Favourite actor, best scene, memorable performance
Discussion
remedy said:
Jack Nicholson for me. I see he has been mentioned a few times.
He just excels as an actor and everything he has ever done, I think, has been wonderful.
Stand outs are Batman, as Joker (Ledger was incredible), As Good as it Gets as the autistic/OCD character and A Few Good Men.
Yep, I thought it was fantastic in The Departed also, just so unhinged. He just excels as an actor and everything he has ever done, I think, has been wonderful.
Stand outs are Batman, as Joker (Ledger was incredible), As Good as it Gets as the autistic/OCD character and A Few Good Men.
There's a great story about the way his mind works as an actor told by Matt Damon (who does a very good impression):
Some potential NSFW content in that clip just in terms of his suggestions for the scenes FYI.
The Color of Money - another payday for Tom Cruise but the scene with Paul Newman telling him the way it is (how to run a game but hide your true talent) was (I thought) the best bit. Mr. Newman schools the upstart, every which way.
The Dirty Dozen - the scene where they run through the recruits and their backgrounds, and John Cassavetes just nails it (for me) - given the talent on display it's quite a performance.
Given the OP mention of D. Sutherland, his role in Kellys Heroes is another romp, and so well done you really don't mind hippy's like him had yet to be invented.
Laurence Olivier in The Battle of Britain - his stoic RAF leader explaining grim warfare but somehow embodying a deeper fear (the all too real danger of a successful Nazi invasion) has several great scenes. Robert Shaw was good as the Sqdn Ldr too.
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder - a superb comedy piece. Wish he did more of that calibre.
I could go on...and on...
The Dirty Dozen - the scene where they run through the recruits and their backgrounds, and John Cassavetes just nails it (for me) - given the talent on display it's quite a performance.
Given the OP mention of D. Sutherland, his role in Kellys Heroes is another romp, and so well done you really don't mind hippy's like him had yet to be invented.
Laurence Olivier in The Battle of Britain - his stoic RAF leader explaining grim warfare but somehow embodying a deeper fear (the all too real danger of a successful Nazi invasion) has several great scenes. Robert Shaw was good as the Sqdn Ldr too.
Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder - a superb comedy piece. Wish he did more of that calibre.
I could go on...and on...
Evening Folks,
Here’s one that popped into my head.
Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.
However, Woody Harrelson runs him close in this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZlwofdi3yg&pp=y...
Here’s one that popped into my head.
Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.
However, Woody Harrelson runs him close in this one.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PZlwofdi3yg&pp=y...
The Don of Croy said:
The Color of Money - another payday for Tom Cruise but the scene with Paul Newman telling him the way it is (how to run a game but hide your true talent) was (I thought) the best bit. Mr. Newman schools the upstart, every which way.
Granted I was only 13 at the time, but I remember walking out of the cinema watching that film. I was bored to tears! I ought to revisit it again now to see if my opinion on it has changed though I reckon. Not sure if this completely hits the brief - best scene part I guess - but if I think about a scene that I search for on YT or rewind whilst watching, this is up there:
Casablanca La Marseillaise
https://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM?si=9R1A7bo86AeyxqMG
Casablanca La Marseillaise
https://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM?si=9R1A7bo86AeyxqMG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQ9KLrC4Us
This one because it came out of nowhere.
Incredible stuff!
This one because it came out of nowhere.
Incredible stuff!
Jim H said:
Evening Folks,
Here’s one that popped into my head.
Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.
And he stood out in a minor role as a regretful Mexican drug lord in "Collateral", which I think was his first mainstream English-language role. Almost unrecognisable compared to later.Here’s one that popped into my head.
Javier Bardem just about robs every scene in No County for Old Men.
I am going to nominate not a film but an episode of a TV series. In 1995 there was an episode of The Bill called Deadline, that featured a young David Tennant, playing a psychopathic kidnapper who, although caught by the police, was refusing to reveal the location of his young female victim.
It was an astonishing performance that set me reeling, and I remember thinking at the time that this young man was going to be a major talent. The whole thing is available on YouTube. It is well worth a watch.
It was an astonishing performance that set me reeling, and I remember thinking at the time that this young man was going to be a major talent. The whole thing is available on YouTube. It is well worth a watch.
C5_Steve said:
Yep, I thought it was fantastic in The Departed also, just so unhinged.
There's a great story about the way his mind works as an actor told by Matt Damon (who does a very good impression):
Some potential NSFW content in that clip just in terms of his suggestions for the scenes FYI.
Never seen that interview, that's awesome. Thanks!There's a great story about the way his mind works as an actor told by Matt Damon (who does a very good impression):
Some potential NSFW content in that clip just in terms of his suggestions for the scenes FYI.
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