How did Rami Malek receive awards for his Freddie Mercury potrayal but Joaquin Phoenix didn't for Johnny Cash.

Awards season seems stupid but they do interest me for some reason. I watched Joaquin in Walk the Line and it is an incredible Johnny Cash impersonation, he sounds incredible and some of his songs I think are as well done as Johnny's. Rami did a fine job but lip synched his songs and didn't truly capture Mercury the way Joaquin did with Cash in my opinion.Any reason for this and thoughts on the two performances? via /r/movies https://ift.tt/33sgIOy