.
BTW, Fassbender's year, X-Men First Class, Haywire, Shame, and Dangerous Method.
Speaking of, I watched Method last night. BORING as @#$%, however, Keira Knightley really caught my attention in the first 10 minutes. She is a nutjob to start, and damn it if her mannerisms were not on par with Leo in Gilbert Grape.
She literally looked and acted like she was not all there. She was terrific. But then the story got lame, the whole Jung/Freud dynamic was not as interesting as I hoped and though Fassbender and Viggo was solid, I would rather they were squaring off in Eastern Promises 2 or something like that. Having them debate why every single dream in their life makes them horny was a waste of what they can do. But for the purposes of seeing the 3 main performances, it's ok if you can get thru it. Hour and 40 minutes, and you can wake up and go onto something else.
Now to rank the other 3.
BTW, Fassbender's year, X-Men First Class, Haywire, Shame, and Dangerous Method.
Speaking of, I watched Method last night. BORING as @#$%, however, Keira Knightley really caught my attention in the first 10 minutes. She is a nutjob to start, and damn it if her mannerisms were not on par with Leo in Gilbert Grape.