Thursday 25 April 2013

Alternate Best Actor 2001: Results

5. Jack Nicholson in The Pledge- I have to say that my winner was easy to choose I had a hard time deciding the order of the rest as I like all of them. I hate to have to put Nicholson here as I really like his quiet downplayed work here a great deal even if the film botches his characterization somewhat by rushing things.
4. Ryan Gosling in The Believer- Gosling gives a performance better than his film gives a fascinating portrayal of a man made by his inconsistencies.
3. Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!- The film gave me a headache, but McGregor managed to clear it up through his passionate charming portrayal that belts his character's blunt feelings on love no matter how stupid they may be.
2. Billy Bob Thornton in The Man Who Wasn't There- Thornton is all about his distinct characterization here which is a wonderfully deadpan performance that manages to bring us into his character's story, even when his character would just rather go back to cutting hair.
1. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums- Well my second favorite actor does it again with his winning turn here as the patriarch of the title family. He is a devilish delight in his comedic scenes, but as well quite moving and believable as his character slowly becomes a better man.
Overall Rank:
  1. Gene Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums
  2. Tom Wilkinson in In The Bedroom
  3. Billy Bob Thornton in The Man Who Wasn't There
  4. Jake Gyllenhaal in Donnie Darko 
  5. Ryan Gosling in The Believer
  6. Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge!
  7. Jack Nicholson in The Pledge
  8. Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind
  9. Ethan Hawke in Training Day
  10. Jiang Wen in Devils on the Doorstep
  11. Jim Carrey in The Majestic 
  12. Choi Min-sik in Failan 
  13. Anthony LaPaglia in Lantana
  14. Anton Yelchin in Hearts in Atlantis 
  15. Liu Ye in Lan Yu
  16. Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball 
  17. Gene Hackman in Heist
  18. Ray Winstone in Sexy Beast
  19. Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence 
  20. Denzel Washington in Training Day 
  21. Paddy Considine in Last Resort
  22. Rodrigo Santoro in Behind the Sun
  23. Jim Broadbent in Iris 
  24. Mark Rylance in Intimacy
  25. Robert Sean Leonard in Tape 
  26. Heath Ledger in A Knight's Tale  
  27. Kevin Kline in Life as A House
  28. Elijah Wood in The Fellowship of the Ring 
  29. Aurelien Recoing in Time Out
  30. Gael García Bernal in Y Tu Mama Tambien
  31. Diego Luna in Y Tu Mama Tambien 
  32. Billy Bob Thornton in Bandits 
  33. Ethan Hawke in Tape
  34. Ricardo Darin in Son of the Bride
  35. Hu Jun in Lan Yu 
  36. Lior Ashkenazi in Late Marriage
  37. Johnny Depp in Blow
  38. Branko Đurić in No Man's Land
  39. René Bitorajac in No Man's Land
  40. Artiom Strelnikov in Last Resort
  41. Benoit Magimel in The Piano Teacher
  42. Vince Vaughn in Made
  43. Jude Law in Enemy At the Gates 
  44. Ben Stiller in Zoolander
  45. Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky 
  46. Per Christian Ellefsen in Elling 
  47. Aamir Khan in Lagaan
  48. Jon Favreau in Made
  49. Kevin Spacey in The Shipping News
  50. Bruce Willis in Bandits  
  51. Fernando Tielve in The Devil's Backbone
  52. John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and The Angry Inch
  53. Yosuke Kubozuka in Go
  54. John Goodman in Monster's Inc 
  55. Brad Pitt in Ocean's Eleven
  56. George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven
  57. Brad Pitt in Spy Game
  58. Robert De Niro in The Score
  59. Ravi Ramos Lacerda in Behind the Sun
  60. Robert Redford in Spy Game
  61. Mike Myers in Shrek  
  62. Edward Norton in The Score 
  63. Brad Pitt in The Mexican
  64. John Travolta in Domestic Disturbance
  65. Hugh Jackman in Swordfish
  66. Sam Neill in Jurassic Park 3 
  67. Paul Dano in L.I.E 
  68. John Travolta in Swordfish
  69. Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2
  70. Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 2
  71. Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 
  72. Robert Redford in The Last Castle
  73. Mark Wahlberg in The Planet of the Apes
  74. Billy Crystal in Monster's Inc
  75. Johnny Depp in From Hell
  76. Alec Baldwin in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
  77. Ryan Phillippe in Antitrust
  78. Orlando Jones in Evolution
  79. David Duchovny in Evolution
  80. Will Smith in Ali
  81. Woody Allen in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
  82. Brendan Frasier in The Mummy Returns
  83. David Spade in Joe Dirt
  84. Sean Penn in I Am Sam
Next Year: 2001 Supporting

22 comments:

Robert MacFarlane said...

Brian Cox in L.I.E. is the only one I can think of.

Anonymous said...

Suggestions:
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Viggo Mortensen in The Fellowship of the Ring
Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball
Mickey Rourke in The Pledge (short scene, but a great one)

Michael Patison said...

For 2001 Supporting:
Alan Arkin as Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Steve Buscemi in Ghost World
Ed Harris in A Beautiful Mind
Jude Law in A.I. Artificial Intelligence

That's really my only solid suggestions. Some others might be:
Black Hawk Down cast member
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone cast member (sort of a joke, sort of not)
Brian Cox in L.I.E.
The Fellowship of the Ring cast member
The Man Who Wasn't There cast member
Heath Ledger in Monster's Ball
The Royal Tenenbaums cast member

I'd also recommend Lagaan. It's an Indian Hindi-language epic that's really, really long, but is excellent and has some really good male work, particularly by Aamir Khan as the lead and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in a supporting role.

Robert MacFarlane said...

A critic friend of mine swears by Moni Moshonov in A Late Marriage. He told me that even a non-Hebrew speaker can tell the clever use of dialects in his performance.

RatedRStar said...

Sean Bean - The Fellowship Of The Ring
Viggo Mortensen - The Fellowship Of The Ring
Ed Harris - A Beautiful Mind
Brian Cox - L.I.E
John Lone - Rush Hour 2

RatedRStar said...

haha XD I have to ask Louis, what did u love so much about Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan in Rush Hour 2 (and has John Lone got 1.5) star for it as well like they seem to.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Y'know, as much as I dislike the performances he has listed below Penn... Penn still should be bottom. "Full retard" indeed.

RatedRStar said...

I would give Tucker 5 stars definately =D.

Louis Morgan said...

Koook: You know what? Your right. I was being much to kind with my placement.

RatedRStar said...

so what did you like about Chan and Tucker, and is ther any point suggesting John Lone if they scored so low lol.

Louis Morgan said...

Well despite being weak on characterization Chan usually does have some sort of charm in his performances, and unlike so many I have never found Chris Tucker to be that annoying, well except in the Fifth Element.

Robert MacFarlane said...

I love how you listed Baldwin in FF. I'm a huge fan of those games, and even I didn't have the heart to watch it.

Michael Patison said...

Did you enjoy Monster's Inc.? I personally really like the movie, and while I don't by any means think any of the voice performances were brilliant, I really don't think Billy Crystal was that bad.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Yeah, me neither. Though I would certainly rank Meyers higher than you did. After all these years, I still love Shrek.

RatedRStar said...

I really hated Final Fantasy SW, I liked Final Fantasy Advent Children more.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Advent Children was no prize either. Shameless fanservice at best. If only Square gave a shit about FF6.

Louis Morgan said...

Michael: I think its okay.

RatedRStar said...

I agree about FF6, Kefka is one truly great villain, the most heartbreaking moment for me in that is when Celes trys to commit suicide, truly heartbreaking =(.

Kefka and Kuja (from IX) would be my favorite two Final Fantasy villains

Robert MacFarlane said...

@RatedRStar: I always get teary eyed with that scene too. I actually saved Cid in one playthrough. I should have let him die, considering the story loses impact because of that. FF6 is also one of two games where I actually find its huge cast of characters all endearing (the other is Persona 4).

RatedRStar said...

@koook160 I always wanted to play Persona 4, I watched a bit of the animated show (I like the murder mystery plot about it) What did you make of FFIX (my personal fave) and its characters, plus added bonus, in my opinion, the first ever transexual main Villain XD lol

Vincent said...

Have you seen Artificial Intelligence: A.I.? Haley Joel Osment isn't in your line-up, but I thought he was amazing in that film.

Anonymous said...

What? How is Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge! better in any way than Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind?