Bradley Cooper in Licorice Pizza
Jeffrey Wright in The French Dispatch
Al Pacino in House of Gucci
Ben Affleck in The Last Duel
David Strathairn in Nightmare Alley
Predict these five, those five or both:
Anders Danielsen Lie in The Worst Person in the World
Masaki Okada in Drive My Car
Tony Leung Chiu Wai in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Mike Faist in West Side Story
Andre Holland in Passing
77 comments:
Louis: Thoughts on the Elvis trailer and did Hassell go up to a 4.5.
Ratings and thoughts on:
Benedict Wong - Nine Days
Timothy Spall - Spencer
Richard Jenkins - The Humans
Anthony LaPaglia - Nitram
1. Cooper
2. Wright
3. Affleck
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Pacino
5. Strathairn
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
I'll hold off until the first review.
1) Cooper
2) Wright
3) Affleck
4) Strathairn
5) Pacino
1) Okada
2) Faist
3) Lie
4) Holland
5) Leung
Strong year.
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
And I’m predicting the top 5 to be:
Cooper
Lie
Faist
Smit-McPhee
Okada
Gotta say I’m looking forward to each and every one of these reviews, they’re all such interesting performances to examine especially individual scenes.
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Faist
2. Okada
3. Danielsen Lie
4. Holland
5. Chiu-Wai
Calvin: Yeah, these ones are gonna be fun.
Baz Luhrmann directing an Elvis film, yikes that doesn't transmit confidence if I am honest.
RatedRStar: I've always been wondering what would it be like if he just made a self-parody movie called "The Eye Candy"
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Lie
2. Faust
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
Luke, your rating predictions?
Cooper - 5
Affleck - 5
Wright - 4.5/5
Strathairn - 4.5
Pacino - 4.5
Lie - 5
Faist - 5
Okada - 5
Leung - 5
Holland - 4.5
I’m predicting a 4.5 for Leung just because there hasn’t been an MCU performance that’s gotten a 5 yet…though if he does end up getting a 5 I will be very delighted.
5º Al Pacino
4º David Strathairn
3º Ben Affleck
2º Jeffrey Wright
1º Bradley Cooper
5º Tony Leung Chiu Wai
4º Andre Holland
3º Mike Faist
2º Anders Danielsen Lie
1º Masaki Okada
Calvin: I have a strong feeling he's going to break the duck.
And I predict:
Leto - 4
Dafoe - 4/4.5
Penn - 4
Waits - 4
Alvarez - 4.5
I actually think Alvarez might get a 5 too.
Whoever wins the overall is anyone's guess.
Correction
And I predict:
Leto - 4
Dafoe - 4/4.5
Penn - 4
Waits - 4
Alvarez - 4.5/5
1. Wright
2. Cooper
3. Affleck
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Faist
2. Okada
3. Lie
4. Leung
5. Holland
I do think Supporting Actor will determine whether or not 2021 has the most five star performances in history. 2015 and 2017 (33) are in danger of losing their record.
If Negga, Thompson and DeBose get upgraded then I believe it'll reach 40 which would be monumental.
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Pacino
5. Strathairn
1. Faist
2. Lie
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
I'll predict the top 5 because I'm mostly lost on the bottom 5. Although frankly, having only seen "Passing", I'm pretty lost for the line up overall.
1) Cooper
2) Affleck
3) Wright
4) Strathairn
5) Pacino
Something else I'll say...this is Affleck's first review since "Hollywoodland", and I'm still trying to wrap my head around him getting a razzie nod...in a period piece...directed by Ridley Scott...with his Good Will Hunting co-star/co-writer. Something's just not adding up.
Louis: Your thoughts on this It's Always Sunny scene?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkQSypHqdU
Louis: I meant this scene above.
My Predictions:
1. Cooper - 5
2. Affleck - 4.5/5
3. Wright - 4.5
4. Straithairn - 4.5
5. Pacino - 4
1. Lie - 5
2. Faist - 5
3. Okada - 5
4. Leung Chiu Wai - 4.5
5. Holland - 4.5
I don't think Pacino would be reviewed if he was just a 4.
1. Ben Affleck
2. Bradley Cooper
3. Jeffrey Wright
4. Al Pacino
5. David Straithairn
1. Mike Faist
2. Anders Danielsen Lie
3. Masaki Okada
4. Tony Leung Chiu-wai
5. Andre Holland
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Faist
2. Okada
3. Lie
4. Chang
5. Holland
4. Leung Chiu-Wai
Awesome line up.
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Pacino
5. Strathairn
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
Also, in regards to the "Elvis" trailer...I'm worried.
On a contextual note, the film doesn't seem to be glossing over Elvis' appropriation of black musicians, but I do hope it's given an accurate treatment and not "romanticized" in an especially egregious way. From a technically perspective, I'm also reticient considering Luhrmann's usual excess, and for Hanks' mannered performance which he just isn't the best at.
I actually snorted when I heard Hanks speak in the trailer.
Luke:
Well as someone who doesn't like Luhrmann, and thinks Hanks going for broad transformative performances isn't exactly his strength, this looks like the greatest comedy ever made. I mean treating Elvis's crotch as a super power and playing the Colonel Tom Parker as Sydney Greenstreet from the Maltese Falcon must be going for comedy gold right? I mean surely we're not supposed to take Elvis's face being made out of plastic seriously are we?
Spall - 4(Spall's performance I think is the most dynamic element of the film in terms of evoking the cold oppressiveness of the royal family, the rest of whom I think are portrayed a little too obtusely to even be believed as anything but strange mannequins. Spall though I think makes this more convincing. He does the cold sort of proper venom with great ease and makes the most out of every disregarding stare. He though does bring humanity in his scene of discussion with Diana, even if not a good humanity, though shows well the sort of comfort the man has with death and decay that treating people with any regular decency would seem odd to him. It is a proper villainous turn that I think shows how the film in some ways could've been more dynamic that it is on the whole, to me anyways.)
Jenkins - 4(I don't know, a wholly good performance on his part, and he certainly hits his marks. It is one of those good performances though that kind of just is good but never quite made the impact that seemed possible. Honestly I would've maybe rather seen Reed Birney's depiction as this seemed a minor variation of Jenkins's fuddy duddy from Olive Kitteridge with just a bit more of a flawed manner. He plays it well but again just didn't leave any lasting impression.)
Ask about LaPaglia again at the natural later point.
Anonymous:
I think you have the wrong series, however Howerton's psychopathic delivery as usual still shines through with his delivering accentuating the fixation on possums.
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Lie
2. Okada
3. Faist
4. Leung
5. Holland
Louis: Your thoughts on these 70's casts for Unforgiven and Cop Land.
Unforgiven by Don Siegel
William Munny: John Wayne
Little Bill Daggett: Robert Ryan
Ned Logan: Woody Strode
The Schofield Kid: Jeff Bridges
English Bob: Ralph Richardson
W. W. Beauchamp: Roddy McDowall
Strawberry Alice: Angie Dickinson
Cop Land by Sidney Lumet
Freddy Heflin: Steve McQueen
Ray Donlan: Jack Palance
Gary Figgis: Bruce Dern
Moe Tilden: Lee Marvin
Murray "Superboy" Babitch: Brad Dourif
Joey Randone: Chris Sarandon
Jack Rucker: Lance Henriksen
Liz Randone: Susan Strasberg
Rose Donlan: Lauren Bacall
Deputy Sheriff Betts: Stockard Channing
Deputy Sheriff Geisler: Harrison Ford
Frank Lagonda: Harry Dean Stanton
Leo Crasky: Charles Durning
Louis: With Will Smith getting a solid review after so long, what would be your top 5 performances of his? And if there isn't any chance of him being upped for "The Pursuit of Happyness", who might you have casted in the role?
I'll be honest, as much as I've criticized him in other films, I do legitimately like Smith in the original "Men in Black", and "I Am Legend". His "Focus" performance isn't bad either, but that mostly involves him coasting off his charisma, admittedly - in a film that completely falls apart if you think about it for 5 seconds.
So is Hassell a 4.5?
I saw Nightmare Alley: A while back I said it would be hard for anything to top The Tragedy of Macbeth as my favourite film of 2021. I think this just did it. LOOOOVED everything about this film. Just like The Shape of Water I found it transfixing from beginning to end and I felt truly transported into this story and this world, aided by a masterful and career-best (and I worship A Star Is Born) performance from Bradley Cooper.
Cooper-5(Even in an astonishing year like this, he's my win. The final scene alone is maybe his greatest moment as an actor.)
Blanchett-4.5
Mara-4(Could see her going up on rewatch.)
Collette-4
Dafoe-4
Jenkins-4.5
Perlman-3.5
Strathairn-4.5
Povinelli-3
Steenburgen-4
Beaver-3.5
Nelson-3.5
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Pacino
5. Strathairn
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
Hope to see Leung get a 5.
Louis: have you seen The Paper Tigers by any chance? Was just doing my choreography lineups and realised that’s one that might’ve slipped your notice - fun little film you might dig.
I'll also wait until the first review to get a general idea of how will that ranking go considering their quality.
In the meantime, here are these two 1990s retrocasting choices I thought of:
1990s Ghost Rider directed by Victor Salva
Bruce Campbell as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider
Salma Hayek as Roxanne Simpson
Brad Garrett as Blackheart
James Coburn as Carter Slade
Dennis Hopper as Mephisto
1990s Cold Souls directed by Spike Jonze
Stephen Tobolowsky as himself
Mila Jovovich as Nina
Harriet Sansom Harris as Claire Tobolowsky
Jim Broadbent as Dr Flintstein
Ytrewq: Literally anybody other than Victor Salva, for fuck's sake.
Matt: Well I have enjoyed watching Jeepers Creepers which I felt had a somewhat similliar vibe at times, so there's the reason for choosing him. If not, might just well get good ol' John Carpenter
Ytrewq: Look him up, see what comes up, then maybe you'll get my objection a bit more. Sorry.
1. Cooper
2. Wright
3. Affleck
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
1. Lie
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
Saw House Of Gucci yesterday. I thought Gaga and Driver were amazing, but I personally thought Pacino, Irons and Leto were quite mediocre. I would even say that Leto was plain bad. But that's just me. I'll give cast ratings and an out-of-ten score later.
1.Cooper
2.Affleck
3.Wright
4.Pacino
5.Strathairn
1.Okada
2.Lie
3.Faist
4.Leung
5.Holland
Sorry guys new rule. You need an actual account to make predictions though I'll still count predictions from 8000's, Maciej, Ytrewq, and Razor, who have made regular comments on things other than just predictions.
Louis: Could you check out 7 Prisoners and The Souvenir Part II.
Mitchell:
1. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
2. Men in Black
3. King Richard
4. I Am Legend
5. Enemy of the State
Slightly, also could probably go up for Sixth Degrees of Separation (probably the only performance where he actually truly went dark.)
8000's:
Good choices on the Unforgiven, obviously Ryan and Wayne seem primed for such roles, not sure about Richardson but maybe.
McQueen is an ideal choice, also like Dern as Figgis a lot.
Robert:
Never said I wasn't going to review him...if I find the time.
Calvin:
I haven't.
Glad he’s up to a 4 for Men in Black.
I watched King Richard yesterday and had a surprisingly good time. Even though I have never been a fan of Will Smith as an actor, I thought he killed it here. For the film, I feel a quote from my Letterboxd review summarized it pretty well: "This film never lets you forget that it is a crowdpleaser, but I must say that I certainly am pleased, which means it certainly is doing something right."
8.3/10
Letterboxd review here:
https://letterboxd.com/htt/film/king-richard/
Cast ratings:
Will Smith - 4.5/5
Aunjanue Ellis - 4/5
Saniyya Sidney - 4/5
Demi Singleton - 3.5/5
John Bernthal - 4/5
Also watched House Of Gucci yesterday. I certainly is as cheesy and overdramatic as everyone is saying it is, but it fully embraces this, resulting in a surprisingly fun experience. Cast is a mixed bag here, some being frankly amazing, others being awful.
6.4/10
Letterboxd review here:
https://letterboxd.com/htt/film/house-of-gucci/
Cast ratings:
Lady Gaga - 5/5 (one of the best of the year imo)
Adam Driver - 4.5/5
Al Pacino - 3/5
Jeremy Irons - 2.5/5
Jared Leto - 1/5 (my Letterboxd review is basically a very vulgar 2-paragraph rant on this performance, so just read that if you don't understand my rating)
Calvin: Without doubt his most entertaining turn and I assume Jones has gone up too.
I'll make my prediction for the bottom lineup.
1. Lie (I assume he has the most screen time out of the five)
2. Faist
3. Okada
4. Leung
5. Holland
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Pacino
5. Strathairn
1. Okada
2. Faist
3. Lie
4. Leung
5. Holland
Louis: Ever since the bonus rounds started in 2016, who have been your top 5 directorial and acting discoveries.
Louis: Why did you make the new rule that you need an account to make predictions? (Don’t hate it, just asking)
Anonymous: Some of the predictions that got deleted from the official supporting actor lineup is possibly a factor. And I've noticed there's more names popping up without a surname which is abit iffy.
Louis: What's your favourite Romeo and Juliet adaptation. Zeffirelli's 68 film or Spielberg's West Side Story.
1) Cooper
2) Wright
3) Affleck)
4) Strathairn
5) Pacino
1) Lee
2) Okada
3) Faist
4) Leung
5) Holland
1. Cooper
2. Affleck
3. Wright
4. Strathairn
5. Pacino
Louis: Am I still able to change my '89' request.
I hope you reanalyze 1989 soon, the worst year of the 80s.
Louis' lineup:
1. Cooper
2. Smit-McPhee
3. Lie
4. Okada
5. Faist
6. Leung
7. Affleck
8. Wright
9. Holland
10. Hinds
I wanna see somebody here if they got balls trying to predict lineup
I'll take a swing
1. Danielsen Lie
2. Faist
3. Smit-McPhee
4. Cooper
5. Okada
6. Affleck
7. Alvarez
8. Wright
9. Hinds
10. Leung
Just watched Last Night In Soho. To sum it up quickly, the first half is frankly one of the most enjoyable things released in 2021 and perfectly reminds me why I love Edgar Wright's work so much. However, the second half ruins this. It might actually be the single worst piece of filmmaking I have seen from 2021. Yes, maybe even worse than Don't Look Up. It perfectly sums up everything I hate about modern horror movies. So yeah, talk about a mixed bag of a movie.
4.3/10
Letterboxd review here:
https://letterboxd.com/htt/film/last-night-in-soho/
Cast ratings:
Thomasin McKenzie - 4/5 (To quote my Letterboxd review: "... one of the year's best performances of the year from Thomasin McKenzie ... Or it would be one of the best performances of the year if she didn't reduce herself to a bunch of high-piched squeals in the second half."
Anya Taylor-Joy - 4/5
Matt Smith - 3/5
I think Tarkovsky will be his #1 directorial discovery.
Louis: If it's accepted, can I swap Brandauer for Philippe Noiret in Life And Nothing But (Kind of a companion piece to Captain Conan).
Reason I want to do the swap is because I firmly believe Brandauer will remain on your radar and want to give it to Noiret in his first post Cinema Paradiso role which won him a Cesar and was directed by Tavernier.
Louis: Your thoughts on Joe McDonald's work in My Darling Clementine and Call Northside 777.
Randle:
1. Cooper
2. Okada
3. Smit-McPhee
4. Faist
5. Danielsen Lie
6. Wright
7. Leung
8. Affleck
9. Hassell
10. Wong
Randle:
1. Faist
2. Lie
3. Okada
4. Smit-McPhee
5. Cooper
6. Affleck
7. Wright
8. Alvarez
9. Hassell
10. Leung
Luke:
At some point.
West Side Story I suppose, not that they're particularly overly comparable.
Luke:
Directing:
1. Andrei Tarkovsky
2. Hayao Miyazaki
3. Isao Takahata
4. Thomas Vinterberg
5. Pawel Pawlikowski
Acting:
1. Nicol Williamson
2. Warren Oates
3. Issey Ogata
4. Harry Baur
5. Damián Alcázar
8000's:
Different work for a black and white Ford film, with the rather noirish qualities that are in there at times, while also creating distance with a more narrow perspective that creates the grandeur through a greater isolation. The lighting emphasizing greys and the sort of roughness of the setting at times.
Call Northside 777 is straight forward but effective work. Black and white really prestige at the time, well framed and composed though in terms of making dynamic shots out of a lot of scenes of people just talking to one another.
First five:
1. Bradley Cooper
2. Ben Affleck
3. David Strathairn
4. Jeffrey Wright
5. Al Pacino
Next five:
1. Anders Danielsen Lie
2. Masaki Okada
3. Andre Holland
4. Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Haven't seen "West Side Story" yet.
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