I remember Louis mentioning he wasn't that impressed with Bridges in that one. Funny, I found him to be the only impressive thing about The Fisher King.
89 leading seems really weak, these were what I had as the alternate nominees for 89
Matt Dillon - Drugstore Cowboy John Cusack - Say Anything Matthew Broderick - Glory Chow Yun Fat - All About Ah Long Jeff Bridges - The Fabulous Baker Boys
I'm digging up some 1989 contenders right now (in addition to the ones mentioned);
Michael Gambon in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover Stephen Lang in The Last Exit to Brooklyn James Spader in sex, lies, and videotape Michael Douglas in The War of the Roses Michel Blanc in Monsieur Hire
Spike Lee in Do the Right Thing is also a great option. I personally really like Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, but I know that's probably not a popular sentiment. Other than that, I love Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally... Bridges, Dillon, and Spader are all really good options as well.
Um, I know this is a little early (like a week), but here's some suggestions for 1991 supporting actor while they're fresh in my head:
Laurence Fishburne in Boyz N the Hood Samuel L. Jackson in Jungle Fever Gary Oldman in JFK John Goodman in Barton Fink (probably a foregone conclusion that he'll win) Donald Sutherland in JFK Ice Cube in Boyz N the Hood (Depends on who you ask it seems. You can wither fault him for playing "himself", or praise him for giving a performance of quality he never would do again) Someone from the huge-ass cast in The Grand Canyon Christopher Lloyd in The Addams Family Roy Scheider in Naked Lunch Russell Crowe in Proof (might be lead) Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (delicious ham) Ted Levine in The Silence of the Lambs Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI Ned Beatty in Hear My Song
Hi some 89 lead thought kevin costner field of dreams,donald sutherland for a dry white season,john hurt scandal,billy crystal when harry met sally,michael keaton batman.
91 support
john goodman barton fink donald sutherland jfk don baker cape fear steven hill billy bathgate bruce willis mortal thoughts
On an unrelated note, I recently saw the 2005 Merchant-Ivory The White Countess and thought it, and Ralph Fiennes, were both quite good. I like Merchant-Ivory productions more than most, but I thought this was one of their better efforts, especially in their later years (this was their last, I believe). I think it would definitely be worth the time.
I completely agree. He two best performances undoubtedly were in Howards End and The Wings of the Dove, which while not Merchant-Ivory certainly has the feel of one of their movies. She's also not shabby in A Room with a View, though her inexperience shows some.
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Intriguing line-up:
1. John Turturro
2. Val Kilmer
3. Viggo Mortensen
4. River Phoenix
5. Raúl Juliá
My guess:
1. Phoenix
2. Turturro
3. Mortensen
4. Kilmer
5. Julia
Let's see if you think as highly of Phoenix's swan song as other critics.
1. Tuturro
2. Mortensen
3. Phoenix
4. Kilmer
5. Julia
Turturro gave the performance of his life in Barton Fink.
I actually just watched some of Phoenix and I'll change:
1. John Turturro
2. River Phoenix
3. Val Kilmer
4. Viggo Mortensen
5. Raul Julia
Phoenix is nearly perfect, except one problem Keanu fucking Reeves who is absolutely fucking useless in the film.
Kilmer doesnt have that problem and thats why im going for him, Turturro was great, I always thought Goodman kinda stole the show from him though.
1.Val Kilmer
2.River Phoenix
3.John Turturro
4.Viggo Mortensen
5.Raul Julia
Reeves was actually pretty good in a movie called Thumbsucker. Hilarious, in fact.
RatedRStar: Oh, Goodman absolutely steals the show, and it's his best work too.
1) River Phoenix
2) John Turturro
3) Viggo Mortensen
4) Val Kilmer
5) Raul Julia
1.Turturro
2.Kilmer
3.Phoenix
4.Julia
5.Mortensen
Hi!
1. John Turturro
2. Val Kilmer
3. Viggo Mortensen
4. River Phoenix
5. Raul Julia
Oh, no place for Jeff Bridges in "The Fisher King"? That's sad! =/
But oh, well... My predictions!^^
1- Turturro
2- Phoenix
3- Kilmer
4- Mortensen
5- Julia
I remember Louis mentioning he wasn't that impressed with Bridges in that one. Funny, I found him to be the only impressive thing about The Fisher King.
Well the last spot for me came down to Julia, Bridges and Costner. I decided just to go with my favorite actor of the three.
As for Bridges I did think he was the best part of the film, but honestly I did not like the film all that much.
Are you going to review him for The Fabulous Baker Boys?
It seems very likely considering few leading performances stick out as obvious nominees for 89.
89 leading seems really weak, these were what I had as the alternate nominees for 89
Matt Dillon - Drugstore Cowboy
John Cusack - Say Anything
Matthew Broderick - Glory
Chow Yun Fat - All About Ah Long
Jeff Bridges - The Fabulous Baker Boys
John Candy in Uncle Buck?
I'm digging up some 1989 contenders right now (in addition to the ones mentioned);
Michael Gambon in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover
Stephen Lang in The Last Exit to Brooklyn
James Spader in sex, lies, and videotape
Michael Douglas in The War of the Roses
Michel Blanc in Monsieur Hire
Spike Lee in Do the Right Thing is also a great option. I personally really like Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, but I know that's probably not a popular sentiment. Other than that, I love Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally... Bridges, Dillon, and Spader are all really good options as well.
good thing now is that Louis now has a bunch of performances to choose from lol when he gets to 89 lol =D.
Lee was the only bad part of Do the Right Thing.
Then we must agree to disagree completely on this one.
You didn't think he was wooden, even slightly?
1. Turturro
2. Phoenix
3. Kilmer
4. Mortensen
5. Julia
Um, I know this is a little early (like a week), but here's some suggestions for 1991 supporting actor while they're fresh in my head:
Laurence Fishburne in Boyz N the Hood
Samuel L. Jackson in Jungle Fever
Gary Oldman in JFK
John Goodman in Barton Fink (probably a foregone conclusion that he'll win)
Donald Sutherland in JFK
Ice Cube in Boyz N the Hood (Depends on who you ask it seems. You can wither fault him for playing "himself", or praise him for giving a performance of quality he never would do again)
Someone from the huge-ass cast in The Grand Canyon
Christopher Lloyd in The Addams Family
Roy Scheider in Naked Lunch
Russell Crowe in Proof (might be lead)
Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (delicious ham)
Ted Levine in The Silence of the Lambs
Christopher Plummer in Star Trek VI
Ned Beatty in Hear My Song
Hi some 89 lead thought kevin costner field of dreams,donald sutherland for a dry white season,john hurt scandal,billy crystal when harry met sally,michael keaton batman.
91 support
john goodman barton fink
donald sutherland jfk
don baker cape fear
steven hill billy bathgate
bruce willis mortal thoughts
On an unrelated note, I recently saw the 2005 Merchant-Ivory The White Countess and thought it, and Ralph Fiennes, were both quite good. I like Merchant-Ivory productions more than most, but I thought this was one of their better efforts, especially in their later years (this was their last, I believe). I think it would definitely be worth the time.
Honestly, I wish Helena Bonham Carter would go back to her Merchant-Ivory roots instead of playing her husband's gothic Lolita sex doll in everything.
I completely agree. He two best performances undoubtedly were in Howards End and The Wings of the Dove, which while not Merchant-Ivory certainly has the feel of one of their movies. She's also not shabby in A Room with a View, though her inexperience shows some.
I'd give her the wins in both of those years (1992 Supporting and 1997 Lead).
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