your top 5 acting performances

[soonerinabilene]

what are your top 5 favorite pwrformances by someone? not necessarily the best of all time, but the 5 performances that you liked the best, that stuckk with you after the movie, or that entertained you the most. 1. Val Kilmer-Tombstone. my personal favorite performance ever. 2. Ed Norton- American History X 3. Tom Hanks- Philadelphia. When he walks out od Denzel Washingtons offive for the first time, he actually looked like he really had aids and was having to come to terms with it. 4. Leo Dicaprio- The Departed. Biggest oscar snub in 20 years, imo. He didnt even get nominated for it, but did get a nom for Blood Diamond that year. 5. Denzel Washington- Man on Fire. His greatest performance of his career, imo.

[fadada1]

good call on val kilmer (1)
tom cruise in a few good men (2)
brando in Apocalypse Now (3)
tom hanks in castaway (4) - dude carried the whole movie.
ralph fiennes in shindler's list (5)

[JohnnyMack]

Daniel Day Lewis. Pick 5 things he did.

[PrideTrombone]

Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will be Blood"
Kevin Spacey in "The Usual Suspects"
Val Kilmer in "Tombstone"
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"
Brad Pitt or Christoph Waltz in "Inglorious Basterds"

[ouwasp]

Here are some back-in-the-day picks:

Humphrey Bogart~ Treasure of Sierra Madre
Charleton Heston~ Ben-Hur
Anthony Perkins~ Psycho
John Wayne~ True Grit
Gregory Peck~ To Kill A Mockingbird

[SanJoaquinSooner]

Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
Meryl Streep - Silkwood
Roy Scheider - All That Jazz
Dustin Hoffman - Midnight Cowboy

[GKeeper316]

1) cary grant in his girl friday
2) kevin spacey in the usual suspects
3) brad pitt in snatch
4) alec baldwin in glengary glenn ross
5) edward james olmos in stand and deliver

and as a side note... tombstone was one of the worst movies ever made and to this day i still cant figure out why so many people love it. im your huckleberry? what the **** does that even mean??? not to mention the gross historical inaccuracies of the script... i mean, come on they completely left out the 4th earp brother for ****s sake!

the only good thing about the whole movie was the exchange between billy bob and kurt russell. you gonna do something or are ya just gonna stand there and bleed? that was funny.

[yermom]

Daniel Day Lewis. Pick 5 things he did.

i just don't get the hard-on for that guy

[Collier11]

Kevin Spacey from The Big Kahuna

Matt Damon from Goodwill Hunting

Javier Bardim from No country for old men

Mike Tyson from The Hangover

Christopher Waltz from Inglorious Bastards

These are off the top of my head, im sure there are some others I really liked

[Collier11]

oh yea, Tom Hanks from Castaway

Bridges and Carey from Dumb N Dumber

[GKeeper316]

Bridges and Carey from Dumb N Dumber

gold

[sooner ngintunr]

the dude

[Collier11]

DEF!

[Collier11]

Jake Gyllenhall Donnie Darko

[JohnnyMack]

i just don't get the hard-on for that guy

HE'S AN OILMAN!!!!!!!!

[GKeeper316]

i just don't get the hard-on for that guy

he was great in last of the mohicans

[SoonerInKCMO]

Kim Richards - Tuff Turf
Jackie Gleason - Smokey and The Bandit
Gene Simmons - Runaway
James Spader - Crash
Annie Potts - Corvette Summer

[soonerinabilene]

oh yea, Tom Hanks from Castaway

Bridges and Carey from Dumb N Dumber

Bridges= The dude. Daniels= Harry.

[Collier11]

already knew that, thanks though ;)

[OhU1]

DiCaprio in The Aviator

Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York

Tom Cruise was great in A Few Good Men.

Clancy Brown as Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption.

[JohnnyMack]

I went back and looked at the list of Best Actor nominees over the last twenty years and these are some performances that really stood out to me:

Michael Douglas in Wall Street
Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Russell Crowe in The Insider
Daniel Day Lewis in The Gangs of New York
Adrien Brody in The Pianist
Sean Penn in Mystic River
Phillip Seymour Hoffman in Capote
Daniel Day Lewis in Their Will be Blood*

*This is to me probably the best performance ever.

[fadada1]

DDL is a great freaking actor. saw my left foot about a year ago (again). dude is just plain good. last of the moheicans, gangs of ny, there will be blood... all fantastic.

[MR2-Sooner86]

Lets see here...there are more than five but I'll try.

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China.
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice.
Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en.
Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock.

[Scott D]

i just don't get the hard-on for that guy

Part of it stems from the fact that DDL has always been very very careful in the selection of roles.

fwiw, My Left Foot and In The Name of the Father are far better performances than some of his more recent ones.

Javier Bardem in No Country For OleVet..er Old Men.

Walken in The Dead Zone is a highly underrated performance.

Lee Marvin & Toshiro Mifune's performances in Hell In The Pacific

and William Holden in Stalag 17 (with special mention to Robert Strauss as Animal)

[JohnnyMack]

Lets see here...there are more than five but I'll try.

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China.
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice.
Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en.
Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock.

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[PrideTrombone]

Lets see here...there are more than five but I'll try.

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China.
Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice in Beetlejuice.
Kevin Spacey as John Doe in Se7en.
Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Nicolas Cage as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock.

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[PrideTrombone]

Pauly Shore - Biodome
Steven Seagal - Under Siege 2
Toby Keith - Beer for my Horses
Keanu Reeves - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Vin Diesel - The Fast and the Furious



;)

[Collier11]

Dont fault Segal now, he made some kick *** movies

[SoonerInKCMO]

Pauly Shore - Biodome
Steven Seagal - Under Siege 2
Toby Keith - Beer for my Horses
Keanu Reeves - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Vin Diesel - The Fast and the Furious



;)

Toby Keith's performance was pwn3d by Larry The Cable Guy's performance in Delta Farce.

[MR2-Sooner86]

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I hope you get raped by Nancy Pelosi!


Anybody who says fail when talking about Big Trouble in Little China should've been an abortion and will hopefully burn in Hell.

As for the others, they're good movies. If you disagree...it's obvious you're an Obama loving communist who eats babies and stomps on kittens for fun while urinating on your grandmother's grave.

[JohnnyMack]

I hope you get raped by Nancy Pelosi!

Oh she's trying.

[Scott D]

Dont fault Segal now, he made some kick *** movies

Seagal's best role was in Executive Decision.

[delhalew]

If you are gonna give somebody props for A Few Good Men, it has to be Nicholson. Cruise is a tool.
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[delhalew]

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[delhalew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiQmQhA-OrM
MARK IT ZERO!!

[delhalew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwvsqNGPnLY
You complete me.

[goingoneight]

I acted like I cared about what my ex was bitching about for over a month.

Where's my Oscar?

[Collier11]

Just remembered an all time great, John Candy in Uncle Buck

[GKeeper316]

Just remembered an all time great, John Candy in Uncle Buck

here's a quarter... why dont you go downtown and have a rat knaw that thing off your face.

[soonerinkaty]

I loved the whole cast of The Missing.

So I guess thats my 5.

[2Dogs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

Jaws: The Indianapolis Speech

[fadada1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrvMNf-HEg

Jaws: The Indianapolis Speech
i just peed myself thinking about it.

[C&CDean]

I don't know if they're my top 5, but some memorable acting jobs were:

Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men (Cruise couldn't carry his jock).
Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets (Greg Kinnear was good too)
Sir Richard Harris - HPATSS and/or A Man Called Horse
George C. Scott - A Christmas Carol and/or Patton
R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket (the movie is a complete POS, but R. Lee rocked in his role)
Alan Rickman - all HP flicks, Robin Hood, and several others

[MojoRisen]

Gary Oldman State of Grace as "Jackie Flannery" West Side Irish Mob Flick that propelled him to stardom.

Clancey Brown- in Highlander stuck with me a bit.
Daniel Day Lewis - is talented
Deniro - God father two flash backs...
Deniro- cape fear

[Scott D]

Oldman was classic in The Professional...he doesn't get enough credit for that.

[MojoRisen]

It was that kind of sick acting in State of Grace - that I loved in the professional - pretty intense.

[Leroy Lizard]

How could I forget George C. Scott?

[IB4OU2]

Gregory Peck- To Kill a Mockingbird
Robert Duvall- Lonesome Dove
Robert Denaro- Casino
Tom Hulce- Amedaeus
Dustin Hoffman- Little Big Man

[JohnnyMack]

Has anyone said LAS yet?

[Collier11]

Has anyone said LAS yet?

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNL_v88t_60&feature=player_embedded

[pilobolus]

Everybody in the rip-off-the drug-dealer scene in Boogie Nights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVaX7hPacIU

[soonerinkaty]

No keaunu reeves???? lol

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia
Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
John Wayne - True Grit
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny

[soonerbrat]

Hmm..my top 5 acting performances....

In "Daniel Boone" when I was 9 in Kentucky
In a group-written play at acting class when I was 8 in Kentucky
In high school, "Night of January 16th" and "Looking for America"
and in "Summer Shorts" when I was 27 in Miami

[C&CDean]

I thought you were pretty awesome in "Brat does Dallas."

[soonerbrat]

I thought you were pretty awesome in "Brat does Dallas."

there wasn't much acting required for that one.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Peter O'Toole - Lawrence of Arabia
Marlon Brando - On the Waterfront
John Wayne - True Grit
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
Humphrey Bogart - The Caine Mutiny

Limiting this to Top 5 is awfully hard.

I would say my Top 3 no doubt are O'Toole in Lawrence (that is my all-time favorite), Wayne in True Grit (I know most feel that was his lifetime acheivement award, but I disagree, he was brilliant), and De Niro in Raging Bull. I have a very hard time not including Hackman for The French Connection -or- Mississippi Burning, Scott for Patton, Newman for Cool Hand Luke, or Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -or- Chinatown. So many great ones. I had to include Bogart... but which one? Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Sierra Madre, or Key Largo?

Now I'll try the ladies.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

Meryl Streep - Sophie's Choice
Bette Davis - All About Eve
Audrey Hepburn - Breakfast At Tiffany's
Judy Garland - The Wizard of Oz
Sissy Spacek - Coal Miner's Daughter

Criminy. Equally hard as the guys... maybe worse.

[C&CDean]

Bette Davis - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Maggie Smith - Harry Potter flicks
Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman
Sandra Bullock - Miss Congeniality
Emma Watson - HP flicks

[OhU1]

John Reynolds - "Manos Hands of Fate" as Torgo
Jim Varney - "Ernest Scared Stupid".

[pilobolus]

Limiting this to Top 5 is awfully hard.

I would say my Top 3 no doubt are O'Toole in Lawrence (that is my all-time favorite), Wayne in True Grit (I know most feel that was his lifetime acheivement award, but I disagree, he was brilliant), and De Niro in Raging Bull. I have a very hard time not including Hackman for The French Connection -or- Mississippi Burning, Scott for Patton, Newman for Cool Hand Luke, or Nicholson for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -or- Chinatown. So many great ones. I had to include Bogart... but which one? Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Sierra Madre, or Key Largo?

Now I'll try the ladies.

Did you know the Coen brothers are remaking True Grit with Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, and Josh Brolin?

Also, one of the classic acting performances is Robert Duvall as Gus in Lonesome Dove.

[Collier11]

Did you know the Coen brothers are remaking True Grit with Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, and Josh Brolin?

.

^^ That will be GREAT

[MrJimBeam]

John Wayne - The Searchers
Gary Cooper - High Noon
Alan Ladd - Shane
Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
Sean Connery - The Man Who Would Be King

[BudSooner]

I don't know if they're my top 5, but some memorable acting jobs were:

Jack Nicholson - A Few Good Men (Cruise couldn't carry his jock).
Jack Nicholson - As Good as it Gets (Greg Kinnear was good too)
Sir Richard Harris - HPATSS and/or A Man Called Horse
George C. Scott - A Christmas Carol and/or Patton
R. Lee Ermey - Full Metal Jacket (the movie is a complete POS, but R. Lee rocked in his role)
Alan Rickman - all HP flicks, Robin Hood, and several others


I always knew you had your **** together, great call. All of 'em.

[BudSooner]

^^ That will be GREAT
No, that will be epic fail. YOU DON'T REIMAGINE/REMAKE THE DUKES BEST MOVIE!



Sons of Katie Elder, go right ahead, Rio Bravo be my guest,Daktari no problem.
Hell fighters meh,War Wagon...maybe, but you better not remake Big Jake/Mclintock either!

One thing of note, I just looked on IMDB and guess who is playing "Lucky" Ned Pepper?
They really had to reach for this bit of casting, but at least he won't forget his characters last name......Barry PEPPER. :D

[Crucifax Autumn]

Technically it's not really a remake. They went back to the original novel as opposed to the original script. The movie will actually have significant differences that set it apart from the original movie.

[BudSooner]

Technically it's not really a remake. They went back to the original novel as opposed to the original script. The movie will actually have significant differences that set it apart from the original movie.
[JOHN WAYNE]Pardner, I don't give a damn if it came from a book or a fry cook, it's my movie and i'll claim it even though i've been gone from this earth for many a year. Now if you want to make it, then go one about your business but remember I can and will get up out of this grave and put a beating on you like I did Lucky Ned Pepper[/JOHN WAYNE]



Dude, you just pissed off the Duke.....high tail it out of here and i'll just say you were not here. :D

[C&CDean]

Another one I just thought of and didn't see mentioned on here:

Clint Eastwood in The Unforgiven.

[Scott D]

bah, what's a corpse gonna do to him?

[TUSooner]

I'm the most non-movie-watchingest guy around, so I doubt I can come up with 5, but...

George C. Scott in Patton
Val Kilmer in Tombstone
John Wayne in True Grit
Jack Nicholson in As Good as it Gets

I'll save #5 for when I remember something. I'm tempted to say William Holden in Stalag 17 or Alec Guinness in Bridge on the River Kwai

or even Lionel Jeffries in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang :D (Think POSH)

[Collier11]

Denzel and Morgan Freeman in GLORY

[SoonerStormchaser]

1. Bill Clinton in his Monicapology speech.
2. George C. Scott in "Patton."
3. Rick Moranis in "Spaceballs."
4. Kevin Costner in "Waterworld."
5. Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight."

[Collier11]

waterworld and great dont go in the same sentence

[SoonerStormchaser]

Look at the rest of the list, do you think I took it seriously?

[Collier11]

who knows, Spaceballs is a great movie and Ledger got lots of pub for that role

[Scott D]

I figured SSC would have been all over the following performances.

Eddie Kaye Thomas - American Pie
Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
Andrew McCarthy - Class

;)

[Collier11]

what about Dunstin in Dunstin Checks In

[Collier11]

I figured SSC would have been all over the following performances.

Eddie Kaye Thomas - American Pie
Dustin Hoffman - The Graduate
Andrew McCarthy - Class

;)

wait a minute, I see what you did there

[sooneron]

tom cruise in a few good men (2)


Dude, srsly.:confused:

[sooneron]

Brando - On The Waterfront ( his nuances are classic)
Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
Newman - The Hustler
DeNiro - Raging Bull
Duvall - Tender Mercies

[BudSooner]

Brando - On The Waterfront ( his nuances are classic)
Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird
Newman - The Hustler
DeNiro - Raging Bull
Duvall - Tender Mercies

You could have also put in DeNiro in The Deerhunter, I have the same list but felt the need to add Chris Cooper in Seabiscuit...a damn good actor no matter what he's in.

[sooneron]

Chris Cooper is solid

[OhU1]

Dude, srsly.:confused:
That was a great performance by Cruise. He hit all the right notes for the type of character he portrayed. Nicholson is a great actor and much is made of his performance but Cruise had the more difficult role to pull off in this one. Put aside that everyone including me thinks Jack Nicholson is cool and Cruise is a tool.

[OhU1]

Crispin Glover was memorable in "River's Edge".

Other good ones:

Dennis Hooper as Frank in "Blue Velvet" : Heinken! F&ck that S%it! Pabst Blue Ribbon!

Malcolm McDowell in "A Clockwork Orange"

Nicholas Hope in "Bad Boy Bubby"

[Crucifax Autumn]

ME...Last time I stumbled in drunk after some killer strange!

[sooneron]

That was a great performance by Cruise.

No, not rillay. Ok or good, but not great.And it sure as **** does not belong on the 5 greatest of all time.
I'm sorry if you think that because you might have no taste in acting or knowledge of it if you think otherwise. Playing indignant is SOOOO HARD!! So is playing a straight guy for Tom.:rolleyes:
Tom CAN be decent actor and sometimes not, but this role is weak and easy to pull off for any Hollywood pretty boy (hence, not even "snubbed"). And Tom is as stiff in the role at times as what's his name from the Twilight movies that the teeny boppers love.

[OhU1]

No, not rillay. Ok or good, but not great.And it sure as **** does not belong on the 5 greatest of all time.
I'm sorry if you think that because you might have no taste in acting or knowledge of it if you think otherwise. Playing indignant is SOOOO HARD!! So is playing a straight guy for Tom.:rolleyes:
Tom CAN be decent actor and sometimes not, but this role is weak and easy to pull off for any Hollywood pretty boy (hence, not even "snubbed"). And Tom is as stiff in the role at times as what's his name from the Twilight movies that the teeny boppers love.

Very little of the role involved being "indignant." Most of it involved portraying the insecurity and fragile ego of a trial attorney which is common among young gifted attorneys in the profession. I don't think it's a top 5 but it was a good performance by Cruise. Your opinion is as relevant as something else everyone has.... rillay, srsly.