Actors and Actresses
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fat_boy wrote:
- Kate Winslet 2) Whoes that girl in Mullholland Drive 3) The woman in Stephen Kings bok about the writer trapped in the mad womans house, has his ankles broken.
- good pick 2) Which one, Naomi Watts or Laura Harring? 3) Cathy Bates
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He has good roles, but I never liked him... He doesn't really sink into the role (Except perhaps for Forrest Gump)... When you see him in a movie, you don't see the character... You see him. On the other hand... Gary Oldman, my favorite, sinks so deeply into the roles that half the time you don't even know he's in the movie. Some of his major roles: * Zorg in Fifth Element * Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies * Jim Gordon in the new Batman movies * The bad guy (I forget his name) in The Professional (Leon) * Rosencrantz (I think) in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead He's a totally different person in every film... That's talent... Tom Hanks is a decent enough actor, but he's still "Tom Hanks" no matter what his character is supposed to be.
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Yeah, I see your point. Hanks is always Hanks whereas someone like Di Caprio IS the character they are playing. I was totaly vlown away by him in Blood DIamond, he played the part in a completely convincing way. But Hanks has done some of the besy films ever made, Private Ryan and Gump, and acted them superbly. Perhaps its his voice thats just to distinctive.
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Ooh, Samuel L Jackson... Very good one. I should add him to my top list.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
Hmm, but of a one hit wonder? Pulp Ficiton was great, but they were all great in that film and what else has Jackson done? Comparted him to Alec Guinness OK, from a different generation, but he played Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia, and Obi Wan Kenobe in Star Wars as well as other deeply flawed characters such as in Bridge over the river Kwai.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
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Hmm, but of a one hit wonder? Pulp Ficiton was great, but they were all great in that film and what else has Jackson done? Comparted him to Alec Guinness OK, from a different generation, but he played Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia, and Obi Wan Kenobe in Star Wars as well as other deeply flawed characters such as in Bridge over the river Kwai.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
Alec Guinness, I really know as Obi Wan... Not really into "classic" movies, so haven't seen him in anything else. That said, he was pretty much the best actor in the entire Star Wars franchise. (Yes, I know Natalie Portman is on my list, but I try to forget that SW:Ep 1-3 were ever created, let alone the fact that she was in them) You're right, though... Now that I think about it, Jackson probably doesn't deserve to be in my top three... I'll have to think of a good #3 for the male side... Kinda hard to stand with Gary Oldman.
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Author of Guardians of Xen (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novel)
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Hmm, but of a one hit wonder? Pulp Ficiton was great, but they were all great in that film and what else has Jackson done? Comparted him to Alec Guinness OK, from a different generation, but he played Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia, and Obi Wan Kenobe in Star Wars as well as other deeply flawed characters such as in Bridge over the river Kwai.
Morality is indistinguishable from social proscription
fat_boy wrote:
Hmm, but of a one hit wonder? Pulp Ficiton was great, but they were all great in that film and what else has Jackson done?
Oh please, what about The Long Kiss Goodnight[^] with Geena Davis? If you haven't watched it, get it. Fan-fucken-tastic, my favourite Geena Davis movie of all time and Samuel L Jackson plays a perfect part. "That's a duck, not a dick." and "Putting the keys in my left pocket. Bah Na Na Na Na. Gun in the right-hand side." Two of the great lines he has.
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