Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

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Opinions about the movie aside, I must say I was very impressed with his acting in the movie. For the little amount of time he was actually in it, an Oscar nomination is a huuuuge thing.

While watching his character interact, there was a striking resemblance to Ledger's joker. It was very familiar and very impressive. The laughs and the dialog and the character exchanges are so similar and both so well done. Obviously Shannon didn't have nearly as much screen time as Ledger, and I do think Ledger deserves the award more. But just Shannon being nominated for the minutes he was in Revolutionary Road deserves big kudos.