tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post2660314001894956376..comments2024-03-29T09:47:11.218-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1959: ResultsLouis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-47562208477424273632015-08-15T21:51:05.818-04:002015-08-15T21:51:05.818-04:00Louis: I definitely agree with you! To be honest,I...Louis: I definitely agree with you! To be honest,I thought that Mary was always British. Imagine my surprise when I first her in an interview. And I found it odd that they stopped speaking too. <br /><br />Ilene is one of my favorite voice actors. She probably is my favorite. She has so much honesty in her voice and a certain timelessness as well. These aspects translate over to her singing as well!<br /><br />Adriana is another favorite, but not on the same level as Ilene. She is very sweet and like a mother, but I feel like both Cinderella and Snow White are like mothers. <br /> ruthiehenshallfan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17883466887090605114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-52882071344888939262015-08-14T23:24:48.079-04:002015-08-14T23:24:48.079-04:00I find Costa has a natural sweetness in her voice ...I find Costa has a natural sweetness in her voice that works well for Aurora, though I've always found it odd how both she and Philip completely stop speaking in the second half. <br /><br />Woods voice work is very good actually in that again she has that sweetness though I feel in her voice there is this certain resilience about it as well that reflects well her mistreatment over the years.<br /><br />Caselotti is one where I could see how some might dislike her voice due to her uniqueness to say the least. I rather like it thought as it makes Snow White stand out in a certain way on her own, despite really not being much of a character when compared against The Queen and the Dwarves. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-73137354659367843142015-08-14T18:05:08.215-04:002015-08-14T18:05:08.215-04:00Louis: Since this is for 1959 in general, what wer...Louis: Since this is for 1959 in general, what were your thoughts on Mary Costa in Sleeping Beauty. Personally, I adore her. And if you want, Ilene Woods in Cinderella (a personal favorite), and Adriana Caselotti in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (yet another favorite). ruthiehenshallfan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17883466887090605114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-44083116222703881892015-08-14T00:08:45.663-04:002015-08-14T00:08:45.663-04:00Anonymous:
Sorry, Wrong Number - (The story worke...Anonymous:<br /><br />Sorry, Wrong Number - (The story worked better as a radio piece as the whole thing feels far too expansive with all the flashbacks, and extra scenes which completely diminishes the effective central idea of a invalid hearing about a murder. That tension is lost through the threads the film decides to weaves, and wastes a good concept)<br /><br />Heidi - (Corn on the cob big time, but hey it certainly is quite sweet to be sure. Plus I will say Hersholt manages to offer give the film a bit more depth whenever he shows up thanks to his performance)<br /><br />Sabotage - (A weaker Hitchcock in that it's almost a failed attempt to show the film from the villain's point of view, something he'd do far better early on. This is in part because that character, and his relationship with his wife is never that interesting. Then the main thriller sequences are poorly thought out particularly the bus bomb, which Hitchcock himself admitted was a mistake since technically we were just waiting out a death. It has some ideas that clearly he would handle far better in his later films, but does not add up into a satisfactory film in this case)<br /><br />The Young Lions -(Kinda just a mess that never becomes the emotional powerhouse that the film is trying so hard to be. The Brando material is almost laughable at times, it does not help by how he looks in the film, and gives a curiously dull depiction of the life of a Nazi. There is some material in Clift's story, but it certainly feels like a lesser retread of From Here to Eternity then Martin's story is just kinda there)<br /><br />Patterns - (A very interesting film actually because it does not quite paint the corporate world as black and white even though it does portray it as quite cutthroat. The story has more depth to it than that though it gives sympathy for the spent executive, it does not make the boss a straw man, and it's quite intriguing that it bothers to give that character's views credence. The direction is a little mundane, but the strength of the writing and acting makes up for it)<br /><br />The Thief - (The soundtrack tries very hard to ruin the film, but thankfully it doesn't quite manage it, comes closer than I would like though. James Caan though is a very good lead and Robert Prosky is a great villain. The action set pieces are quite memorable, while it keeps an emotional core with the family element of Caan's character)<br /><br />The Parallax View - (The first two third are pretty outstanding as it creates such an atmospheric sense of paranoia, and fear while being quite captivating as the story moves along. Once he starts to discover the organization I feel the film becomes a little less engaging, but it does end memorably)<br /><br />The Bounty - (Olivier, Day-Lewis, Gibson, Hopkins, Neeson, quite the cast to say the least. It's a film nearing greatness, that might have been achieved from say Peter Weir or David Lean, but it never quite attains it. There's just a bit to be desired in the realization of the life of the ship that never comes to life quite as much as it should. Having said that this version of the depiction of the well told story is quite fascinating. It does not just switch the roles of Bligh and Christian though rather giving depth to both personalities, and giving an honest sense of both men while making neither one simply a hero and simply a villain)<br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />Signoret is lead still though I won't say firmly stillLouis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-10976014421969751812015-08-14T00:08:36.249-04:002015-08-14T00:08:36.249-04:00Anonymous:
Hmm I'll agree with Calvin althoug...Anonymous:<br /><br />Hmm I'll agree with Calvin although I might opt for McConaughey as Hackett. <br /><br />Drive (1950's directed by Orson Welles)<br /><br />The Driver: Montgomery Clift<br />Irene: Elizabeth Taylor<br />Shannon: Clark Gable<br />Bernie Rose: Orson Welles<br />Nino: Lee Marvin<br />Blanche: Marilyn Monroe<br /><br />Bullitt (1920's directed by Lewis Milestone)<br /><br />Bulitt: Richard Barthelmess<br />Chalmers: Williams Powell<br />Cathy: Jean Harlow<br /><br />Bullitt (1930's directed by William Wellman)<br /><br />Bulitt: James Cagney<br />Chalmers: Melvyn Douglas<br />Cathy: Jean Harlow<br /><br />The Graduate (2010's) <br /><br />Ben: Miles Teller<br />Elaine Robinson: Emma Stone<br />Mrs. Robinson: Cate Blanchett<br />Mr. Robinson: Richard Jenkins<br /><br />Calvin:<br /><br />Martin - 4(Martin is quite an enjoyable drunk, that was his whole stage persona after all, but what's interesting is that there is a great deal of pathos about this in his performance. His little journey to a sobriety ends up being surprisingly moving and I'd say it is the highlight of the film)<br /><br />Quinn - 3.5(Quinn's role is somewhat brief but he gives a good performance as he makes himself the tough western hero only to slowly peel it away to reveal that maybe that's just a thug after all)<br /><br />Brown - 3.5(Like everyone else in the film he's fine, but I don't love em)<br /><br />Lee - 3.5(Weird to see him not play a villain but it's interesting to see him in such a role. I suppose that's a give away though but Lee actually plays it straight as an honest man which works since it makes you suspect him of something anyways since he's played by Christopher Lee)<br /><br />Hamilton - 3.5(Hamilton as usual offers some fine support as he really makes his character feel like a genuine guy. Brief role, but he rises above the call of duty)<br /><br />Connery - 3.5(Purely charming performance from Connery, and he's appropriately charming here).Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-68097783878155143352015-08-14T00:08:11.077-04:002015-08-14T00:08:11.077-04:00Luke:
Gazzara - 4.5(It's an interesting chara...Luke:<br /><br />Gazzara - 4.5(It's an interesting character in that even though we're following Stewart's character to get this guy off, he's clearly guilty since he definitely committed the crime. Gazzara's is great because he essentially plays the man as guilty to the point that he definitely was not insane at the time of the killing either. Gazzara shows a cool enough facade at times, but there's always an underlying intensity to him, a clear temper, that when it comes out it feels like his natural state. Even though it never says it Gazzara's performance suggests that the film hardly has a good ending)<br /><br />O'Dea - 4.5(A true king of the leprechauns. Although O'Dea is a lot of fun in portraying the whole magical qualities of the character, what I like so much is that he does not make King Brian a cartoon. There's such a clever mischievousness that he conveys in his performance portraying quite the devious joy whenever he gets one over on Darby. He and Sharpe have fantastic chemistry as the two make particularly endearing friendly rivals. Also like Sharpe when the film takes its darker turn O'Dea is surprisingly moving particularly in his last scene with Sharpe in the death coach.)<br /><br />Sellers - 4(Sellers is consistently amusing in portraying the excessively proper Union head who perhaps his lines a little too well remembered for his own good. Sellers is a lot of fun portraying the tomfoolery of a man who acts as though he knows what he's doing but really doesn't have much of a clue)<br /><br />Finch - 4(Finch is very good in bringing the rough quality needed for his character that he properly suggests comes more from the exasperation of his work than an actual unfeeling. He's very good in his scenes with Hepburn as he does not make them traditionally romantic which would be wrong, rather he correctly positions the cynical doctor as someone who pushes people in the direction he believed they were meant to go)<br /><br />Remy - 4(His performance is an effective one as he brings out a much stronger consistency and warmth with his character that contrasts well against the boy's mother. In addition though he keeps just this certain unsaid distance about though in his work that acts well as a reminder that he's not the boy's biological father)<br /><br />Attenborough - 4(Not the best role he's ever been given, but since it's Ricahrd Attenborough he makes something out of it. Attenborough is a good straight man of sorts although he brings this almost certain menace with in this that works quite well)<br /><br />Criswell - (This performance will effect you in the future, now let us reward the innocent let us punish the guilty and remember that faithful day where Criswell delivered random weird narration, and gave an equally odd intro and epilogue) <br /><br />Anthony, Marco, Keene, Talbot - (I am reading lines with emotion right well he kinda forgot)<br /><br />Johnson - (He sure has to breath a lot for a zombie. Before that though he sure is hard to read, well by that I mean understand, he's very hard to understand)<br /><br />Breckinridge - (The pinnacle of I don't care in the least of this performance)<br /><br />Hepburn would still be third for me. <br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />Just google search with actoroscar.blogspot.com with the performance and they'll probably show up. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-55806482919813417192015-08-13T23:48:18.222-04:002015-08-13T23:48:18.222-04:00RatedRStar: It's a beautifully rendered film, ...RatedRStar: It's a beautifully rendered film, directed with aplomb by Carol Reed that captures the original terse and tense atmosphere of the novel beautifully. There's even a tinge of black humour to it all stemming from just how bleak and messed up this universe of Reed/Joseph Conrad's is, elevated by a wonderful script and some fine supporting turns by Ralph Richardson, Robert Morley and Wendy Hiller. Each and every character adds a bit to the film's atmosphere, but at the centre of it all Howard is fantastically charming and fanatically off-putting. Paradox much? But when you see the film you'll get what I mean; a minor reservation I have with the film is that it's conclusion is fairly brisk and a bit rushed.But the power of Howard's final performance, some of the greatest of any actor, helps to make up for this.Calvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-66984307408100560002015-08-13T23:06:10.627-04:002015-08-13T23:06:10.627-04:00Luke: Indeed it was. I had recalled reading it onc...Luke: Indeed it was. I had recalled reading it once and searched it and misunderstood the intro to the review.Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-59285203521498056442015-08-13T23:00:02.775-04:002015-08-13T23:00:02.775-04:00WATCH OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS RATEDRSTAR, TREVOR HO...WATCH OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS RATEDRSTAR, TREVOR HOWARD IS GOING TO BE MY NEXT REQUEST :D I've been putting it off for too longCalvin Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11392068349392739631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-65873368439815016432015-08-13T21:01:44.657-04:002015-08-13T21:01:44.657-04:00I never assumed he had, he hasn't covered the ...I never assumed he had, he hasn't covered the year yet...Michael McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683805466760495934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-76768373904540794842015-08-13T20:54:32.194-04:002015-08-13T20:54:32.194-04:00Michael: Louis hasn't seen The Missouri Breaks...Michael: Louis hasn't seen The Missouri Breaks. I think that he should see it, would like to see his thoughts on Brando's performance. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-58547977688664625212015-08-13T20:45:07.703-04:002015-08-13T20:45:07.703-04:00Oh, I just thought of one other suggestion for a r...Oh, I just thought of one other suggestion for a review, Jack Nicholson in The Missouri Breaks.Michael McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683805466760495934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-16280980178467666442015-08-13T20:11:33.089-04:002015-08-13T20:11:33.089-04:00Michael: And I think he's last.Michael: And I think he's last.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-85590544953818842262015-08-13T20:10:12.520-04:002015-08-13T20:10:12.520-04:00Michael: Louis's first ever review was Manlove...Michael: Louis's first ever review was Manlove, back at the beginning of 2010.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-46530122352520495232015-08-13T19:58:45.336-04:002015-08-13T19:58:45.336-04:00Luke: Thanks for the reminder as I actually had fo...Luke: Thanks for the reminder as I actually had forgotten, but seeing as Louis has now said how many Wiseaus he would give Manlove and also wrote a ((very) short) review of him while doing the actually nominated 1959 lineup way back when, I'm still wondering where Manlove is.Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-90919099620296633022015-08-13T16:51:18.216-04:002015-08-13T16:51:18.216-04:00Ben Gazzara - The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Clin...Ben Gazzara - The Killing of a Chinese Bookie<br />Clint Eastwood - The Outlaw Josey Wales<br />Giancarlo Giannini - L'Innocente<br />Jacques Perrin - Il Deserto dei Tartari (which has LOTS of notable supporting actors, like Trintignant, Sydow, Noiret, Rey, Rabal and Gassman)<br />Roman Polanski - Le LocataireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-35322009198133691492015-08-13T16:34:14.859-04:002015-08-13T16:34:14.859-04:00Speaking of all of this request for Bowie to be re...Speaking of all of this request for Bowie to be reviewed, I would easily give him a 4,5 in the Prestige. Same with Denis Menouchet in Inglorious Basterds. He may have little screentime, but he's easily a 4,5 for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-22690443176901559452015-08-13T16:32:11.392-04:002015-08-13T16:32:11.392-04:00Michael: There's gonna be a Wiseau Bonus Round...Michael: There's gonna be a Wiseau Bonus Round, so he might save him for a ranking then. :) Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-14213613653315270742015-08-13T16:29:23.963-04:002015-08-13T16:29:23.963-04:00I just noticed. What about Manlove! How can Manlov...I just noticed. What about Manlove! How can Manlove not be in the overall!?Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-58353000195381019982015-08-13T16:16:38.541-04:002015-08-13T16:16:38.541-04:00Seems like 1976 will be an easy bonus year to find...Seems like 1976 will be an easy bonus year to find more actor nominees =D.RatedRStarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-12008893981587488342015-08-13T16:13:15.573-04:002015-08-13T16:13:15.573-04:00David Bowie in The Man Who Fell from Earth
David C...David Bowie in The Man Who Fell from Earth<br />David Carradine in Bound for Glory<br />Clint Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales<br />Ben Gazzara in The Killing of a Chinese Bookie<br />Gregory Peck in The Omen<br />Anthony Quinn in The Message<br />Robert Redford in All the President's Men<br />John Wayne in The Shootist<br /><br />I've obviously included a more than usual. There are the expected ones, but I also included Bowie because, even though I haven't seen the film, I think he's such a fascinating actor and person. Also, Quinn is in there because, while I expect (haven't yet seen it unfortunately) the film is more about either atmosphere or grandeur, I still think the whole idea of attempting to portray the Prophet while keeping to Islamic doctrine is fascinating.Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-61664928158835513432015-08-13T16:01:40.311-04:002015-08-13T16:01:40.311-04:00RatedRStar: It was Calvin.RatedRStar: It was Calvin.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-4351027694899471812015-08-13T16:00:28.798-04:002015-08-13T16:00:28.798-04:00Anonymous: I had that same view when he downgraded...Anonymous: I had that same view when he downgraded him, but I do feel that Gyllenhaal contributed to that in a way.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-86959037104948354592015-08-13T15:59:24.478-04:002015-08-13T15:59:24.478-04:00I came across a film recently (I havent watched it...I came across a film recently (I havent watched it yet) that was very much loved by someone on this blog, Outcast of the Islands is the film, I would like to know who loved it and why?RatedRStarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-58093269729039125102015-08-13T15:53:18.480-04:002015-08-13T15:53:18.480-04:00Luke: I don't think that's the case. Louis...Luke: I don't think that's the case. Louis said it was because of the hype of De Niro's performance why he downgraded him to a 4,5. Apparently, he didn't knew that there was so much hype over In A Lonely Place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com