tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post8254862606536560571..comments2024-03-29T00:29:43.074-04:00Comments on Best Actor: Alternate Best Actor 1977: Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine in The DuellistsLouis Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-21966416047580436922014-11-02T23:29:22.223-05:002014-11-02T23:29:22.223-05:00GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:
Here's my top 9, ...GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:<br /><br />Here's my top 9, in no particular order, since #10 is still a bit of a toss up for me. <br /><br />Richard Attenborough<br />Toshiro Mifune<br />Laurence Olivier<br />Alec Guinness<br />James Mason<br />Robert Shaw<br />Robert Duvall<br />James Stewart<br />Gene Hackman<br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />Wood - 2.5(I've never really minded her performance all that much. I would actually say the far more miscast actor is Richard Beymer who is hard to believe as a former gang leader, even in a dancing gang. I don't love her performance though as I've never found her chemistry with the aforementioned Beymer to be rather. I thought she was decent enough in her more emotional scenes particularly the last scene)<br /><br />Luke:<br /><br />Directors:<br /><br />Akira Kurosawa<br />Alfred Hitchcock<br />Stanley Kubrick<br />David Lean<br />Frank Capra<br />Charlie Chaplin<br />P.T. Anderson<br />Steven Spielberg<br />Martin Scorcese<br />David Lynch<br />Sergio Leone<br />David Cronenberg<br />Quentin Tarantino<br />Ridley Scott<br />David Fincher<br />John Huston<br />John Ford<br />Fritz Lang<br />The Coen Brothers<br />Francis Ford Coppola<br />Billy Wilder<br />Sidney Lumet<br />Robert Zemeckis<br />Christopher Nolan<br />Roman Polanski<br /><br />I need to see more from the likes of Clouzot, De Sica, and Okamoto. <br /><br />Anonymous:<br /><br />Kerr - 4(The performance to remember from the film is Kathleen Byron's. Kerr still gives a solid enough, if a bit limited, performance herself. Her character is suppose to be the mostly sensible but somewhat troubled Nun. In turn Kerr brings enough of the spiritual passion in her performance but there is always a certain weakness that effectively suggests her character's doubts)<br /><br />Russell - 4(Like Michael Redgrave in the same film this is a bit of an odd-ball of a performance. There is such a crazed intensity in some scenes while being so cold in other scenes. Having said that I do find it works as her character is suppose to be insane. I also find that she balances the two sides a little better than Redgrave even though I could not help but think she was miscast)Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-47707023229318406922014-11-02T15:14:26.829-05:002014-11-02T15:14:26.829-05:00@kook160: He said he would give him a 2.5. You can...@kook160: He said he would give him a 2.5. You can read his thoughts on him and the rest of the cast of the movie on the comments on Kevin Spacey's review for L.A. Confidential :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-90401936692785036812014-11-02T15:11:57.840-05:002014-11-02T15:11:57.840-05:00KoooK160: Louis gave DDL a 2.5 for Nine.KoooK160: Louis gave DDL a 2.5 for Nine.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-25831403006885936822014-11-02T15:09:48.281-05:002014-11-02T15:09:48.281-05:00Actually, you never put Daniel Day-Lewis in your 2...Actually, you never put Daniel Day-Lewis in your 2009 ranking. What score would you give him?Robert MacFarlanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17264501767985746886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-2948600665370227202014-11-02T13:25:35.403-05:002014-11-02T13:25:35.403-05:00Louis, what are your ratings and thoughts on Debor...Louis, what are your ratings and thoughts on Deborah Kerr in Black Narcissus and Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-83785098210022024702014-11-02T13:07:28.179-05:002014-11-02T13:07:28.179-05:00Louis: In no particular order, who are your top 25...Louis: In no particular order, who are your top 25 directors.Luke Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075392435078135757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-18770725377200211922014-11-02T11:04:36.442-05:002014-11-02T11:04:36.442-05:00Louis, what are your ratings and thoughts on Natal...Louis, what are your ratings and thoughts on Natalie Wood in West Side Story? I know many hate her because her singing was dubbed and because she was clearly miscast, but I felt that despite the miscasting she gave quite a moving and heartfelt performance. What do you think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-11295394969103989372014-11-02T10:42:17.317-05:002014-11-02T10:42:17.317-05:00Thank you Louis, that was a brilliant bit of analy...Thank you Louis, that was a brilliant bit of analysis. <br /><br />Who are your top 10 actors again, by the way?GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-22714440307220872382014-11-02T10:28:22.420-05:002014-11-02T10:28:22.420-05:00For some reason I always forget that was a debut. ...For some reason I always forget that was a debut. I'd put it at #9. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-28148079803094026662014-11-02T10:20:17.130-05:002014-11-02T10:20:17.130-05:00What about Neill Blomkamp for District 9?What about Neill Blomkamp for District 9?Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-77077564754162846972014-11-02T09:59:58.343-05:002014-11-02T09:59:58.343-05:00GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:
I'm glad you aske...GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:<br /><br />I'm glad you asked that as I've read in a few places that Matthew McCounaughey can't be considered a great actor because he doesn't do multiple accents, but I guess that meant Paul Newman wasn't a great actor either or that Jack Nicholson was never a great actor.<br /><br />Simply put I don't think the ability for accents makes or breaks a great actor. Although I suppose I'm required to say that since only about three of my top ten actors would often do different accents in their performances. <br /><br />I think it is perhaps a testament to many of those actors' talents that they are able to create these unique characters despite not necessarily giving them different voices. This does not even put limitations on the roles they take necessarily as long as they find their own way to bringing the characters to life. <br /><br />Two great examples of this are Wiliam Hurt in Kiss of the Spider Woman and George C. Scott in Patton. Hurt, technically plays a South American, yet he does not do a South American accent. You really don't even think about that because how much he makes the role his own anyway. Scott's voice is actually highly inaccurate to the real Patton. Scott's performance worked so well for the role though it actually changed the public perception of Patton's voice. <br /><br />Actors like Gary Oldman and Daniel Day-Lewis have shown how a great accent can help accentuate elements of a character, but it never makes or breaks a performance. For example Day-Lewis's Italian accent in Nine hardly made up for the low energy and overly somber way he played the part. <br /><br />Kevin:<br /><br />1. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)<br />2. Badlands (Terrence Malick)<br />3. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont) <br />4. The Duellists (Ridley Scott)<br />5. The Maltese Falcon (John Huston) <br />6. Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson)<br />7. The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton)<br />8. The Killing Fields (Roland Joffe)<br />9. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Elia Kazan)<br />10. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black)<br /><br />My ranking is purely based on personal preference of the films rather than any sort of directorial achievement, so to speak, or how great of a director they would eventually become. I also only included their first theatrically released film, so no Duel. Louis Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933180959140340196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-21026847053382855262014-11-02T06:29:41.861-05:002014-11-02T06:29:41.861-05:00Louis, what are the top 10 directorial debuts in y...Louis, what are the top 10 directorial debuts in your opinion?Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-83441483568251955362014-11-02T06:29:40.119-05:002014-11-02T06:29:40.119-05:00I would stay the first practitioner of the "m...I would stay the first practitioner of the "multi-accent" approach to acting would arguably be Robert Shaw and Peter Sellers.GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-72010128048694236082014-11-02T06:27:22.631-05:002014-11-02T06:27:22.631-05:00Louis, what are the top 10 directorial debuts in y...Louis, what are the top 10 directorial debuts in your opinion? Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2457552600380761837.post-91797926707315378032014-11-02T06:27:10.984-05:002014-11-02T06:27:10.984-05:00Keitel is such an underrated actor. I agree with y...Keitel is such an underrated actor. I agree with you, though, about how I liked how he tried to nullify his usual accent, it must've been very difficult for him seeing as how distinctive his usual one is.<br /><br />Along similar lines, do you think it's necessary for an actor to be able to do different accents in order to be considered 'great'? It seems to be more of a recent thing (i.e. actors and actresses like Meryl Streep, Christian Bale, Daniel Day-Lewis), whereas in the olden days many of the greatest actors rarely, if ever, diverged from their natural accents (i.e. James Stewart, James Mason, James Cagney, Cary Grant,and to an extent relatively recent examples like John Hurt and Jack Nicholson). even if they were chameleonic actors like pre-1960s Olivier, and Guinness.GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscarnoreply@blogger.com