Best Scene: Any imitation.
4. Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night In Miami - Ben-Adir gives a remarkable portrayal of Malcolm X that delivers the specific power of the man, but also wonderfully humanizing him.
Best Scene: Reaction to "Change Gonna Come".
3. Mark Rylance in Waiting For the Barbarians - Rylance brings his unique abilities as a performer once again, making such a striking impression of quiet and earnest humanity in a world of cruelty.
Best Scene: Final confrontation with the Colonel and his dog.
2. Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round - Mikkelsen gives a brilliant performance this in so powerful in showing the unlikely progression of a man to finding his joy of life again, through drink, but eventually through self-discovery and moderation.
Best Scene: The Dance.
1. Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods - Good prediction Michael McCarthy. As much as I adore Mikkelsen and greatly prefer his film, I can't deny the achievement of Delroy Lindo here. His work simply is stunning from the first minute in creating such a complex and powerful portrayal of a man struggling to face his demons after so many years. Although even more notable is the fact that he isn't even my win, which speaks to the strength of this year (any year is amazing when Steven Yeun in Minari can't make it into a top five), and the strength of my winner, who I think gives one of the greatest performances ever given (a line delivering the same opinion was removed from my original Hopkins review for the sake of suspense).
Best Scene: Mad in the jungle.
Overall Ranking:
- Anthony Hopkins in The Father
- Delroy Lindo in Da 5 Bloods
- Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round
- Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
- Steven Yeun in Minari
- Hugh Jackman in Bad Education
- Mark Rylance in Waiting for the Barbarians
- Gary Oldman in Mank - 5
- Byung-hun Lee in The Man Standing Next
- Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami
- Dev Patel in The Personal History of David Copperfield
- Sope Dirisu in His House
- George MacKay in True History of the Kelly Gang
- Jesse Plemons in I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Cosmo Jarvis in Calm With Horses
- Leslie Odom Jr. in One Night in Miami
- John Boyega in Red, White and Blue
- Shaun Parkes in Mangrove - 4.5
- Adam Brody in The Kid Detective
- Ibrahima Gueye in The Life Ahead
- Jamie Foxx in Soul
- Andy Samberg in Palm Springs
- Charles Dance in Fanny Lye Deliver'd
- Orion Lee in First Cow
- John Magaro in First Cow
- Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Rob Morgan in Bull
- Lance Henriksen in Falling
- Franz Rogowski in Undine
- Tom Holland in The Devil All the Time
- Clarke Peters in Da 5 Bloods
- Jude Law in The Nest
- Kevin Costner in Let Him Go
- Bill Murray in On The Rocks
- Tom Hanks in News of the World
- Dylan O'Brien in Love and Monsters
- Nicolas Cage in Color Out of Space
- Ben Affleck in The Way Back
- Christopher Abbott in Possessor
- Sheyi Cole in Alex Wheatle
- Alan Kim in Minari - 4
- Alex Winter in Bill and Ted Face the Music
- Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted Face the Music
- Welket Bungue in Berlin Alexanderplatz
- Michael Angelo Covino in The Climb
- John David Washington in Tenet
- Toby Wallace in Babyteeth
- George Clooney in Midnight Sky
- Jesse Eisenberg in Resistance
- Chris Pratt in Onward
- Tom Holland in Onward
- Kenyah Sandy in Education
- Lucas Jaye in Driveways
- Ethan Hawke in Tesla
- Claes Bang in The Burnt Orange Heresy
- Tom Hanks in Greyhound
- Shia LaBeouf in Pieces of a Woman
- Ivan Trojan in Charlatan - 3.5
- Kyle Marvin in The Climb
- Nicholas Hoult in The Banker
- Anthony Mackie in The Banker
- Samuel L. Jackson in The Banker
- Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño in I'm No Longer Here
- Rouhollah Zamani in Sun Children
- Nnamdi Asomugha in Sylvie's Love
- Bakary Koné in Night of the Kings
- Pete Davidson in The King of Staten Island
- Sam Rockwell in The One and Only Ivan
- Daniel Radcliffe in Escape From Pretoria
- Chris Hemsworth in Extraction
- Viggo Mortensen in Falling
- Will Smith in Bad Boys For Life - 3
- Daniel Webber in Escape from Pretoria
- Vin Diesel in Bloodshot
- Freddie Fox in Fanny Lye Deliver'd
- Paul Bettany in Uncle Frank
- Matthew McConaughey in The Gentlemen
- Steve Carell in Irresistible
- Jim Parsons in The Boys in the Band
- Henry Golding in Monsoon
- Sebastian Stan in The Last Full Measure
- Jahzir Kadeem Bruno in The Witches
- Ben Schwartz in Sonic The Hedgehog - 2.5
- James Marsden in Sonic The Hedgehog
- Chris Rock in The Witches
- Bryan Cranston in The One and Only Ivan
- Tom Hardy in Capone
- Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys For Life - 2
- Armie Hammer in Rebecca - 1.5
- James Corden in The Prom
- Gabriel Basso in Hillbilly Elegy
- Owen Asztalos in Hillbilly Elegy - 1
Next Year: 2020 alternate supporting
53 comments:
And now I can finally reveal that Hopkins was a foregone conclusion since December 31st.
Damn!
Louis: Your ratings and thoughts on the rest of the performances you've previously haven't given thoughts on.
Laurie/Whishaw
Rylance
Mendelsohn
Hoult/Crowe
Dennehy
And a bonus review for Bo Burnham.
Kiss the ring boys.
Well played, Michael.
Ben Mendelsohn
Bo Burnham
Johnny Flynn (I guess this one is a “me” thing?)
Aldis Hodge
Russel Crowe
I guess I can't think of anything other than Hoult, Mendelsohn, Rylance, Laurie, and Dennehy. Though I kinda hope there's a surprise thrown in there.
Congrats Michael.
Wouldn’t mind Malachi Kirby in Mangrove either, but I’m more than content with the expected ones.
Whoa! Did not expect Lindo to place above Mikkelsen. Glad to see him get the recognition, though, brilliant performance.
Louis: Would it be possible to do a write-up on Lee when you return to 2020 Lead.
Yeah, can't say I saw that coming.
Louis: Your top 30 Oscar-nominated Lead Actor performances.
I really am flip-flopping between Boseman and Lindo as my number 2. I should rewatch them both, to help me decide. Hopkins is my number 1 no matter what.
Louis: I've decided to use my request now and it's Clancy Brown in Highlander.
Luke: Ha, nice.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN MATT!
Luke:
No, I purposefully didn't review him to spread the wealth, but he's a definite 4.5 for me, as another very good turn, though lesser than his other two volcanic performances I have reviewed.
Dance - (It is very much working within the Dance blend, as the hard-bitten authoritarian. It is a bit interesting than some others in that regard as he gets moments of getting to play with the nuance of this a bit. Dance excelling in those moments though I wish there had been more of them. Now even with that, he is of course good at being the cold puritanical type, if it is a bit too expected at this point.)
Eisenberg - (I actually didn't think the film was that bad, nor was it that good however. I am coming around to Eisenberg a bit in general because he delivers performances you just aren't going to see elsewhere and there is something in that. There are a lot of wonderful moments in this work in which he plays up the sort of cleverness of the mime. Although his accent can be argued as slightly much I think it works, as does his general emotional conviction in the role. There's some genuine moving moments here and I liked this turn from him.)
Banker trio - (Fascinating idea wasted by an inert take. All three are more than fine in playing pretty basic types however their interactions are too stilted, at the basic script level, for it to really work past a certain point.)
Asomugha - (Relatively charming turn, but really not that notable either.)
Fox - (Yeah this part really needed a performance overflowing with charisma, I didn't think he quite had that, this as I thought he came off as just more creepy than I think was the intention. I found him kind of obnoxious after awhile and kind of agreed with Dance's grimace at a certain point. He needed to own his scenes, and he just doesn't.)
Golding - (This film feels frankly disjointed with how stilted the acting is. Hate to say it, but I think everyone bought into Golding a bit too quickly based on this and the Gentlemen. He's just kind of a pretty thin performer based on this, and can't seem to do much if he can't coast on his charm.)
Bruno & Rock - (I actually have to say if the film didn't have so much CGI, I actually don't think I would've even considered it bad. Still Rock's voice work is distracting as the narration, and there's nothing notable about what Bruno is doing.)
Stan - (Good intentions but earnest to a fault as a film. I actually don't think Stan is even bad, he just is working with such an overly forced script he can make up for its weaknesses.)
Cranston - (He's not bad all the time, but whenever he becomes a goofy villain he gets horribly hammy, very horribly hammy. This just overplaying every bit of it. There's other moments where he's fine, but he also suffers from the film having no idea what to do with his character.)
Is anybody else getting the feeling that Breaking Bad was the only great performance Bryan Cranston had in him?
Either that or he just really, really needs to step back and look at the projects he's taking.
Matt: I had a funny situation where I watched Breaking Bad way after the rest of you guys, and so it was a reverse - I was like, he’s good but why does everyone hold him in such high esteem and then WOW.
Guess I need to check that Eisenberg film.
Louis: It should never have had to come to that, but if Netflix had campaigned Lindo in supporting (category fraud I know but no worse than some of the examples this year, especially since it is an ensemble film for a while), would he have gotten in, or do you feel like the industry was going to snub him for whatever reason (it is still very baffling to me).
And your thoughts on the costume design for Sylvie’s Love (actually my win for the year).
You're missing Alec Guinness.
Calvin:
Hard to say because the film bottomed out anyways, beyond the random score nom, so it feels like they just weren't feeling the film in general. Hate that it sunk Lindo, though I have to wonder how many voters turned off the film after Norm Lewis's STUPID over the top, and totally out of place death scene. I just say that, because it seems like anyone who watched past that point would have to at least put Lindo in their top five, and maybe he could've been sabotaged by something like that. Supporting though would've been easier (because lead was STACKED), but I think the trend simply was against the film, so he could've easily still missed.
The costume design is wonderful in being that period chic in the best ways. This basically looking as designer and pretty as possible in several different settings and ways. Just lovely work across the board. Just every one of Thompson's costumes are eye catching in some way and just beautifully pop so to speak. I have to say, I wish the film's script was better because the general idea, and aesthetic are rather wonderful.
Luke:
And that's why I hate such lists. I won't be re-posting a new one.
Maybe in the future 2020 review Delroy or Mads will take Anthony out of the position.
Shaggy:
Nope, not even a slight chance.
I was pretty sure Hopkins was gonna be my winner after just the first scene, and he only got better.
Matt: Bryan Cranston did win a second tony for an acclaimed role. But other than that....
Oh and he was also good as Hal in Malcom in the Middle
Louis remember NEVER SAY "NEVER"
Shaggy: Make your own ranking dude, Jesus Christ. You can put whoever you want as your own winner.
Shaggy:
Watched The Father three times now, and my appreciation for Hopkins only grows on each re-watch. He's made it in my top ten leading actor performances of all time, without hesitation, so I will say NEVER quite emphatically.
Unknown: But was he actually that great in Network or did he just win because it was him playing that role? I don't know, maybe he was amazing, but he doesn't seem right for that part to me.
Louis: Man, how could you handle it 3 times?
He got pretty universal acclaim, but I haven't seen the play so I can't say personally
Also, suggestions
Laurie/Whishaw
Dennehy
Mendelsohn
Crowe
Rylance
Louis: If I haven't exhausted you on your opinions already, could you tell me your best and worst supporting actress wins
Michael: I AM NOT WORTHY!
As for Supporting...aahhhh...the ones that’s been suggested several times, I suppose.
Matt:
A healthy dose of my favorite sitcom episodes put directly in my bloodstream, immediately after each viewing.
Louis: now that you said that about Hopkins, what would be your updated top 10 lead actor performances of all time. Maybe throw in your choices for Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress while you’re at it?
Louis: Your 1960s cast & director for Sylvie’s Choice.
These are a lot of big questions at once, guys.
Yeah, can we save these for the next post. I'm dying to know what the Supporting lineup is.
With my first first watch of The Father, even with the technical issues I faced I thought Hopkins was extraordinary, but with the rewatch I have to say I have to agree with everyone that it is, indeed, an all-timer.
Agreed on how the general passion for Da 5 Bloods just wasn't there. I mainly say Supporting because Netflix managed to get two nominations in each of Lead Actor, Lead Actress, and Supporting Actress, so I feel like it would've been entirely possible too for Supporting Actor especially considering (all in retrospect of course) that none of the Chicago 7 gents besides Cohen made an impression on awards season. It would've been a shame if that was the case because the scene right after that Norm Lewis death scene is one of the film's best.
Eh, a little deflated that Mikkelsen isn't 2nd, but Lindo's performance is phenomenal without a doubt.
Brian Dennehy
Hugh Laurie and Ben Whishaw
Nicholas Hoult
Ben Mendelsohn
Bo Burnham
Rylance
Mendelsohn
Burnham
Laurie/Whishaw
Crowe in Kelly Gang (if he's still saved. I genuinely don't remember)
I'm all for a review of Bo Larsen's work in Another Round, although I think Louis gave his thoughts on all the men in Mikkelsen's review.
Emi: Louis did not save Crowe. He gave him a 4. My suggestions for supporting are the same as Luke.
Dennehy
Hoult
Laurie
Rylance
Schuch (Berlin Alexanderplatz)
Louis: What is your reasoning for Clarke peters being co-lead in da 5 bloods?
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