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After seeing all 5, this is my personal rankings of them:
1. Washington- He's had better performances by far, but I do think this is still within the upper echelon of his best. I'd put a performance like this in Cage/Ray Milland range for sure, and those have won oscars as well.
2. Day-Lewis- Will win, and probably does deserve to win overall. The thing I have is that the film as a whole doesn't hold up as well as the others do with there performances. But he completely transforms into Lincoln, without a doubt.
3. Jackman- Gives a gripping performance of Jean Valjean. He was a perfect fit for the role, and did superb.
4. Cooper- The one thing against Cooper is he wasn't the highlight of the film (easily, Lawrence). But overall, I do think he gave a good performance in my overall favorite film of the best picture contenders thus far.
5. Phoenix- Didn't show much of a range of emotion, at least in my opinion. Could be that I just hate the overall film in general, but I've seen Phoenix have better performances surely.
Overall, I think the academy got the candidates right to this point, only question mark IMO being Phoenix but like I said I blame that more on PTA then I do Phoenix.