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He was also great as the founder of Creem magazine in 'Almost Famous'. [/ QUOTE ] Lester Bangs. His performance was spot on to the real dude, too. Doesn't hurt that Cameron gave him actual lines spoken by Lester, either. |
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Fear and Loathing. Donnie Brasco. Gilbert Grape?
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Gilbert Grape no way.
Dead Man gets the nod, not totally because of him though. The rest I guess, hard to believe Finding Neverland is "great," however. |
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Blow is awesome but it is far from a great movie. Terrific soundtrack though.
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From Hell.
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Worst movie ever. Sleepy Hollow was probably better.
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Gilbert Grape no way. [/ QUOTE ] Fair enough. I loved it. [ QUOTE ] Dead Man gets the nod, not totally because of him though. [/ QUOTE ] Agreed. Jim Jarmusch is amazing and Neil Young did a great job with the soundtrack. [ QUOTE ] The rest I guess, hard to believe Finding Neverland is "great," however. [/ QUOTE ] I expected to not like it. Turned out to be one of my three favorite movies of the year. |
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Finding Neverland was one of the rare movies I actually stayed awake on a plane for. Also, I have a huge crush on what's-her-name.
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Sean Penn
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This question kinda depends on whether you think it's better to be a Character Actor or a Movie Star.
Humphrey Bogart: Movie Star Dustin Hoffman: Character Actor I think they're both hard to do. The problem with Movie Stars is that they can get miscast or just phone it in (Secret Window anyone? Terminal? Man on Fire? Bleh.) The problem with Character Actors is that they make bad choices and end up in Ishtar 2. Or I AM SAM Re-Loaded: The Revenge. One personal favorite of mine is Ol' Marky Mark himself, (sans funky Bunch)--Mark Wahlberg. He's just so consitent and watchable, even in poopoo like Truth About Charlie. Tough Call, --GA |
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Will Smith
Steve Buscemi Bruce Willis |
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Ralph Fiennes
Liam Neeson Tom Hanks Will |
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There are two locks for the list, both already mentioned.
Tom Hanks - The list over the last 15 years is just too good too ignore. He's the modern day Jimmy Stewart and the only modern actor I can see even having a chance at remaking something like It's A Wonderful Life, which they better never do. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - One of the great character actors of all time, he thoroughly disappears into each role. I haven't seen Capote yet, other than the trailers and interviews shows, but this better be his year. Everyone else is fighting for the last spot. I'll toss in one nominee that hasn't been mentioned - Vincent D'Onofrio. |
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Sean Penn
Kevin Bacon Kevin Spacey |
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i cant believe how many people think russel crowe is the best actor in the last 15 years. you really suck.
ps: training day and man on fire = Great. practically everything else he has made makes me vommit. |
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Kevin Spacy Pacino |
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i cant believe how many people think russel crowe is the best actor in the last 15 years. you really suck. ps: training day and man on fire = Great. practically everything else he has made makes me vommit. [/ QUOTE ] you sure make some awesomely dumb posts |
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Gilbert Grape no way. Dead Man gets the nod, not totally because of him though. The rest I guess, hard to believe Finding Neverland is "great," however. [/ QUOTE ] I think Finding Neverland was an exceptional film. I enjoyed it very much. I don't understand why you would find it "hard to believe" that a movie with 2 highly acclaimed leads with many many awards between them and a director who was coming off a successful film (Monster's Ball) could be great. |
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LA Confidential
The Insider A Beautiful Mind Master and Commander Cinderella Man I didn't like Gladiator much, but the man has mad chops and is almost always entirely convincing as whoever he's playing. Hell, I even liked Mystery, Alaska. |
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Hanks and Crowe are the easy answers. If you ask the question again in ten years, Norton will be on there also. I'd say the third spot goes to Liam Neeson, Kevin Spacey, Denzel, or maybe Depp. Interesting that no women have been mentioned.
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bison,
KKF is apparently talking about Denzel. LA Confidential is the [censored], and crowe's best movie by far. peace, jba |
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Norton's good in Fight Club and Red Dragon. I understand a lot of people liked him in American History X (which I thought sucked) and Primal Fear (haven't seen it in years).
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Norton's good in Fight Club and Red Dragon. I understand a lot of people liked him in American History X (which I thought sucked) and Primal Fear (haven't seen it in years). But beyond that? I dunno. Red Dragon's the only good movie he's made this century. [/ QUOTE ] Two words: 25th hour |
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Norton's good in Fight Club and Red Dragon. I understand a lot of people liked him in American History X (which I thought sucked) and Primal Fear (haven't seen it in years). But beyond that? I dunno. Red Dragon's the only good movie he's made this century. [/ QUOTE ] He was very good in "The Score." Not a very good movie, but he was excellent in it. |
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[ QUOTE ] Norton's good in Fight Club and Red Dragon. I understand a lot of people liked him in American History X (which I thought sucked) and Primal Fear (haven't seen it in years). But beyond that? I dunno. Red Dragon's the only good movie he's made this century. [/ QUOTE ] He was very good in "The Score." Not a very good movie, but he was excellent in it. [/ QUOTE ] I think this is also true for Death To Smoochy and Rounders. Not great films, but he stood out in both. |
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I've never seen. Added to netflix.
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christopher walken
steve buscemi william h macy |
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Robin Williams
Ed Norton Denzel Washington |
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I'm gonna throw in a new name: Don Cheadle.
He has done some aweseome roles. Crash Hotel Rwanda Ocean's 11 The Family Man Traffic Boogie Nights Colors To me, it doesn't feel like he is acting, it's like he is just living the character. If he isn't top 3 right now, give it a couple more years. |
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"Don Cheadle"
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norton is great, he just chooses some questionable roles (death to smoochy, the score, italian job). i haven't seen a single role of his that isn't really convincing, and he does a lot of really different characters.
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Depends on what you mean by 'greatest.' I think the actor that most embodies (with his work and roles and such) 1990ish until now is Tom Cruise. Is he the best actor? No way, not even close....but he could be one of the three 'greatest.' Oh, I just read your subsequent post....I'd say Tom Cruise should be on the list.
As for best I think Denzel needs to be up there. Hanks needs to as well. As for the third I'd toss it up between Norton, Depp, Crowe and Spacey. Yugoslav |
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no love for Pitt huh? After seven, snatch, true romance, legends of the fall, Fight Club, 12 monkeys...
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The standard answer will be Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and either Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, or Tom Hanks. [/ QUOTE ] Dustin Hoffman and especially Tom Hanks aren't worth spit compared to Jack Nicholson. And I'm a guy who likes Hoffman. Hanks isn't even on the radar. |
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It's very hard to do a list like this because alot of people have different opinions, but if you could ask x people you would get the most known actors show up, probably something like Hanks, Crowe and Depp...
It's a preety good list, but it will differ from people to people, especially Crowe and Depp. |
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