Exaggerating i am, performance was good but jst good enough to get you a nomiantion n that too in a year of normal competition....I have to doubt my understanding of acting now.....what is there that i can't see......what is special??i like Casey Affleck, liked his performance a lot when i saw him for the first time in Assassination Of Jesse James...like him as a dedicated performer in other films also....but this performance for Oscar?? WHY??