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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 12, 2018 14:58:44 GMT
There is only one answer. Wiseau above all else.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 15:04:29 GMT
There is only one answer. Wiseau above all else. Now there's a post that takes me right back to the old IMDb boards...  |
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jan 12, 2018 15:44:33 GMT
Yup, those 2. I like them both and all. DiCaprio has the luxury of being in pretty solid movies each time out and he's fine in them, but I don't think he's the best part of any movie he's been in. Just my opinion. Leo is one of the top ten actors of all time and I really mean that. He is excellent in so many movies. Maybe the best acted scene I have ever seen was in Shutter Island when he found his kids in the lake. Sure, the movie is not his best and I have seen better acting performances as far as entire movies are concerned, but that one scene is gut wrenching. I have two daughters and I could feel his pain. This is a man with no kids in real life too. It was incredible. He was also excellent in Gangs of New York, though overshadowed by DDL. He was the best actor in The Departed when there was an all-star cast. Sure, Jack was great, but once again he was just playing Jack. He does it well, but still. He was excellent in Revolutionary Road and The Revenant. He should have won an Oscar for The Aviator. Whenever he is in a movie, I know it will probably be good. To me, his best performances were The Revenant (where he was outstanding) and The Departed. In everything else, I find him to be fine and all, but he doesn't sink into the skin of the character the way other actors are capable. You mentioned DDL, I mean that guy is an all-time legend and when you watch that movie, you see Bill the Butcher; you don't see DDL playing Bill the Butcher. It's like that with every movie he's in. I just never found Leo ever really rising to that level (at least he hasn't done so consistently as of yet for me). I find Gangs of New York to be interesting because I love that movie solely because of DDL, the production design and a great supporting turn from Brendan Gleeson. I find Leo fine but forgettable (and Cameron Diaz is woefully miscast) as I often do. He's never been "bad," or anything like that. Like he's probably always a 7/10 with some ebbs and flows from movie to movie. Just me two cents. |
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 12, 2018 16:05:40 GMT
I think DiCaprio definitely sank into his character in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I found it hard to believe it was the same person at the time, and that they didn't just find some mentally disabled kid. It's as naturalistic and believable a performance as I've ever seen, and he's the best thing in a movie that has a great all around cast.
And then he was able to chew the shit out of the scenery in Django Unchained. There aren't that many actors around that are able to handle such wildly different acting styles as well as he does in those cases.
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Anyway, Lon Chaney (Sr.) is probably the most overlooked actor in cinema history. Obviously he's iconic and widely recognized, but he still manages not to get enough credit in these sorts of discussions.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 16:14:57 GMT
interesting.
what was he in? wasn't Jr. in the 'Wolf Man' - one of my favorite movies and get it going every Halloween.
that being said Lon Chaney (Jr or Sr - i have no idea) was cast as a kid out of college going home to see his family.
he looked like a 52 year old out of shape boozer - why in blue hell would any chick have an interest in him - he was a total sap
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jan 12, 2018 16:21:58 GMT
That's Jr. Sr. sadly only made a small number of films in the sound era, and not very prominent ones at that. All reports though, are that he was equally masterful in terms of vocal ability, and he had an accomplished stage career as well. He was the original 'chameleon' of cinema.
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Post by DSDSquared on Jan 12, 2018 17:48:01 GMT
Leo is one of the top ten actors of all time and I really mean that. He is excellent in so many movies. Maybe the best acted scene I have ever seen was in Shutter Island when he found his kids in the lake. Sure, the movie is not his best and I have seen better acting performances as far as entire movies are concerned, but that one scene is gut wrenching. I have two daughters and I could feel his pain. This is a man with no kids in real life too. It was incredible. He was also excellent in Gangs of New York, though overshadowed by DDL. He was the best actor in The Departed when there was an all-star cast. Sure, Jack was great, but once again he was just playing Jack. He does it well, but still. He was excellent in Revolutionary Road and The Revenant. He should have won an Oscar for The Aviator. Whenever he is in a movie, I know it will probably be good. To me, his best performances were The Revenant (where he was outstanding) and The Departed. In everything else, I find him to be fine and all, but he doesn't sink into the skin of the character the way other actors are capable. You mentioned DDL, I mean that guy is an all-time legend and when you watch that movie, you see Bill the Butcher; you don't see DDL playing Bill the Butcher. It's like that with every movie he's in. I just never found Leo ever really rising to that level (at least he hasn't done so consistently as of yet for me). I find Gangs of New York to be interesting because I love that movie solely because of DDL, the production design and a great supporting turn from Brendan Gleeson. I find Leo fine but forgettable (and Cameron Diaz is woefully miscast) as I often do. He's never been "bad," or anything like that. Like he's probably always a 7/10 with some ebbs and flows from movie to movie. Just me two cents. Well DDL may just be the best actor alive so I get what you are saying. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2018 17:55:09 GMT
the old guy from 'The Grey' - liam neesom or whatever his name is > Daniel Day Lewis.
i didn't even know who daniel day louis was until i just googled him 5 seconds ago. apparently he played in the 'Crucible' with winona ryder - the greatest hottie of all-time so i guess that garners some respect.
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Post by Marv on Jan 14, 2018 1:02:17 GMT
I didn't mention The Godfather actors because they're so obviously great anyway - but I do want to give a shoutout to John Cazale (Fredo). He appeared in 5 movies in the 70s before dying aged 42, all of them great, and giving fantastic performances in each of them: The Godfather I and II, Dog Day Afternoon, The Conversation, and The Deer Hunter. Great point. No one ever mentions him and I am guilty too because I did not even think of him, but he was excellent in every role he played. Maybe if he lived people would mention him more. I talk about him with my one buddy all the time. Because Cazale was only in 5 movies but it was like 5 of the best movies ever. |
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jan 14, 2018 1:24:40 GMT
the old guy from 'The Grey' - liam neesom or whatever his name is > Daniel Day Lewis. i didn't even know who daniel day louis was until i just googled him 5 seconds ago. apparently he played in the 'Crucible' with winona ryder - the greatest hottie of all-time so i guess that garners some respect. Liam Neeson is a terrific actor, but he's Bobcat Goldthwait compared to Daniel Day Lewis. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 1:30:08 GMT
the old guy from 'The Grey' - liam neesom or whatever his name is > Daniel Day Lewis. i didn't even know who daniel day louis was until i just googled him 5 seconds ago. apparently he played in the 'Crucible' with winona ryder - the greatest hottie of all-time so i guess that garners some respect. Liam Neeson is a terrific actor, but he's Bobcat Goldthwait compared to Daniel Day Lewis. I'll have you know Bobcat Goldthwait was in the greatest 'Tales From the Crypt' of All-Time with perhaps arguably the greatest comedian of All-Time Don Rickles in this classic gem of an aging ventriloquist trying to hide his 'ugly' morbid past  Have 30 minutes to kill and you enjoy horror/comedy - it's brilliant - Rickles and Bobcat at their Bests in morbid roles Tales From the Crypt at it's finest: |
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