Tuesday 31 May 2011

Best Actor 2008: Results

5. Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Pitt's performance is a dull lifeless effort that does nothing to bring to life the strange premise of his character.
4. Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon- Langella relies far too heavily on the overt Nixon mannerisms throughout his performance. As with Anthony Hopkins's work as the man he always closer to caricature than man, unlike Philip Baker Hall's portrayal of the man.
3. Sean Penn in Milk- Penn delivers a strong performance that acts both as the inspirational character desired by the film and this interesting examination of the nature of an idiosyncratic politician.
2. Richard Jenkins in The Visitor- It is not a big performance, or an amazing achievement, but Jenkins is most certainly very good in his portrait of a man who slowly finds some joy, and passion in his life.
1. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler- Rourke is deeply moving in his portrait of Randy The Ram Robinson. Rourke shows so much to his character both the positive and the negative, never playing a single moment falsely, despite taking many risks with his performance.
Deserving Performances:
Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges

8 comments:

Fritz said...

I've only seen Milk so far and I thought that Penn was excellent but I need to see it again.

dinasztie said...

I so can't believe that Rourke lost. Politics...

Anonymous said...

Glad Rourke won

mrripley said...

good to see a mention for dicaprio but nothing for ben kingsley in elegy.

Louis Morgan said...

I have not seen Elegy.

dshultz said...

Politics indeed. Mickey Rourke is a much better actor than is ever given credit for, even with all the acclaim for The Wrestler. Could you do 2009 soon? It has some of my favorite performances.

Louis Morgan said...

Well it will be the next 00 when that decade comes around again.

Josep said...

I prefer Sean Penn, but Rourke is a very good option.

Have you seen Michael Fassbender in Hunger? He is terrific, he should've been nominated