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Most Underrated Performance by an Actor

Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:46 pm
Posted by Snatchy
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 7:46 pm
I just finished a movie I watched once 10 years ago and loved. After rewatching, I realize why I enjoyed it so much. This performance is severely underrated and this is why I started the topic. I'm sure everyone has a few.


Eric Bana - Chopper




Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29533 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:13 pm to
Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun

Posted by Snatchy
Member since Nov 2009
3281 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:32 pm to
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Christian Bale in Empire of the Sun



Newsies is pretty damn good also fwiw. What about....


Benecio in Fear and Loathing





Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
Member since Jan 2008
32688 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:51 pm to
Tobey Mcguire in Brothers. Ryan Gossling in Blue Valentine.
Posted by beaverfever
Little Rock
Member since Jan 2008
32688 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:53 pm to
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Newsies is pretty damn good also fwiw.
ha one of my favorites as a kid. Bale was money even back then. The Prestige had great acting all the way around.
Posted by reggierayreb
Germantown
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:56 pm to
M. Emmett Walsh - Blood Simple


This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 8:57 pm
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63538 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 8:56 pm to
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Eric Bana - Chopper


How is that underrated? That's the role that got him noticed by most people . . . or at least people who made his career. More accurately, it may be the role that most mainstream moviegoers don't know about.
Posted by Snatchy
Member since Nov 2009
3281 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:06 pm to
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How is that underrated? That's the role that got him noticed by most people . . . or at least people who made his career. More accurately, it may be the role that most mainstream moviegoers don't know about.



Whatever you want to call it. You know what I am talking about.
Posted by Snatchy
Member since Nov 2009
3281 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:34 pm to
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ha one of my favorites as a kid. Bale was money even back then. The Prestige had great acting all the way around.



I agree. Bale is the best actor out of the Batmen. Although, some might argue clooney or kilmer (not for their portrayal as Bruce Wayne).
Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
72937 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:40 pm to
John Lithgow in Twilight Zone the Movie.

When he's freaking out on the plane. Great performance.

This post was edited on 12/6/13 at 9:43 pm
Posted by Hoodoo Man
Sunshine Pumping most days.
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:41 pm to
Not sure if it's underrated, but I love Matthew Broderick's performance in Election.
Posted by Thunder Tiger
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:45 pm to
quote:

John Lithgow in Twilight Zone the Movie.

When he's freaking out on the plane. Great performance.
God damn that's a great choice. His fear is palpable.
Posted by Lacour
Member since Nov 2009
32949 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:49 pm to
Shia Lebouf. Indy 4
Posted by Patrick O Rly
y u do dis?
Member since Aug 2011
41187 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 9:49 pm to
Joel Edgerton in the Great Gatsby.
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7051 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 10:26 pm to
Bruce Willis in Moonrise Kingdom
Posted by alajones
Huntsvegas
Member since Oct 2005
34481 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 10:29 pm to
Adam Beach as Ira Hayes in Flags of our Fathers

Guy Pearce as Count Mondego in The Count of Monte Cristo.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51414 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 10:37 pm to
Uma thurman in les miserables
Posted by TIGERSandFROGS
Member since Jul 2007
3809 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 11:01 pm to
This is obscure as shite, but the cab driver in "We Were Soldiers" that accidentally scares the Colonel's wife into thinking his next "your husband is dead" letter is for her, resulting in her calling him an idiot...

"I don't like my job, ma'am. I'm just trying to do it."


If ever an award could be given for best delivery of a single line by someone with only a couple of lines, he would win it. In one line he expressed shame, frustration, sorrow, duty, and remorse. It was the perfect delivery for that somewhat insignificant line.
Posted by Smokedawg
Finding Lennay Kekua
Member since Dec 2008
5409 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 11:09 pm to
Kevin Bacon in Xmen first class
Posted by CubanSaint
Member since May 2013
767 posts
Posted on 12/6/13 at 11:12 pm to
Alec Baldwin in The Departed
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