Best Scene: Saving Briony I guess.
Best Scene: The first action sequence.
Best Scene: The arrest.
Best Scene: Bobby hears about his father.
Best Scene: The detective with his wives.
Best Scene: The final song.
Best Scene: Dieter is shot at in captivity.
Best Scene: The raid.
Best Scene: The assassination.
Best Scene: Andy's solution.
- Casey Affleck in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Brad Pitt in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
- Casey Affleck in Gone Baby Gone
- Christian Bale in Rescue Dawn
- Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz
- John C. Reilly in Walk Hard
- Gordon Pinsent in Away From Her
- Ethan Hawke in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
- Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac
- Lau Ching Wan in Mad Detective
- Russell Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma
- Joaquin Phoenix in We Own the Night
- Chris Cooper in Breach
- Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac
- Cillian Murphy in Sunshine
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Savages
- Denzel Washington in American Gangster
- Christian Bale in 3:10 to Yuma
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt in The Lookout
- Adrien Brody in The Darjeeling Limited
- Tommy Lee Jones in In The Valley of Elah
- Thomas Jane in The Mist
- Owen Wilson in The Darjeeling Limited
- Clive Owen in Shoot 'Em Up
- Will Smith in I am Legend
- Russell Crowe in American Gangster
- Jason Schwartzman in The Darjeeling Limited
- Glen Hansard in Once
- Liam Neeson in Seraphim Falls
- Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd
- Denzel Whitaker in The Great Debaters
- Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild
- Pierce Brosnan in Seraphim Falls
- Tom Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War
- Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters
- Patton Oswalt in Ratatouille
- Charlie Cox in Stardust
- Gerard Butler in 300
- George Clooney in Michael Clayton
- Andy On in Mad Detective
- James McAvoy in Atonement
- Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Bruce Willis in Live Free or Die Hard
- Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Matthew Macfadyen in Death at a Funeral
- Freddie Rodriguez in Grindhouse
- Dan Castellaneta in The Simpson Movie
- Freddie Highmore in August Rush
- Ryan Phillipe in Breach
- Michael Caine in Sleuth
- Orlando Bloom in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Patrick Dempsey in Enchanted
- Jude Law in Sleuth
- Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider
- Rowan Atkinson in Mr. Bean's Holiday
- Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3
- Ioan Gruffudd in Fantastic Four: Rise of Silver Surfer
- Shia Labeouf in Transformers
28 comments:
Ben Foster, 3:10 to Yuma/Alpha Dog
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
Dillon Freasier/Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Eastern Promises
Garret Dillahunt, The Assassination of Jesse James
Albert Finney, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
John Carroll Lynch, Zodiac
Louis: The requests and Lee Jones, Finney, Zahn, Foster and Dalton.
My request is Oliver Reed in The Devils.
Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma (PLEASE not Alpha Dog. Possibly his worst role.)
Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn
Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz
John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac
Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises
Albert Finney in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Stephen Graham - This is England
Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn
Max Von Sydow - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Eh, I think you already know which 10 you're doing. Also, Is Simon Pegg still a 4 for Hot Fuzz?
Louis: Can I have your ratings & thoughts on everyone in the ranking.
GM: Stephen Graham in This is England, actually a great performance. Great performance. Von Sydow is AMAZING in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly too, in a very limited role, but I hope Louis will save him and Almaric for the bonus rounds.
By the way, GM, I am nearly finished with my Kerr v.s. Moore review :)
My request will be Trevor Howard in Outcast of the Islands (hope you can find it somewhere!)
Louis: You forgot to include Gerard Butler in your ranking for 300.
I would have requested Michael Redgrave for The Browning Version first but I am guessing for 1951 bonus rounds you will get several people suggesting him, because he won Cannes and the film is a classic, his performance is a great performance (in my all-time top 10), I request Howard because I don't think anyone else has seen this film, so should be interesting
Louis: Save Graham and Sydow for the bonus rounds.
Tommy Lee Jones- No Country for Old Men
Ed Harris- Gone Baby Gone
Albert Finney- Before the Devil Knows your Dead
Louis: With Depp and Bloom, It's At World's End instead of At The World's End.
Louis: Is Kurt Russell Lead or Supporting in Death Proof, if he's the former, then you forgot to include him too.
So I guess you consider Ruffalo Supporting in Zodiac?
You have Denzel listed twice for Great Debaters
One of them is an actor named Denzel Whitaker.
Request: Sean Gullette in Pi for 1998 for lead bonus
Louis: Rating & thoughts on Butler as well for 300.
Also, I understand why you consider Ruffalo Supporting in Zodiac, but I can pretty easily put him in lead. There's a large portion of the film that focuses on his investigation.
Wow, I just found Gyllenhaal position so low. He's an easy 4.5 or even 5 for me.
Well, with people talking about Freeman in the comments on the topic about Affleck in Gone Baby Gone, I thought you would ask a review for him in supporting, rs.
In regard to Ruffalo, Zodiac is mainly Gyllenhaal's character obsession on finding the killer, so everyone else is supporting, I think.
*mainly about
Yeah, and I that's why I understand the placement, but I think he gets enough focus of his own to be a lead.
I'm 100% in agreement with Matt.
And Louis: as you talked about Cotillard in La Vie En Rose, is that your favourite performance of her so far, or it's still The Immigrant?
Plus, talking about biopics, what is your rating for Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn?
He gave her a 2.5 for that movie, if memory serves me correct.
Thanks, Koook! I searched in the comments on the topic about Branagh's performance and didn't find it. But this rating continues the same, Louis? If yes, kinda disappointed, I really think she's the absolute standout of her film and, sid by side with Mara and Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), the best female lead performance of that year, rs.
Michael McCarthy: At the moment yes.
Robert:
I have not watched Zodiac since 07 so the re-watch will determine his placement.
Luke:
Alright but they are going to be brief, and I left out a few for obvious reasons.
Pinsent - 4.5(Pinsent really gives strong work as he finds so much nuance with the caring husband role. Pinsent never leaves it on one emotion but is quite affecting in portraying how every development affects him but as well how he must react depending on the situation. It's quietly moving work, and even the reviews of the film seem to oddly overlook him in favor Christie)
Washington - 4(This actually might be my favorite performance of his actually, and I only wish that there had been two films to allow him to really get in the nitty gritty of the crime boss building an empire. As it is though Washington tempers himself perfectly here bringing his charisma but never overplaying. Using it to create the presence of the gangster. In addition though he carries that darker side quite well always showing the brutal nature of the man within the fine suits)
Brody - 3.5(Brody acts as the straight man for the other two rather well, but also carries a surprising amount of emotional weight in the scene where he fails to save the boy)
Jane - 3.5(A strong any man performance as he really gives every creature more weight through his honest depiction of how a normal person would react to the situation)
Wilson - 3.5(An interesting performance as he gives his usual upbeat sort of work that's enjoyable here, but with a darker pathos that reveals itself quite effectively in the final act)
Owen - 3.5(Does some deadpan badassery well)
Smith - 3.5(Smith is best when he embraces his movie star persona. Even here where for the most part he's not being charming but he can just carry a scene in a certain way that is all his own. He does not overplay the part making the dramatic scenes hit a lot harder than his Oscar baity material)
Crowe - 3.5(This film really should have been two parts, one depicting Lucas the other depicting Richie taking him down then defending him, as the two do feel a tad crammed together in the end. Crowe though gives his usual gravitas though and is effective in the good cop role)
Schwartzman - 3(He's the least impressive of the leads but I still thought he was decent enough in portraying his character's quiet obsession)
Whitaker - 3(He goes into overactive child actor territory a few times, but the for the most part I think he gives a believable portrayal of the kid's maturation while delivering his big speech rather well)
Hirsch - 3(I find Hirsch rather unappealing as an actor I will admit, so it makes it harder to sympathize with his already questionable protagonist. I don't think he's terrible though and hey he's pretty good at those overdone admiring nature shots)
Hanks - 3(Hanks is just fine here but there is not anything particularly special about his work. He'd be lower but I did rather like his main monologue about how Charlie got his first elected position)
Washington - 3(Coasts a bit too much probably but he does the inspirational coach well, even if it was better the first time in Clash of the Titans)
Oswalt - 3(Fine voice work. Not great but good)
On - 2.5(Immensely Overshadowed by his co-star but he's okay on his own)
Willis - 2.5(He has some decent moments here and there, but you feel the beginnings of him phoning in the character at times. This John just feels a lot faker than he did in the previous films)
Depp - 2.5(Technically speaking he's doing the same exact shtick as the first film, here he's just gets way too indulgent, and he was already indulgent in the first film)
Macfadyen - 2.5(Not excessively funny but slightly amusing performance)
Rodriguez - 2.5(I know some probably would separate the films but I watched it in the theater gosh darn it so I'm counting them together. Rodriguez is the lead of his side and he's okayish. Not obviously bad or anything but does make anything out of the film's style)
Castellaneta - 2(Started out as an over the top Walter Matthau impression then went to a genuinely great original sounding voice that could be hilarious but sell genuinely tender moments. Then in later season, the movie included, he really hams it up playing it just as a cartoon)
Highmore - 2(Well he's got a bright smile but that's about it)
Caine - 1.5(He failed to play an Andrew like in Deathtrap and here he just failed to play him. Sorry he's just no Olivier since there's no fun to be had here, and when he tries to go dark here it falls really flat)
Bloom - 1.5(Bland as per usual)
Dempsey - 1.5(Not a very straight man if you ask me)
Law - 1.5(I generally liked Law but this remake is just awful. Law does not help with his miscalculated performance that never gives any emotional heft to Milo's story, and his inspector routine was excessively obvious)
Cage - 1.5(Where is a Cage freak out when you need one. The closest he gets is the transformation scene. Cage should never be boring and his face should never be covered up by C.G.I.)
Atkinson - 1.5(Never cared for old Mr. Bean, always found him more annoying than funny)
Gruffudd - 1.5(Charisma less bore. Perfect example of how not to give a super hero performance)
Labeouf - 1.5(To quote his performance "No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no")
Russell I do feel is supportive as both stories are told through the women for the majority. Stuntman Mike's the best part but he only appears at a few key moments.
Anonymous:
It's close but I think I'd lean closer to the Immigrant.
The same for Williams. The performance just did not work for me.
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