tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post7940108892550153208..comments2024-03-19T09:15:29.324-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Alternate Best Actor 1935: Charles Laughton in Ruggles of Red GapLouis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-25510513595743181542013-03-26T19:37:46.484-04:002013-03-26T19:37:46.484-04:00I go by Daniel Day-Lewis style (good), and Billy Z...I go by Daniel Day-Lewis style (good), and Billy Zane style (bad).Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-16560844488481369452013-03-26T16:39:33.541-04:002013-03-26T16:39:33.541-04:00Unfortunately there really is not a word for good ...Unfortunately there really is not a word for good over the top acting or bad over the top acting. But I guess you could factor it as Charles Laughton style (good), Paul Muni style (bad).Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-72336848349519667332013-03-26T16:37:45.427-04:002013-03-26T16:37:45.427-04:00I've accepted the definition of ham to be a mo...I've accepted the definition of ham to be a more ambiguous term thanks to TV Tropes.Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-38159668871761259672013-03-26T16:27:47.245-04:002013-03-26T16:27:47.245-04:00I guess the thing for me is that I tremendously en...I guess the thing for me is that I tremendously enjoy well-done over-the-top acting, but I don't consider that sort of acting and hammy acting to be one in the same. For me, hammy acting is, by definition, exclusively bad.Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-62506906674145983072013-03-26T15:13:38.267-04:002013-03-26T15:13:38.267-04:00Yes going over the top can be done very well, but ...Yes going over the top can be done very well, but an actor has be very talented to do so. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-72584347975800441192013-03-26T15:05:31.338-04:002013-03-26T15:05:31.338-04:00@Michael: Ham is not inherently bad. If it was, Da...@Michael: Ham is not inherently bad. If it was, Daniel Day-Lewis wouldn't have half the praise that he does. Histrionics can be a very good thing. Which is really the reason I love Michael Shannon so much.Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-86347006905969929752013-03-26T15:00:33.240-04:002013-03-26T15:00:33.240-04:00I always enjoy him. I don't think hamtastic is...I always enjoy him. I don't think hamtastic is the way to describe him though. He never seems to be overacting or even hammy in any way, in my opinion. He just has this charisma that I find, for lack of a better word, intoxicating. He is simply relentlessly entertaining.Michael Patisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660402132708891205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-15134079473253827232013-03-26T14:55:36.519-04:002013-03-26T14:55:36.519-04:00I loved him as Henry VIII but I think his greatest...I loved him as Henry VIII but I think his greatest ever peformance was in The Hunchback Of Notre Dame where he truly became Quasimodo and didnt use his usual hamtastic style of acting.RatedRStarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-75461585015627185212013-03-26T14:52:04.741-04:002013-03-26T14:52:04.741-04:00loved him in both this and Mutiny, he is always ve...loved him in both this and Mutiny, he is always very um amusing to watch.RatedRStarnoreply@blogger.com