Best Scene: Vidal's first torture session.
Best Scene: A most painful torture session.
Best Scene: Frank tells Dwayne to suffer.
Best Scene: Jasper says goodbye to his wife.
Best Scene: Reeves's wrestling footage.
- Michael Caine in Children of Men
- Jackie Earle Haley in Little Children
- Steve Carell in Little Miss Sunshine
- Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale
- Alan Arkin in Little Miss Sunshine
- David Bowie in The Prestige
- Robert Downey Jr. in A Scanner Darkly
- Rob Lowe in Thank You For Smoking
- Michael Caine in The Prestige
- Toby Jones in The Painted Veil
- Alec Baldwin in The Departed
- John Hurt in V For Vendetta
- Sergi López in Pan's Labyrinth
- Martin Sheen in The Departed
- Morgan Freeman in Lucky Number Slevin
- Bob Hoskins in Hollywoodland
- Joe Pesci in The Good Shepherd
- Ben Kingsley in Lucky Number Slevin
- Giancarlo Giannini in Casino Royale
- Mark Wahlberg in The Departed
- Noah Emmerich in Little Children
- Richard Sammel in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
- Ray Winstone in The Departed
- Liam Cunningham in The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Ulrich Tukur in The Lives of Others
- Paul Dano in Little Miss Sunshine
- Jeremy Piven in Smokin' Aces
- Padraic Delaney in The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Jeffrey DeMunn in Hollywoodland
- Stephen Rea in V For Vendetta
- Woody Harrelson in A Scanner Darkly
- Alex Angulo in Pan's Labyrinth
- Michael Clarke Duncan in Talladega Nights in The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
- Tsuyoshi Ihara in Letters from Iwo Jima
- Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces
- Boubker Ait El Caid in Babel
- Gary Cole in Talladega Nights in The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission Impossible III
- Rufus Sewell in The Illusionist
- John C. Reilly in Talladega Nights in The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby
- Brad Pitt in Babel
- J.K. Simmons in Thank You For Smoking
- Paul Newman in Cars
- Andy Serkis in The Prestige
- Ray Liotta in Smokin' Aces
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in Children of Men
- Leslie Phillips in Venus
- Sam Elliot in Thank You For Smoking
- Michael Gambon in The Good Shepherd
- Stephen Fry in V For Vendetta
- Bill Nighy in Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- David Oyelowo in The Last King of Scotland
- Thomas Thieme in The Lives of Others
- Ryo Kase in Letters From Iwo Jima
- Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces
- Peter Mullan in Children of Men
- Arnold Vosloo in Blood Diamond
- Koji Yakusho in Babel
- Liev Schreiber in The Painted Veil
- Robert De Niro in The Good Shepherd
- Stellan Skarsgaard in Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Alfred Molina in The Hoax
- Dustin Hoffman in Stranger Than Fiction
- Gael Garcia Bernal in Babel
- Paul Giamatti in The Illusionist
- Ben Foster in X-Men The Last Stand
- John Turturro in The Good Shepherd
- Nestor Carbonell in Smokin' Aces
- Michael Sheen in The Queen
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in Inside Man
- William H. Macy in Thank You For Smoking
- Bill Nighy in Notes on a Scandal
- Eddie Murphy in Dreamgirls
- Terry Crews in Idiocracy
- Burt Young in Rocky Balboa
- Charlie Hunnam in Children of Men
- Simon McBurney in The Last King of Scotland
- Stanley Tucci in Lucky Number Slevin
- Anthony Mackie in Half Nelson
- Willem Dafoe in Inside Man
- Tom Hollander in Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada
- David Koechner in Thank You For Smoking
- Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns
- James Badge Dale in The Departed
- Alec Baldwin in The Good Shepherd
- Greg Kinnear in Invincible
- Billy Crudup in The Good Shepherd
- James Cromwell in The Queen
- William Hurt in The Good Shepherd
- Richard Griffiths in Venus
- Ian McKellen in X-Men: The Last Stand
- Jack Davenport in Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- Mike Starr in The Black Dahlia
- Stanley Tucci in The Hoax
- Bruce Willis in Lucky Number Slevin
- Jack Nicholson in The Departed
- Tony Burton in Rocky Balboa
- Larry The Cable Guy in Cars
- Dax Shepard in Idiocracy
- Danny Glover in Dreamgirls
- Kelsey Grammer in X-Men The Last Stand
- Frank Langella in Superman Returns
- Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness
- Dick Van Dyke in Night at the Museum
- Patrick Stewart in X-Men The Last Stand
- Kevin McNally in Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
- James Marsden in Superman Returns
- Milo Ventimiglia in Rocky Balboa
- Jeff Daniels in RV
- Jamie Foxx in Dreamgirls
- Alan Arkin in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- Robin Williams in Night at the Museum
- Aaron Eckhart in The Black Dahlia
- Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- Mickey Rooney in Night at the Museum
- Dan Castellaneta in The Pursuit of Happyness
- Andrew Simpson in Notes on a Scandal
- Andy Garcia in Smokin' Aces
- Rory Cochrane in A Scanner Darkly
- Spencer Breslin in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- Vinnie Jones in X-Men: The Last Stand
- Tristan Lake Leabu in Superman Returns
- Eddie Redmayne in The Good Shepherd
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Rod Steiger in Doctor Zhivago
Richard Attenborough in Flight of the Phoenix
Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Bannen, Andrews & Hendry in The Hill
And Toshiro Mifune in Red Beard
Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on
Rob Lowe in Thank You for Smoking
Rufus Sewell in The Illusionist
Paul Newman in Cars
Paul Giamatti in The Illusionist
Ben Foster in X-Men The Last Stand
Oh I just forgot
Louis, Congratulations on your 2000th post.
1965...God bless you Louis. Also glad to see Bowie's a 4.5 now. And glad to see Eddie Murphy bumped down to a 3, he did nothing for me personally and Dreamgirls was shite, he wasn't shite, just forgettable.
Thoughts/ratings on:
Rob Lowe in Thank You For Smoking
Noah Emmerich in Little Children
Jeremy Piven and Chris Pine in Smokin' Aces
Rufus Sewell in The Illusionist
Ben Foster in X-Men The Last Stand
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christopher Plummer and William Dafoe in Inside Man
David Oyelowo in The Last King of Scotland
Homer Simpson in The Pursuit of Happyness
The sub-par Santa Clause 3 Supporting Cast
Vinnie Jones in X-Men: The Last Stand
As for 1965, Steiger, Steiger, Steiger. Werner, Werner, Werner.
For consideration:
Nat King Cole and Stubby Kaye in Cat Ballou
Trevor Howard in Von Ryan's Express
Claude Rains in The Greatest Story Ever Told (this is a half-hearted attempt for more Rains, but it's merely a decent performance in a bad film so don't take this too seriously)
Paul Scofield in The Train
By the way, I just saw Unbroken. I liked it.
As for 65 supporting:
The guys from The Hill
Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
Rod Steiger in Doctor Zhivago
Jack Lemmon in The Great Race
Toshiro Mifune in Red Beard
Just making sure I have these right:
Bowie and Downey are both 4.5s and Caine in the Prestige and Jones are 4s?
1965 Supporting:
Harry Andrews in The Hill
Ian Bannen in The Hill
Ian Hendry in The Hill
Toshiro Mifune in Red Beard
Rod Steiger in Doctor Zhivago
Oskar Werner in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
1965 Supporting? Guys, we got him to cave! Haha and even though I hate to see fiveless years in any category it's nice to see Caine get a win (maybe he'll be upgraded later).
@kook160: what are your ratings and thoughts on the cast of Into the Woods?
Louis, I saw that you put Mark Stevens for The Snake Pit below José Ferrer in Joan of Arc in your 1948 Supporting ranking, which means that you'd give him either a 1 or a 1.5. What exactly did you think was so bad about his work? I thought he wasn't great and that DeHavilland overshadowed him, but I thought he was quite good with what he had.
Thoughts/ratings on:
Christian Bale and Jeffrey Wright in Shaft
John Malkovich in Red
Louis I see that you have seen Cromwell, what did you think of Guiness in that?
You could actually pick all five from the Hill and have a decent lineup!
Harry Andrews in The Hill
Ian Bannen in The Hill
Ian Hendry in The Hill
Toshiro Mifune in Red Beard
Rod Steiger in Doctor Zhivago
Duran Duran member Nick Rhodes in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Louis I think you should do six because there are only six =D since 5 you put as your deserving performances (plus Mifune) years ago lol, I am more curious as to why 65 supporting has taken so long because everybody knew who the obvious nominees were lol haha.
Oskar Werner - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Robert Redford/Christopher Plummer - Inside Daisy Colver
Anyone from The Hill (though Bannen is a must!)
Its easy to see why Werner was not recognised for Spy, the fact that his performance in Ship Of Fools was pure Oscar bait and that I imagine the academy didn't want the first male double category acting nominee to be someone that nobody had heard of, wouldn't have made much of a headline in the papers lol, its like Akim Tamiroff winning the first golden globe, its like nobody cared cause who is he??? lol.
@Psifonian: I saw the answer to the Foxcatcher question, and...I am speechless lol, spitting distance of being a perfect film, maybe 1500 miles away, in a different universe maybe, If Foxcatcher is spitting distance from being a perfect film than that must mean that in this different universe lol.......
Louis Morgans favourite film is Hustle and Flow
Koook160 loves Les Miserables and finds Russell Crowes voice sexual
Luke's Chelsea don't have any money and are managed by David Moyes
Patisons Real Madrid don't play in white
Michael McCarthy has yellow teeth.
Richard Roeper doesn't do bad reviews.
and Sam Lee is ugly, my god this different universe where Foxcatcher is inches from being perfect, is really bizarre, its almost, not correct in a way =D =D.
RatedRStar your tearing me apart!
Guys and gals, I just want tio say that Bradley Cooper has found redemption for his performnce in Hustle by giving a great one in American Sniper, he must be reviewed.
John Smith: I have confidence that he'll get at least a 4.5, and as I've said before ten reviews wouldn't cut this year, Fifteen is more justifiable for the year.
RatedRStar: God help us all in that universe, although Foxcatcher may improve for me on second viewing, I still wouldn't term it a great film.
GDSAO: This was Louis's response to me nearly a year ago. Guinness I would give a 4.5 as I felt he became the heart of the film despite playing the insensitive monarch. He very nicely brought to life the complexities of such a character.
=D ah well I guess everyone always likes something that someone else doesnt, I will give Louis something though, Foxcatcher isnt The Descendents thankfully.
Harry Andrews, The Hill
Ossie Davis, The Hill
Ian Hendry, The Hill
Richard Attenborough, Flight of the Phoenix
Peter Finch, Flight of the Phoenix
Hardy Kruger, Flight of the Phoenix
Richard Haydn, The Sound of Music
Luke:
Lowe - 4(Lowe brings the best kind of sleazy exuberance in his role and the scene where he and Eckhart come with the idea to bring smoking into movies is perhaps my favorite in that film. Lowe is usually good at his whole fast talking executive type, but this perhaps his best example of it. I have to say though that line about Matthew McConaughey doesn't quite work as well these days)
Sewell - 3.5(For being in the role of the cliched jealous rich guy Sewell brings a surprising amount of depth to his performance. He never goes for the obvious with his performance and shows that this sort of role never has to be Billy Zane in Titanic)
Newman - 3(The best part of that film as Newman brings a great deal of heart in his voice work)
Giamatti - 3(Giamatti is actually almost lead here and arguably he is, but he does not have a particularly thankful role. He mostly has to look inquisitive or confused at the actions of the more emotional characters. He's good at this, but he is overshadowed by Sewell and Norton)
Foster - 3(The best part of that film even though that is not saying much. Even his whole plot feels far too superfluous to the whole since he barely is involved. Foster is good, like always, though and brings an actual bit of emotional honesty to the film with his performance)
GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:
Emmerich - 3.5(Emmerich, in his most substantial role I've seen him in, gives some solid work. He does the angry guy who is prejudiced against one man (although technically with good reason) in genuine way. He never seems one note in this way and Emmerich always suggests what is compelling the guy. He also is rather moving in his confession scene where he reveals his own mistake in the past)
Piven - 3.5(Smokin' Aces is all over the place...and I really was not a fan of that whole Andy Garcia exposition twist that I felt wasted the potential in Piven's character. The potential was there because of Piven's performance though. You see just how spent this guy is through Piven, and despite ending up just being a plot point, Piven actually makes you sympathize with the guy who thinks he can just keep tricking people)
Pine - 3.5(Well here's why the film is all over the place as if you compare Piven's work to the madness found in Pine's performance. Although I think Stretch capitalized on what Smokin' Aces attempted (by importantly focusing on one guy) I preferred Pine's gonzo work in this film. Pine is quite a bit of fun in his madness and I particularly enjoyed when he "earned" forgiveness from Affleck character, and when he attempts to apologize to a man he seriously wronged)
Ejiofor - 3(I would not have minded a bit more partner byplay between Washington and him as I liked the little they did have. Unfortunately Ejiofor's role is very limited but I liked what he did within his limits)
Plummer - 2.5(Plummer I think could have perhaps said a little more in his displeasure at the robbery. There could have been more understated villainy here. He's not bad but he doesn't make much of an impact)
Dafoe - 2.5(He has a very functional role but he does handle it well enough. I guess he's not Charles Durning in Dog Day, but then again who is?)
Oyelowo - 3(Small role but Oyelowo is appropriately passionate in it. He does his best to make you believe that his character would help McAvoy and is rather moving in his last scene)
Homer - 1.5(There seems to be a strong string of ham within the heart of every Simpson voice actor since that's often what is seen when they become live action)
Santa Clause 3 Supporting Cast : All are either phoning it in like Arkin, or being way over the top like Short though not in an entertaining fashion.
Jones - 1.5(Who would have ever thought putting an internet meme in a movie would seem stupid?......Well past that his performance is just kinda stupid as well)
My non-yellow teeth and I believe it'd be easy to do 5 reviews for this, as long as the Hill men are put in the same review. Then the other 4 reviews can go to Werner, Steiger, Mifune, and Attenborough.
Michael: Yes you are correct.
Anonymous: To be perfectly honest I may have mistaken Stevens for someone else in the film.
Anonymous:
Bale - 3(Interestingly enough this is kinda him doing Patrick Bateman without the satirical edge. It certainly works for the part but I do think he is overshadowed by someone...)
Wright - 3.5(I guess Wright was in a different movie because there definitely is a conflict in the general over the top quality involving Shaft himself and his arch nemesis. Wright plays the role like he's in a much more serious crime drama, and gives an effective portrayal of that sort)
Malkovich - 4(I thought he was a hoot here and the best part of the film. Malkovich is perfect in the role of the guy with a few screws loose since even in dramatic roles that sometimes seems the case. Malkovich goes just mad enough here to entertain while never becoming too much)
@Anonymous:
Corden - 4.5: I'm completely shocked at how little praise he's getting. He's perfectly cast as the Baker and brings out the comic charm and emotional aspects of the character perfectly. If they didn't cut out "No More", he'd be a 5.
Blunt - 4.5: Yes she and Corden were the easy highlights for me. Like Corden, she handled the comic and emotional aspects wonderfully. They both had great chemistry and lit up the screen whenever they were on.
Streep - 3.5: Not the disaster I thought it was going to be, but still has a few problems. The main is not of her own, but of the film sparing Rapunzel, therefore removing any emotional impact from her arc. That being said, she was fairly amusing. Her histrionics were far more justified here than in other cases.
Depp - 1.5: HOW THE HELL DID THEY MAKE THIS MORE RAPEY THAN THE PLAY?! I've defended Depp's singing in Sweeney Todd in the past. Hell, I've defended his genre movie mugging in the past. But this? As the cut song would say, no more. Thank God he's just a cameo.
Pine - 3.5: I really wish there was more of him. He was hysterical for what he had, especially Agony, but the film's adaptation choices cost him one hell of a number with Agony Reprise.
Kendrick - 3: Her singing is very good, but Cinderella as a character is so... blah.
Huttlestone - 2: Annoying kid actor is annoying.
Crawford - 2.5: Red Riding Hood is supposed to be deadpan, but her comic timing was off.
Ullman - 2.5: Funny enough, but not much to do.
Magnussen - 3: Like Pine, I wish there was more. Both Princes were a riot in the play. I don't really like that they made his character nice in this version, but he does a decent job.
Byun Hee-bong in 'The Host'.
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