Best Scene: His confrontation with Patrick,.
9. John Travolta in Hairspray - Travolta nicely gives a surprisingly earnest and sometimes moving portrayal of his character.
Best Scene: Edna revealing her insecurities.
8. Ed Harris in Gone Baby Gone - Harris nicely brings his usual acerbic style that works quite well for his character.
Best Scene: Remy's confession.
7. Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men - Jones gives a moving, yet also somehow funny portrayal of a man's confusion and exasperation in face of a violent world.
Best Scene: Bell visits Ellis.
Best Scene: The Assassination.
5. Albert Finney in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Finney gives a powerful portrayal of the rage and heartbreak that comes from a horrible loss.
Best Scene: The Last Scene.
4. Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn - Zahn gives a haunting portrayal of a prisoner of war being worn away by his captors and nature.
Best Scene: After the failed signal.
3. Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz - Dalton gives a hilarious performance by creating the most obviously evil character who ever existed.
Best Scene: Skinner listens to Angel's theory.
2. John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac - Lynch gives an outstanding performance, brilliantly realizing his unnerving enigma of a man all in one scene, well and a reaction shot. I have to admit that it was absurdly difficult just to rank my top and I'll admit I'm still not sure of my winner. I feel that I could switch out to any one of performances in the top five. This is an unbelievably great year for the category, it has to be to leave the likes of Bardem and Rockwell out of the top five.
Best Scene: His first scene. Although that reaction shot is also amazing.
1. Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma - Foster gives a wildly entertaining as well a rather chilling portrayal of a man who takes loyalty very seriously.
Best Scene: Finding the decoy wagon.
Overall Rank:
- Ben Foster in 3:10 to Yuma
- John Carroll Lynch in Zodiac
- Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz
- Steve Zahn in Rescue Dawn
- Albert Finney in Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
- Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men
- Sam Rockwell in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Garret Dillahunt in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Charles Fleischer in Zodiac
- Tommy Lee Jones in No Country For Old Men
- Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises
- Josh Brolin in No Country For Old Men
- Robert Downey Jr. in Zodiac
- Josh Brolin in American Gangster
- Jim Broadbent in Hot Fuzz
- Jeremy Davies in Rescue Dawn
- Kurt Russell in Grindhouse
- Jimmi Simpson in Zodiac
- Gene Jones in No Country For Old Men
- Paddy Considine in Hot Fuzz
- Dillon Freasier in There Will Be Blood
- Woody Harrelson in No Country For Old Men
- Karl Marcus Franklin in I'm Not There
- Robert Duvall in We Own the Night
- Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood
- Ben Whishaw in I'm Not There
- J.K. Simmons in Juno
- Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz
- Ed Harris in Gone Baby Gone
- Anthony Edwards in Zodiac
- Titus Welliver in Gone Baby Gone
- Peter O'Toole in Ratatouille
- Edward Woodward in Hot Fuzz
- Sam Shepard in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Richard Gere in I'm Not There
- Brian Cox in Zodiac
- Paul Schneider in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Elias Koteas in Zodiac
- Paul Freeman in Hot Fuzz
- Barry Corbin in No Country For Old Men
- Chris Evans in Sunshine
- Thomas Haden Church in Spider-Man 3
- Garret Dillahunt in No Country For Old Men
- Raymond J. Barry in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Toby Jones in The Mist
- Jeff Daniels in The Lookout
- J.K. Simmons in Spider-Man 3
- Peter Fonda in 3:10 to Yuma
- Jeremy Renner in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford
- Mark Strong in Stardust
- Jerzy Skolimowski in Eastern Promises
- John Travolta in Hairspray
- David Wenham in 300
- Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton
- Brian F. O'Brien in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Mark Strong in Sunshine
- Hal Holbrook in Into the Wild
- Timothy Spall in Enchanted
- Benedict Wong in Sunshine
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in Charlie Wilson's War
- Alan Tudyk in 3:10 to Yuma
- Stephen Root in No Country For Old Men
- James Marsden in Enchanted
- Josh Brolin in Grindhouse
- Rafe Spall in Hot Fuzz
- Ricky Gervais in Stardust
- Tim Meadows in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Michael Parks in Grindhouse
- Bill Nighy in Hot Fuzz
- Peter Vaughn in Death at a Funeral
- Gary Oldman in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Peter O'Toole in Stardust
- Matthew Goode in The Lookout
- Forest Whitaker in The Great Debaters
- Michael Biehn in Grindhouse
- Cliff Curtis in Sunshine
- Ian Holm in Ratatouille
- Bill Nighy in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Willem Dafoe in Mr. Bean's Holiday
- Ciaran Hinds in There Will Be Blood
- Christopher Walken in Hairspray
- Michael Wincott in Seraphim Falls
- Philip Baker Hall in Zodiac
- Michael Fassbender in 300
- Michael Shannon in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Albert Brooks in The Simpson Movie
- Kevin J. O'Connor in There Will Be Blood
- Paul Giamatti in Shoot 'Em Up
- Christian Bale in I'm Not There
- Hiroyuki Sanada in Sunshine
- Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- William Sadler in The Mist
- Vincent Cassel in Eastern Promises
- Philip Bosco in The Savages
- Donal Logue in Zodiac
- Peter Cullen in Transformers
- Karl Johnson in Hot Fuzz
- Peter Dinklage in Death at a Funeral
- William Hurt in Into the Wild
- Matt Besser in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Michael Gambon in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Chris Parnell in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- James Franco in Spider-Man 3
- Timothy Spall in Sweeney Todd
- Waris Ahluwalia in The Darjeeling Limited
- Dallas Roberts in 3:10 to Yuma
- Morgan Freeman in Gone Baby Gone
- Kevin J. O'Connor in Seraphim Falls
- Peter Fonda in Ghost Rider
- Danny Hoch in We Own the Night
- Kevin Eldon in Hot Fuzz
- Robbie Coltrane in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Ned Beatty in Charlie Wilson's War
- Jon Voight in Transformers
- James Cromwell in Spider-Man 3
- Jason Bateman in Juno
- Lam Suet in Mad Detective
- Sam Elliot in Ghost Rider
- Bruce Davison in Breach
- Mark Wahlberg in We Own the Night
- Timothy Olyphant in Live Free or Die Hard
- John Ashton in Gone Baby Gone
- Terrence Howard in August Rush
- Tom Hollander in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Benedict Cumberbatch in Atonement
- Alan Tudyk in Death at a Funeral
- Alan Rickman in Sweeney Todd
- Heath Ledger in I'm Not There
- Gordon Lam in Mad Detective
- Justin Long in Live Free or Die Hard
- Dennis Haysbert in Breach
- Sacha Baron Cohen in Sweeney Todd
- Alex Veadov in We Own the Night
- Geoffrey Rush in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
- Nate Parker in The Great Debaters
- Michael Cera in Juno
- Toby Huss in Rescue Dawn
- Kevin Smith in Live Free or Die Hard
- Rupert Graves in Death at a Funeral
- Chow Yun-Fat in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Logan Lerman in 3:10 to Yuma
- Vince Vaughn in Into the Wild
- Robert De Niro in Stardust
- Robin Williams in August Rush
- Jamie Campbell Bower in Sweeney Todd
- Chris Evans in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Michael Chiklis in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Josh Duhamel in Transformers
- Julian McMahon in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
- Anthony Anderson in Transformers
- John Turturro in Transformers
- Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3
- Rodrigo Santoro in 300
- Wes Bentley in Ghost Rider
41 comments:
Louis: My request is Aleksei Kravchenko in Come And See for 1985 Lead.
Ed Harris, The Abyss
John Candy, Uncle Buck/Who's Harry Crumb?
Tom Hanks, The 'Burbs
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Michael Douglas, Black Rain
Jeff Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys
That's basically it.
John Hurt - Scandal
Jeff Bridges - The Fabulous Baker Boys
Michael J. Fox - Casualties Of War
James Spader - Sex, Lies And Videotape
Raul Julia - Romero
Louis: Can I have your ratings & thoughts on all the 3.5+ performances that you haven't covered yet.
Any other 4+ Female performances.
James Spader in Sex, Lies and Videotape
Matt Dillon in Drugstore Cowboy
Jeff Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys
Jack Nicholson in Batman
Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams
Louis: Is Kurt Russell a 4 or a 4.5.
It's Edward Woodward in Hot Fuzz, not Rescue Dawn.
105 does not have a film listed
Louis: Ratings & Thoughts also on Bill Nighy in At World's End, Ian Holm in Ratatouille and your bottom 10 as well, please.
Louis: Don't forget Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises.
Wow, if Freeman had been rated correctly this would be the most fives ever in a supporting year :P
My top five recommendations are the same as Luke's but here are some other possibilities:
John Cusack-Say Anything
Matt Dillon-Drugstore Cowboy
Michael Douglas-The War of the Roses
Kevin Costner-Field of Dreams (Probably the only time I found him genuinely likable.)
RIP James Horner
Jeff Bridges- The fabulous Baker Boys
JAmes Spader- Sex, Lies and Videotapes
Matt Dillon- Drugstore Cowboy
I don't really have anyone else to mention, its the same with the rest of the years, all I have to say to Louis is when you get to 1939, remember that giant list I gave you, as for the other years, I kinda already know who is getting in, since most people have mentioned a lot of them.
I am just like excited about the bonus reviews, the moment Louis mentions how they work, I will get straight on with my spreadsheet, and finding performances for each year and marking them down as I did with the alternates.
Jeff Goldblum, The Tall Guy (one of my favorite performances of him!)
Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally...
Michael Gambon, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
John Cusack, Say Anything...
Dennis Quaid, Great Balls of Fire!
James Spader, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams
John Hurt in Scandal was my request :)
Also Michael J Fox, Raul Julia, Jeff Bridges and James Spader
My request is Anthony Quayle for Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
Also thoughts and ratings for:
Armin Mueller-Stahl in Eastern Promises
Josh Brolin in American Gangster
Karl Marcus Franklin in I'm Not There
Ben Whishaw in I'm Not There
J.K. Simmons in Juno
Raymond J. Barry in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Toby Jones in The Mist
Jeff Daniels in The Lookout
RIP James Horner
R.I.P. James Horner
Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on Michael Cera in Juno and Heath Ledger in I'm Not There.
RatedRStar: What I'm looking forward too most about the bonus rounds, is that Louis will get to see more great female performances, such as Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake and Marion Cotillard in Rust And Bone. Another good thing, is that almost every year will become stronger than they've been during the alternates. e.g. 2014 has 17 5s overall and who knows, it might go up to 20 and 2012 has 10 but should go up to 12 at least with Mikkelsen (The Hunt) and Cotillard.
Thought and rating on Dillahunt
For 1989 Lead:
Jeff Bridges in The Fabulous Baker Boys
John Hurt in Scandal
Raul Julia in Romero
James Spader in sex, lies, and videotape
James Woods in True Believer
Massimo Troisi - What Time is It?
Marcelo Mastroianni - What Time is It?
Gene Wilder - See No Evil, Hear No Evil
James Spader - Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Jeff Bridges - Fabulous Baker Boys
Tony Leung Chiu Wai - A City of Sadness
Scratch my first question, I found it.
James Spader, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Matt Dillon, Drugstore Cowboy
John Cusack, Say Anything
Jeff Bridges, The Fabulous Baker Boys
Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams
Michael J. Fox - Casualties Of War
Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Steve Martin, Parenthood
James Spader, Sex, Lies, and Videotape
John Candy, Uncle Buck
Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally...
James Spader-Sex, Lies and Videotapes
that is all.
Louis & Calvin: Tom Holland's the new Spider-Man, I have to say, I'm incredibly pleased about this. Love his performance in The Impossible.
Another victory for Britain too.
UK - 4 USA - 0
Hannibal's been Cancelled.
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
Louis & Calvin: I will say, it's getting really annoying seeing Spider-Man rebooted again.
Louis: Do you plan on watching The Passion Of Joan Of Arc for 1928. Renee Jeanne Falconetti's performance is regarded as one of the finest in the history of film.
Louis: Your top ten films of 2007.
Louis: Holland is a great choice. I guess this means it's time for me to catch up on some Hannibal!
Calvin: Was your comment meant for me instead of Louis.
Luke: It was, sorry haha I'm a bit tired today lol
Calvin: That's Alright :), although I'm really sad about Hannibal's Cancellation. :(
Luke:
Skolimowski - 3.5(I rather like the support he offers in his couple of scenes, as he brings a certain endearing fire to the old man as he confronts the mobsters, managing to make his actions believable)
Simmons - 3.5(Once again a hoot)
Daniels - 3.5(I think he almost overdoes the supportive friends beats just a tad early on the film. Once he settles down though Daniels gives the right sort of exasperated wisdom of sorts that effectively shows that his knowledge comes from pain)
Jones - 3.5(Jones is usually a welcome presence and being kinda a natural character helps adds a nice bit of character to the film)
Barry - 3.5(Very one note but an enjoyably one note one note)
Church - 3.5(He actually gives a rather moving portrayal of the sandman's plight. The film just has a problem knowing what exactly to do with him. By the way he has to be one of the most perfect casting in terms of representing the comic character ever)
O'Toole - 4(Although maybe Louis Jouvet deserves a bit of posthumous nom as well. Easily my favorite part of the film as O'Toole does the cold pompousness of the character beautifully)
Simmons - 4(Simmons offers some fine work here managing to work his way through some of the questionable dialogue, managing to be rather funny well being rather heartwarming as well)
Whishaw - 4(Whishaw literally gets the least room to move around as Dylan, but I quite like his quietly rebellious side that represents the poet side of Dylan quite effectively)
Franklin - 4(I rather like his performance as he conveys the certain seeds of wisdom, but at the same time does a good job of suggesting the manner of the boy to always be a bit of a kid making make believe)
Russell - 4.5(He single handily gives the film any reason to exist. Russell is compelling any moment he's onscreen with his enjoyably sleazy turn as stunt man Mike. Whenever he's off the film suffers a whole lot, but he still stays as a memorable villain for an unmemorable film)
Brolin - 4.5(Brolin I find kinda manages to steal the film with his menacing portrayal of the corrupt cop. Brolin effectively creates the sort of man who just abuses his power, and has seemingly no reservations about it in the least. Brolin manages to make one element in the film that feels complete)
Mueller-Stahl - 4.5(A very good performance as he at first seems to be the character he fairly often plays that of the warm and wise old man. Mueller-Stahl pulls that away somewhat to reveal a man more like he played in Shine, but he's particularly chilling though when he reveals the man to be even darker than that)
Cera - 2.5(Never care too much for Cera I'll admit. This case be no different)
Ledger - 2.5(His performance here fell a bit flat for me and his story never came to life the way I felt the others did.)
Top Ten:
1. Zodiac
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Razor thin margin between the top two)
3. Hot Fuzz
4. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
5. No Country For Old Men
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
8. Rescue Dawn
9. Eastern Promises
10. Gone Baby Gone
RIP James Horner
Please see Dustin Hoffman in Mr. Magorium!
I actually thought Ledger was the best after Blanchett in I'm Not There, better than Bale, Gere and all the others who didn't really made any sort of impact. Ledger was very good in his role and probably a 4 for me.
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