haha, you guys ignore the old movies

charlton heston - ben hur, ten commandments
yul brener - ten commandments
orson wells - citizen cane
al pacino - scarface

6/14/2007 1:43:57 AM

I posted the oldest movie in the entire thread.

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 2:03 AM. Reason : seriously, nobody's forgotten old movies]

6/14/2007 2:01:50 AM

OH YEAH?

John C. Reiss - The Kiss

6/14/2007 2:09:43 AM

Jackie Cooper as Dink in The Champ

6/14/2007 2:19:35 AM

^^I just meant that his additions weren't even the oldest listed

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 2:20 AM. Reason : ]

6/14/2007 2:20:07 AM

Chris Cooper in Adaptation or Matewan
Annette Bening in American Beauty

6/14/2007 3:27:56 AM

mifune in throne of blood #1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYk0q_wIOm0

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 4:56 AM. Reason : ]

6/14/2007 4:53:09 AM

alec baldwin in glengarry glen ross

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TROhlThs9qY

6/14/2007 6:45:32 AM

tom hanks - forest gump/philadelphia
anthony hopkins - silence of the lambs
brad pitt - se7en/12monkeys
denzel washington - glory
morgan freeman - shawshank redemption/driving miss daisy
kevin spacey - la confidential/usual suspects
jack nickelson - the shining
marlon brandow - the godfather
dustin hoffman - rainman
liam neeson - schindler's list

think that's a good mainstream list for the last couple decades

all of those were extremely memorable roles and very well executed

6/14/2007 6:58:39 AM

how you gonna spell nicholson and brando wrong

and lafta wrote fuckin' "orson wells - citizen cane"

*sigh*

6/14/2007 7:00:09 AM

^^ You could add Forest Whitaker in the Last King of Scotland.

6/14/2007 7:33:16 AM

Katherine Hepburn--A Long Day's Journey into Night

6/14/2007 7:47:58 AM

Hilary Swank - "Boys Don't Cry"
Gene Hackman - "The Royal Tenenbaums"
Robin Williams - "One Hour Photo"
Frances McDormand - "Fargo"
Harrison Ford - "Witness"
Jack Nicholson - "As Good As it Gets"
Bill Paxton - "A Simple Plan"
Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"
Sigourney Weaver - "Aliens"

and of course ...

Kevin Heffernan - "Super Troopers"

6/14/2007 9:48:14 AM

Quote :

"how you gonna spell nicholson and brando wrong and lafta wrote fuckin' "orson wells - citizen cane" *sigh*"

cause i really don't care and you still get the point

trying to piece together a top 10 actress performance list but its harder

6/14/2007 10:11:50 AM

anybody mention mel gibson in braveheart?

6/14/2007 10:17:41 AM

No particular order:

Ray Liotta - Field of Dreams
Ray Liotta - Goodfellas
Paul Newman - Cool Hand Luke
Val Kilmer - Tombstone
Clint Eastwood - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire
Al Pacino - Scarface
Robert De Niro - Taxi Driver
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky

6/14/2007 10:34:17 AM

Dakota Fanning is good, but I cant think of any role she played that was particularly challenging acting-wise.

6/14/2007 12:09:35 PM

DeNiro, Taxi Driver as Travis Bickel is considered one of the best performances in cinematic history

6/14/2007 7:54:07 PM

Can't believe no one's mentioned Jamie Kennedy in Malibu's Most Wanted.

6/14/2007 8:02:29 PM

http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/handv.aspx
thought i'll post this, might be a helpful reminder...will be back with my list later....

[Edited on June 14, 2007 at 8:39 PM. Reason : link]

6/14/2007 8:38:53 PM

Susan Sarandon--thelma & louise or dead man walking

6/14/2007 9:43:34 PM

cant believe no one has mentioned one of the greatest ever... Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird

6/16/2007 1:12:36 AM

Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun

full movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7dLFHcGRFI

good scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bej9Pmx7U0c

6/16/2007 2:54:24 PM

Don't have time for the women, here are the men....

James Cagney - White Heat
Paul Newman - The Long, Hot Summer
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator
Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Alec Guinness - The Bridge on the River Kwai
Pierce Brosnan - The Matador
Robert Downey, Jr. - Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
Robert DeNiro - Raging Bull
Adrien Brody - The Pianist
Jimmy Stewart - Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
John Cusack The Ice Harvest
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
Steve McQueen - The Great Escape
Matt Damon - Goodwill Hunting
Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland
Bill Murray - Lost in Translation
Denzel Washington - Training Day
Samuel Jackson - Pulp FIction
Danny Kaye - The Court Jester

6/16/2007 3:29:40 PM

Keanu Reeves - The Replacements

6/17/2007 2:19:44 PM

Quote :

"Gong Li in To Live (Huozhe)"

I might take that back for her performance in Raise the Red Lantern instead.

6/17/2007 2:20:39 PM

Quote :

"Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun"

what a great movie. John Malkovich is in it too.

6/17/2007 4:37:22 PM

Quote :

"Gong Li in To Live (Huozhe)"

I thought that Ge You's performance in this movie was much more interesting than Gong Li's. Did you see it for the first time in HI 264 like I did?

6/17/2007 9:24:07 PM

Robert Shaw- Jaws

6/18/2007 1:32:09 AM

^^ Yeah, I'd absolutely agree with that.

And yes indeed, 264 with Ambaras, whom I now adore for introducing me to Zhang Yimou in the first place. But really, Gong Li shines in most any of his films that she's in. I only rethought of Raise the Red Lantern instead because I rewatched it in HD last night (which was actually really amazing).

6/18/2007 1:36:49 AM

Quote :

"Spacey in LA Confidential"

That movie and that acting job never got the respect it deserved IMO... good job.

--- I see a lot of Pacino on here and didn't see what I consider his best job done in Godfather Part II... He was the quintissential (sp?) mob boss in that film.. not like the current trend of overdone mob bosses like Tony Soprano..

[Edited on June 21, 2007 at 4:45 PM. Reason : x]

6/21/2007 4:43:53 PM

sean penn- mystic river

6/21/2007 4:58:25 PM

^^
La Confidential won best adapted screenplay, it was also nominated for best picture and best director and many other categories.

How much more respect do you need?



[Edited on June 21, 2007 at 5:40 PM. Reason : .adapted]

6/21/2007 5:35:51 PM

what about DiCaprio and Hounsou in Blood Diamond?

6/21/2007 6:09:49 PM

William Hurt in any of his movies

6/21/2007 6:14:17 PM

I'm calling it

Steve Carrel is going to be fucking awesome in Evan Almighty

6/21/2007 6:17:12 PM