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re: Best male and female acting performance you've ever seen in a movie?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:22 pm to scrooster
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:22 pm to scrooster
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Sure cannot argue with your other two licks as well. Juat rewatched LoA a couple of weeks ago for about the ninth time ... he gave us an incredible portrayal. Also loved him in a little known underrated 1985 flick by the name of 'Creator.' Highly recommend that little movie ... and your wife or girlfriend will love it.
O'Toole is one of my all time favorites. So many of his movies are in my list of favorites: Beckett, My Favorite Year...he was awesome.
It blows my mind that the part was originally offered to Marlon Brando and that Albert Finney was originally cast the lead. As things worked out, O'Toole was the perfect choice for the role.
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Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:27 pm to madmaxvol
quote:The voice acting he did for Ratatouille can't be ignored either. All-time great for sure.
O'Toole is one of my all time favorites.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:28 pm to NeverRains
Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia - Just a magnificent performance. #2 is Mifune in Seven Samurai.
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream - I think it's the most vulnerable performance ever put on film. She was robbed of the Oscar.
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream - I think it's the most vulnerable performance ever put on film. She was robbed of the Oscar.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:38 pm to NeverRains
Male: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man (To be different than others)
Not top but one of my favorites:
Robin Williams - What Dreams May Come
Female: Charlize Theron - Monster
One of my favorites:
Natalie Portman - Black Swann
Not top but one of my favorites:
Robin Williams - What Dreams May Come
Female: Charlize Theron - Monster
One of my favorites:
Natalie Portman - Black Swann
Posted on 4/30/18 at 3:58 pm to NeverRains
Male:
Have to think about female.
Have to think about female.
This post was edited on 4/30/18 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:02 pm to NeverRains
Daniel Day Lewis - My Left Foot
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:06 pm to NeverRains
Peter Sellers - Dr. Strangelove
I don't have a clear answer for actress.
I don't have a clear answer for actress.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:29 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
George C Scott-Patton.
He refused the academy award for his performance.
Joanne Woodward-The Three Faces Of Eve.
He refused the academy award for his performance.
quote:
He even said that the ceremony was a “two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.”
Joanne Woodward-The Three Faces Of Eve.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:32 pm to sportsaddit68
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Robin Williams
I thought he was great in Mrs. Doubtfire. The comedic part sure, but I could feel the angst of losing his kids.
As someone else said, I am no expert.
I thought both Cruise and Hoffman were great in Rainman.
Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs is an obvious choice.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:40 pm to NeverRains
Male: Al Pacino in Godfather Part II
Female- Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind
Female- Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:51 pm to Bench McElroy
Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man is one of my favorite acting performances I can remember. DeNiro in Taxi Driver also comes to mind
For women, McDormand in Fargo was fantastic
For women, McDormand in Fargo was fantastic
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:54 pm to jimboslice
I'll go best male and female leads in the same movie and say Henry Fonda and Katherine Hepburn in On Golden Pond
That was a masterclass by two legends
That was a masterclass by two legends
Posted on 4/30/18 at 4:57 pm to NeverRains
Alec Guinness-Bridge Over River Kwai
Audrey Hepburn-Wait Until Dark
That he was a very good but it's kinda easy to play an over the top bad guy IMO..kinda like Jeffery Dean Morgan in TWD.
Audrey Hepburn-Wait Until Dark
quote:
Christoph Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa in "Inglorious Basterds."
That he was a very good but it's kinda easy to play an over the top bad guy IMO..kinda like Jeffery Dean Morgan in TWD.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 5:27 pm to RD Dawg
Male. 3 way tie
-Dustin Hoffman/Rain Man
- Al Pacino/ Scent of A Woman
- Heath Ledger/ The Dark Knight
Female
- Charlize Theron/Monster
- Jennifer Lawrence/American Hustle
-Dustin Hoffman/Rain Man
- Al Pacino/ Scent of A Woman
- Heath Ledger/ The Dark Knight
Female
- Charlize Theron/Monster
- Jennifer Lawrence/American Hustle
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:22 pm to AUTimbo
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
A few others that I could substitute on any given day
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
A few others that I could substitute on any given day
This post was edited on 4/30/18 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:27 pm to jg8623
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Frances McDormand - Fargo
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:33 pm to NeverRains
Daniel Day Lewis There Will Be Blood
Peter Sellers Being There
Malcom McDowell Clockwork Orange
Deniro Taxi Driver
Peter Lorre M
Joe Pesci Goodfellas
Ray Liotta Goodfellas
Ingrid Bergman Notorious
Vivien Leigh Gone With The Wind
Holly Hunter The Piano
Shelly Duvall The Shining
Lorraine Braco Goodfellas
Peter Sellers Being There
Malcom McDowell Clockwork Orange
Deniro Taxi Driver
Peter Lorre M
Joe Pesci Goodfellas
Ray Liotta Goodfellas
Ingrid Bergman Notorious
Vivien Leigh Gone With The Wind
Holly Hunter The Piano
Shelly Duvall The Shining
Lorraine Braco Goodfellas
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:49 pm to NeverRains
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
The "I heard some things Joey" scene is the finest example of acting in American cinema history imo.
There is exist no Shakespearian soliloquy delivered by Olivier that will ever impress me as much as that scene.
A couple other mentions:
Walter Huston- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Gene Hackman- The Chamber
I think Daniel Day Lewis's performances in My Left Foot, Gangs of New York and There will be Blood are the finest consistent performances in such a short stretch of time by any actor.
The "I heard some things Joey" scene is the finest example of acting in American cinema history imo.
There is exist no Shakespearian soliloquy delivered by Olivier that will ever impress me as much as that scene.
A couple other mentions:
Walter Huston- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Gene Hackman- The Chamber
I think Daniel Day Lewis's performances in My Left Foot, Gangs of New York and There will be Blood are the finest consistent performances in such a short stretch of time by any actor.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:50 pm to rebelrouser
No mention of Paul Newman! Really? Cool Hand Luke?
Good list though, seriously.
Maybe Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King - though he really wasn't really lead.
Female - Meryl Streep - pick a movie.
Good list though, seriously.
Maybe Michael Caine in The Man Who Would Be King - though he really wasn't really lead.
Female - Meryl Streep - pick a movie.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:52 pm to scrooster
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Female: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine She may be the greatest female lead in the world right now ... from her Elizabeth I roles to Veronica Guerin, The Gift, The Missing, etc., etc., etc., she is just incredible.
Never saw Blue Jasmine, to know, but agree she's one of the best current actors, and add these roles:
Marissa Wiegler-Hanna, The Aviator-Katharine Hepburn,Heaven-Philippa, The Shipping News-Petal, The Lord of the Rings movies-Galadriel, 2001 Bandits-Kate Wheeler
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