Best Scene: Koba returns to the gun touting fools.
Best Scene: Frank starts stating his facial expressions.
Best Scene: Thorin makes peace with Bilbo.
Best Scene: "Moto Panacaku"
Best Scene: "Are You My Friend?"
- Josh Brolin in Inherent Vice
- Gary Poulter in Joe
- J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
- Shia LaBeouf in Fury
- Edward Norton in Birdman
- Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher
- Matthias Schoenaerts in The Drop
- Damián Alcázar in The Perfect Dictatorship
- Michael Parks in Tusk
- Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
- Zach Galifianakis in Birdman
- Richard Armitage in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- James Corden in Into the Woods
- Robert Duvall in The Judge
- Ben Mendelsohn in Starred Up
- Joaquin Cosio in The Perfect Dictatorship
- Domhnall Gleeson in Calvary
- Taika Waititi in What We Do in the Shadows
- Ray Liotta in Kill The Messenger
- F. Murray Abraham in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ricardo Darin in Wild Tales
- Irrfan Khan in Haider
- Chris Pine in Stretch
- Paddy Considine in Pride
- Jemain Clement in What We Do in The Shadows
- Martin Freeman in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Martin Short in Inherent Vice
- Powers Boothe in Sin City: A Dam to Kill For
- Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler
- Rhys Darby in What We Do in the Shadows
- Luke Evans in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Benicio Del Toro in Inherent Vice
- Chris Pine in Into The Woods
- Kay Kay Menon in Haider
- Aidan Gillen in Calvary
- Scoot McNairy in Frank
- Tyler Perry in Gone Girl
- Michael Fassbender in Frank
- Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy
- Bill Nighy in Pride
- Yilmaz Erdogan in The Water Diviner
- Tom Wilkinson in Belle
- Michael Nyqvist in John Wick
- Toby Kebbell in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Bill Paxton in Edge of Tomorrow
- Wayne Hapi in The Dark Horse
- James Spader in The Homesman
- Jeff Goldblum in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Luke Wilson in The Skeleton Twins
- Domhnall Gleeson in Unbroken
- Bradley Cooper in Guardians of the Galaxy
- Willem Dafoe in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in Pompeii
- Micheal Rooker in Guardians of the Galaxy
- James Rolleston in The Dark Horse
- Eric Roberts in Inherent Vice
- Sam Shepard in Cold in July
- Nick Thurston in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- John Goodman in The Gambler
- Patrick Stewart in X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Owen Wilson in Inherent Vice
- Don Johnson in Cold in July
- Jonathan Brugh in What We Do in the Shadows
- Alfie Allen in John Wick
- Mel Gibson in The Expendables 3
- Robert Pattinson in The Rover
- Randall Park in The Interview
- Michael K. Williams in The Gambler
- Michael Fassbender in X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Niwa Whatuira in The Dark Horse
- Ken Watanabe in Godzilla
- Olafur Darri Olafsson in A Walk Among the Tombstones
- Dylan Moran in Calvary
- Ed Helms in Stretch
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- William Hurt in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
- Evan Peters in X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Oscar Nunez in Wild Tales
- Ciaran Hinds in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
- Ben Mendelsohn in Black Sea
- Oscar Martinez in Wild Tales
- Kristofer Hivju in Force Majeure
- Chris O'Dowd in Calvary
- Dean Norris in Men, Women & Children
- Alessandro Nivola in A Most Violent Year
- Jim Bodnia in Rosewater
- Ronald Sehrfeld in Phoenix
- Scott Adsit in Big Hero 6
- David Koechner in Cheap Thrills
- Sam Claflin in The Riot Club
- Menashe Noy in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
- Mark Strong in The Imitation Game
- Jude Law in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Fabrizio Rongione in Two Days One Night
- Chris O'Dowd in St. Vincent
- Charlie Cox in The Theory of Everything
- Cori Gonzalez-Macue in What We Do in the Shadows
- Adrien Brody in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Andy Garcia in Kill The Messenger
- Tim Blake Nelson in The Homesman
- Willem Dafoe in John Wick
- Terence Stamp in Big Eyes
- Billy Magnussen in Into the Woods
- Edward Norton in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Albert Brooks in A Most Violent Year
- Gary Oldman in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Brendan Gleeson in Edge of Tomorrow
- Bill Irwin in Interstellar
- Ian McKellen in X-Men: Days of Future Past
- M. Emmet Walsh in Calvary
- Bryan Cranston in Godzilla
- Samuel L. Jackson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Ronnie Gene Blevins in Joe
- David Wilmot in Calvary
- James Corden in Begin Again
- Kelsey Grammer in The Expendables 3
- Noah Taylor in Edge of Tomorrow
- Casey Affleck in Interstellar
- Scoot McNairy in Black Sea
- Adam Driver in Tracks
- Tom Wilkinson in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- David Harbour in A Walk Among the Tombstones
- Mathieu Amalric in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- James McAvoy in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
- Andrew Scott in Locke
- Tony Dalton in The Perfect Dictatorship
- Jeff Bridges in The Giver
- Robert Redford in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Bill Murray in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Billy Bob Thornton in The Judge
- Martin Sheen in Trash
- Charles Dance in The Imitation Game
- Harvey Keitel in The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Devin Ratray in Blue Ruin
- Ken Stott in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Peter Capaldi in Paddington
- David Hasselhoff in Stretch
- Joe Gilgun in Pride
- Peter Dinklage in X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Mickey Rourke in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Andrew Scott in Pride
- Ray Winstone in Noah
- John Carroll Lynch in Camp X-Ray
- Josh Hutcherson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Matthew Goode in The Imitation Game
- Robert Downey Jr. in Chef
- Christopher Lloyd in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Ian McKellen in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Kevin Costner in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
- Robert Pattinson in Maps to the Stars
- Paul Jesson in Mr. Turner
- Willem Dafoe in A Most Wanted Man
- Donald Sutherland in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- John Ortiz in The Drop
- Anthony Hopkins in Noah
- Gerard Butler in How To Train Your Dragon 2
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov in Leviathan
- Ted Danson in The One I Love
- Ray Liotta in Stretch
- Anthony Mackie in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Dominic West in Pride
- Leonardo Sbaraglia in Wild Tales
- Kit Harington in How To Train Your Dragon 2
- David Oyelowo in A Most Violent Year
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Salvation
- James Frecheville in The Drop
- Jeffrey Wright in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Peter Bowles in Lilting
- Woody Harrelson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Mark Boone Junior in Life of Crime
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Vincent D'Onofrio in The Judge
- Jonathan Pryce in The Salvation
- Lee Pace in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Oscar Benavides in The Perfect Dictatorship
- Rupert Friend in Starred Up
- Andrew Leung in Lilting
- Sebastian Stan in Captain American: The Winter Soldier
- Jason Schwartzman in Big Eyes
- Haley Joel Osment in Tusk
- Michael Caine in Interstellar
- Nicholas Hoult in X-Men Days of Future Past
- Danny Glover in Beyond the Lights
- Elden Henson in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Josh Brolin in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Kodi Smit-McPhee in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Diego Gentile in Wild Tales
- Richard Sammel in 3 Days to Kill
- Sam Claflin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Bill Hader in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
- Djimon Hounsou in Guardians of Galaxy
- Willem Dafoe in The Fault in Our Stars
- David Gyasi in Interstellar
- David Strathairn in Godzilla
- Jared Harris in Pompeii
- Ethan Embry in Cheap Thrills
- John Lithgow in Interstellar
- David Thewlis in The Theory of Everything
- Johnny Skourtis in The Equalizer
- Oliver Platt in Chef
- Stephen Root in Selma
- Lee Pace in Guardians of the Galaxy
- Daniel Bruhl in A Most Wanted Man
- Paul Reiser in Whiplash
- Sasson Gabai in Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
- Tom Wilkinson in Selma
- Will Arnett in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Ty Burrell in The Skeleton Twins
- Dan Stevens in A Walk Among The Tombstones
- Antonio Banderas in The Expendables 3
- Logan Lerman in Noah
- William Fichtner in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Sam Worthington in Cake
- Simon McBurney in The Theory of Everything
- Douglas Booth in Noah
- William H. Macy in Cake
- Erich Bergen in Jersey Boys
- John Leguizamo in Chef
- James Badge Dale in Stretch
- Djimon Hounsou in How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Christopher Walken in Jersey Boys
- Matt Damon in Interstellar
- Kenneth Branagh in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
- Mos Def in Begin Again
- Terrence Howard in St. Vincent
- Ben Huber in Honeymoon
- John Cusack in Maps to the Stars
- Patrick Fugit in Gone Girl
- Tim Robbins in Life of Crime
- Elyes Gabel in A Most Violent Year
- Neil Patrick Harris in Gone Girl
- Alec Baldwin in Still Alice
- Joel Edgerton in Exodus Gods and Kings
- Tim Roth in Selma
- Jason Statham in The Expendables 3
- Sam Worthington in Sabotage
- Johnny Depp in Tusk
- Douglas Booth in The Riot Club
- Adam Sandler in Men, Women & Children
- Michael Lomenda in Jersey Boys
- Terry Crews in The Expendables 3
- Dane Dehaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Daniel Huttlestone in Into the Woods
- Tony Shalhoub in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Wesley Snipes in The Expendables 3
- Charlie Tahan in Love is Strange
- Sam Trammell in The Fault in Our Stars
- Scoot McNairy in The Rover
- Marton Csokas in The Equalizer
- Adam Levine in Begin Again
- Cedric The Entertainer in Top Five
- Liam Hemsworth in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
- Jon Bernthal in Fury
- Danny Huston in Big Eyes
- Miyavi in Unbroken
- Orland Bloom in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Harrison Ford in The Expendables 3
- Terrence Howard in Sabotage
- Dolph Lundgren in The Expendables 3
- Steve Tom in Dumb and Dumber To
- Michael Pena in Fury
- Glen Powell in The Expendables 3
- Jet Li in The Expendables 3
- Ryan Gage The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
- Randy Couture in The Expendables 3
- Brad Hawkins in Boyhood
- Nat Wolff in The Fault in Our Stars
- Grigoriy Dobrygin in A Most Wanted Man
- Anders Holm in The Interview
- Evan Bird in Maps to the Stars
- Jeremy Strong in The Judge
- Rob Riggle in Dumb and Dumber To
- Tracy Morgan in Top Five
- Johnny Depp in Into the Woods
- John Turturro in Exodus Gods and Kings
- Travis Tope in Men, Women & Children
- Paul Giamatti in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Victor Ortiz in The Expendables 3
- Aaron Paul in Exodus Gods and Kings
- Chris Cooper in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Kellan Lutz in The Expendables 3
- Ansel Elgort in Men, Women & Children
- Christopher Meloni in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
- Nick Krause in Boyhood
- Jamie Foxx in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Marton Csokas in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- Marco Perella in Boyhood
- Kiefer Sutherland in Pompeii
38 comments:
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.
No I'd say I accidentally forgot Into The Woods while making the list.
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!
Anyway, what are your ratings and thoughts on Dafoe, Trammell and Wolff in TFIOS and Adam Levine in Begin Again?
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.
Louis, what are your plans after alternative leading and supporting actors?
Poulter reigns supreme. I am pleased.
For 1982, I'd like to see Kurt Russell in "The Thing."
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
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
Alan Bates in The Return of the Soldier is a brilliant performance. You should also consider Sutherland's sterling work in Threshold.
Also Finney in Shoot the Moon
I just have to ask, Louis...
Is man truly a walrus at heart?
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
Kurt Russell - The Thing
Jeremy Irons - Moonligthing
Harrison Ford - Blade Runner
Sylvester Stallone - First Blood
Albert Finney - Shoot the Moon
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?)
Louis: The rest of The Hobbit & Into The Woods casts as well.
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
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.
Jan Malmsjö In Fanny and Alexander (To be honest, he is not the leaf but he still has alot of screentime)
The movie was released 1982
For your overall rankings or a review for 1982, the Male cast members of Fanny and Alexander as well.
Louis: Your Top Ten Performances of The Decade so far.
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.
Louis: Magnussen and Huttlestone for Into The Woods as well.
Louis: Ian Mckellen & Patrick Stewart in X-Men Days of Future Past
John C. Reilly in Guardians of The Galaxy
Joe Gilgun in Pride
James McAvoy would be a 3 for The Disappearence of Eleanor Rigby right?
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
5 - Inherent Vice
4 - The Grand Budapest Hotel
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?
@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
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
@RatedRStar: My #5 and #4 are The Babadook and Inherent Vice respectively.
My request: best supporting actor 1976 - Ron Howard in The Shootist
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)
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