Best Scene: ffolliott saves Van Meer.
Best Scene: Matuschek apologizes to Alfred.
Best Scene: Fisher goes to see the captured Van Meer.
Best Scene: Favell tries to blackmail Maxim.
Best Scene: Tom meets Casy again.
- John Carradine in The Grapes of Wrath
- Walter Brennan in The Westerner
- George Sanders in Rebecca
- Herbert Marshall in Foreign Correspondent
- Frank Morgan in The Shop Around the Corner
- George Sanders in Foreign Correspondent
- John Qualen in The Grapes of Wrath
- Joseph Schildkraut in The Shop Around the Corner
- Walter Catlett in Pinocchio
- Cliff Edwards in Pinocchio
- Donald Crisp in Brother Orchid
- Edmund Gwenn in Foreign Correspondent
- Frank Morgan in The Mortal Storm
- Russell Simpson in The Grapes of Wrath
- Ralph Bellamy in His Girl Friday
- Edmund Gwenn in Pride and Prejudice
- Robert Benchley in Foreign Correspondent
- Akim Tamiroff in The Great McGinty
- Emlyn Williams in The Stars Look Down
- Basil Rathbone in the Mark of Zorro
- Edward Rigby in The Stars Look Down
- William Demarest in The Great McGinty
- Christian Rub in Pinocchio
- Hay Petrie in Contraband
- Eugene Pallette in The Mark of Zorro
- Shemp Howard in The Bank Dick
- Ralph Bellamy in Brother Orchid
- John Qualen in His Girl Friday
- Thomas Mitchell in Our Town
- Albert Bassermann in Foreign Correspondent
- Randolph Scott in My Favorite Wife
- John Carradine in The Return of Frank James
- Claude Rains in The Sea Hawk
- Humphrey Bogart in Brother Orchid
- Felix Bressart in The Shop Around The Corner
- James Stephenson in The Letter
- Henry Daniell in The Great Dictator
- Frankie Darro in Pinocchio
- Leo G. Carroll in Rebecca
- Herbert Marshall in The Letter
- Charley Grapewin in The Grapes of Wrath
- Melville Cooper in Pride and Prejudice
- Charles Judels in Pinocchio
- Henry Daniell in The Sea Hawk
- Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator
- Roland Young in The Philadelphia Story
- Paul Hurst in The Westerner
- C. Aubrey Smith in Rebecca
- John Halliday in The Philadelphia Story
- J. Edward Bromberg in The Mark of Zorro
- Nigel Bruce in Rebecca
- Bela Lugosi in Black Friday
- Jackie Cooper in The Return of Frank James
- Guy Kibbee in Our Town
- Reginald Gardiner in The Great Dictator
- Gene Lockhart in Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Reginald Denny in Rebecca
- William Tracy in The Shop Around the Corner
- Harry Davenport in Foreign Correspondent
- William Tracy in Strike Up The Band
- John Howard in The Philadelphia Story
- Harry Carey in They Knew What They Wanted
- Edward Ashley-Cooper in Pride and Prejudice
- Fred Stone in The Westerner
- William Gargan in They Knew What They Wanted
- Robert Young in The Mortal Storm
- Robert Stack in The Mortal Storm
- William T. Orr in The Mortal Storm
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Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on the rest of your top 11.
Morgan Freeman - Seven
Ian McKellen - Richard III
Ethan Hawke - Before Sunrise
Jonathan Pryce - Carrington
Bruce Willis - Twelve Monkeys or James Earl Jones - Cry, The Beloved Country
Louis: Any changes to your Female Top 5s for 1940.
*pukes rainbows*
James Earl Jones-Cry, the Beloved Country
Ian McKellen-Richard III
Morgan Freeman-Se7en
Laurence Fishburne & Kenneth Branagh-Othello
Ethan Hawke-Before Sunrise
Louis: Save Branagh for the bonus rounds.
Ian McKellen- Richard III
Morgan Freeman- Se7en
Jonathan Pryce- Carrington
Bruce Willis- Twelve Monkeys
Ethan Hawke- Before Sunrise:
Ratings and thoughts on:
Bela Lugosi in Black Friday
Robert Young in Crossfire and The Mortal Storm
Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
Finally, what are your thoughts on Rex Harrison as an actor?
Daniel Emilfork - The City of Lost Children
Götz George - The Deathmaker
Ethan Hawke - Before Sunrise
Ian McKellen - Richard III
Jonathan Pryce - Carrington
Morgan Freeman - Seven
John Travolta - Get Shorty
Kevin Spacey - Swimming with Sharks
Clint Eastwood - The Bridges of Madison County
Anyone can tell me if Louis consider Spacey lead or supporting in The Usual Suspects?
Ethan Hawke in Before Sunrise
Morgan Freeman in Se7en
Jonathan Pryce in Carrington
Ian McKellen in Richard III
Kenneth Branagh in Othello
I've been waiting for 1995 for a long time. Lol. About time.
GM: Supporting.
Louis: Can you review 7 performances for 1995 Lead. :)
Freeman
McKellen
Jones
Willis
Hawke
Pryce
Branagh
Please review Deniro in lead, Pesci and Woods in supporting from Casino
Omar!: Louis isn't particularly enthusiastic about Casino, so that's unlikely.
Omar! He might review Pesci, but don't get your hopes up.
Kind of curious what he thinks about Willis in 12 Monkeys. Solid enough film, but Willis was sort of impressive. Of course, I'm really curious about his thoughts Hawke. Speaking of him though, have any of you seen Tape? You could make a pretty good argument that it's his best performance.
Luke: oh,!i thought the whole cast was fantastic and The movie too
@L Rime: I've seen bits of Tape. Hawke is jittery, but justifiably. Though I'm pretty adamant about Boyhood being his career best thanks to the subtle touches he brings plus the use of his usual laid back persona.
Brad Pitt - Se7en
Morgan Freeman - Se7en
Robert De Niro - Casino
Robert:
I think Hawke is brilliant in Tape and really delved into that character in ways I wasn't sure he'd be capable of, at least at the time I first saw it. It's a pretty complete performance.
Regardless, I think it's tough to pick a definitive Hawke performance. He's been incredibly consistent over the years.
Kevin Bacon in Murder in the First
Jean-Paul Belmondo in Les Miserables
Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days
Morgan Freeman in Se7en
Ethan Hawke in Before Sunrise
James Earl Jones in Cry, the Beloved Country
Jonathan Pryce in Carrington (I believe this was a request)
Ian McKellen - Richard III
Morgan Freeman - Se7en
Ethan Hawke - Before Sunrise
Gene Hackman - Crimson Tide
Jonathan Pryce - Carrington
Can you please do Hackman for Get Shorty in supporting?
Anonymous: I think he will.
Louis Morgannnn lol, what do you think you are doing, a certain nominee in this ranking has a recieved a rather low score, you know exactly who, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS...... =)
I will say that even though I am not a huge fan of Braveheart, I still found Mel Gibson carried the film on his back as well as he could have =).
Just thought of two more suggestions:
F. Murray Abraham-Dillinger and Capone
Steve Buscemi-Living in Oblivion
1. Jonathan Pryce - Carrington
2. Ian McKellen - Richard III
(These two were indeed my requests - a great year for acting, too bad all the right performances were snubbed by the Academy. Fortunately, there's Louis and his blog to set things straight)
3.Morgan Freeman/Brad Pitt - Se7en (the latter does not seem to be getting much suggestions, but I still think he was really good, especially in his final scene)
4.Robert De Niro - Casino (Indeed, Louis is not a fan of the film, but De Niro is pretty good here, and his scenes with Sharon Stone are just terrific)
5.Ethan Hawke - Before Sunrise
Johns Smith:
OMFG here are my requests:
Johan Widerberg/All Things Fair
Johan Widerberg/All Things Fair
Johan Wideberg/All Things Fair
Johan Widerberg/All Things Fair
Johan Widerberg/All Things Fair
Others:
Ethan Hawke/Before Sunrise
Pacino And De Niro/Heat
De Niro/Casino
Jonathan Pryce/Carrington
Tom Hanks/Appolo 13
Clint Eastwood/Bridges Of Madison County (It is not "that" bad lol)
Denzel Washington/DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS
Leo Fitzpatrick/Kids
Peter Greene)/Clean,Shaven (My second favorite performance mentioned in this post)
Louis please review Johan Widerberg in All Things Fair, it is a performance that has really inspired me as an actor!
Luke:
Qualen - 4(He's best known for his pretty goofy roles in films like His Girl Friday and his usual appearances in Ford's film. Here he has basically a short of film of his own, and actually gives quite the haunting depiction of a man who has basically become broken by his past. It's moving work as in the past scenes Qualen presents just a simple farmer trying to understand what's going on, and then in the present depicts basically a ghost)
Catlett - 3.5(His voice work is enjoyably sleazy while still being charismatic as well. Always thought Honest John was a rather underrated Disney villain, although maybe that's because Pinocchio has so many, but his voice perfectly exemplifies the con man style)
Edwards - 3.5(Classic and iconic work really especially that delivery of When you Wish Upon a Star. Edwards though does bring Jiminy Cricket to life being a particularly endearing and just right for the story's literal conscience)
Crisp - 3.5(Crip is very good at just exuding the right quiet dignity for his character, and you never question the innate goodness of the monk. What I love though is the scene where he reveals his own indiscretions to Robinson's character, as he makes it such an believable and genuinely moving moment)
Anonymous:
Lugosi - 2.5(Very miscast as an American gangster, and no Lugosi does not attempt an accent. It just seems strange, he's not bad in the role, the man knows how to exude menace, but he still feels out of place)
Young - Crossfire - 2.5(Young does not make anything particularly dynamic out of his investigator, and he's mostly just there mainly overshadowed by the two other Roberts. He also must deliver the most obvious speech in the film, which he's handles okay, better than Peck in Gentleman's agreement anyway, but still there's nothing noteworthy about his work.)
Young - 2(The worst part of the Mortal Storm, which was a film I liked, was the performances of the majority of Nazis Young included. Young and the others overplay it a bit feeling a bit too one dimensional at times, which just undercutting the menace that is actually created rather well by the film's direction.)
Taylor - 2(Any one not named Roddy McDowall feels a bit off in this film, Taylor included. For playing Cleopatra she does not have the extreme charisma one would expect, and also lacks the seductive quality beyond just her own attractiveness which leaves her oddly muted at times. In addition to that some of her big dramatic moments, such as her reaction to a vision of death, just comes off as ridiculous)
From what I've seen it seemed like he mostly coasted on his charisma which in itself was a bit of a slippery slope that could either be genuinely charming or a tad abrasive. The only performances of his that I saw him stretch past this are The Agony and the Ecstasy and Cleopatra. One did not turn out well, and the other had similair awkward moments though there were moments that seemed to suggest the potential for more.
GM:
I consider Spacey lead.
RatedRStar:
Have you seen The Sea Hawk? Rains just does not have much of a part, he's still good though.
Louis: Yes I have seen it I was only messing with you as I often do =D lol, its a shame though I think this is his second lowest rating behind Four Daughters which was a terrible film and Rains was given fuck all to do so its not nice to hear even if it is true lol.
Louis: Can you repost the ratings for Spacek in Get Low and Winters in A Double Life?
Anonymous: Spacek - 4.5 Winters - 4
Just got back from Sicario. Kind of on the fence on the film itself, but DAMN Del Toro is on point. Keep him on tap, Louis, nominated or not.
Robert: Ratings for Del Toro and Blunt.
Luke: Robert's taking a break from rating performances.
Michael: Ok. :)
Yeah, I've come around to Psifonian's philosophy on ratings. They're kinda arbitrary, plus it's hard for me to keep track of them.
Louis: If you are seeing The Martian tomorrow or have seen it today, then could I have your ratings & thoughts on the cast, as well as your thoughts on the film.
Whats with the Joaquin Phoenix memes? I mean honestly lol.
Joaquin is Love. Joaquin is Life.
Freeman, McKellen, Gibson, Willis, Neill.
Luke:
I'm seeing it tomorrow.
Louis: :)
Ian McKellen - Richard III
James Earl Jones - Cry, The Beloved Country
Now I have to watch The Grapes of Wrath again, because I honestly don't remember Carradine. Also, a Fun fact about Robert Young. He had previously been Margaret Sullavan's co-star in Three Comrades, along with Franchot Tone and Robert Taylor (who always seems to give a better performance when he is with a strong female co-star (Sullavan, Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge, and Greta Garbo in Camille ).
Hey Louis, what are your rating and thoughts of Joaquin Phoenix's performance in "The Immigrant"?
I've seen Sicario and I found it pretty great. It definitely deserves a nomination for Best Original Screenplay, and both Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro are terrific.
Off topic, but, Louis, what are your ratings and thoughts on Anita Louise and Gladys George in Marie Antoinette?
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