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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 18, 2010 22:59:53 GMT -5
Right now I'm thinking of Malcom McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange" but I am almost positive I'll think of a better one. I think the only reasons McDowell was not given academy award consideration for it was that he was so young as an actor and thought not to have paid his dues as well as the controversial nature of the film.But it was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay (Adapted). It also failed to win any of those awards. It was classic trying to have your cake and eat it too by the academy. They didn't want to give it what it deserved, but at the same time couldn't ignore its impact and value. Especially with a guy like Stanley Kubrick, who already had an established reputation in the industry. Less people gave a f*** though if Malcolm McDowell, a relative newcomer got ignored though.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 18, 2010 23:03:48 GMT -5
But it was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay (Adapted). It also failed to win any of those awards. It was classic trying to have your cake and eat it to by the academy. They didn't want to give it what it deserved, but at the same kind couldn't ignore its impact and value. Especially with a guy like Stanley Kubrick, who already had an established reputation in the industry. Less people gave a f*** though if Malcolm McDowell, a relative newcomer got ignored though. The film that beat it is my pick.. Gene Hackman in The French Connection.
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Post by DSR on Dec 18, 2010 23:06:51 GMT -5
Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight. First one to pop into my head. Such an amazing performance. Second one to pop into my head. Fantastic. I'll add Ryan Gosling in THE BELIEVER and LARS AND THE REAL GIRL. Two vastly different characters brought to life by the same actor. Christian Bale in AMERICAN PSYCHO was incredible, too.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 18, 2010 23:08:10 GMT -5
A Cloakwork Orange was shut of the major awards by The French Connection, so it's not like it jobbed to a piece of crap. If had a ballot for the 72 Oscars I could easily see voting the same way the members did. Both are great films.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 18, 2010 23:17:50 GMT -5
I see people saying Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will be Blood. I have no issue with that, it's a fantastic performance. But my favourite DDL performance is one that doesn't get mentioned as much and that's as Gerry Conlon in 'In the Name of the Father'. That would be another one that would be near the top of my list.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Dec 18, 2010 23:21:57 GMT -5
Hmm this is hard to choose.
Male: Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood Female: Louise Fletcher - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Child: Salvatore Cascio - Cinema Paradiso Animal: The Cat in Breakfast At Tiffany's
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 18, 2010 23:39:09 GMT -5
A Cloakwork Orange was shut of the major awards by The French Connection, so it's not like it jobbed to a piece of crap. If had a ballot for the 72 Oscars I could easily see voting the same way the members did. Both are great films. Yeah, but even if you make the argument that a superior performance was given in the French Connection its not that McDowell was beaten out by the French Connection, but that he wasn't even nominated. Anyway, didn't mean to turn this thread into a debate over academy awards. Its more to focus on who WE think gave the best performances.
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Post by Viva on Dec 18, 2010 23:40:20 GMT -5
Pauly Shore in "Bio-Dome".
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Post by DSR on Dec 18, 2010 23:43:51 GMT -5
Stephen Baldwin in "Bio-Dome". I think THIS is what you meant, good sir.
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Post by Viva on Dec 19, 2010 0:21:55 GMT -5
Stephen Baldwin in "Bio-Dome". I think THIS is what you meant, good sir. HOW DARE YOU. JUST. WOAH.
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Post by Bake Or Die on Dec 19, 2010 0:34:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 0:39:15 GMT -5
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Batman and Robin.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2010 11:53:17 GMT -5
It also failed to win any of those awards. It was classic trying to have your cake and eat it to by the academy. They didn't want to give it what it deserved, but at the same kind couldn't ignore its impact and value. Especially with a guy like Stanley Kubrick, who already had an established reputation in the industry. Less people gave a f*** though if Malcolm McDowell, a relative newcomer got ignored though. Gene Hackman in The French Connection. That might be the grittiest performance I've ever seen.
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Post by Grendel on Dec 19, 2010 12:06:02 GMT -5
Paul Walker in ...
You know, I can't do this. Really, I can't. I was going to crack some joke here, but to do so would be an affront to those of you who post on Off Topic. I will now slink away in shame ...
Ooh, I almost forgot. Not the best single acting performance ever, but a damn good one. Bruno Ganz in Der Untergang.
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Post by Evil Homer on Dec 19, 2010 15:02:41 GMT -5
Heath Ledger in Dark Knight, Morgan Freeman in Shawshank redemption, and Denzel in training day there are others i cant think of right now
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Dec 19, 2010 15:18:53 GMT -5
Ya know what, I'm gonna give it to Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox. Yes, it's not a major role, but it's the perfect role for Morgan Freeman. He's the only sane man surrounded by a bunch of crazy people, and he plays it spectacularly. It's understated, but that's almost the point.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 19, 2010 15:25:04 GMT -5
I can't call it the best ever but I think one of must underated performances ever is Donald Sutherland in Ordinary People. Basically he has to very quietly grieve and react to Mary Tyler Moore's increasing difficulties while Timothy Hutton begins to over come his survors guilt. There's a scene about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way through the film were Sutherland calmly asks Moore why she cared what shirt he wore to their sons funeral and thought he barely changes his inflection you can tell that this guy is growing tired from helping to support the fictious reality that is keeping his wife in check.
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Post by Yami Daimao on Dec 19, 2010 15:41:36 GMT -5
Christian Bale in AMERICAN PSYCHO was incredible, too. S***, I knew I was forgetting one. All that came in my head was Eckhart in TDK, completely forgetting Bale's performance in American Psycho. He knows how to capture that feel of unstable and demented paranoia perfectly.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 19, 2010 17:10:56 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan. Muppets in Space.
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Post by 4real on Dec 19, 2010 17:45:43 GMT -5
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest
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