This list is purely of opinion. It would be awesome if you guys would contribute by posting your ideas of actors who did phenomenal jobs in the roles they were given.
What I mean by phenomenal job is that when you see them in that role, you have no clue of their actual identity. If you have no idea what I am talking about, check out my list.
Heath Ledger - Dark Knight
I think it is safe to say that this is probably one of the best acting jobs I have ever seen. What makes this role so creepy/amazing is that we have NO idea that this is the same man that played, Gabriel in the Patriot, or Will in Knights Tale, or even the guy from Brokeback Mountain. You watch this movie, and all you see is the role, Joker. Nevermind the actual movie itself, but the acting job is INCREDIBLE. Well played as the crazy psychopath clown. Amazing.
Robert Downy Jr. - Tropic Thunder Holy shit that is Iron Man? I found his role SO FUCKING FUNNY. Seriously, this man does an amazing job being so fucking hilarious in the movie. Everytime he talks, I cant stop laughing. I am not being sarcastic, I am being totally serious. Robert Downy Jr. does an exceptional job at playing an actor, acting as another actor. Watching this, you cannot believe that this guy was also Iron Man. If you have not seen Tropic Thunder yet, I recommend you do MAINLY for Robert Downy Jr and for Tom Cruise. Speaking of which...
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder My God Tom Cruise really blew me away. Maybe it was because I saw A Few Good Men before watching Tropic Thunder that made me really laugh. Tom Cruise does an amazing job as well playing his character in Topic Thunder.
'Nuff said.
Sharlto Copley - District 9
Now if I didn't say District 9, you would ask, "Who the fuck is that?" Hell I am not even going to lie, I wouldn't even know who he is if no one said District 9. I think the reason why he is so unknown is because that is pretty much his only acting role. Nonetheless, acting here really blew me away. Showing so much conviction and pain as his character Wilkus really sold me this movie. Now others may disagree that this movie was a piece of shit and that I am a flamming faggot, but you have to admit, your first job as acting and this is it? That is fucking crazy. Fun Fact, Copley had no intention of acting. He is in this movie just because he is friends with the director.
Kevin Spacey - Usual Suspects Does an amazing job playing Verbal Kint in this film. His role in this is the reason why I am such a huge Kevin Spacey fan boy. Really does sell me his story and makes this movie so damn good.
Asa Butterfield - Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Now before you get all anal that I spelled "pyjamas" wrong, it is how the British spell it so fuck off. Also, people say, "wtf children cant act." The point of his role was to play a young child who was confused in the predicament he was in, and acting was GOOD for someone his age. I would see some other child fuck act and think, "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?" Butterfield does a great job in his role, and is on a path to become a great actor.
Ben Stiller - Simple Jack - Tropic Thunder Only reason why I am putting this here because whenever he would play Simple Jack, I would laugh my ass off thinking, "Holy shit Ben stiller!"
-- Well that's it for now as I will update this when I watch more movies. I am sure some of you will disagree, and I could care less. Feel free to add your own input, add who you thought was a great actor, and to jack me off.
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I was just reminded of two more actors I really enjoyed.
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity Now you may never heard of this movie, but if it wasn't for my film class, I would never have heard of it either. Apart from the movie itself (which was fucking amazing wholly shit), she does a great job selling her role in the film + Show Spoiler +
con artist
. Beautiful on top, yet deceiving underneath, she played her role very well.
Humphrey Bogart - Casablanca Now I am not that huge of a Humphrey Bogart or Casablanca fanboy, but oh-my-fucking-apple-tits, does he do a damn good job. Now I am not gay or anything, but when you watch this movie, look at Bogart's eyes. His eyes just give you the picture of a man who is so tired, worn down, and just wants to find peace but cant obtain it. His presence is so convicting, I would get a hard on (if I was gay) Really does his role well.
A lot of Tropic Thunder, looks like you just got done watching it and decided to post about how much you like it lol. Too many "newer" movies though IMO. Even though that doesn't really matter, actors are still pretty decent to what they used to be.
80's - 90's was the best years for movies, though if you can tolerate black and white there are a lot of fantastic movies from way earlier. Citizen Kane anyone?
On April 15 2010 04:42 noClue wrote: A lot of Tropic Thunder, looks like you just got done watching it and decided to post about how much you like it lol. Too many "newer" movies though IMO. Even though that doesn't really matter, actors are still pretty decent to what they used to be.
80's - 90's was the best years for movies, though if you can tolerate black and white there are a lot of fantastic movies from way earlier. Citizen Kane anyone?
I actually saw Tropic Thunder in the theater but just recently watched it again. I feel like people dont give it the recognition it deserves.
I havent touched on some of the movies I enjoyed from the 80-90's. But Citizen Kane however, I found very overrated. + Show Spoiler +
Apart from the acting which I found decent, I found that the whole "twist" of the movie regarding Rosebud was not that amazing. But I guess at the time it was considered balls dropping awesome. Personally, I did not really enjoy the movie all too much.
On April 15 2010 04:42 noClue wrote: A lot of Tropic Thunder, looks like you just got done watching it and decided to post about how much you like it lol. Too many "newer" movies though IMO. Even though that doesn't really matter, actors are still pretty decent to what they used to be.
80's - 90's was the best years for movies, though if you can tolerate black and white there are a lot of fantastic movies from way earlier. Citizen Kane anyone?
I actually saw Tropic Thunder in the theater but just recently watched it again. I feel like people dont give it the recognition it deserves.
I havent touched on some of the movies I enjoyed from the 80-90's. But Citizen Kane however, I found very overrated. + Show Spoiler +
Apart from the acting which I found decent, I found that the whole "twist" of the movie regarding Rosebud was not that amazing. But I guess at the time it was considered balls dropping awesome. Personally, I did not really enjoy the movie all too much.
Well it wasn't the story and acting which really made it fantastic, though it was petty good. It was the fact that the movie is pretty much visually perfect. Some would even say revolutionary?
Anyone else annoyed at Johnny Depp yet? God I hate seeing him in movies now. IDK if it's just who he is, but he acts exactly like previous characters he's done. I just recently saw Alice, which was a terrible movie, and they may as well have put Depp's pirate character in this movie. That's who I thought I was watching the entire movie.
I agree with you on Gattaca. That movie is amazing. Robert Downey is always a great actor as well. Majority of the movies you see him in you get lost in his role and don't even know it's him. Saw A Scanner Darkly last night and everyone did a great job acting in that movie.
On April 15 2010 05:22 BDF92 wrote: Am I the only one who thought that Tropic Thunder was an absolutely shit movie?
No, I am with you brother. But I am probably biased because I hate every single Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell movie out there and in terms of Ben Stiller movies this was probably the least horrible one.
Malcolm McDowell (the old guy with white hair who plays in shows like Entourage and Heroes) played the main character, Alex, in "A clockwork orange", and I really really enjoyed his acting.
There's something weird about how everyone acts in that movie though, its more theatrical in some way, I dunno..but my vote goes to him.
On April 15 2010 05:42 Liquid`NonY wrote: Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
He was best in Gangs of New York IMO.
But yeah my three favorite actors of all time, in no particular order: Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Downey Jr. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Chaplin were great) and James Spader (sex lies and videotape, the boston legal series)
On April 15 2010 06:49 Epicfailguy wrote: Malcolm McDowell (the old guy with white hair who plays in shows like Entourage and Heroes) played the main character, Alex, in "A clockwork orange", and I really really enjoyed his acting.
There's something weird about how everyone acts in that movie though, its more theatrical in some way, I dunno..but my vote goes to him.
I think that was Kubrick's whole idea to make it more theatrical
On April 15 2010 06:49 Epicfailguy wrote: Malcolm McDowell (the old guy with white hair who plays in shows like Entourage and Heroes) played the main character, Alex, in "A clockwork orange", and I really really enjoyed his acting.
There's something weird about how everyone acts in that movie though, its more theatrical in some way, I dunno..but my vote goes to him.
Yeah he did a sick job in The Machinist...impressive how he decided to loose weight like that as well. I still think he did a good job in the batman movies though, and he was "ok" in that new terminator movie, but it sucked balls anyway so hard to think good of him.
Edit: And the guy who played Alex (funny that its the same name as my other choice lol) Mahone, in Prison Break was amazing in the last season, if it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't bother watching it since it was so bad compared to season 1 and 2.
Another Daniel Day-Lewis performance would be him as Bill the Butcher. Any character that grabs my attention on screen and draws me into them, whether they be good or bad, is always a delight.
I'd also say DeNiro in Raging Bull (but I'm a huge boxing fan so perhaps I'm biased here). There have been many masterful performances so making some list would take me years, but those 2 were just a couple of the first ones in my head.
God, I loved Christoph Waltz's acting. That was superb. I mean, even the opening scene captivated me. It was absolutely amazing. I also loved Tim Robbins in Shawshank redemption, but I think that's just because that movie was awesome.
On April 15 2010 08:04 Oystein wrote: Not a movie, but Ian Mcshane was absolutely brilliant in Deadwood.
He absolutely OWNED that series. It is awesome to rewatch it and see just when the writing became centered around his character rather than the other putz they first had as the main lead.
On April 15 2010 10:19 citi.zen wrote: Nicholas Cage / Elizabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas". So good I could never see Cage as an action hero type and hated his other movies.
He's pretty good in "The Rock" though...at least I think he was
Other people have said this but I'm going to say it again. Too biased towards new movies, especially Tropic Thunder. This blog reads like you just watched the movie, fell over laughing, and decided the world needed to know.
The best acting movie that I can remember having seen recently was Leonardo dicaprio and Kate Winslet (well, like 99% of the movies she's in shes really good :|).
On April 15 2010 11:34 Comeh wrote: The best acting movie that I can remember having seen recently was Leonardo dicaprio and Kate Winslet (well, like 99% of the movies she's in shes really good :|).
I wanna say that Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke did an amazing job in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. Their performances were just so natural, and their chemistry so real and raw that I often marveled at how they could act so well. It didn't seem like acting at all. I totally would not be surprised if it came out that they had a full blown affair.
Martin Sheen in everything he's ever done.. Hoffman in Rainman. Seymour Hoffman in Capote. Pacino in Scent of a woman. Crowe in Insider. Murray in Lost in translation. DiCaprio in Aviator. Jude Law in The talented mr. Ripley. Neeson in Schidlers.
Most of all though, Sean Plott starring himself in D9D #100, best two hour feature i've seen in years.
ben kingsley in sexy beast christopher walken in true romance the former is a hilariously great acted complete sociopath nutjob the latter is an example of one actor being in a 5-10 minute long scene in a movie featuring 10 really high profile and great actors in a great movie filled with great scenes, and his performance in those 5-10 minutes outshines everyone else so such a degree that this scene is what sticks with you - even if it's not really a big part of the main plot
walken is so good in general tho.. his performance in the deer hunter is one of the best ever, too.
and finally there are a good couple hundred more ridiculously great examples. the latest I've seen where the acting blew me away was mo'nique's performance as precious' mom in precious.
Ethan Hawke, Denzel Washington-Training Days Clive Owen-Closesr(Totally stole this movie) Daniel Craig-Casino Royale(such a hardcore James Bond, my favorite Bond performance)
On April 15 2010 11:34 Comeh wrote: The best acting movie that I can remember having seen recently was Leonardo dicaprio and Kate Winslet (well, like 99% of the movies she's in shes really good :|).
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