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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 11, 2019 2:32:20 GMT
You know...from a touch of Evil and other things. Do you like this actor at all.
I don.t. Literally. i don.t.
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Post by ck100 on Aug 11, 2019 2:42:49 GMT
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Aug 11, 2019 2:52:04 GMT
Yes, I like him. He got a bit repetitive toward the end, but so do a lot of actors.
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 11, 2019 3:44:21 GMT
Very good actor - and in his epic heroic roles I can think of no one who would be better.
Still, my favourites of his performances are his flawed characters - e.g. The Big Country and Major Dundee.
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Post by WarrenPeace on Aug 11, 2019 4:59:16 GMT
He was in one of the most iconic endings with one of the greatest plot twists of all time for movies.  |
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Post by politicidal on Aug 11, 2019 12:55:26 GMT
Yeah he was great. His film “Secret Of The Incas” was the stylistic model for the entire Indiana Jones franchise.
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Post by claudius on Aug 11, 2019 13:10:34 GMT
He has a strong presence.
I suppose he's more of a 'needs a director' actor.
Performances I liked:
BEN-HUR
EL CID
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (Yes, he overacts, but it's a good contrast to the low-key performances in that film).
The Lester MUSKETEER films.
I've never seen his more lauded performances like THE BIG COUNTRY, THE WAR-LORD, MAJOR DUNDEE, WILL PENNY.
Met him once in 1994. He came to my town to endorse an election. My uncle was able to get me an autograph. I tried to have him sign my BEN-HUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY VHS Set, but the pen couldn't get through the cardboard, so we used the Trevor Willsmer-scribed booklet inside.
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Post by NormanClature on Aug 11, 2019 17:26:01 GMT
He was in some great movies, that's for sure. By modern standards, he wasn't a very good actor but he didn't look out of place during his era.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 11, 2019 19:22:04 GMT
Considering that he was in many of my father's favourite movies - Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, El Cid, Planet of the Apes - I grew up thinking of him as The Biggest Movie Star of All Time. That was a long time ago though. He may have been a huge star, but I don't think of him as a particularly good actor now.
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Post by Prime etc. on Aug 11, 2019 19:39:01 GMT
Yes I like him. His range was limited and sometimes he had excesses in performance where he did funny things with his head postures--but he could be very good when he was good.
Planet of the Apes.
Ben Hur.
El Cid.
The Agony and the Ecstasy where he plays a very different character from the warriors.
You can see the value in his performance style here--when compared to Clint Eastwood reciting the Academy notice.
If you need someone to make a flowery speech about commandments, Heston is just a natural for it:
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Post by louise on Aug 11, 2019 20:18:17 GMT
I do like him, though most of his films aren't particularly to my taste, as I am more partial to comedies really. But I did enjoy Ben-Hur, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Agony and the Ecstacy, and he was very good in The Three Musketeers. And I read his autobiography, which is very good, it has some very amusing stories in it.
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Post by vegalyra on Aug 12, 2019 20:37:13 GMT
One of my favorites of all time. Even his later roles were interesting. The Awakening was a pretty fun Egyptian curse type film, that was one of his last starring roles.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Aug 12, 2019 20:42:48 GMT
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