Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[CP1708]

Originally Posted by PRIME1984

CP1708 wrote:

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RDJ in Tropic.

Good call on Hoffman. I do forget him all the time. Outbreak, him, Spacey, Freeman, and Cuba. 0_0

OUTBREAK

, that's the Hoffman film you're going to list.

Little Big Man
The Graduate
All the President's Men
The Marathon Man
Tootsie
Rain Man
Kramer vs Kramer
Midnight Cowboy
Lenny
Sleepers
**** Tracey


I named Outbreak because of the 3 other Oscar types in the movie with him. 4 if you count Donald Sutherland. I didn't say it was his best film man.

 

[duba169]

wow at driving miss daisy beating born on the fourth of july for best picture. They must have been mad it was so anti-american

Best actor is another story. daniel day lewis won for my left foot and I've never seen it.

i was very impressed. Highly recommend it

 

[duba169]

wow at driving miss daisy beating born on the fourth of july for best picture. They must have been mad it was so anti-american

Best actor is another story. daniel day lewis won for my left foot and I've never seen it.

i was very impressed. Highly recommend it

 

[prime1984]

CP1708 wrote:

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Originally Posted by PRIME1984

CP1708 wrote:

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RDJ in Tropic.

Good call on Hoffman. I do forget him all the time. Outbreak, him, Spacey, Freeman, and Cuba. 0_0

OUTBREAK

, that's the Hoffman film you're going to list.

Little Big Man
The Graduate
All the President's Men
The Marathon Man
Tootsie
Rain Man
Kramer vs Kramer
Midnight Cowboy
Lenny
Sleepers
**** Tracey


I named Outbreak because of the 3 other Oscar types in the movie with him. 4 if you count Donald Sutherland. I didn't say it was his best film man.
I wasn't implying that you had it as one of his best films, just having it on your list was funny to me.


Take away Cruise & Affleck's off the court non-sense, your left with two great actors, who's resumes speak for themself.

I think Glory should have won best picture in 1989.  

 

[prime1984]

CP1708 wrote:

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Originally Posted by PRIME1984

CP1708 wrote:

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RDJ in Tropic.

Good call on Hoffman. I do forget him all the time. Outbreak, him, Spacey, Freeman, and Cuba. 0_0

OUTBREAK

, that's the Hoffman film you're going to list.

Little Big Man
The Graduate
All the President's Men
The Marathon Man
Tootsie
Rain Man
Kramer vs Kramer
Midnight Cowboy
Lenny
Sleepers
**** Tracey


I named Outbreak because of the 3 other Oscar types in the movie with him. 4 if you count Donald Sutherland. I didn't say it was his best film man.
I wasn't implying that you had it as one of his best films, just having it on your list was funny to me.


Take away Cruise & Affleck's off the court non-sense, your left with two great actors, who's resumes speak for themself.

I think Glory should have won best picture in 1989.  

 

[airjordan jb23]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland



What was it that really got you about Seven Pounds and Pursuit, his performances in those movies, or the scripts? Couldn't a number of actors have done those roles and still touched you, because of the stories? I absolutely think so.

And then all of his action roles are essentially identical. He's almost always trying to save the world in one form or another. Even the serious roles mentioned above, he's still trying to save humanity, so to speak. Which is whatever, I guess; that doesn't have to be a terrible thing. But... he just sucks. He doesn't sell roles to me. I think people get caught up in his celebrity and appeal overall and just credit his acting because of it. And acting abilities aside, he hasn't been in a single great movie. Few even good ones, really - mostly average or worse.

This description sounds like Denzel to me too... Its like they have similar roles, but they're great at the roles they play.

With Seven Pounds & Pursuit of Happiness, he had different roles from his typical action ones, & I felt that he embraced those roles & did a great job with them. Could other actors have done a good job with those roles? Probably... But in terms of Will taking those roles away from his usual ones & doing a great job with them, he made me respect him more as an actor.

He's not my favorite actor or anything either... But I never looked at him as being bad.

 

[airjordan jb23]

Originally Posted by Kevin Cleveland



What was it that really got you about Seven Pounds and Pursuit, his performances in those movies, or the scripts? Couldn't a number of actors have done those roles and still touched you, because of the stories? I absolutely think so.

And then all of his action roles are essentially identical. He's almost always trying to save the world in one form or another. Even the serious roles mentioned above, he's still trying to save humanity, so to speak. Which is whatever, I guess; that doesn't have to be a terrible thing. But... he just sucks. He doesn't sell roles to me. I think people get caught up in his celebrity and appeal overall and just credit his acting because of it. And acting abilities aside, he hasn't been in a single great movie. Few even good ones, really - mostly average or worse.

This description sounds like Denzel to me too... Its like they have similar roles, but they're great at the roles they play.

With Seven Pounds & Pursuit of Happiness, he had different roles from his typical action ones, & I felt that he embraced those roles & did a great job with them. Could other actors have done a good job with those roles? Probably... But in terms of Will taking those roles away from his usual ones & doing a great job with them, he made me respect him more as an actor.

He's not my favorite actor or anything either... But I never looked at him as being bad.

 

[airjordan jb23]

When I heard the news that he was going to be Joker and people were blasting the choice, I was on the phone saying what a brilliant move it was.   I knew from jump he would be great, and he BY FAR exceeded my expectation for that role.  He was incredible.  I know people say it's because we were all sad, and knew what had happened to him in real life and all that, NO, he was flawless in that role.  There was no Heath in that picture.  He was Joker.  May sound corny, I don't really care, that kid was somebody else for two and a half hours of film.  Nobody will change my mind otherwise. 

RIP

Its like I watch Dark Knight & every scene the Joker isn't in, Im just waiting for him to appear again.

What he did with that role was just insane... It was the perfect description of Joker. This is coming from a big fan of Jack playing Joker too... But what Heath did was just unmatched.

 

[airjordan jb23]

When I heard the news that he was going to be Joker and people were blasting the choice, I was on the phone saying what a brilliant move it was.   I knew from jump he would be great, and he BY FAR exceeded my expectation for that role.  He was incredible.  I know people say it's because we were all sad, and knew what had happened to him in real life and all that, NO, he was flawless in that role.  There was no Heath in that picture.  He was Joker.  May sound corny, I don't really care, that kid was somebody else for two and a half hours of film.  Nobody will change my mind otherwise. 

RIP

Its like I watch Dark Knight & every scene the Joker isn't in, Im just waiting for him to appear again.

What he did with that role was just insane... It was the perfect description of Joker. This is coming from a big fan of Jack playing Joker too... But what Heath did was just unmatched.

 

[duba169]

I can't stand Affleck.

 

[duba169]

I can't stand Affleck.

 

[scuse7]

PRIME1984 wrote:

Sleepers


Classic

 

[scuse7]

PRIME1984 wrote:

Sleepers


Classic

 

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[noskey]

Collateral 

 

[noskey]

Collateral 

 

[CP1708]

Everyone make sure you catch the Fab 5 doc on ESPN tonight. 9ET/6PT. You don't want to miss this.

 

[CP1708]

Everyone make sure you catch the Fab 5 doc on ESPN tonight. 9ET/6PT. You don't want to miss this.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by DubA169

I can't stand Affleck.

I used to hate Ben, too, but he's really stepped it up the past couple of years from his usual crap:

State of Play
The Town
Extract (then again, I love Mila so yeah)

Plus Gone Baby Gone was awesome.
Casey's the best Affleck, though. Dude needs to work more.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Originally Posted by DubA169

I can't stand Affleck.

I used to hate Ben, too, but he's really stepped it up the past couple of years from his usual crap:

State of Play
The Town
Extract (then again, I love Mila so yeah)

Plus Gone Baby Gone was awesome.
Casey's the best Affleck, though. Dude needs to work more.

 

[duba169]

he was the worst part of extract and the town. He always sticks out and bothers me. I need to see good will hunting though. The only movies I ever liked him in were Dogma and chasing Amy

 

[duba169]

he was the worst part of extract and the town. He always sticks out and bothers me. I need to see good will hunting though. The only movies I ever liked him in were Dogma and chasing Amy

 

[koolbarbone]

Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms.

 

[N41D]

Affleck needs to stay behind the camera... He's 2-for-2 on that end.