re: Best acting job ever

Posted by Pkin

Member since May 2015

222 posts

Posted on 6/20/15 at 10:24 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys

Yeah I think that was one of Leo's best roles.

Posted by CGSC Lobotomy

Member since Sep 2011

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Posted on 6/21/15 at 5:29 am to fleaux

Tatiana Maslany from Orphan Black is rising up there.

She's basically playing 8 different characters with DRASTICALLY different personalities and accents...many at the same time.

Posted by ladyluckUGA

Member since Feb 2014

6368 posts

Posted on 6/21/15 at 5:47 am to TygerTyger

quote:
Edward Norton - Primal Fear.

^^this is a great choice^^ in keeping with one in a supporting role, Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone.

But overall, best ever in film I've got to give it to Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector in Silence of the Lambs.

Comedic role... shout out to Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda. Just brilliant.

For television... have to give it to Bryan Cranston. As Anthony Hopkins wrote in a penned letter to him...the greatest acting he's ever seen. What a compliment.

Posted by kjntgr

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 6/21/15 at 6:44 am to ladyluckUGA

Billy Bob Thornton - Slingblade.

Posted by Strahan1224

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 6/21/15 at 10:27 am to fleaux

Idk if best ever but Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction was very impressive . SAY WHAT AGAIN !!

Posted by 15sammy34

Auburn, AL

Member since Oct 2011

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Posted on 6/21/15 at 2:28 pm to dukke v

Being far from a legitimate movie critic myself, I'll keep my comments on the thread to things I actually feel qualified to discuss.

1. Robert Duvall as Gus in LD is as good as any character you'll see. An amazing performance enhanced by other great actors around him.

2. I read One Flew Over before I saw it, and that role was set up perfectly for Nicholson. It's almost like it was written specifically for him.

Posted by ladyluckUGA

Member since Feb 2014

6368 posts

Posted on 6/21/15 at 3:37 pm to kjntgr

quote:
Billy Bob Thornton - Slingblade.

yeah, i know... that one is in my top 10 favorite movies. he was amazing in that role.

Posted by DocHoliday11

South Georgia

Member since Jun 2013

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Posted on 6/21/15 at 10:58 pm to LSUlefty

quote:
Val Kilmer - Tombstone

Welp have an Upvote

Posted by HaveMercy

Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 6/22/15 at 12:04 am to fleaux

Glenn Close Fatal Attraction
Patricia Neill Hud
Vivian Leigh in Gone w the Wind
Edward Norton American History X (even though I hated that movie)
Anthony Perkins Psycho
Marlon Brando On The Waterfront

PS: random Trivia - Patricia Neal was married to writer Raold Dahl "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

This post was edited on 6/22/15 at 12:26 am

Posted by Coach C

Member since Jan 2008

444 posts

Posted on 6/22/15 at 1:04 am to fleaux

Russell Crowe in The Insider. Nearly unrecognizable as Jeffery Wigan. Terrific subtle performance from someone best known for very different types of roles

Posted by Charlie Arglist

Wichita, Kansas

Member since Nov 2012

5550 posts

Posted on 6/22/15 at 1:12 am to fleaux

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

Posted by CocoLoco

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 6/22/15 at 1:59 am to Indigold

Some personal favorites:

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Jack Nicholson - The Shining
Leonardo Dicaprio - Django Unchained
Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

This post was edited on 6/22/15 at 2:03 am

Posted by Buck_Rogers

Member since Jul 2013

1847 posts

Posted on 6/22/15 at 7:29 am to fleaux

Chuck Norris in anything. Oh wait, he wasn't acting.