Avengers: Endgame
retaliator : Endgameis Robert Downey Jr. ’s ( and Marvel ’s ) best shot at advance an actingOscar . This is n’t to say that any other name on the MCU ’s telling roll of gift is n’t deserve , but his betting odds are n’t just take into account his performance ; they act into his entire overarching narrative , both on and off the screenland .
When Robert Downey Jr. joined the MCU , it was a make - or - go against moment - not just for Marvel ’s on - screen future , but for Downey Jr. ’s career . He was the title lineament inIron Man , portraying a key member of the Avengers who is scarce a textbook hero . He ’s an inventor , but a narcist ; a philanthropist , but a war profiteer . He was the unlikeliest of heroes who , underneath all of his armour and cynicism , was a man desperately , though unknowingly at times , stress to give his aliveness purpose . As this ego - made Heron born purely out of context , Tony saw the worst in himself , the good in others , and the possibility of right his wrong for the greater good , notwithstanding his ego . So , when he eventually take away all ties to say ego at the closing ofAvengers : Endgame , sacrificing himself to save the existence , he closed the book on his account , but cement his bequest .
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Now , even though Iron Man is part of Marvel Studios ' past tense , there ’s still one final way to honor RDJ ’s decade - tenacious performance . He canwin an Oscar . And , considering Downey is no stranger to the Academy , having already received two Oscar nomination for Best Actor in Leading Role and Best Actor in Supporting Role forChaplinandTropic Thunder , severally , Avengers : Endgamecould be his ticket to a win .
Before Downey joined the MCU , his personal animation was n’t so far off from Tony ’s . When he was climbing in his calling , some personal demons had gotten the best of him , making it all too promiscuous to lose everything he ’d worked so heavily to acquire . Then , with the cards stacked against him , he beat the betting odds and had a comeback , redefine his figure of speech and resist expectations . It ’s the variety of succeeder account that make for a great movie ; and , in Downey ’s eccentric , art simulate life about as much as life imitate nontextual matter - aside from a few fancy gismo andcosmic stone .
Downey may not seem like he ’d be the dark horse during awards season on account of his notoriety , but his winwouldn’t just be for his character inAvengers : Endgame . It’d be for the MCU as a whole . It ’d date back to 2008 , when a retentive role player and a budding franchise take on a chance on each other . And , when it come to replication stories - something the Academy is hardly averse to - this is it . The Academy does n’t just have a reputation for honor franchise entirely because they ’ve come to an end ( they hinted at this withThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , but did n’t follow through ) , but there may be an exclusion with Downey . If nothing else , his nominating speech ( and potential profits ) alone could be the way the Academy honors the first ten - queer years of one ofHollywood ’s most impressive accomplishments .
The Academy has n’t always been anti - fantasy , but it ’s no enigma that certain genres be given to get the cold shoulder come Oscar nighttime . That say , last year ’s Best Picture nomination forBlack Pantherproved that they were clear to lift this veil , breaking the Big Five Oscar seal for superheroes . So , given that Downey ’s already gotten love from the Academy doubly before , return a consistently unmutilated operation for over a decade , and was give the chance to crowd Tony Stark ’s fiery highs and kill lows to novel limits for his swan Song dynasty , nominating him - and even giving him the gold - would be the safe , but also most worth , manner for the Academy to tip their hat to Marvel , the Avengers , and the end of an geological era .
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