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Post by fartyfartsalot on Jan 29, 2019 7:24:43 GMT
Thoughts?
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Post by ck100 on Jan 29, 2019 7:37:32 GMT
I remember him from the Brad Pitt movie Troy.
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Post by rudeboy on Jan 29, 2019 7:56:34 GMT
His best performance, from those I've seen, is probably in L.I.E. I also remember him as very powerful in The Lost Language of Cranes, and he was a chilling Hannibal Lector in Manhunter, several years before Anthony Hopkins made the role famous.
He's a reliable actor but few of his roles truly stand out, to be honest - he has been in quite a few good movies, though (Rushmore, Zodiac, Rob Roy, 25th Hour...).
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 29, 2019 9:04:13 GMT
One of the best things about X-men 2. An actual threatening bad guy with a devoted POV unlike all those beta villains in the MCU. After Jeff Bridges, all the bad guys became crying on the inside types.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Jan 29, 2019 9:25:17 GMT
I thought that He was Great as Colonel William Stryker in "X2: X-MEN UNITED".
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Post by James on Jan 29, 2019 10:33:58 GMT
Other than X2, I also know him as the old neighbor from Trick 'r Treat.
Yes, he’s a good actor.
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Post by Marv on Jan 29, 2019 10:35:37 GMT
Yes.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 29, 2019 14:05:32 GMT
Yes. Don't like his version of Hannibal Lecter though.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jan 29, 2019 14:09:55 GMT
The Man is in everything, he's a real workhorse. I've yet to see him give a bad performance.
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Post by rizdek on Jan 29, 2019 15:28:49 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 29, 2019 15:51:13 GMT
I liked him in Troy as Agamemnon and in the Ralph Fiennes adaption of Coriolanus. Great films. Whenever I read the Iliad (one of my favorite stories) I always envision him speaking the lines.
How was his Churchill? I know a lot of critics (and audience) seem to think it's a vastly inferior film to Gary Oldman's Darkest Hour. Any opinions?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2019 22:15:29 GMT
he's not good...he's great ! Seriously, he is always reliable & an interesting character actor that is in so much shit over the years . Love the guy . Especially in Zodiac and 25th Hour.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 29, 2019 23:41:02 GMT
Yes. Before Sir Anthony Hopkins forever cemented the role of Hannibal Lecter Mr. Cox portrayed him in Manhunter. He was just as chilling and devious and foreboding. Mr. Hopkins had two advantages in his portrayal, more screen time and the fact that he found the hammy parts of the role to play up (He also had a director that was more interested in actors than in the way things "look", but that's another story). But Mr. Cox played the role to the hilt. That's just one example. |
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Jan 30, 2019 4:20:29 GMT
His best performance, from those I've seen, is probably in L.I.E. I also remember him as very powerful in The Lost Language of Cranes, and he was a chilling Hannibal Lector in Manhunter, several years before Anthony Hopkins made the role famous. He's a reliable actor but few of his roles truly stand out, to be honest - he has been in quite a few good movies, though ( Rushmore, Zodiac, Rob Roy, 25th Hour...). I would say that he probably would have received an Oscar nod for it if L.I.E. had a wider release but meh... probably not on the grounds of it being too provocative for Hollywood. |
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jan 30, 2019 4:36:59 GMT
He's been GREAT in Succession.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 5:56:37 GMT
I've enjoyed him in everything I've seen him in. I especially loved him in The Ring.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 30, 2019 9:48:24 GMT
I liked him in Troy as Agamemnon and in the Ralph Fiennes adaption of Coriolanus. Great films. Whenever I read the Iliad (one of my favorite stories) I always envision him speaking the lines. That's funny because even before I saw Troy, I did tend to think of Agamemnon as being someone very much like that. I think he was the only casting that didn't ring false for me. Interesting thing with Homer is that he only describes one character in great detail in the whole work-a minor soldier character. The rest are vaguely described in appearance.
I prefer his Hannibal Lecter to Hopkins who I think acts too artificial and is helped by various camera tricks. He is also more of a sinister father figure. Cox's version is colder and not meant to be sympathetic at all.
I wasn't crazy about Hopkins' Van Helsing either.
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Post by dirtypillows on Feb 1, 2019 4:25:22 GMT
I've enjoyed him in everything I've seen him in. I especially loved him in The Ring. Okay, so this is some in sync energy going on here. I was just telling my friend that "Lost Language of the Cranes" is probably my favorite gay themed movie. And Brian Cox is the star in that and I found him very, very appealing. He was very good in L.I.E. as well. That was a downer of a movie. And, don't forget, he was the original Hannibal Lector in the evocative 1986 "Manhunter". That was an excellent movie, and Cox (who was only about 40 here and kinda handsome, I would have gone for him) was so much better, IMO, than Anthony Hopkins from SOTL. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 1, 2019 5:07:00 GMT
Yes.
He's in a TV show called Succession now and he's fabulous.
Fantastic show too btw.
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