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Post by hi224 on Oct 19, 2019 20:15:41 GMT
I prefer Olivier actually.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 19, 2019 20:21:21 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 19, 2019 20:29:59 GMT
Olivier had more interesting range-roles.
He was Zeus dammit!
I think Guinness regretted Star Wars because it was pretty much the only crowd-pleaser movie he did.
A recent biography on Peter Cushing pointed out that while there were other British actors who were more famous in his time, Cushing's popularity has risen over time while others have faded, because he did audience-favorite films, not the stuffy drawing room or message films.
I think Trevor Howard resisted fantasy films for a long time and then by the 70s was popping up in low-budget sleazy horror like CRAZE. But he had a good part in Superman.
"You would be banished to endless imprisonment in the Phantom Zone, the eternal void which you yourself discovered."
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 19, 2019 20:50:15 GMT
Guinness
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Oct 19, 2019 21:36:27 GMT
Olivier had more interesting range-roles. Guinness played nine different characters in one movie alone. He was almost a proto-Oldman in his chameleon style. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 19, 2019 21:40:49 GMT
Guinness played nine different characters in one movie alone. He was almost a proto-Oldman in his chameleon style. He had less gravitas than Olivier. Although even Olivier would say that Cushing was the best film actor he knew.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 19, 2019 22:04:09 GMT
Laurence Olivier
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Post by politicidal on Oct 19, 2019 23:42:34 GMT
Guinness.
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Post by marth on Oct 20, 2019 4:49:49 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Oct 20, 2019 4:53:57 GMT
Damn. Talk about a clash of the titans.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 20, 2019 5:39:41 GMT
Guinness
Kwai
Lawrence
Roman Empire etc
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Post by Sulla on Oct 20, 2019 11:41:07 GMT
Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Crassus: "Are you not aware of Rome's most ancient law? That no general may enter the city at the head of his armed legions?"
Glabrus: "Sulla did."
Crassus: "Sulla? To the infamy of his name! To the utter damnation of his line."
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Post by theravenking on Oct 20, 2019 13:27:11 GMT
Olivier although I haven't seen enough of Guiness's work to be able to judge his acting fairly.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 20, 2019 13:40:32 GMT
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Post by biker1 on Oct 20, 2019 22:35:47 GMT
couldn't say..
Olivier's intensity on film is pretty hard to compete with, although Guinness was a very versatile character actor in comedy and drama.
Olivier..
rebecca (1940)
wuthering heights (1939)
richard lll (1955-uk)
the entertainer (1960-uk)
Guinness..
the bridge on the river kwai (1957)
tunes of glory (1960-uk)
the horse's mouth (1958-uk)
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 20, 2019 23:03:04 GMT
Laurence Olivier
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Oct 21, 2019 2:00:43 GMT
Olivier
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