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Non-Sport Related Discussion => Off Topic => Topic started by: Tha Kid on May 20, 2009, 11:24:38 PM
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
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Dicaprio
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
I have a few movie scripts that I'm working on. I don't expect anything to come of them obviously, but you always keep in mind what actors you would like to play the roles. It helps the creative process. Sean Penn and Morgan Freeman would be ideal form my roles for two fathers of the lead characters (if budget were no issue).
A good young actor I like is Shia Labeuf. The transformers movies and the new Indy film have cooled me off on him a bit, but he was amazing in "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" and "Disturbia." Very talented kid.
Ethan Hawke is a very underrated actor and has shown quite a bit of range. I recently saw him in "WHat Doesn't Kill You" and he nailed the Irish gangster part. If you haven't seen "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," you have to. Great films.
He was also in "Dead Poet's Society" and "Hamlet."
Sean Penn was incredible in "Milk." I actually saw the documentary before the movie, so I had a good sense of Harvey Milk the person. I can't believe how Penn nailed down the character to every last mannerism.
Some of my favorite actors: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman (excellent in "Last Chance Harvey), Robert De Niro
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I was blown away by Hawke's performance in "Before Sunset." It felt as natural as if I myself were walking and BS'ing with a friend. It was so natural that it seemed ad-libbed, which if true is amazing.
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I was blown away by Hawke's performance in "Before Sunset." It felt as natural as if I myself were walking and BS'ing with a friend. It was so natural that it seemed ad-libbed, which if true is amazing.
"Before Sunrise" was terrific as well. Both were very moving films. It's amazing because the film was essentially a dialogue between two people. There was very little action and no strong secondary characters, but it was, as you put it, so natural. Some of the most moving parts were so subtle and didn't really hit me for a few moments or until the movie was over.
It's funny, because Hawke was SO MUCH better than Mark Rufalo in "What Doesn't Kill You." Ruffalo is a great romantic comedy actor, but he was just owned by Hawke's versatility.
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My church of scientology told me Tom Cruise. Kidding
It depends on the flick. Is it comedy, drama, thriller, action?
I will try and go with guys not mentioned already.
I think Will Smith is always awesome in everything he's in. Another one of my favorite actors who I feel is underrated is Mark Whalberg.
Some other worthy candidates...
Matt Damon?
George Clooney?
Brad Pitt?
Christian Bale?
If he is still acting....Joaquin Phoenix?
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My church of scientology told me Tom Cruise. Kidding
It depends on the flick. Is it comedy, drama, thriller, action?
I will try and go with guys not mentioned already.
I think Will Smith is always awesome in everything he's in. Another one of my favorite actors who I feel is underrated is Mark Whalberg.
Some other worthy candidates...
Matt Damon?
George Clooney?
Brad Pitt?
Christian Bale?
If he is still acting....Joaquin Phoenix?
All good picks. I think Pheonix and Casey Affleck are doing a big 'F-You' with that whole crazy thing. Pheonix is a method actor and I can see taking a challenge of staying in character so long. Bale hasn't shown me the range that the others up there have, though. It seems like he plays a variation of himself every movie.
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
I have a few movie scripts that I'm working on. I don't expect anything to come of them obviously, but you always keep in mind what actors you would like to play the roles. It helps the creative process. Sean Penn and Morgan Freeman would be ideal form my roles for two fathers of the lead characters (if budget were no issue).
A good young actor I like is Shia Labeuf. The transformers movies and the new Indy film have cooled me off on him a bit, but he was amazing in "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" and "Disturbia." Very talented kid.
Ethan Hawke is a very underrated actor and has shown quite a bit of range. I recently saw him in "WHat Doesn't Kill You" and he nailed the Irish gangster part. If you haven't seen "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," you have to. Great films.
He was also in "Dead Poet's Society" and "Hamlet."
Sean Penn was incredible in "Milk." I actually saw the documentary before the movie, so I had a good sense of Harvey Milk the person. I can't believe how Penn nailed down the character to every last mannerism.
Some of my favorite actors: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman (excellent in "Last Chance Harvey), Robert De Niro
I'm now convinced that either Marillac is " the Highlander " and is thousands of years old or he is awake 24 hours a day and doesnt sleep because I have no other way to explain how he has time for everything.
Horse ranch owner,screenplay writer,Juco basketball coach,Training to be a foster parent or something like that,always seems to be in school,Tax Lien investor and Im sure I've missed 100 things. And I'm pretty sure I just saw him a minute ago fishing for Alaskan King Crab in the Bearing Sea on the boat Northerwestern on the TV Show " The Deadliest Catch.
And he's not even 30 yet.
I'd say we should write a book on Marillac's life but he probably already has written it ( Special Section given to Diana Turasai )
There has to be a Nike or gatorade commercial in here somewhere :):)
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
I have a few movie scripts that I'm working on. I don't expect anything to come of them obviously, but you always keep in mind what actors you would like to play the roles. It helps the creative process. Sean Penn and Morgan Freeman would be ideal form my roles for two fathers of the lead characters (if budget were no issue).
A good young actor I like is Shia Labeuf. The transformers movies and the new Indy film have cooled me off on him a bit, but he was amazing in "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" and "Disturbia." Very talented kid.
Ethan Hawke is a very underrated actor and has shown quite a bit of range. I recently saw him in "WHat Doesn't Kill You" and he nailed the Irish gangster part. If you haven't seen "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," you have to. Great films.
He was also in "Dead Poet's Society" and "Hamlet."
Sean Penn was incredible in "Milk." I actually saw the documentary before the movie, so I had a good sense of Harvey Milk the person. I can't believe how Penn nailed down the character to every last mannerism.
Some of my favorite actors: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman (excellent in "Last Chance Harvey), Robert De Niro
I'm now convinced that either Marillac is " the Highlander " and is thousands of years old or he is awake 24 hours a day and doesnt sleep because I have no other way to explain how he has time for everything.
Horse ranch owner,screenplay writer,Juco basketball coach,Training to be a foster parent or something like that,always seems to be in school,Tax Lien investor and Im sure I've missed 100 things. And I'm pretty sure I just saw him a minute ago fishing for Alaskan King Crab in the Bearing Sea on the boat Northerwestern on the TV Show " The Deadliest Catch.
And he's not even 30 yet.
I'd say we should write a book on Marillac's life but he probably already has written it ( Special Section given to Diana Turasai )
There has to be a Nike or gatorade commercial in here somewhere :):)
Hes Forrest Gump
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I think i just pissed my pants ;D
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Another actor who should get mentioned is Forest Whitaker. Who would have thought fast times at Ridgemont High would have produced so many good actors
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Hate their politics but Sean Penn and Tim Robbins are terrific in everything they do.(movie wise)
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
I have a few movie scripts that I'm working on. I don't expect anything to come of them obviously, but you always keep in mind what actors you would like to play the roles. It helps the creative process. Sean Penn and Morgan Freeman would be ideal form my roles for two fathers of the lead characters (if budget were no issue).
A good young actor I like is Shia Labeuf. The transformers movies and the new Indy film have cooled me off on him a bit, but he was amazing in "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" and "Disturbia." Very talented kid.
Ethan Hawke is a very underrated actor and has shown quite a bit of range. I recently saw him in "WHat Doesn't Kill You" and he nailed the Irish gangster part. If you haven't seen "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," you have to. Great films.
He was also in "Dead Poet's Society" and "Hamlet."
Sean Penn was incredible in "Milk." I actually saw the documentary before the movie, so I had a good sense of Harvey Milk the person. I can't believe how Penn nailed down the character to every last mannerism.
Some of my favorite actors: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman (excellent in "Last Chance Harvey), Robert De Niro
I'm now convinced that either Marillac is " the Highlander " and is thousands of years old or he is awake 24 hours a day and doesnt sleep because I have no other way to explain how he has time for everything.
Horse ranch owner,screenplay writer,Juco basketball coach,Training to be a foster parent or something like that,always seems to be in school,Tax Lien investor and Im sure I've missed 100 things. And I'm pretty sure I just saw him a minute ago fishing for Alaskan King Crab in the Bearing Sea on the boat Northerwestern on the TV Show " The Deadliest Catch.
And he's not even 30 yet.
I'd say we should write a book on Marillac's life but he probably already has written it ( Special Section given to Diana Turasai )
There has to be a Nike or gatorade commercial in here somewhere :):)
Speaking of commercials...I've been in a few of them myself. The last one was the Reebok Terry Tate commercial shot at Belson Stadium on the St. John's campus that aired during the finale of the first American Idol and the Super Bowl. That was a funny day because on the FIRST TAKE Terry Tate laid the guy out and he was uconscious for two hours.
Others that my inspire a chuckle...Marillac gets chosen every single time he is in a crowd and they need a volunteer despite not actually volunteering. I've had to go on stage in Vegas, be hypnotized in front of a thousand people, and dress up as a woman at the circus. I've also had to dress up in a pink fairy outfit to deliver flowers as an intern at minor league baseball game and countless ridiculous things as an intern for the Rangers.
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If you wanted to make an Oscar-winning film, who would you pick for your lead role - without knowing what the movie is about?
In the 90s I prob would have gone with Denzel or Tom Hanks, but now I go with Russell Crowe. This guy is a phenomenal actor and has done a wide range of movies.
Some of my favorite actors: Phillip Seymour-Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman (excellent in "Last Chance Harvey), Robert De Niro
My girlfriend was in one of Seymour Hoffman's recent movies. Synecdoche. She's a dead person in one of the final scenes in the movie. Hoffman practically steps right over her.
Cant believe no one has mentioned Johnny Depp. He's great. I like Ed Norton in some movies also.
I can watch Morgan Freeman all day. He could play Norm Roberts in a horror movie about the worst coach in Big East History and the demise of SJU basketball and I'd like the movie.
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Johnny Depp and Ed Norton both awesome actors too. Hmmm its tough to pick one.
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Johnny Depp has some awful movies, though. How do you RUIN Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? The fist was amazing. "Finding Neverland" was equally as bad.
Edward Norton is a good actor. He loses points for "The Hulk," but he was incredible in "Fight Club" and "American History X."
Phillip Seymour Hoffman might have to be my pick right now. He doesn't have the prototypical leading man looks, but you won't fnd a better actor that can play any role.
I'm also a big fan of Paul Rudd. The guy from "I love you, man" and he was the step-brother in "Clueless." I can't think of a bad movie he's put out. "Role Models" was hysterical. Jason Bateman is also a good supporting actor.
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When I think of Phil Hoffman I think of....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2v2XFYg_Q# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K2v2XFYg_Q#)
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and...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2DcWerIVg# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm2DcWerIVg#)
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Also I wouldn't say Depp was the reason Charlie and Chocolate Factory sucked. They made him into a complete weirdo so whoever directed, did makeup etc. is to blame.
Depp has been in some sick movies. Edward Scissorhands, Donnie Brasco, Blow, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean, and one that might get underrated is Once upon a time in Mexico he was completely badass in.
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I'm completely post padding now. Anyways speaking of Paul Rudd he is producing this show called "Party Down" on starz. Really funny show about these struggling actors in CA who all turn to banquet catering as a part time job and every episode is at a new party that they do the absolute worst job working.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT2DOz2McW8# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT2DOz2McW8#)
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BTW on a great actor thread $hia Lebutt cant be on it. Bad bad job by Marillac. LOL
I cant take that guy. Only thing he did ok w$ project greenlight.
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I love Johnny Depp. He can do the serious stuff and he is funny as hell.
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
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I'm now convinced that either Marillac is " the Highlander " and is thousands of years old or he is awake 24 hours a day and doesnt sleep because I have no other way to explain how he has time for everything.
Horse ranch owner,screenplay writer,Juco basketball coach,Training to be a foster parent or something like that,always seems to be in school,Tax Lien investor and Im sure I've missed 100 things. And I'm pretty sure I just saw him a minute ago fishing for Alaskan King Crab in the Bearing Sea on the boat Northerwestern on the TV Show " The Deadliest Catch.
And he's not even 30 yet.
I'd say we should write a book on Marillac's life but he probably already has written it ( Special Section given to Diana Turasai )
There has to be a Nike or gatorade commercial in here somewhere :):)
The Highlander. I LOVE IT..!!
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BTW on a great actor thread $hia Lebutt cant be on it. Bad bad job by Marillac. LOL
I cant take that guy. Only thing he did ok w$ project greenlight.
Have you seen "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" ? Incredible. He's just a very talented kid. I don't put him in the same class as a Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but if I'd buy his acting stock if it were for sale .
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
I detest Jim Carey as a comedian, but he does the serious roles as well as you can ask. "The Truman Show" was fantastic and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I also don't like Robin Williams as a comedian that much, but he can act his arse off.
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
I detest Jim Carey as a comedian, but he does the serious roles as well as you can ask. "The Truman Show" was fantastic and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I also don't like Robin Williams as a comedian that much, but he can act his arse off.
The last time Jim Carrey was funny was on In Living Color. As for best actor, Gene Hackman needs to ne mentioned
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
I detest Jim Carey as a comedian, but he does the serious roles as well as you can ask. "The Truman Show" was fantastic and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I also don't like Robin Williams as a comedian that much, but he can act his arse off.
The last time Jim Carrey was funny was on In Living Color. As for best actor, Gene Hackman needs to ne mentioned
Great call on Hackman. Totally forgot about him
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BTW on a great actor thread $hia Lebutt cant be on it. Bad bad job by Marillac. LOL
I cant take that guy. Only thing he did ok w$ project greenlight.
Have you seen "A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints" ? Incredible. He's just a very talented kid. I don't put him in the same class as a Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but if I'd buy his acting stock if it were for sale .
Didnt see that movie but I saw him in Indy Jones and that was one of the worst movies I've ever seen and was proportionate to his acting in it.
Transformers wasnt exactly an academy worthy performance. I thought that movie sucked for the most part also.
Disturbia was good but I thought that movie was good for the plot and a lot of actors could have done the same job he did.
If he was a stock I'd short him on any strength in his box office numbers :)
I consider him more of a goofy looking Ben Affleck
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My girlfriend was in one of Seymour Hoffman's recent movies. Synecdoche. She's a dead person in one of the final scenes in the movie. Hoffman practically steps right over her.
I wanted to die by the end of it--it went on FOREVER. But I'm sure she was brilliant.
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My girlfriend was in one of Seymour Hoffman's recent movies. Synecdoche. She's a dead person in one of the final scenes in the movie. Hoffman practically steps right over her.
I wanted to die by the end of it--it went on FOREVER. But I'm sure she was brilliant.
She's up for an academy award for best dead person. :)
That movie was pretty boring.
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My girlfriend was in one of Seymour Hoffman's recent movies. Synecdoche. She's a dead person in one of the final scenes in the movie. Hoffman practically steps right over her.
I wanted to die by the end of it--it went on FOREVER. But I'm sure she was brilliant.
She's up for an academy award for best dead person. :)
That movie was pretty boring.
I think bigeastboards might beat her out as dead person ;)
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
I detest Jim Carey as a comedian, but he does the serious roles as well as you can ask. "The Truman Show" was fantastic and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I also don't like Robin Williams as a comedian that much, but he can act his arse off.
I agree with you entirely on Carrey. That broad humor hasn't held much appeal since I was 12 but the two movies you mentioned were fantastic, especially Eternal Sunshine, one of my top 5.
I can't find anything nice to say about Robin Williams so we'll end it there.
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Robin Williams was good in Good Will Hunting. thats about it.
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My girlfriend was in one of Seymour Hoffman's recent movies. Synecdoche. She's a dead person in one of the final scenes in the movie. Hoffman practically steps right over her.
I wanted to die by the end of it--it went on FOREVER. But I'm sure she was brilliant.
She's up for an academy award for best dead person. :)
That movie was pretty boring.
That movie was strong evidence that writers should write and not direct. Kaufman, who also wrote Eternal Sunshine, has written some great movies and maybe this could have been another in someone else's hands but in his it was a bit too much.
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Robin Williams was good in Good Will Hunting. thats about it.
Dead Poets Society,Awakenings
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Robin Williams was good in Good Will Hunting. thats about it.
Death to Smoochy was great too..
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I can't believe no one said arnold schwarzenegger, no one can put their top 20 against his
Best actor ever
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I can't believe no one said arnold schwarzenegger, no one can put their top 20 against his
Best actor ever
I can't tell if you are joking or if you are 14 years old.;)
He is a terrible actor who has had the good fortune to be in entertaining action/sci-fi movies.
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I can't believe no one said arnold schwarzenegger, no one can put their top 20 against his
Best actor ever
I can't tell if you are joking or if you are 14 years old.;)
He is a terrible actor who has had the good fortune to be in entertaining action/sci-fi movies.
He is the best Action star, I'll give him that
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I can't believe no one said arnold schwarzenegger, no one can put their top 20 against his
Best actor ever
I can't tell if you are joking or if you are 14 years old.;)
He is a terrible actor who has had the good fortune to be in entertaining action/sci-fi movies.
He is the best Action star, I'll give him that
Will Smith is by far a much better action star.
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I can't believe no one said arnold schwarzenegger, no one can put their top 20 against his
Best actor ever
I can't tell if you are joking or if you are 14 years old.;)
He is a terrible actor who has had the good fortune to be in entertaining action/sci-fi movies.
He is the best Action star, I'll give him that
Will Smith is by far a much better action star.
NO WAY! TERMONATOR blows away any movie Smith was in
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I don't think anyone has mentioned the following "funny" men who have also done some serious roles:
Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Steve Martin, Bill Murray --- where do they fall into this? Certainly they dont have the range of some of the actors on this list but they are top notch in most of what they do
I detest Jim Carey as a comedian, but he does the serious roles as well as you can ask. "The Truman Show" was fantastic and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was one of the best movies I've ever seen.
I also don't like Robin Williams as a comedian that much, but he can act his arse off.
The last time Jim Carrey was funny was on In Living Color. As for best actor, Gene Hackman needs to ne mentioned
hackman tops the list. he has nailed so many different types of rolls
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Arnold is also one of my favorite actors. Every movie he makes is entertaining, if for nothing else than the unintentional comedy. I know its stupid but jingle all the way with arnold, sinbad, and phil hartman has me in stitches whenever I watch it.
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Baldi - smith has had some MAJOR summer action blockbusters - Independence Day being at the top of the list. Ill watch that whenever it comes on tv which is every few hours in the summer.
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Baldi - smith has had some MAJOR summer action blockbusters - Independence Day being at the top of the list. Ill watch that whenever it comes on tv which is every few hours in the summer.
I like Smith too, but cmon Arnold is the best action star ever. Its not even close,maybe Stallone comes close
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Baldi - smith has had some MAJOR summer action blockbusters - Independence Day being at the top of the list. Ill watch that whenever it comes on tv which is every few hours in the summer.
I like Smith too, but cmon Arnold is the best action star ever. Its not even close,maybe Stallone comes close
I agree - Arnold is #1. You're right that Sly has gotta be up there. Harrison Ford with the Indiana Jones movies alone have to be up there - Fugitive, Star Wars --- he is a MUCh more diverse actor than Arnold and Sly too.
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I HATE action movies.
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I think the best actor around today is Daniel Day Lewis.. just wish he made more movies...
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I think the best actor around today is Daniel Day Lewis.. just wish he made more movies...
another good name who wasn't mentioned yet. I heard he's a bit crazy
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If he is still acting....Joaquin Phoenix?
Great actor - has been phenomenal in everything I've seen him in...I think this is all a hoax and he is still acting.
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I HATE action movies.
I always figured you were more of the romantic comedy type.
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I HATE action movies.
I always figured you were more of the romantic comedy type.
Romantic comedies are great, albeit a little cliche at times. My favorite movies are dramas. I also love straight comedies and horror movies. Action movies rarely do it for me. I think most men are distracted enough by the special effects that they don't worry about the plot or the acting.
I look around the theatre during RIDICULOUSLY long fight or chase scenes and the guys are like drooling.
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I think the best actor around today is Daniel Day Lewis.. just wish he made more movies...
The story out there is that during one of his lengthy disappearing acts he lived in Italy to apprentice under a master shoemaker.
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I think the best actor around today is Daniel Day Lewis.. just wish he made more movies...
Great at what he does, but I would think he is very limited in his range. For example, I couldn't see him killing it in a comedy.
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Well DDL's next movie is Nine based upon the Broadway musical based upon the Fellini film so it's bit different for him. Don't know if it has any laughs but it will be different from his past work although still Oscar bait coming out Thanksgiving.
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I HATE action movies.
I always figured you were more of the romantic comedy type.
Romantic comedies are great, albeit a little cliche at times. My favorite movies are dramas. I also love straight comedies and horror movies. Action movies rarely do it for me. I think most men are distracted enough by the special effects that they don't worry about the plot or the acting.
I look around the theatre during RIDICULOUSLY long fight or chase scenes and the guys are like drooling.
And how is that any different than you loving horror movies? Horror movies are notoriously bad plots and acting nowadays...so if you like them its for the scare factor or the blood and gore...similar to guys who get caught up in fast cars and gunfights, no?
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I HATE action movies.
I always figured you were more of the romantic comedy type.
Romantic comedies are great, albeit a little cliche at times. My favorite movies are dramas. I also love straight comedies and horror movies. Action movies rarely do it for me. I think most men are distracted enough by the special effects that they don't worry about the plot or the acting.
I look around the theatre during RIDICULOUSLY long fight or chase scenes and the guys are like drooling.
And how is that any different than you loving horror movies? Horror movies are notoriously bad plots and acting nowadays...so if you like them its for the scare factor or the blood and gore...similar to guys who get caught up in fast cars and gunfights, no?
Not the same at all IMO. Of course there are some horror movies that have bad plots and too many special effects, but those aren't the kind that I enjoy. I liked the Blair Witch--which essentially had no special effects at all. I also really like the rush of being scared and surprised. That is just not there with action movies. Some horror movies have incredible plots.
I have liked some action movies like "Independence Day" or the Star Wars movies. But I'm not a guy that can sit down and enjoy a Vin Diesel car chase or some of these other ridiculous action movies out there.
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No my point is the rush you get from "feeling scared and surprised" might be similar to some guys when they see a fast car chase or gunfight, right?
Blair witch was a REALLY cool movie.
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No my point is the rush you get from "feeling scared and surprised" might be similar to some guys when they see a fast car chase or gunfight, right?
Blair witch was a REALLY cool movie.
I think it is different. Irrespective of genre, I can't sit there and watch a five minute scene with little to no dialogue. I don't watch movies for the action or the gore.
You can be surprised by any film. You can get a rush from any film. It's a matter of taste and what the viewer finds entertaining.