Best Scene: Sullivan and Costigan in the Elevator.
Best Scene: Angier confesses the truth about his "trick".
Best Scene: The real version of his time with Jefferson .
Best Scene: Bob's break down.
Best Scene: The execution.
Best Scene: The General and the Private meet for the last time.
Best Scene: Billy's visit to the psychiatrist.
Best Scene: Borden meets Lord Caldlow.
Best Scene: Theo watches his friend's execution.
Best Scene: The second interrogation.
- Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
- Clive Owen in Children of Men
- Christian Bale in The Prestige
- Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
- Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
- Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland
- Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
- Ken Watanabe in Letter From Iwo Jima
- Cillian Murphy in The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Keanu Reeves in A Scanner Darkly
- Aaron Eckhart in Thank You For Smoking
- Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
- Hugh Jackman in The Prestige
- Adrien Brody in Hollywoodland
- Josh Hartnett in Lucky Number Slevin
- Leonardo DiCaprio in Blood Diamond
- James McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland
- Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson
- Edward Norton in The Painted Veil
- Peter O'Toole in Venus
- Sebastian Koch in The Lives of Others
- Denzel Washington in Inside Man
- Clive Owen in Inside Man
- Hugo Weaving in V For Vendetta
- Edward Norton in The Illusionist
- Greg Kinnear in Little Miss Sunshine
- Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction
- Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III
- Matt Damon in The Departed
- Patrick Wilson in Little Children
- Richard Gere in The Hoax
- Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond
- Ryan Reynolds in Smokin' Aces
- Sylvester Stallone in Rocky Balboa
- Luke Wilson in Idiocracy
- Kazunari Ninomiya in Letters From Iwo Jima
- Mark Wahlberg in Invincible
- Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
- Josh Hartnett in The Black Dahlia
- Hugh Jackman in X-Men: The Last Stand
- Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Owen Wilson in Cars
- Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights in The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
- Matt Damon in The Good Shepherd
- Brandon Routh in Superman Returns
- Ben Stiller in Night At the Museum
- Tim Allen in The Santa Clause: The Escape Clause
- Robin Williams in RV
- Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
28 comments:
Recommendations:
Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labrinyth
Michael Caine in Children of Men
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
And yes, Bale. Crazy how strong this year is, fifth place Whittaker was still a very worthy Oscar winner.
Yes, Muhe for the win.
Michael Caine in Children of Men
Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth
Steve Carell in Little Miss Sunshine
Mads Mikkelson in Casino Royale (My Winning Request, also I would prefer if you reviewed him seperately from the lineup, just to leave a bit more room.)
Robert Downey Jr in A Scanner Darly
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
My suggestions:
Steve Carell in Little Miss Sunshine (the real MVP)
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
Greg Kinnear in Fast Food Nation
Robert Downey Jr. in A Scanner Darkly
Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine
Also, thoughts/ratings on:
Josh Hartnett in Lucky Number Slevin (and the rest of the cast, unless you're planning on one of them for supporting)
Denzel Washington and Clive Owen in Inside Man
Edward Norton in The Illusionist
Greg Kinnear in Little Miss Sunshine
Adrien Brody in Hollywoodland
Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction
Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible III
Stallone in Rocky Balboa (and did you like the film)
Glen Hansard in Once
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
Michael Caine in Children of Men
Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labyrinth
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible III
Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale
Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on:
Hugh Jackman in X-Men The Last Stand
Johnny Depp & Orlando Bloom in POTC: Dead Man's Chest
Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights
Brandon Routh in Superman Returns
You know, Once and 300 didn't get non-festival releases until 2007.
Sergi Lopez in Pan's Labrinyth
Paul Dano and Steve Carrell in Little Miss Sunshine
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:
Hartnett - 4.5(Despite usually being bit bland Hartnett is a surprisingly endearing hero here. He actual creates a real charm in his particular style of delivery here. Along with someone else I'm usually not too much of a fan of, Hartnett gives quite the winning turn. When his performance does take a dramatic tilt Hartnett gives a fairly palatable sense of the hatred fueling the man)
Liu - 4(Speaking of the other person. Liu, who I also often find a bit bland or obvious in her acting, is both charming while giving a particularly natural performance. She does not try so hard for once, it seems, and here she's far more effective)
Willis - 2.5(Willis tries to play it a little too cool for his own good here. In turn I just found him to be the least interesting of the main characters)
Freeman and Kingsley - 3.5(Both carry enough menace while having just enough fun giving some slight peculiarities to their characters)
Washington - 3.5(A note of something someone said some reviews ago about the most charming actors, I don't think I ever said Washington wasn't really a charming actor, he is. This is simple but certainly good just straight forward leading man stuff. He brings the drama of the situation, he brings the humor and does it well)
Owen - 3.5(Purposefully one note, but a great one note. That one note being a deadly cool. Owen's great though as he blurs the line whether or not he's perhaps just a mostly slick guy, or an actually deadly criminal)
Edward Norton - 3.5(Ah yes the other magic movie. Norton's performance here is purposefully seen mostly from a distance. He's good though in creating a quiet emotionality with the mysticism he creates in his manner)
Greg Kinnear - 3.5(Kinnear usually good as the blindly upbeat sort. You just completely believe his optimism while also seeing why so many other people would not care for him in the least)
Brody - 3.5(He's overshadowed by the man who's death he's trying to solve, but Brody does a nice enough job as the classic gum shoe type. He's particularly good in naturally transitioning from a paycheck passion to a genuine one. A re-watch, which will be soon, may help him)
Ferrell - 3.5(A very much against type just because the guy he's playing is smart, and not at all loud. It's still not exactly what one might call the biggest challenge but Ferrell is good in the role. He's able to disappear into this more unassuming role and you do want him not to die)
Cruise - 3.5(Solid action style Cruise here. There's an extra bit of dramatics since this time it's personal and Cruise delivers in that aspect as well)
Stallone - 3(It may be blasphemous but I actually think this is his best performance as Rocky. He just brings a genuine sweetness here and becomes a gentle old man nostalgia kinda personified. Like the film itself it may be perhaps a bit slight, but it has a lot of heart making a proper sendoff t the character after the atrociousness of Rocky V)
Luke:
Jackman - 2.5(I'll give him credit he tries to keep his terrible film together better than most of the others actors, but it pulls him down just the same)
Depp - 2.5(Standard character reprise. Does not go anywhere new with it, and in fact is a bit more indulgent this time around. Although this one's got nothing on his third go around when it comes to that)
Bloom - 1.5(He's just very bland here not much more to say. Although he has been blander. To be fair his character is purposefully a bit bland but a better actor probably could drummed up some emotions in his scenes with Skarsgard)
Ferrell - 2(I've never been a big fan of man child Ferrell and this is no different. I found him mostly obnoxious here which is too bad as I do think he's got a lot of genuinely funny performances around him)
Routh - 2(Really an ill conceived film when you think about. I mean why sorta remake the first film but make it sequel? It just doesn't make any sense. Routh is the problem as they picked someone who looked like Reeve I guess, I mean he really doesn't all that much. Anyway though his Clark Kent is not nearly as endearing in his wholesomeness and his Superman does not have that good old fashioned charm. Plus no Superman could make creepily spying on Lois Lane seem right)
I still can't believe Routh was Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim. I can't decide if that meant his calling was comedy or it was just a fluke.
Perhaps. Although that was the film that proved to me Chris Evans had potential.
I agree with Louis, I liked Chris Evans more than Routh. Although my favourite performance in the film is Jason Schwartzman.
Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
Ben Kingsley and Morgan Freeman, Lucky Number Slevin
Michael Caine, Children of Men
My favorite of the Scott Pilgrim cast was Kieran Culkin, full stop.
Ben Affleck in Hollywoodland
Michael Caine in Children of Men
Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale
Brad Pitt in Babel
What are your thoughts/ratings on the cast of Scott Pilgrim? And everyone else's, while we're at it.
Like kook160, Culkin is my favourite of the cast.
Cera-3.5 (so sue me, I've always found him quite likable, if not particularly talented, and the role fits him like a glove)
Winstead-4 (close to a 4.5)
Culkin-4.5
Wong-3.5
Pill-3
Webber-3.5 (I was so impressed how they managed to find someone who looked EXACTLY like the comic counterpart)
Simmons-3
Kendrick-3
Larson-3.5
Plaza-3
Bhabha-3.5 (close to a 4)
Evans-4
Routh-3.5
Whitman-3.5
Saito+Saito-N/A
Schwartzman-4
Scott Pilgrim
Cera-2.5
Winstead-4
Culkin-3.5
Pill-3
Webber-3.5
Evans-3.5
Routh-3.5
Larson-3.5
Schwartzman-4 (VERY tempted to go higher. He's a blast.)
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Michael Caine - Children of Men
Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Sergi Lopez - Pan's Labyrinth
What are your thoughts and ratings on Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain and Billy Bathgate and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button?
Alex Angulo-Pans Labyrint (It Is a very overlooked performance please review it!!!)
Ben Afflec- Hollywoodland
Cera - 3
Winstead - 4.5
Wong - 3.5
Culkin - 4.5 (tempted to go 5)
Schwartzman - 3.5 (a little overpraised, to be honest)
Webber - 3
Simmons - 2.5
Bhabha - 3.5
Evans - 4
Routh - 4
Whitman - 3.5
Kendrick - 3
Plaza - 3
Larson - 2.5 (pains me to go low)
Anonymous:
Cold Mountain - (She's maybe a little overshadowed by those coming and going in the film, but she's effective does the transformation from pampered Southern Belle to a desperate woman enjoying what she has left. She's certainly no Vivien Leigh so to speak, but she does a decent job)
Bathgate - (To be honest I was just trying to fill out the list, and I really don't remember her that well in this since I have nose seen since the 90's)
Blanchett - 4.5(The only part of the film that I actually liked. Where Pitt stared forward for the majority of the film Blanchett actually conveyed the transformation of a woman throughout a series of events in her life from the brashness of youth to the regrets of old age. Although I do have to say I've found her old age makeup surprisingly poor in the present day scenes)
This best actor list is very good but my favorites one is Chuck Norris: the most talented among all christian celebrities. Can you please update his movie lists here as I was looking to some of his movies
I think Song Kang-ho in 'The Host' deserves a mention.
How about Robert Duvall in Broken Trail (2006)?I know it is a TV show but it is released as a 184 minute feature length film on Bluray.Duall is great in it.
idk why but for me one of the best lead performances of 2006 is the a comedic unusual one of Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat.
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