Tuesday 10 February 2015

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2014: Results

5. Toby Kebbell in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - Kebbell gives an effective portrayal of the mad villainous ape.

Best Scene: Koba returns to the gun touting fools.
4. Michael Fassbender in Frank - Fassbender gives a funny and moving performance almost entirely without the use of his face.

Best Scene: Frank starts stating his facial expressions.
3. Richard Armitage in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Armitage overcomes most of the weaknesses of his film giving a rousing and passionate portrayal of Thorin Oakenshield's final act.

Best Scene: Thorin makes peace with Bilbo.
2. Josh Brolin in Inherent Vice - Josh Brolin gives an incredibly entertaining performance as a excessively straight laced cop that plays particularly well with Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of a hippie P.I.

Best Scene: "Moto Panacaku"
1. Gary Poulter in Joe -  Good Prediction moviefilm. I'll have to admit I'm rather unsure of my overall winner, as I love the top three about equally. Right now my win goes to Gary Poulter's only cinematic performance. Poulter is heartbreaking yet freighting, tragic yet pathetic in his portrayal of the extremes of a broken man which always feel absolutely natural despite the randomness of the man.

Best Scene: "Are You My Friend?"
Overall Rank:
  1. Josh Brolin in Inherent Vice
  2. Gary Poulter in Joe
  3. J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
  4. Shia LaBeouf in Fury
  5. Edward Norton in Birdman
  6. Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
  7. Matthias Schoenaerts in The Drop 
  8. Damián Alcázar in The Perfect Dictatorship
  9. Michael Parks in Tusk 
  10. Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
  11. Zach Galifianakis in Birdman
  12. Richard Armitage in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  13. James Corden in Into the Woods
  14. Robert Duvall in The Judge
  15. Ben Mendelsohn in Starred Up 
  16. Joaquin Cosio in The Perfect Dictatorship
  17. Domhnall Gleeson in Calvary 
  18. Taika Waititi in What We Do in the Shadows
  19. Ray Liotta in Kill The Messenger
  20. F. Murray Abraham in The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  21. Ricardo Darin in Wild Tales
  22. Irrfan Khan in Haider
  23. Chris Pine in Stretch
  24. Paddy Considine in Pride  
  25. Jemain Clement in What We Do in The Shadows
  26. Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  27. Martin Short in Inherent Vice
  28. Powers Boothe in Sin City: A Dam to Kill For
  29. Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler 
  30. Rhys Darby in What We Do in the Shadows
  31. Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  32. Benicio Del Toro in Inherent Vice
  33. Chris Pine in Into The Woods 
  34. Kay Kay Menon in Haider
  35. Aidan Gillen in Calvary
  36. Scoot McNairy in Frank
  37. Tyler Perry in Gone Girl
  38. Michael Fassbender in Frank
  39. Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy
  40. Bill Nighy in Pride 
  41. Yilmaz Erdogan in The Water Diviner
  42. Tom Wilkinson in Belle
  43. Michael Nyqvist in John Wick
  44. Toby Kebbell in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 
  45. Bill Paxton in Edge of Tomorrow
  46. Wayne Hapi in The Dark Horse
  47. James Spader in The Homesman 
  48. Jeff Goldblum in The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  49. Luke Wilson in The Skeleton Twins
  50. Domhnall Gleeson in Unbroken
  51. Bradley Cooper in Guardians of the Galaxy
  52. Willem Dafoe in The Grand Budapest Hotel
  53. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in Pompeii
  54. Micheal Rooker in Guardians of the Galaxy 
  55. James Rolleston in The Dark Horse
  56. Eric Roberts in Inherent Vice
  57. Sam Shepard in Cold in July
  58. Nick Thurston in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  59. John Goodman in The Gambler
  60. Patrick Stewart in X-Men: Days of Future Past
  61. Owen Wilson in Inherent Vice 
  62. Don Johnson in Cold in July
  63. Jonathan Brugh in What We Do in the Shadows
  64. Alfie Allen in John Wick
  65. Mel Gibson in The Expendables 3
  66. Robert Pattinson in The Rover
  67. Randall Park in The Interview 
  68. Michael K. Williams in The Gambler
  69. Michael Fassbender in X-Men: Days of Future Past 
  70. Niwa Whatuira in The Dark Horse
  71. Ken Watanabe in Godzilla
  72. Olafur Darri Olafsson in A Walk Among the Tombstones
  73. Dylan Moran in Calvary
  74. Ed Helms in Stretch
  75. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  76. William Hurt in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
  77. Evan Peters in X-Men: Days of Future Past 
  78. Oscar Nunez in Wild Tales
  79. Ciaran Hinds in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him 
  80. Ben Mendelsohn in Black Sea
  81. Oscar Martinez in Wild Tales 
  82. Kristofer Hivju in Force Majeure
  83. Chris O'Dowd in Calvary 
  84. Dean Norris in Men, Women & Children
  85. Alessandro Nivola in A Most Violent Year
  86. Jim Bodnia in Rosewater 
  87. Ronald Sehrfeld in Phoenix 
  88. Scott Adsit in Big Hero 6
  89. David Koechner in Cheap Thrills
  90. Sam Claflin in The Riot Club 
  91. Menashe Noy in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
  92. Mark Strong in The Imitation Game
  93. Jude Law in The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  94. Fabrizio Rongione in Two Days One Night
  95. Chris O'Dowd in St. Vincent
  96. Charlie Cox in The Theory of Everything 
  97. Cori Gonzalez-Macue in What We Do in the Shadows
  98. Adrien Brody in The Grand Budapest Hotel
  99. Andy Garcia in Kill The Messenger
  100. Tim Blake Nelson in The Homesman
  101. Willem Dafoe in John Wick 
  102. Terence Stamp in Big Eyes
  103. Billy Magnussen in Into the Woods 
  104. Edward Norton in The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  105. Albert Brooks in A Most Violent Year
  106. Gary Oldman in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  107. Brendan Gleeson in Edge of Tomorrow
  108. Bill Irwin in Interstellar 
  109. Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past
  110. M. Emmet Walsh in Calvary
  111. Bryan Cranston in Godzilla
  112. Samuel L. Jackson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  113. Ronnie Gene Blevins in Joe
  114. David Wilmot in Calvary
  115. James Corden in Begin Again
  116. Kelsey Grammer in The Expendables 3  
  117. Noah Taylor in Edge of Tomorrow
  118. Casey Affleck in Interstellar 
  119. Scoot McNairy in Black Sea
  120. Adam Driver in Tracks
  121. Tom Wilkinson in The Grand Budapest Hotel
  122. David Harbour in A Walk Among the Tombstones
  123. Mathieu Amalric in The Grand Budapest Hotel
  124. James McAvoy in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
  125. Andrew Scott in Locke 
  126. Tony Dalton in The Perfect Dictatorship 
  127. Jeff Bridges in The Giver
  128. Robert Redford in Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
  129. Bill Murray in The Grand Budapest Hotel 
  130. Billy Bob Thornton in The Judge 
  131. Martin Sheen in Trash
  132. Charles Dance in The Imitation Game 
  133. Harvey Keitel in The Grand Budapest Hotel
  134. Devin Ratray in Blue Ruin
  135. Ken Stott in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  136. Peter Capaldi in Paddington
  137. David Hasselhoff in Stretch
  138. Joe Gilgun in Pride
  139. Peter Dinklage in X-Men: Days of Future Past
  140. Mickey Rourke in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  141. Andrew Scott in Pride 
  142. Ray Winstone in Noah
  143. John Carroll Lynch in Camp X-Ray 
  144. Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  145. Matthew Goode in The Imitation Game 
  146. Robert Downey Jr. in Chef
  147. Christopher Lloyd in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  148. Ian McKellen in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  149. Kevin Costner in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 
  150. Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars
  151. Paul Jesson in Mr. Turner
  152. Willem Dafoe in A Most Wanted Man 
  153. Donald Sutherland in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  154. John Ortiz in The Drop
  155. Anthony Hopkins in Noah
  156. Gerard Butler in How To Train Your Dragon 2
  157. Vladimir Vdovichenkov in Leviathan 
  158. Ted Danson in The One I Love
  159. Ray Liotta in Stretch 
  160. Anthony Mackie in Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
  161. Dominic West in Pride
  162. Leonardo Sbaraglia in Wild Tales
  163. Kit Harington in How To Train Your Dragon 2
  164. David Oyelowo in A Most Violent Year 
  165. Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Salvation
  166. James Frecheville in The Drop 
  167. Jeffrey Wright in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  168. Peter Bowles in Lilting 
  169. Woody Harrelson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  170. Mark Boone Junior in Life of Crime 
  171. Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  172. Vincent D'Onofrio in The Judge  
  173. Jonathan Pryce in The Salvation
  174. Lee Pace in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 
  175. Oscar Benavides in  The Perfect Dictatorship
  176. Rupert Friend in Starred Up 
  177. Andrew Leung in Lilting
  178. Sebastian Stan in Captain American: The Winter Soldier 
  179. Jason Schwartzman in Big Eyes 
  180. Haley Joel Osment in Tusk
  181. Michael Caine in Interstellar
  182. Nicholas Hoult in X-Men Days of Future Past 
  183. Danny Glover in Beyond the Lights 
  184. Elden Henson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  185. Josh Brolin in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  186. Kodi Smit-McPhee in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 
  187. Diego Gentile in Wild Tales
  188. Richard Sammel in 3 Days to Kill 
  189. Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  190. Bill Hader in  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
  191. Djimon Hounsou in Guardians of Galaxy
  192. Willem Dafoe in The Fault in Our Stars
  193. David Gyasi in Interstellar
  194. David Strathairn in Godzilla
  195. Jared Harris in Pompeii 
  196. Ethan Embry in Cheap Thrills
  197. John Lithgow in Interstellar 
  198. David Thewlis in The Theory of Everything
  199. Johnny Skourtis in The Equalizer
  200. Oliver Platt in Chef
  201. Stephen Root in Selma
  202. Lee Pace in Guardians of the Galaxy
  203. Daniel Bruhl in A Most Wanted Man
  204. Paul Reiser in Whiplash 
  205. Sasson Gabai in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
  206. Tom Wilkinson in Selma
  207. Will Arnett in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  208. Ty Burrell in The Skeleton Twins
  209. Dan Stevens in A Walk Among The Tombstones
  210. Antonio Banderas in The Expendables 3 
  211. Logan Lerman in Noah
  212. William Fichtner in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  213. Sam Worthington in Cake
  214. Simon McBurney in The Theory of Everything
  215. Douglas Booth in Noah
  216. William H. Macy in Cake
  217. Erich Bergen in Jersey Boys 
  218. John Leguizamo in Chef
  219. James Badge Dale in Stretch
  220. Djimon Hounsou in How to Train Your Dragon 2
  221. Christopher Walken in Jersey Boys
  222. Matt Damon in Interstellar
  223. Kenneth Branagh in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
  224. Mos Def in Begin Again
  225. Terrence Howard in St. Vincent
  226. Ben Huber in Honeymoon
  227. John Cusack in Maps to the Stars
  228. Patrick Fugit in Gone Girl
  229. Tim Robbins in Life of Crime
  230. Elyes Gabel in A Most Violent Year
  231. Neil Patrick Harris in Gone Girl
  232. Alec Baldwin in Still Alice
  233. Joel Edgerton in Exodus Gods and Kings
  234. Tim Roth in Selma
  235. Jason Statham in The Expendables 3
  236. Sam Worthington in Sabotage 
  237. Johnny Depp in Tusk  
  238. Douglas Booth in The Riot Club
  239. Adam Sandler in Men, Women & Children
  240. Michael Lomenda in Jersey Boys
  241. Terry Crews in The Expendables 3
  242. Dane Dehaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  243. Daniel Huttlestone in Into the Woods
  244. Tony Shalhoub in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 
  245. Wesley Snipes in The Expendables 3
  246. Charlie Tahan in Love is Strange
  247. Sam Trammell in The Fault in Our Stars
  248. Scoot McNairy in The Rover
  249. Marton Csokas in The Equalizer
  250. Adam Levine in Begin Again
  251. Cedric The Entertainer in Top Five 
  252. Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
  253. Jon Bernthal in Fury
  254. Danny Huston in Big Eyes
  255. Miyavi in Unbroken
  256. Orland Bloom in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  257. Harrison Ford in The Expendables 3
  258. Terrence Howard in Sabotage 
  259. Dolph Lundgren in The Expendables 3 
  260. Steve Tom in Dumb and Dumber To
  261. Michael Pena in Fury
  262. Glen Powell in The Expendables 3 
  263. Jet Li in The Expendables 3
  264. Ryan Gage The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  265. Randy Couture in The Expendables 3
  266. Brad Hawkins in Boyhood 
  267. Nat Wolff in The Fault in Our Stars
  268. Grigoriy Dobrygin in A Most Wanted Man
  269. Anders Holm in The Interview
  270. Evan Bird in Maps to the Stars
  271. Jeremy Strong in The Judge
  272. Rob Riggle in Dumb and Dumber To
  273. Tracy Morgan in Top Five
  274. Johnny Depp in Into the Woods 
  275. John Turturro in Exodus Gods and Kings
  276. Travis Tope in Men, Women & Children
  277. Paul Giamatti in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  278. Victor Ortiz in The Expendables 3 
  279. Aaron Paul in Exodus Gods and Kings
  280. Chris Cooper in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  281. Kellan Lutz in The Expendables 3
  282. Ansel Elgort in Men, Women & Children 
  283. Christopher Meloni in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
  284. Nick Krause in Boyhood
  285. Jamie Foxx in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  286. Marton Csokas in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
  287. Marco Perella in Boyhood
  288. Kiefer Sutherland in Pompeii
Next Year: 1982 Lead

38 comments:

Michael Patison said...

What about Corden? Are you having trouble deciding between lead and supporting? I didn't think you'd be saving him for bonus reviews because you'd already given ratings and extensive thoughts on both of them.

I saw you put Gandolfini in lead, though.

Louis Morgan said...

No I'd say I accidentally forgot Into The Woods while making the list.

Anonymous said...

Great work! But... Nat Wolff's embarassing performance in TFIOS and Danny Huston's awfully bland performance in Big Eyes above Neil Patrick Harris's and Alec Baldwin's at least fine works in Gone Girl and Still Alice? Anyway, really great job!

Anonymous said...

Anyway, what are your ratings and thoughts on Dafoe, Trammell and Wolff in TFIOS and Adam Levine in Begin Again?

Louis Morgan said...

I really did not care for Baldwin or Harris in their respective films, but I will admit in a list like this I'll make mistakes. In Wolff's case I listed him relatively early on in the list making and forgot about his placement by time I was finished.

Anonymous said...

Louis, what are your plans after alternative leading and supporting actors?

Psifonian said...

Poulter reigns supreme. I am pleased.

For 1982, I'd like to see Kurt Russell in "The Thing."

Michael Patison said...

For 1982 Lead:
Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy (I think somebody requested it, but besides that it received a 1982 Icelandic release)
Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon
Harrison Ford in Blade Runner

Other than that I really have no idea, so here are tons of others that received some kind of recognition elsewhere:
Ray Barrett in Goodbye Paradise
Alan Bates in The Return of the Soldier
Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in Deathtrap
Norman Kaye in Lonely Hearts
Philippe Léotard in La Balance
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48 Hrs.
Francesco Nuti in The Pool Hustlers
Stellan Skarsgård in The Simple-Minded Murderer
Alberto Sordi in Il Marchese del Grillo
Donald Sutherland in Threshold
Henry Winkler in Night Shift
cast member of That Championship Season (Bruce Dern won the Silver Bear)

I'm sure having that many doesn't help but whatever

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Oh Shia improved a fair bit! Any particular reason why.

Also thoughts and ratings on Michael Parks in Tusk, did you like Del Toro and Short a lot more upon re - watch and thoughts and ratings for Eric Roberts in Inherent Vice, Almaric and Wilkinson for Grand Budapest

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Alan Bates in The Return of the Soldier is a brilliant performance. You should also consider Sutherland's sterling work in Threshold.

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Also Finney in Shoot the Moon

JamDenTel said...

I just have to ask, Louis...

Is man truly a walrus at heart?

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your rating & thoughts on
Michael Parks in Tusk.

Also, your reasons for giving both LaBeouf & Bautista a 4.5 and a 4 respectively

Lastly, where, do your 4s and 3.5s end on the ranking.

Lead 1982
Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy
Albert Finney in Shoot the Moon
Alan Bates in The Return of The Soldier
Donald Sutherland in Threshold
Honourable
Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously

Supporting 1982
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner
Charles Durning in Tootsie
Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan
Mickey Rourke in Diner
Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy

RatedRStar: Number 5 - A Most Wanted Man, Number 4 - The Babadook

Maciej said...

Kurt Russell - The Thing
Jeremy Irons - Moonligthing
Harrison Ford - Blade Runner
Sylvester Stallone - First Blood
Albert Finney - Shoot the Moon

Robert MacFarlane said...

I don't have any suggestions for 1982, but I do need to point out you forgot to list the following:

Johnny Depp in Into the Woods
Elyes Gabel in A Most Violent Year
The cast of Men, Women, and Children
David Hasselhoff in Stretch (How could you forget that glorious cameo?)

Luke Higham said...

Louis: The rest of The Hobbit & Into The Woods casts as well.

GM said...

Harrison Ford - Blade Runner
Steve Martin - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Robert de Niro - The King of Comedy
Karl Maden - Twilight Time
Albert Finney - Shoot the Moon
Mel Gibson - The Year of Living Dangerously

Lezlie said...

Wow, you really loved LaBeouf. I must say, why he certainly was the best of the cast (wasn't really hard given the quality of the other performances), I wasn't that impressed by him either.

John Smith said...

Jan Malmsjö In Fanny and Alexander (To be honest, he is not the leaf but he still has alot of screentime)

John Smith said...

The movie was released 1982

Luke Higham said...

For your overall rankings or a review for 1982, the Male cast members of Fanny and Alexander as well.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your Top Ten Performances of The Decade so far.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ken Stott in The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies instead of Men, Women and Children.

You forgot to add Gage, Pace and Bloom as well.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Magnussen and Huttlestone for Into The Woods as well.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ian Mckellen & Patrick Stewart in X-Men Days of Future Past
John C. Reilly in Guardians of The Galaxy
Joe Gilgun in Pride

Anonymous said...

James McAvoy would be a 3 for The Disappearence of Eleanor Rigby right?

Louis Morgan said...

I apologize for the incomplete nature of the list as I'll admit I somewhat rushed the making of it.

Anonymous:

Dafoe - 2.5(I thought he went a bit too far in his first scene in doing his whole semi Michael Douglas in Wonder Boys, but I did feel he made up for it in his fairly effective second scene though)

Trammell - 2(Not actively terrible or anything but his inadequate performance that feels a bit forced actually does a good job of showing what's remarkable about Dern's performance)

Wolff - 1.5(A great double act with Elgort as they both are obnoxious in their eccentricities, and than hard to believe in their emotional breakdowns)

Levine - 2(Found him pretty forgettable in his scenes as being the low key guy then I thought he was pretty bad when he was doing the self-indulgent Artists routine)

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:

I already like LaBeouf in Fury to begin with, but re-watching the film I was surprised just how much his work resonated with me, which is saying something since I have not really liked a performance by LaBeouf before this one.

Parks - 4.5(Although I did not care the for film Parks offers a nice bit of demented brilliance with his performance. In the first half he is appropriately creepy and actually very frightening, particularly when he reveals his legs work just fine. Once the Walrus appears the film goes purposefully as absurd as possible, but Parks manages to still be consistently entertaining and oddly convincing in portraying one strange form of madness)

On re-watch, since I loved the film all the more, I really appreciated almost every supporting performance a little more especially Short's and Del Toro's, I mean how can you not appreciate him singing the Gilligan's Island theme for a moment.

Eric Roberts - 3.5(The best I've seen from him. He's actually rather quite haunting in his single scene, where he's more than a photograph, by creating the odd frame of mind his character is in)

Almaric and Wilkinson - 3(Both give enough life to their brief appearances, and like most of the cast just add a little something extra to the film with their presence)

JamDenTel: Probably.

Luke:

Re-watch of Guardians upped Bautista's score mainly because in addition to being funny, he really is quite moving in the scene where he explains his anger.

Last 4: Spader

Last 3.5: Bodnia

Top Ten:

1. Joaquin Phoenix in The Master
2. Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler
3. James McAvoy in Filth
4. Marion Cotillard in The Immigrant
5. Mark Strong in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
6. Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
7. Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
8. Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
9. Choi Min-sik in I Saw the Devil
10. Michael Keaton in Birdman

Anonymous:

Yes.

Michael McCarthy said...

Poulter makes a fine win, though I kind of hope you switch to Simmons at some point.

Robert De Niro in The King of Comedy

There are other performances from that year I like, but none I feel nearly as strongly about. It's remarkably unnerving work that I honestly consider his best. As much as I love Paul Newman, De Niro easliy wins the year for me.

Anonymous said...

I remember that last year when you did your Top 5 for the performances of the decade you put Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone and Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom. You just forgot to put them in the new list or your appreciation cooled down?

Robert MacFarlane said...

I actually agree on Levine, and I love that movie. Though I will say his singing was better than it usually is. Maybe he should ditch Maroon 5.

RatedRStar said...

Harrison Ford - Blade Runner
Albert Finney - Shoot The Moon
Robert De Niro - The King Of Comedy
Richard Farnsworth - The Grey Fox
Mel Gibson - The Year Of Living Dangerously


Thanks Luke, I was at work, again so, well my 5 and 4 are

Pride and The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael McCarthy said...

5 - Inherent Vice
4 - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Michael McCarthy said...

Also, I'm not saying Adam Levine's performance in Begin Again was anything special, but am I the only one who thinks he did very well in his last scene?

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

@Michael: I'm afraid not for me at least, sorry Michael. And I loved the film, I assure you. Not sure if I mentioned it before but Keira's a strong 5 for me in it, Ruffalo was charming enough. I basically opted to despise Levine's character throughout which worked well enough for me.

I really enjoyed Cee Lo Green as well. Words said that shall never be said again.

Also, for my 10-5 ranked films

10. The Imitation Game
9. The Babadook
8. Boyhood
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Locke
5. Inherent Vice

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar said...

Also, um, Louis if you don't mind, more thoughts/ratings thanks!

Luke Wilson in The Skeleton Twins
Dean Norris in Men, Women & Children
Jim Bodnia in Rosewater
The voices of Locke

Robert MacFarlane said...

@RatedRStar: My #5 and #4 are The Babadook and Inherent Vice respectively.

moviefilm said...

My request: best supporting actor 1976 - Ron Howard in The Shootist

Louis Morgan said...

RatedRStar:

#5: Inherent Vice

#4: The Grand Budapest Hotel

GetDonaldSutherlandAnOscar:

You can find my thoughts on Norris and Wilson already.

Bodnia - 3.5(Solid work in portraying a torturer who is just doing the job even more so than usual. Bodnia effectively handles the little humanizing moments, while still showing enough brutality in his interrogation method. As these sort of performances go there are more memorable ones, but this certainly is a decent job)

Wilson - 3.5(She does a great job of going from just standard casual conversation with Locke to absolute distress when hearing about Locke's infidelity. She's particularly good in the scenes later where's she's throwing her anger at Locke as Wilson suggests just in the nature of her voice that this hate seems to be about more than simply Locke's initial revelation)

Colman - 3.5(She's also really quite good in portraying just the constantly distressed nature of her character, and in her voice you can see the person Locke describes her as. In addition she handles the physical distress and changes, from the treatment, rather well from call to call)

Scott - 3.5(I actually preferred his vocal work here to his live action performance in Pride. Scott nicely expresses the phases of his character as he goes from scared employee, to a guy shoving his pent up rage towards his former boss, as well as a truly excited guy to see that things are going to work out int he end. He does well as his voice tells us basically the progress of preparation for the building throughout the night)