Louis: Films to watch. Much Ado About Nothing A Bronx Tale Army Of Darkness M. Butterfly Three Colours: Blue Cronos Cool Runnings Benny And Joon The Secret Garden Alive
Louis, would you place Lucas Hedges in lead or supporting for Manchester by the Sea? Because I thought he might be another case of category fraud when I saw the trailer, but I saw it yesterday and thought he leaned more towards supporting than I was expecting.
Assassins Creed is only on 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, such a shame to see Fassbender, Cotilard, Gleeson, Rampling, Irons and a usually good director Kurzel in a poorly reviewed film.
Ive seen Wong and Cheung of course being the HK slut that I am =D I reckon Wong and Cheung might get the same rating, Wong may edge it though because he is just so disgusting, you cannot take your eyes off him.
Louis: Its interesting that Anthony Wong was ill during Beast Cops because he doesnt look much healthier here in The Untold Story although that works to his advantage lol, even though he was only 33 years old lol. There was a pretty amusing interview with Wong when he promoted Beast Cops basically it was
Interviewer: "What was it like working with Sam Lee"
Wong: "Haha he is a funny guy, he always stoned =)
I have to say, Wong is probably the HK actor who's work I'm most interested in seeing. He surprised the hell out if me when I finally saw Beast Cops, he's dangerously close to being my win over Gleeson for that year.
RatedRStar: I'm not surprised that Assassins' Creed got negative reviews. Movie adaptations of video games just don't work, not even cartoon (I'm looking at you Darkstalkers) or anime adaptations (with some exceptions).
Michael McCarthy: Anthony Wong is a very interesting man in general I mean like he is a punk rock singer in his spare time lol, I think Anthony Wong can and has given bad performances in films but most of the time he is always good to great =D.
Calvin: Of course I love Lau Ching Wan I was desperate to get him on this blog at any cost lol, I would say Wong is one of HKs best, certainly on the upper tier of good Hong Kong actors, there arent many of them really when you look at all the Hong Kong Actors lol.
I always like to think whenever I request or vote for a Hong Kong performance that I tend to be very cautious and careful to make sure that it is definitely a good performance.
1. Lemmon Quaaludes 714 - The Wolf of Wall Street 2. Selling the penny stocks - The Wolf of Wall Street 3. Showing his men how to make a sale - The Wolf of Wall Street 4. The Yacht - The Wolf of Wall Street 5. I.P.O - The Wolf of Wall Street 6. Billy's first visit to the Psychiatrist - The Departed 7. Finding his son - The Revenant 8. Billy confronts Colin - The Departed 9. Dinner at Candie's - Django Unchained 10. Arnie finds his mother - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Pitt:
1. The Assassination - The Assassination of Jesse James 2. You ever thought about suicide - The Assassination of Jesse James 3. Mr. O'Brien Apologizes - The Tree of Life 4. Meeting with Osbourne Cox - Burn After Reading 5. Going to see Ed - The Assassination of Jesse James 6. Talking about his shooting - Seven 7. Teaching the kids how to fight - The Tree of Life 8. The Train Robbery - The Assassination of Jesse James 9. John Doe appears - Seven 10. Calling Osbourne Cox - Burn After Reading
RatedRStar:
Mortal Kombat continues to reign supreme, I guess. Although I did not have any real expectations, I thought there would be problems when they decided to retain the framing device.
Michael:
Hedges is definitely supporting to me.
Anonymous:
Kirk Douglas:
1. Turning down the promotion - Paths of Glory 2. The suicide - Lust for Life 3. The Trial - Path of Glory 4. The final scene - Lust for Life 5. Chuck has a change of heart - Ace in the Hole 6. The Ending - Champion 7. Final fight with Gauguin - Lust for Life 8. "I'm Spartacus" - Spartacus 9. The Slap - Ace in the Hole 10. Midge goes full heel - Champion
Burt Lancaster:
1. Hunsecker's introduction - Sweet Smell of Success 2. Elmer's baseball preaching - Elmer Gantry 3. Hunsecker "helps" the musician - Sweet Smell of Success 4. Showdown at the end - The Train 5. Elmer takes down the press - Elmer Gantry 6. Moonlight's intro - Field of Dreams 7. Hunsecker turns on Sidney - Sweet Smell of Success 8. The Judge's deposition - Judgment at Nuremberg 9. Final Fight - The Professionals 10. Facing off with the president - Seven Days in May
Edward G. Robinson:
1. All in a nice little package - Double Indemnity 2. His final scene Soylent Green - Soylent Green 3. Is this the end of Rico? - Little Caesar 4. Listing off types of deaths - Double Indemnity 5. The Captain breaks down - The Sea Wolf 6. "Closer than that Walter" - Double Indemnity 7. Rico fails to kill - Little Caesar 8. The Captain realizes he's gone too far - The Sea Wolf 9. The Haunting - Scarlet Street 10. "Except in a pine box" - Little Caesar
Louis: I think Mortal Kombat is actually ok as a movie, it is fairly faithful to the first game with the exact same characters appearing which is about as good as one can get =D and the Mortal Kombat theme is still amazing to listen 2 lol, the actors do try as well I feel especially Lambert =D.
1. Hopkins 2. Day-Lewis 3. Bradford 4. Cheung 5. Wong Louis: Can you please watch Baazigar, and if anyone from this lineup is below a 3.5 (which I know is very unlikely, but still), and if you feel Shahrukh Khan's performance is worth a 4 or more, can you review his work instead?
Matt: I also think that these lists, are more about the acting and the directing going hand in hand with each other and Louis wasn't a fan of McQueen's direction in Shame.
Luke: Okay, I don't know what point you're trying to make but my point was that DiCaprio's not necessarily gonna get downgraded just because he didn't make the top 10.
Robert: I doubt it. Rules Don't Apply seems like a completely different type of film from The Aviator, and Beatty seems to be going for an entirely different type of performance. No matter how bad he is, I can't imagine it affecting my feelings towards DiCaprio's work one way or the other.
@Michael: You would think, but watching RDA I was taken aback at how Beatty seemed to flip flop back and fourth between how he wanted to interpret Hughes in terms of tone. As a result, I ended up appreciating what DiCaprio was going for more I hindsight.
Louis: this is off topic but do you think you can watch Ruby in Paradise as well? I would love to read your thoughts on Ashley Judd's performance, one of my favorites from that year.
I doubt that one of these guys (that all or even Bradford) overthrew Jeff Daniels. As William Holden (Stalag 17) put it, "does anyone else want to bet?"
My ranking is: 5-Wong 4-Cheung 3-Hopkins 2-Day-Lewis 1-Bradford
Varun: Good campaigning and playing a real person probably did it, plus he wasn't against a particularly competitive lineup, only Leo had an outside chance of winning.
Whats worse is that the gang on this blog seem to be the only ones that do dislike Foxx in Ray, public opinion is overwhelmingly positive on Foxx in Ray which, I just feel that Foxx takes the too easy option of playing Ray with some painful impressions.
I saw Hotel Rwanda a few days ago, and I was amazed by Cheadle's work. He's easily a 5 for me, and he's my #2 of 2004 behind Jim Carrey's phenomenal performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
I'd agree King was good though her character almost seems comically like an afterthought, not to mention she has to attempt to give any reality to the creation of "hit the road jack" scene which is a pretty atrocious scene. I'll give her credit she keeps her head up best she can though. I wish that relationship had been developed more since King certainly tries.
Anonymous:
I've seen the episode but not in a very long time. I can't really remember it.
Tahmeed:
I'll try.
Matt:
Michael Caine:
1. Watching the porno - Get Carter 2. Danny's Exit - The Man Who Would Be King 3. After the Abortion - Alfie 4. The final kill - Get Carter 5. The Epilogue - The Man Who Would Be King 6. Jasper says goodbye - Children of Men 7. "A Thankful Heart" - Muppets Christmas Carol 8. Dying in a clown mask - Sleuth 9. Carter meets Brumby - Get Carter 10. Mortwell's final scene - Mona Lisa
Morgan Freeman:
1. The Box - Seven 2. Which eye? - Street Smart 3. Rehabilitated - The Shawshank Redemption 4. Spoil that kid - Seven 5. Fast Black at a party - Street Smart 6. Ned Can't Shoot - Unforgiven 7. Mozart Narration - The Shawshank Redemption 8. Sloth - Seven 9. "Just Looking" - Driving Miss Daisy 10. Kicking out the kids - Lean on Me
Thanks! Some pretty unique choices for the 90s version. McTiernan would have done a great job as well, considering Die Hard and whatnot. The 2010s version also would've been something else.
Saw Hacksaw Ridge. Let's just say I thought it was a combination of Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Paths of Glory, with Garfield going full on Jimmy Stewart in the early scenes and Jim Caviezel in the latter ones.
In other words, I loved it. Extended thoughts soon to come.
I honestly cannot envision anyone else in the role of George Bailey besides Stewart. It is such quintessential Stewart in everyway imaginable, and there's a reason it is in my top five leading actor performances of all time. Only Stewart could pull it off.
Calvin:
Glad to hear you really took to it.
Varun:
1. "Could've been a contender" - On the Waterfront 2. The rape - A Streetcar Named Desire 3. "Honorable Men" - Julius Caesar 4. Confronting Friendly - On the Waterfront 5. Learning about Sonny - The Godfather 6. "Stella" - A Streetcar Named Desire 7. An errand boy - Apocalypse Now 8. Confessing to Edie - On the Waterfront 9. The opening - The Godfather 10. Finding his brother - On the Waterfront
That's a fantastic choice of scenes for Brando. And yeah, I'd say HR is right up there in my top 10 of the decade already. Speaking of which who would you have picked in Vaughn's role? Because while I understand some of your reservations I thought he was perfectly cast (and I thought he looked awful in the trailers).
I actually had a conversation with someone yesterday about how I wanted Lee Byung-hun to play Roy Mustang if they ever make an Englsih language Fullmetal Alchemist movie.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock - Strangers on a Train Production Design: The Tales of Hoffmann Sound Editing: Ace in the Hole Sound Mixing: Strangers on a Train Score: Scrooge Editing: Strangers on a Train Visual Effects: Scrooge Costume Design: The Tales of Hoffmann Cinematography: Strangers on a Train Makeup and Hairstyling: The Tales of Hoffmann Original Screenplay: Ace in the Hole Adapted Screenplay: Strangers on a Train Song: "The Cool Cool of the Evening" - Here Comes the Groom
@Anonymous: Yes, but only if the adapted the 2003 series. The manga/Brotherhood doesn't lend itself to adaptation like that series does. Easier to condense into two or three movies and keep the plot and characterization.
Still haven't finished Farewell My Concubine but I'll put in predictions anyway.
1. Anthony Hopkins (WOW I was surprised how good he was. I wouldn't mind if he took the overall.) 2. Leslie Cheung 3. Daniel Day-Lewis (Fascinatingly magnetic for one of his "subtle" performances.) 4. Jesse Bradford 5. Anthony Wong (Wasn't a fan of the film but he at least matched the tone effectively.)
1. Christie murders Beryl Evans - 10 Rillington Place 2. Christie at the homeless shelter - 10 Rillington Place 3. Pinky's hit goes wrong - Brighton Rock 4. The Major refuses to give up his arms - Guns at Batasi 5. "Shut up" - The Angry Silence 6. The First murder - 10 Rillington Place 7. Pinky's tape recording - Brighton Rock 8. Meeting with the Union Boss - The Angry Silence 9. The Major is dismissed - Guns at Batasi 10. The final Seance - Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Varun:
Pesci:
1. "Funny How?" - Goodfellas 2. Brothers meet again later - Raging Bull 3. "You wanna know who killed Kennedy?" - JFK 4. Billy Bats - Goodfellas 5. The final fight - Raging Bull 6. Killing spider - Goodfellas 7. The Bad Suit - My Cousin Vinny 8. Initial Interview - JFK 9. Tommy is a "made man" - Goodfellas 10. Nicky's end - Casino
100 comments:
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Cheung
4. Bradford
5. Wong
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Bradford
4. Cheung
5. Wong
Louis: Films to watch.
Much Ado About Nothing
A Bronx Tale
Army Of Darkness
M. Butterfly
Three Colours: Blue
Cronos
Cool Runnings
Benny And Joon
The Secret Garden
Alive
Actually,
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Bradford
4. Wong
5. Cheung
Louis: And This Boy's Life.
Varun Neermul:
1.Lewis
2.Wong
3.Hopkins
4.Bradford
5.Cheung
Varun Neermul: Louis, your top 10 Leonardo Dicaprio acting momenst and your top 10 Brad Pitt acting moments.
1.Hopkins
2.Lewis
3.Bradford
4.Wong
5.Cheung
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Cheung
4. Bradford
5. Wong
Louis: Could you also watch Nicolas Cage in Deadfall.
Mine -
1. Cheung
2. Day-Lewis
3. Hopkins
4. Wong
5. Bradford
Louis: Your rating and thoughts on Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus.
Louis, would you place Lucas Hedges in lead or supporting for Manchester by the Sea? Because I thought he might be another case of category fraud when I saw the trailer, but I saw it yesterday and thought he leaned more towards supporting than I was expecting.
Michael McCarthy: Your ratings for Affleck and Hedges.
5 for Affleck, 4.5 for Hedges.
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Bradford
4. Wong
5. Cheung
Louis: Your top ten acting scenes from Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Edward G. Robinson.
Assassins Creed is only on 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, such a shame to see Fassbender, Cotilard, Gleeson, Rampling, Irons and a usually good director Kurzel in a poorly reviewed film.
Ive seen Wong and Cheung of course being the HK slut that I am =D I reckon Wong and Cheung might get the same rating, Wong may edge it though because he is just so disgusting, you cannot take your eyes off him.
1.Hopkins
2.Lewis
3.Bradford
4.Wong
5.Cheung
Hangs head in shame. Why the fuck did I get my hopes up for this.
Louis: Its interesting that Anthony Wong was ill during Beast Cops because he doesnt look much healthier here in The Untold Story although that works to his advantage lol, even though he was only 33 years old lol. There was a pretty amusing interview with Wong when he promoted Beast Cops basically it was
Interviewer: "What was it like working with Sam Lee"
Wong: "Haha he is a funny guy, he always stoned =)
I have to say, Wong is probably the HK actor who's work I'm most interested in seeing. He surprised the hell out if me when I finally saw Beast Cops, he's dangerously close to being my win over Gleeson for that year.
RatedRStar: I'm not surprised that Assassins' Creed got negative reviews. Movie adaptations of video games just don't work, not even cartoon (I'm looking at you Darkstalkers) or anime adaptations (with some exceptions).
Michael McCarthy: Anthony Wong is a very interesting man in general I mean like he is a punk rock singer in his spare time lol, I think Anthony Wong can and has given bad performances in films but most of the time he is always good to great =D.
Wong is fine in general but I much prefer the likes of a Lau Ching-Wan in general. He is fantastic in The Mission and Beast Cops though.
Calvin: Of course I love Lau Ching Wan I was desperate to get him on this blog at any cost lol, I would say Wong is one of HKs best, certainly on the upper tier of good Hong Kong actors, there arent many of them really when you look at all the Hong Kong Actors lol.
I always like to think whenever I request or vote for a Hong Kong performance that I tend to be very cautious and careful to make sure that it is definitely a good performance.
Then I realise that I requested Daniel Wu =) lol we all make mistakes.
Luke:
Will do.
Varun:
DiCaprio:
1. Lemmon Quaaludes 714 - The Wolf of Wall Street
2. Selling the penny stocks - The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Showing his men how to make a sale - The Wolf of Wall Street
4. The Yacht - The Wolf of Wall Street
5. I.P.O - The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Billy's first visit to the Psychiatrist - The Departed
7. Finding his son - The Revenant
8. Billy confronts Colin - The Departed
9. Dinner at Candie's - Django Unchained
10. Arnie finds his mother - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Pitt:
1. The Assassination - The Assassination of Jesse James
2. You ever thought about suicide - The Assassination of Jesse James
3. Mr. O'Brien Apologizes - The Tree of Life
4. Meeting with Osbourne Cox - Burn After Reading
5. Going to see Ed - The Assassination of Jesse James
6. Talking about his shooting - Seven
7. Teaching the kids how to fight - The Tree of Life
8. The Train Robbery - The Assassination of Jesse James
9. John Doe appears - Seven
10. Calling Osbourne Cox - Burn After Reading
RatedRStar:
Mortal Kombat continues to reign supreme, I guess. Although I did not have any real expectations, I thought there would be problems when they decided to retain the framing device.
Michael:
Hedges is definitely supporting to me.
Anonymous:
Kirk Douglas:
1. Turning down the promotion - Paths of Glory
2. The suicide - Lust for Life
3. The Trial - Path of Glory
4. The final scene - Lust for Life
5. Chuck has a change of heart - Ace in the Hole
6. The Ending - Champion
7. Final fight with Gauguin - Lust for Life
8. "I'm Spartacus" - Spartacus
9. The Slap - Ace in the Hole
10. Midge goes full heel - Champion
Burt Lancaster:
1. Hunsecker's introduction - Sweet Smell of Success
2. Elmer's baseball preaching - Elmer Gantry
3. Hunsecker "helps" the musician - Sweet Smell of Success
4. Showdown at the end - The Train
5. Elmer takes down the press - Elmer Gantry
6. Moonlight's intro - Field of Dreams
7. Hunsecker turns on Sidney - Sweet Smell of Success
8. The Judge's deposition - Judgment at Nuremberg
9. Final Fight - The Professionals
10. Facing off with the president - Seven Days in May
Edward G. Robinson:
1. All in a nice little package - Double Indemnity
2. His final scene Soylent Green - Soylent Green
3. Is this the end of Rico? - Little Caesar
4. Listing off types of deaths - Double Indemnity
5. The Captain breaks down - The Sea Wolf
6. "Closer than that Walter" - Double Indemnity
7. Rico fails to kill - Little Caesar
8. The Captain realizes he's gone too far - The Sea Wolf
9. The Haunting - Scarlet Street
10. "Except in a pine box" - Little Caesar
1.Hopkins
2.Lewis
3.Bradford
4.Cheung
5.Wong
Louis: I think Mortal Kombat is actually ok as a movie, it is fairly faithful to the first game with the exact same characters appearing which is about as good as one can get =D and the Mortal Kombat theme is still amazing to listen 2 lol, the actors do try as well I feel especially Lambert =D.
Louis: What are your thoughts on the X-Men episode Repo Man?
I will cry so much when Kirk Douglas moves on, such a legend =D.
Louis, if you're not sick of doing these, can I get your top 10 acting scenes for Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman?
1. Hopkins
2. Day-Lewis
3. Bradford
4. Cheung
5. Wong
Louis: Can you please watch Baazigar, and if anyone from this lineup is below a 3.5 (which I know is very unlikely, but still), and if you feel Shahrukh Khan's performance is worth a 4 or more, can you review his work instead?
Hmmmmm nothing from The Aviator in DiCaprio's Top 10 huh? Interesting...
*cough cough* downgrade *cough*
Michael: I mean, there was nothing from Shame in Fassbender's top 10 and he still gives that performance a 5.
Matt: I think his favourite scene from that performance was the dinner he had with Nicole Beharie's character.
@Michael: If you saw Rules Don't Apply, your complaints about DiCaprio in The Aviator would vanish entirely.
Matt: I also think that these lists, are more about the acting and the directing going hand in hand with each other and Louis wasn't a fan of McQueen's direction in Shame.
Luke: Okay, I don't know what point you're trying to make but my point was that DiCaprio's not necessarily gonna get downgraded just because he didn't make the top 10.
Robert: I doubt it. Rules Don't Apply seems like a completely different type of film from The Aviator, and Beatty seems to be going for an entirely different type of performance. No matter how bad he is, I can't imagine it affecting my feelings towards DiCaprio's work one way or the other.
Matt: I get that, I'm just trying to make it happen regardless.
Matt: What I really meant was that the performance and the direction work in perfect tandem to create a very effective scene.
Luke: And I agree. I don't really understand what happened here...
@Michael: You would think, but watching RDA I was taken aback at how Beatty seemed to flip flop back and fourth between how he wanted to interpret Hughes in terms of tone. As a result, I ended up appreciating what DiCaprio was going for more I hindsight.
Oh hey, David Thewlis is joining the cast of Fargo, so that's amazing.
Louis: this is off topic but do you think you can watch Ruby in Paradise as well? I would love to read your thoughts on Ashley Judd's performance, one of my favorites from that year.
Oh, I forgot my predictions!
1 - Day-Lewis
2 - Hopkins
3 - Cheung
4 - Wong
5 - Bradford
1. Day-Lewis
2.Hopkins
3. Cheung
4. Bradford
5.Wong
Luke (Re: Assassin's Creed): Don't worry. I too was looking forward to it, at least in a curious way. What a waste of such talent :(
I personally wouldnt downgrade DiCaprio but ah well lol.
DiCaprio losing his original win that Louis gave him was probably downgrade enough lol.
'The End Of The Tour' has one of tightest screenplays ever.
I doubt that one of these guys (that all or even Bradford) overthrew Jeff Daniels. As William Holden (Stalag 17) put it, "does anyone else want to bet?"
My ranking is:
5-Wong
4-Cheung
3-Hopkins
2-Day-Lewis
1-Bradford
Louis: On your Nominations page, you forgot to fix Alec Guinness. TLHM #4 TMITWS #8
Tahmeed: Have you seen 'Dil Chatha Hai'
Louis, Your top 5 favorite Daniel Day-Lewis performances?
Charles: Louis' list.
1. My Left Foot
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Lincoln
4. A Room With A View
5. My Beautiful Laundrette
Luke, Thanks, But i'm sure Day-Lewis for Age of Innocence is getting on there soon.
Charles: At least an incredibly strong 4.5, but we'll see.
Foxx is terrible in 'Ray'... How could he win an Oscar?
Louis, what's your rating and thoughts on he actor who plays Ray as young? I think the kid is better then Foxx.
Varun: Good campaigning and playing a real person probably did it, plus he wasn't against a particularly competitive lineup, only Leo had an outside chance of winning.
I don't think Foxx was that bad, especially when he portrays the musical performances.
Whats worse is that the gang on this blog seem to be the only ones that do dislike Foxx in Ray, public opinion is overwhelmingly positive on Foxx in Ray which, I just feel that Foxx takes the too easy option of playing Ray with some painful impressions.
He comes off as a parody of Ray. Something that could be shown on SNL.
Jamie Foxx in Ray is the same as his Jamie Foxx Show work.
Overall a cringey, joke of a performance,
At least Regina King is very good in 'Ray'. Best part of the film.
Louis, your rating and thoughts on Regina King in 'Ray'.
Varun: I've seen Dil Chahta Hai a very long time ago. All I do remember is that Aamir Khan was very good in it. I need a rewatch, to be honest.
Foxx is fine in Ray, nothing amazing but I personally think it's one of his best performances. Cheadle should have won though, most certainly.
Foxx stood out like a sore thumb in Ray. Kind of like Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight, which is even worse in Foxx's case since he's the lead of the movie.
I saw Hotel Rwanda a few days ago, and I was amazed by Cheadle's work. He's easily a 5 for me, and he's my #2 of 2004 behind Jim Carrey's phenomenal performance in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Deiner:
Sure.
Varun:
I'd agree King was good though her character almost seems comically like an afterthought, not to mention she has to attempt to give any reality to the creation of "hit the road jack" scene which is a pretty atrocious scene. I'll give her credit she keeps her head up best she can though. I wish that relationship had been developed more since King certainly tries.
Anonymous:
I've seen the episode but not in a very long time. I can't really remember it.
Tahmeed:
I'll try.
Matt:
Michael Caine:
1. Watching the porno - Get Carter
2. Danny's Exit - The Man Who Would Be King
3. After the Abortion - Alfie
4. The final kill - Get Carter
5. The Epilogue - The Man Who Would Be King
6. Jasper says goodbye - Children of Men
7. "A Thankful Heart" - Muppets Christmas Carol
8. Dying in a clown mask - Sleuth
9. Carter meets Brumby - Get Carter
10. Mortwell's final scene - Mona Lisa
Morgan Freeman:
1. The Box - Seven
2. Which eye? - Street Smart
3. Rehabilitated - The Shawshank Redemption
4. Spoil that kid - Seven
5. Fast Black at a party - Street Smart
6. Ned Can't Shoot - Unforgiven
7. Mozart Narration - The Shawshank Redemption
8. Sloth - Seven
9. "Just Looking" - Driving Miss Daisy
10. Kicking out the kids - Lean on Me
Tahmeed: Cheadle is amazing and he'd be my win in almost any other year that decade. Unfortunately it was also the year of Bruno Ganz and Tom Cruise.
Louis: Speaking of Collateral, your cast and director for a 1990s and 2010s Collateral?
94dk1:
90's directed by John McTiernan:
Max: Steve Buscemi
Vincent: Kurt Russell
Annie: Virginia Madsen
Ray:John Turturro
Daniel: Isaac Hayes
Felix: Viggo Mortensen
2010's directed by Kim Ji-Woon:
Max: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Vincent: Byung-hun Lee
Annie: Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Ray: Edgar Ramirez
Daniel: Wendell Pierce
Felix: Gael Garcia Bernal
Thanks! Some pretty unique choices for the 90s version. McTiernan would have done a great job as well, considering Die Hard and whatnot. The 2010s version also would've been something else.
Louis: If It's a Wonderful Life had been remade in the 50's, who would you have chosen for the part of George Bailey?
Saw Hacksaw Ridge. Let's just say I thought it was a combination of Mr Smith Goes to Washington and Paths of Glory, with Garfield going full on Jimmy Stewart in the early scenes and Jim Caviezel in the latter ones.
In other words, I loved it. Extended thoughts soon to come.
Garfield - 5
Weaving - 4.5
Palmer - 3.5
Bracey - 4.5
Vaughn - 3.5
Worthington - 4
Griffiths - 3
Everyone else - collective 3 to 3.5
Louis, your top 10 Marlon Brando acting moments?
Anonymous:
I honestly cannot envision anyone else in the role of George Bailey besides Stewart. It is such quintessential Stewart in everyway imaginable, and there's a reason it is in my top five leading actor performances of all time. Only Stewart could pull it off.
Calvin:
Glad to hear you really took to it.
Varun:
1. "Could've been a contender" - On the Waterfront
2. The rape - A Streetcar Named Desire
3. "Honorable Men" - Julius Caesar
4. Confronting Friendly - On the Waterfront
5. Learning about Sonny - The Godfather
6. "Stella" - A Streetcar Named Desire
7. An errand boy - Apocalypse Now
8. Confessing to Edie - On the Waterfront
9. The opening - The Godfather
10. Finding his brother - On the Waterfront
That's a fantastic choice of scenes for Brando. And yeah, I'd say HR is right up there in my top 10 of the decade already. Speaking of which who would you have picked in Vaughn's role? Because while I understand some of your reservations I thought he was perfectly cast (and I thought he looked awful in the trailers).
Also, for that 2010s version of Collateral, should it be Choi Min-Sik cameoing in the Jason Statham equivalent?
My 2010s Leon the Professional directed by Kim Ji-Woon
Leon: Lee Byung-Hun
Matilda: Angourie Rice
Stansfield: Warren Oates
*Walton Goggins
I actually had a conversation with someone yesterday about how I wanted Lee Byung-hun to play Roy Mustang if they ever make an Englsih language Fullmetal Alchemist movie.
Calvin:
Well for Vaughn, again I did like him, but maybe Bobby Cannavale who I feel could still keep that comedic energy yet bring a bit more intensity.
And yes Min-sik in the cameo role would be perfect.
Louis what would the rest of your wins be for 1951?
Anonymous:
Director: Alfred Hitchcock - Strangers on a Train
Production Design: The Tales of Hoffmann
Sound Editing: Ace in the Hole
Sound Mixing: Strangers on a Train
Score: Scrooge
Editing: Strangers on a Train
Visual Effects: Scrooge
Costume Design: The Tales of Hoffmann
Cinematography: Strangers on a Train
Makeup and Hairstyling: The Tales of Hoffmann
Original Screenplay: Ace in the Hole
Adapted Screenplay: Strangers on a Train
Song: "The Cool Cool of the Evening" - Here Comes the Groom
Robert: You think a movie adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist could work?
Louis, Your top 10 Richard Attenborough acting moments?
Louis, your top 10 Joe Pesci acting moments?
@Anonymous: Yes, but only if the adapted the 2003 series. The manga/Brotherhood doesn't lend itself to adaptation like that series does. Easier to condense into two or three movies and keep the plot and characterization.
With all the talk about who the Best Actor nominations will look like, what does everyone think the Best Picture nominations will be?
94dfk1, Here's what i think -
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Lion”
“Manchester by the Sea” (winner)
“Moonlight”
"Loving"
"La La Land"
"Fences"
Still haven't finished Farewell My Concubine but I'll put in predictions anyway.
1. Anthony Hopkins (WOW I was surprised how good he was. I wouldn't mind if he took the overall.)
2. Leslie Cheung
3. Daniel Day-Lewis (Fascinatingly magnetic for one of his "subtle" performances.)
4. Jesse Bradford
5. Anthony Wong (Wasn't a fan of the film but he at least matched the tone effectively.)
Michael McCarthy: Your ratings and thoughts on the lineup.
Changing my predictions.
1.Lewis
2.Hopkins
3.Wong
4.Bradford
5.Cheung
Luke: You mind if I finish Farewell My Concubine first? Just so I can give them all at once.
Michael: I don't mind. :)
Charles:
Attenborough:
1. Christie murders Beryl Evans - 10 Rillington Place
2. Christie at the homeless shelter - 10 Rillington Place
3. Pinky's hit goes wrong - Brighton Rock
4. The Major refuses to give up his arms - Guns at Batasi
5. "Shut up" - The Angry Silence
6. The First murder - 10 Rillington Place
7. Pinky's tape recording - Brighton Rock
8. Meeting with the Union Boss - The Angry Silence
9. The Major is dismissed - Guns at Batasi
10. The final Seance - Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Varun:
Pesci:
1. "Funny How?" - Goodfellas
2. Brothers meet again later - Raging Bull
3. "You wanna know who killed Kennedy?" - JFK
4. Billy Bats - Goodfellas
5. The final fight - Raging Bull
6. Killing spider - Goodfellas
7. The Bad Suit - My Cousin Vinny
8. Initial Interview - JFK
9. Tommy is a "made man" - Goodfellas
10. Nicky's end - Casino
Post a Comment