Originally Posted by !@#$%!

i dont know about gandolfini's range though-- before the sopranos, he had been forgettable. norton is more of a... hm an anglo saxon, his emotional expression is quite restrained-- has more of a stiff face, tight lips, wooden expression. but that's cultural-- not everybody can play some hot blooded don juan. so he was very good in the painted veil, where he plays this very stiff british doctor/public servant-- his intensity is more restrained, he doesn't move his hands when he speaks. of course pair him against marlon brando and he's going to lose big. he's still a good actor though, does his job well, but yeah he's no dennis hopper, eh.

Ray Winstone doesn't seem to suffer from the same thing that you say Norton suffers, and he's an English actor, not American. That goes for Kathy Burke too.

[demonrail666]

Ray Winstone is going to have to break out of the mould set him by Nil by Mouth before anyone can properly judge his talent.

[!@#$%!]

i'll take that hysterical man, what's his name, who did these cheesy movies and blew everybody else out of the water, and unfortunately plays these shitty movies like hairy pothead, what's his name-- hmm..

alan rickman-- yes-- what a waste of talent.

Alan Rickman is such an arsehole in real life. I hate him, and only occasionally he can be a decent actor.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Alan Rickman is such an arsehole in real life. I hate him, and only occasionally he can be a decent actor.

i've never met him, but i admire his acting chops when the movie allows. if you want revenge for some wrong, just look at his film career-- one ass movie after another. a waste.

[davenotdead]

i dont care what you say, Rickman was great as the sheriff in Robin Hood...beating up on that stupide kevin costner....

as for LIT, sure the script is not so original...but what is these days? Whatever other movies you speak of that have this same style, are lacking one potent ingredient that LIT has in spades, and that is Bill Murray...

as for Norton, has anyone seen Rounders or The Illusionist? 25th Hour has finally been mentined as well...he's just great...I think he's also weird and pretty intelligent, if you've ever read an interview of him....also, deny Fight Club all you want, but it worked, and manages to be a very interesting film despite its hollywood sheen, and I can't think of another who couldve pulled it off as well as he did...Pitt helped in that one as well...but Norton was fantastic.

[Rob Instigator]

Scarlet Johansson - eye candy, nothing more. boring actress. the emotional depth of a saucer of milk.

Edward Norton - better director than actor. I do enjoy his movies, but he is nothing special to me.

Drew Barrymore - milked her eye candy bubblyness and her last name into a carreer. terrible actress.

Johnny Depp - the only one here that is a great actor. You are wrong about Johnny. he is amazing, and a very talnted performer. without him fear & Loathing would have been pointless. say what you will about the pirate movies, the first one is pure genius and depp is solid gold in it. a true masterpiece in my eyes. he has made some shitty movies but who hasn't?

Chloe Sevigny - ugly skank. SHIT actress. worst one on here. watching her on Big Love makes me want to barf on her moustache.

[Rob Instigator]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

I'm glad you said 'at Norton's age' in reference to Dennis Hopper, who's been a diminishing talent for quite some time now.

Most actors are bound to a certain period of their life that will forever define them. Jack Nicholson is a perfect case in point in that his entire career is now largely defined by the series of movies he made between One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining. Actors that have managed to remain interesting throughout the duration of their career are few and far between. Paul Newman never really did. Robert DeNiro LOOKED like he was able to but then descended into a kind of pointless self-parody. For that reason, Marlon Brando remains one of the true Hollywood greats in that he can be identified with so many varying roles in films as different as A Streetcar Named Desire, Last Tango in Paris and The Godfather.

I think de niro has been fantastic throughout. from his early movies to raging bull, to taxi driver, to godfathers never forget that he was already old in goodfellas, a genius movie. also he was the single best thing in ronin, an underrrated movie. his comedies are something else. anything with benstille has the stink of shit around it.

[val-holla-ing]

Originally Posted by nicfit

Ed Norton = he's one of those guys (Kevin Bacon?) capable of doing great performances followed by BAD movies. His expressions/acting in the first part of American History X is truly amazing, imo, and he's good (very good) ni fight club and 25th hour.

'25th hour' was one of the strongest performances i've ever seen from norton.

[atari 2600]

A good rule for people who have a lot of things to say about film

Haha, not a real thread, just a fucking indictment.

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Unless you produce it or write about it in a more significant way , as well as breath it, it's useless and ultimately boring to hear over and over again about your views in contexts that don't add up to much, and in fact they are depressing for most of those who love it dearly . Really, do something about your frustrations or shut the fuck up.

Yeah yeah, atari. Now, stretch your arm like a good boy.

[atari 2600]

So, do you like being an actor?

Nope, why?

[afterthefact]

Best film (IMO) by each...

scarlet: The Man Who Wasn't There

edward norton: The Illusionist/Death To Smoochy

drew: E.T., and that says a lot

depp: Secret Window

chloe sevigny: KIDS (it's all I've seen with her in it)

[Rob Instigator]

 

sevigny's finest performance

[val-holla-ing]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

 

sevigny's finest performance

i knew that was coming....get it?

i wonder if she got mouth warts from sucking vincent gallo off?

[Trasher02]

Edward Norton is a pretty good actor I like him.
Now who wouldn't like Scarlette?
Drew, Johnny and Chloe are buttplugs...

[Trasher02]

Dude not cool Rob

[MellySingsDoom]

val-holla-ing - Vincent Gallo probably ripped that little number off from an ancient Richard Kern short, where Lydia Lunch is giving Jim Foetus' impressively large wanger her full attention.

[CHOUT]

I don't give a shit about actors, really. If a movie is good, that's all I care about...unfortunately most are shite.