And the Nominees Were Not:
Frank Langella in Dracula
Steve Martin in The Jerk
Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck
George C. Scott in Hardcore
Frank Langella in Dracula
Malcolm McDowell in Time After Time
Steve Martin in The Jerk
Alexander Kaidanovsky in Stalker
James Mason in Murder By Decree
Predict Those Five, These Five or Both:
Ken Ogata in Vengeance is Mine
Patrick Dewaere in Série Noire
Ben Gazzara in Saint Jack
Klaus Kinski in Woyzeck
92 comments:
Louis: Let me guess, you watched The Brood.
Rating and Thoughts on Jared Leto in Prefontaine.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. Martin
4. McDowell
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
1.Kaidanovsky
2.Mason
3.McDowell
4.Martin
5.Langella
1.Ogata
2.Dewaere
3.Scott
4.Kinski
5.Gazzara
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. McDowell
4. Martin
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Kinski
5. Gazzara
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. McDowell
4. Martin
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. Martin
4. McDowell
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
Louis: Your thoughts on the following scenes from L.A. Confidential:
'Valediction' and Exley's 'Rollo Tomasi' reaction
Bud enters early
Exley explains it all
5º Frank Langella
4º Malcolm McDowell
3º Steve Martin
2º James Mason
1º Alexander Kaidanovsky
5º Klaus Kinski
4º Ben Gazzara
3º Patrick Dewaere
2º Ken Ogata
1º George C. Scott
Hope we see Reed when we come to 1979 supporting actor!
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. Martin
4. McDowell
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Dewaere
3. Scott
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
HTT: He will be. Robert requested him for a review.
Gazzara is a great shout - very underrated/overlooked film. Why Mason but not Plummer though?
Louis: To wrap up 1997, your thoughts on the direction for LA Confidential.
Houndtang: Because Mason was requested.
1. Kaidonovsky
2. Mason
3. McDowell
4. Martin
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Dewaere
3. Scott
4. Kinski
5. Gazzara
Louis: Thoughts on the most recent Better Call Saul?
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Martin
3. Mason
4. Langella
5. McDowell
1. Ogata
2. Deweare
3. Scott
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. Martin
4. McDowell
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Kinski
5. Gazzara
1. Kaidonovsky
2. Martin
3. McDowell
4. Mason
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Dewaere
3. Scott
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
1.Kaidanovsky
2.Mason
3.Martin
4.McDowell
5.Langella
1.Ogata
2.Dewaere
3.Gazzara
4.Scott
5.Kinski
Having seen them all now, I'm just gonna go with my own rankings and see how much Louis and I correlate.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. McDowell
3. Langella
4. Mason
5. Martin
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
5's for Ogata and Scott, strong 4.5 verging on 5 for Kaidanovsky and Dewaere, 4.5's for McDowell and Langella, 4's for the rest.
Also, I know that outside of Ali, you haven't been crazy about Fassbinder thus far, but I have a feeling you'd really like Hanna Schygulla in The Marriage of Maria Braun (and the film itself too, for that matter).
Films to Watch
Macbeth (Ian McKellen/Judi Dench)
All Quiet On The Western Front
Christ Stopped At Eboli (Gian Maria Volonté)
Salem's Lot
Being There (Re-Watch for Peter Sellers)
Nosferatu The Vampyre (Re-Watch for Klaus Kinski)
All That Jazz (Re-Watch for Roy Scheider)
Apocalypse Now (Re-Watch for Dennis Hopper)
Caligula (Must be seen to be believed)
Siberiade (Andrei Konchalovsky)
The Tin Drum
Camera Buff
Scum (Ray Winstone)
Going In Style (George Burns/Art Carney/Lee Strasberg)
Hunter In The Dark
A Little Romance (Laurence Olivier/Diane Lane)
10 (Blake Edwards)
Tess (Roman Polanski/Nastassja Kinski)
The Marriage Of Maria Braun (Fassbinder/Schygulla)
My Brilliant Career (Judy Davis/Sam Neill)
North Dallas Forty
When A Stranger Calls (Carol Kane)
Starting Over/La Luna (Jill Clayburgh)
Chapter Two (Marsha Mason/James Caan)
The Seduction Of Joe Tynan
Promises In The Dark (Marsha Mason)
The Muppet Movie (Probably the best in the franchise)
The Human Factor
Hair (Milos Forman)
1941 (Steven Spielberg)
Yanks
The Europeans (Lee Remick)
I As In Icarus
Chilly Scenes Of Winter
Buffet Froid
The Champ (Jon Voight)
The Third Generation (Fassbinder)
Real Life (Albert Brooks)
The Electric Horseman
The Wanderers (Philip Kaufman)
Quadrophenia
Natural Enemies (Hal Holbrook)
Raining In The Mountain
Legend Of The Mountain
The Maids Of Wilko (Wajda)
Love On The Run (Truffaut/Leaud)
The Man Who Stole The Sun
Alexandria... Why?
Over The Edge (Matt Dillon)
Winter Kills
Zulu Dawn
Phantasm
The Amityville Horror
The Driller Killer
The Lady In Red
Calvin: 4 for Kinski? He was an EASY 5 for me, it’s in my top 2 performances of his.
Kind of curious on where Dewaere will place. He was Psifonian's runner-up, if I remember correctly.
Michael: Didn’t care much for the film itself. I liked his work at a conceptual level, just didn’t find the film engaging at all in terms of what it did with him.
Watched Men, which despite Buckley being great, as per usual, and a striking aesthetic and atmosphere at times, it adds up to a whole lot of nothing. At a certain point it becomes obvious that Garland has no desire to tell a real story, just some symbolic ramblings. But really with this and Annihilation (though I did prefer Men between the two, Buckley helps a lot in that regard) it seems like really more than anything it seems like his cinematic voice adds up to "hey check out this weird shit...sorry about the bad CGI".
Buckley - At least a 4.5
Kinnear - 4
Essiedu - 3.5
Rankin - 3.5
Damn...I'll wait until the 1st review for predicting these; I simply have no frame of reference for any of these films/performances.
On a different note, I've caught up with season 2 of "The Boys", right in time for the season 3 premiere on June 3. It's a strong continuation of the series, and I'm continually impressed at the thematic and character depth they've managed to create.
For the acting specifically...almost everyone is game, and Urban in particular shows an emotional range I'm not sure he often gets credit for. That said, I do wish Esposito had more of a presence beyond the first and final episodes.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. McDowell
4. Langella
5. Martin
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
Damn, I had some hope for Alex Garlands’ follow ups to Ex Machina. Not that I was expecting masterpieces, but some solid sci-fi outings. At least this one has a compelling leading turn.
Luke:
Leto - (Probably his least Leto like performance in that he just gives a straight forward turn as Prefontaine, just shows him a driven man with conviction but also a certain sense of conflict and doubt. Wholly rock solid in his approach throughout and works for someone just driven to try to achieve something. His performance carries the film well and just is good in a very basic way.)
Tahmeed:
Valediction - (Well a twist I managed to not see coming, nor had it spoiled for me, despite not seeing the film long after its release, again my disdain for Titanic has nothing to do with beating this film. Anyway love the quickness of the switch with Dudley just bluntly revealing his colors, against Vincennes's moment of attempted kind of self-revenge through the utterance with that little smile he gives after the surprise. Again as stated before Pearce's reaction is sheer perfection because he completely shows someone being floored by a reveal while also holding it all in at the same, utterly amazing acting, and just such a powerful moment that instantly ups the ante.)
Bud entering early is very much a showcase of Hanson's direction as he gives such a striking sense of place of the backyard, the house, every step of Bud going in the back door to commit his murder essentially and showing the careful process of it.
Hmmm Exley does a fair share of explaining, which explanation in particular?
Bryan:
Hanson's direction of L.A. Confidential is pretty fascinating because it is one of those examples of someone having that dream film, that they seemed born for because while his other films are more than decent if not good, they don't come close to the brilliance of this masterwork. The passion of this being his dream film is felt throughout in the sheer vibrancy of the world he crafts, everything is so tangible as referenced earlier, but I think key is that goes from the glitz of Hollywood, to the grit of the seedy backyards, basements and abandoned hotels. Hanson's style though I think is kind of perfectly unfussy though in that it is just an innate element that doesn't dictate the film yet does amplify it all so naturally. Additionally I think it is important to care for his tone which I think he articulates naturally from moments of such intensity to moments of levity with easy switches throughout never being heavy when it should be light and vice versa. I mention this as I think it would've been easy to be overdone in this regard (Looking at you Black Dahlia), but Hanson devises the essential contrasts which is key theme so well realized in his direction. There is joy within a pretty harsh world, there is even love in it. What is so amazing about his direction, and of course his adaptation, is just how damn efficient the film is. As so many of the greatest films are as such in that there is an extremely well told plot, with potent themes and great dynamic characters (I mean why's it so hard to pull that off am I right?). Nothing is wasted in his work in executing scenes. Moments always prove their importance but he knows exactly when to take time with scenes, like Bud entering the house, Ed's interrogations, or when not let the audience breath like Ed's second raid on the suspects or the final shootout. And of course just of the execution of each scene just hits the impact so viscerally. Hanson achieves the masterstroke of making a wholly entertaining film, that is filled with drama, key moments of comedy, with great themes and character, never feels overstuffed, and just is paced so impeccably. It was Hanson's dream to make the film and he achieved that dream, that is all that can be said.
Matt:
Another strong episode in up each ante so effectively in each branch, particularly in seeing where each is at, particularly Mike with Banks the MVP, though Dalton also fantastic again with Lalo's rope a dope especially.
Louis: I'm guessing he's talking about the scene where Exley tells the cops about what Smith and Patchett were doing.
Louis: Yep, 8000s is right about what scene I'm referring to.
Tahmeed:
Well then (thought you could've also been referring to the scene where he explains to Bud what is happening), what you get is an absolutely flawless example of how to do an exposition dump, but make not seem at all as such. Again it is all about steeping it in character and that's what it does. This playing as the reflection of Ed's scene at the start of the film, where he still is playing the system to his advantage, however really the difference is all in Pearce's performance that shows Ed's who has most definitely changed. Of course this while also getting everything out so smoothly and efficiently, kind of the opposite of the Psycho psychoanalyst speech.
Louis: Unless there's huge spoilers, thoughts on the cast of Men.
The whole film is a spoiler really...
Louis: Thoughts on the scene where Bud tries to attack Ed but the cops stop him?
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Mason
3. McDowell
4. Martin
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Dewaere
3. Scott
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
My revised rating predictions
Kaidanovsky - 5
Mason - 4.5
Martin - 4.5
McDowell - 4.5
Langella - 4.5
Ogata - 5
Scott - 5
Dewaere - 5
Gazzara - 4.5
Kinski - 4.5
I have to say that George Burns and Art Carney in Going In Style might surprise. I'm going to suggest Lee Strasberg for Supporting.
Watched RRR today, incredible stuff, so much pure unadulterated maximalist fun, highly recommend checking out on Netflix if you want 3 hours of adrenaline.
Louis: Ratings and thoughts on these performances.
Mark Benton in Career Girls
Tony Doyle & Peter Caffrey in I Went Down
Ben Affleck & Dwight Ewell in Chasing Amy
Jude Law & Michael Sheen in Wilde
Roberts, Diaz & Mulroney in My Best Friend's Wedding
I'm waiting for the Telugu version of RRR to become available before watching it.
1. Alexander Kaidanovsky
2. Malcolm McDowell
3. Steve Martin
4. Frank Langella
5. James Mason
I’m gonna try and see a little more of the second lineup before I predict it.
My predictions, based on what little I know of these films:
1. Kaidanovsky
2. Langella
3. Martin
4. McDowell
5. Mason
1. Ogata
2. Kinski
3. Gazzara
4. Dewaere
5. Scott
Anyone have any predictions for what's going to happen next episode on Better Call Saul?
Louis, what were your thoughts on the flashback to Kim's childhood, and what do you think it says about Kim as a character?
1. Kaidanovsky
2. McDowell
3. Martin
4. Langella
5. Mason
Tony: No predictions, just wanna watch it, and actually one of the things that's so good about this show is the curve balls it throws you.
Louis: Your updated ranking of all the Japanese animated films you've seen so far.
Might change when the next review is up. I got a feeling Ogata's taking the win from Dourif. Dourif doesn't feel like an overall winner to me when looking at this lineup.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. McDowell
3. Martin
4. Mason
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
I'm kinda getting that feeling too though I can't rule out Scheider.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. McDowell
3. Mason
4. Martin
5. Langella
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Kinski
5. Gazzara
Louis: Your top ten TV title sequences?
Louis: When you do review Kaidanovsky, please cover Solonitsyn as well, would be nice for him to get a greater rating than what he got for Andrei Rublev
Honestly, that little monologue Solonitsyn has in that room filled with Sand was enough for me to give him a 5.
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I want to make a game with you: imagine that I am Louis and I created the alternate for actresses on this blog. Say your rankings of the snubbed actresses of 1979:
Supporting
Veronica Cartwright - Alien
Jessica Lange - All That Jazz
Bernadette Peters - The Jerk
Samantha Eggar - The Brood
Season Hubley - Hardcore
Lead
Sigourney Weaver - Alien
Mary Steenburgen - Time After Time
Hanna Schygulla - The Marriage of Maria Braun
Natassja Kinski - Tess
Jill Clayburgh - La Luna
Shaggy:
1. Cartwright
2. Hubley
3. Eggar
4. Peters
5. Lange
1. Schygull
2. Weaver
3. Steenburgen
4. Kinski
5. Clayburgh
8000's:
I mean exceptional blocking throughout the scene in terms of creating the juxtaposition of Bud and Ed as the two sides of the scene with Dudley in-between them, that you take as a mediator initially but is in fact the man manipulating both. Story and character wise, great in seeing the best and worst of both men. In that you see Bud so caring to the rape victim as he gets her into the ambulance and pushes back against Ed's questions before the great attack moment with all the cops needed to hold Bud back showing he is the force. Against that Ed's questions are all inappropriately asked, in terms of timing, but entirely properly asked in terms of intention both in terms of questioning Bud's elimination of the criminal and trying to genuinely get down to the truth of what happened.
Benton - (His performance brings the right tremendous broken pathos to the character who can articulate himself well yet there is so much emotion in there. He brings the right sadness in there by being able to be so genuine in showing someone very earnest if also off-putting his manner.)
Doyle and Caffrey - (Both bring the right sense of duplicitous sleaze to their characters with sort of a degree of affability and menace. There's a certain comedy to them just as there is an unpleasantness. Both men aren't quite to be trusted in the right way.)
I believe I gave my thoughts on Affleck in leading results.
Ewell - (His little bit is fairly entertaining in playing the extreme militant type and playing again the gay best friend. Although the latter I think he does well with a genuine decency that feels less exploitative than a lot of the homosexual elements of the film.)
Law - (Basically just a "boytoy" performance and there just isn't too much of note there. He's alright but I think the writing isn't quite there for Law to make a bit more out of it.)
Sheen - (He's fine as basically the man who inspired Wilde's homosexual awakening. Sheen brings enough of a kind of warmth and cheeky quality, though there isn't anything too notable about his work.)
Roberts - 2(Standard Roberts doing her thing, which is never appealing to me. This one in particular given her character is just absolutely horrible.)
Diaz - 3(Particularly to Diaz's character who is at least a little bit of fun in her performance as overly sweet while also being out of her depth the whole time.)
Mulroney - (Actively unappealing. No charm whatsoever, and brings no sense of comedic energy to his interactions with Roberts. Also found no real chemistry with him with either of his love interests, just kind of a dullard.)
Tony:
I think it just offers the background we kind of should've started to expect from her initially turned on by the cons early in the show and in general her particular affection for Jimmy that would seem to conflict with her overall demeanor, yet reveals the truth about her.
Marcus:
1. Grave of the Fireflies
2. Spirited Away
3. Your Name
4. Perfect Blue
5. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
6. My Neighbor Totoro
7. The Wind Rises
8. Princess Mononoke
9. Belle
10. Only Yesterday
11. Akira
12. Wolf Children
13. Ponyo
14. Porco Rosso
15. Mirai
16. Weathering With You
17. A Silent Voice The Movie
18. When Marnie Was There
19. The Tale of Princess of Kaguya
20. Digimon: The Movie
21. Pokemon 3: The Movie
22. Pokemon: The First Movie
23. Pokemon The Movie 2000
24. Earwig and the Witch
Luke:
Again, when the performance is greater than or at least of note to the one to be reviewed, I cover it.
Anonymous:
1. Game of Thrones
2. Mad Men
3. Succession
4. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
5. Breaking Bad
6. Batman The Animated Series
7. The Muppet Show
8. Stranger Things
9. The Sopranos
10. The Twilight Zone
Louis: Thoughts on Ponyo, Weathering With You, When Marnie Was There and the Pokemon films.
Louis: Thoughts on Desmond Dickinson's work on Olivier's Hamlet? I rewatched the film yesterday, and am still stunned on how it didn't get a nom for Best Cinematography in Black and White. Really, some fucking great work on use of shadows and fantastic camera movement. You also have to give credit to Olivier, because he had a really good sense of visuals.
Louis: Heck, watching Olivier's Hamlet does give you kind of a sense of what his adaptation of Macbeth could have been in terms of visuals and stuff.
Luke: He gave brief thoughts on Weathering with You in Dicaprios' review for OUATIH, and he mentioned that he liked "When Marnie Was There" well enough in the Bonus Supporting Actor Results 2014 page.
Louis: On that ranking of Japanese animated films, what's your lowest 5 and lowest 4.5 star rated film?
Would you believe me if I said the original Japanese version of Mewtwo Strikes Back was at least more watchable? The dub cuts out a pretty significant 7-minute prologue that serves as the actual motivation.
(Also, the Digimon Movie were technically two 45-minute films spliced together. Our War Game is a nice little preview for Belle 20+ years before it came out.)
Louis: Jesus, you actually watched three Pokemon movies?
Robert: I think that prologue was included on the DVD for Mewtwo Returns. Why they took it out originally, I'm not entirely sure.
And yeah, the Japanese version is also a lot more watchable, but at least we got a solid Meowth line out of the English dub
Louis: Thoughts on the title sequences to Mad Men and Stranger Things? By the way, have you since watched more of the former show?
Concerning tonight's Barry: Is anyone else kind of scared for Sally? I feel like they're ramping up to Barry doing something drastic.
That Barry episode was very well done, Carrigan MVP for his silent reaction towards the end. Also probably one of the funnier episodes this season.
Robert: Oh yeah definitely, more so that I'm concerned Barry's going to do something ridiculous to win her back.
Louis: Is LAC Pearce and/or Crowe's best performance for you, or do you still prefer their other winning performances.
Eh screw it, I'll tell you what it's going to be overall
1. Scheider
2. Dourif
3. Kaidanovsky
4. Sellers
5. Ogata
6. Dewaere
7. Scott
8. Mason
9. McDowell
10. Kinski (Nosferatu)
So from what I'm hearing so far it seems like Decision to Leave veers close to JSA...I am very excited.
Louis: Thoughts on the Mission Impossible 7 trailer.
Luke:
Ponyo is Miyazaki clearly in the more fantastical trifle side of things, but not nearly as inspired in that regard as Totoro or especially Spirited Away. Having said that certainly is a whole lot of visual eye candy and splendor to take from it, and in general has just a pleasant affable quality to it. Again I don't think it takes such an approach to higher height like the aforementioned films, but good on its own.
Pokemon - (They're not very good...the third one I recall having a little bit of atmosphere if still not very good. 2000 though I recall being structurally a mes and the first movie as heavy handed as can be in its message that fighting is bad in a show based on a game about animals fighting.)
8000's:
Impressive moody work, and you can clearly see what Olivier was going for in terms of creating essentially a noir atmosphere for his Hamlet. There are in particular a clear choice to grant a cinematic mood with some of the grandeur more dramatic shots that Olivier realizes that strikingly block the ridiculous idea that Olivier's Shakespeare films were remotely stagy. And yes, again I would love to have known what Olivier's hidden weapon would've been for Macbeth as he had a key inspiration for his other three with the noir for Hamlet, the whole framing device of Henry and the fourth wall break of Richard.
Tahmeed:
Belle (5), Akira (4.5)
Robert:
I'm aware on the Digimon films being a spliced together (doesn't exactly hide it in its edit).
Anonymous:
They're all great and "prefer" would be an inaccurate statement.
8000's:
Well there was once a upon a time where it was hard to avoid them.
Tahmeed:
I have not, but it is a beautiful intro with the Saul Bass inspired styling that invoke the period beautifully along with such a striking musical support that too feels very Bernard Herrmann, and does the theme of the show with such ease, the literal theme that is, with the falling man against such a beautiful surface.
Stranger Things intro, even if the actual theme is more than a little derivative of "Wanna Fight" from Only God Forgives, is the series in microcosm in terms of just artfully doing its homage to 80's, Carpenter and King in general in just a singular relatively simple title sequence. One that instantly sets the mood.
Luke:
Well the trailer itself is a far cry from Fallout's trailer that was so memorable, but looks like striking action, and crazy Cruise stunts, which what we're looking for. Also is interesting to see Henry Cazerny back after such a long absence from the series.
Louis: your thoughts on the Multiverse of Madness cast now that I’m sure most have seen it?
1. Klaus Kinski
2. Patrick Dewaere
3. Ken Ogata
4. Ben Gazzara
5. George C. Scott
Easily the stronger lineup of the two, everyone but Scott is at least on the border of a 5 for me.
STUNNING Better Call Saul episode. Incredible in every way.
Michael: Thoughts on George C. Scott?
New Barry episode - great. Barry perhaps at his most unsettling, everyone was on point, particularly loved the way they ended Gene's segment.
Louis: Just watched This Happy Breed. Absolutely loved everything about it. Brilliant performance from Celia Johnson and great Technicolor photography from Ronald Neame.
Regarding Barry, we all saw Sallys' show getting the axe a mile away right?
If I had to pick an MVP, I might go with Goldberg again actually, though Carrigan indeed had a great silent reaction towards the end.
I also love how Gene is genuinely trying to redeem himself, but he's simply alienated FAR too many people for that to happen quickly/smoothly haha.
Louis: Who would be your pick for the 2014 Drama Supporting Actor Emmy, between Aaron Paul for the final season of BB, and Peter Dinklage for GOT season 4.
My choice for Barry MVP last episode is JB Blanc solely for his reaction to the shootout.
1. Kaidanovsky
2. McDowell
3. Langella
4. Martin
5. Mason
1. Ogata
2. Scott
3. Dewaere
4. Gazzara
5. Kinski
That was one helluva goddamn episode of Better Call Saul, agreed. Fabian MVP, needless to say, and everyone else was in fine form. I have certain... reservations as to how that particular encounter at the end played out, however.
Robert - Blanc was funny, but I loved Michael Ironside's hilariously outraged delivery even more. I like that Barry is quickly becoming sort of a showcase for actors we haven't heard from in a while (Ironside, Mantegna, Laura San Giacomo).
I'd also agree with Fabian as the MVP, for the first time in the whole series.
Louis: It won't make any difference to lineups at all, but what's the rationale for Driver being lead for The Last Jedi when he has 12% screentime? (even less than Hamill)
On the latest Barry, anyone else think Bill Hader channeled his inner Glenn Howerton for that one scene?
What an incredible BCS mid-season finale. Agreed on the episode MVP and also what way to keep us hanging and bridging all the strands together.
(Mid)-Season Cast Ranking:
Michael Mando
Rhea Seehorn
Bob Odenkirk
Tony Dalton
Jonathan Banks
Patrick Fabian
Ed Begley Jr.
Andrea Sooch
Giancarlo Esposito
Tina Parker
Lavell Crawford
Mark Margolis
Ray Campbell
Jeremiah Bitsui
Julie Ann Emery
Jeremy Shamos
Midseason cast ranking for me:
Michael Mando
Patrick Fabian
Rhea Seehorn
Bob Odenkirk
Tony Dalton
Jonathan Banks
Ed Begley Jr
Giancarlo Esposito
Andrea Sooch
Lavell Crawford
Tina Parker
Mark Margolis
Stefan Kapicic
Ray Campbell
Jeremy Shamos
Julie Ann Emery
Thought Barry was great and was a particularly funny episode, though pretty pitch black as has been the case consistently this season. I'd actually go Hader MVP for his psychological warfare monologue.
Better Call Saul was flat out amazing. Loved how it crafted really the "thrill"/intensity of even setting up the con (though I'll admit I always thought the two were too hard on Howard even if he's far from perfect) all on its own showing really the fun of the game even if the show will make you regret it by the end. Which it did, but not in the way I expected, much more horrifying particularly as it finally tied the two story-lines, which always felt very separate for the most part, together so brutally. Fabian indeed MVP, though Dalton is close as an emotional Lalo is somehow even more terrifying than the smiling devil he usually is.
Calvin:
Cumberbatch - (Rock solid reprise in terms of just bringing what he's good at, but not feeling like he's reprising Sherlock either. He makes Strange his own insufferable genius and does some good extra work here in terms of showcasing his greater modesty throughout the film and from the infinity situation. My favorite parts though are where he gets to go full Sam Raimi lead with the deranged Strange and the zombie strange. I thought he had the right kind of fun with both in playing up the tone just enough without going too far with it. Seems like he understood the fun Raimi was having and had it along with him.)
Olsen - (On re-watch maybe I'll like her just being a straighter villain performance more, but those were the moments I wasn't crazy about. I loved though whenever she went full crazy crazy particularly in doing her own possessed walk and increasing derangement, again doing full evil Ash in such a fun way. Loved everything she did there and made for a greater demonic fiend in those scenes particularly stalking through the other world and when she tries to be the "Mother" again.)
Ejiofor - (Yeah sadly wasted, also the way they wrote his character felt like we missed a sequel where he had been the main villain. Did well with what he had, but just a shame he got shafted once again as a performer.)
Wong - (Reliable as per usual.)
Gomez - (I took this as kind of an audition type of performance, in that it really doesn't go too deep to put too much expectation on her, she's just there to make a first impression. As such I thought she wasn't bad, wasn't great, but was good enough. Good enough to see where she could progress as a performer as well as a character.)
McAdams - (I liked her support particularly in the later scenes, again enjoyed when the performers played into the Raimisms, which felt she did particularly in the reaction to the fate of the Stranger Strange.)
8000's:
Great film, and kind of under seen for a Lean film.
Anonymous:
They're both great, but I'd lean Dinklage who gave his best work in the series that season, also being the last time he was legitimately deserving for recognition for the show.
Tahmeed:
Well again, hardly matters in terms of ranking so I probably didn't give it much thought originally, although Driver honestly has less screentime than I might've guessed.
Louis: Not gonna lie, watching it also made me wanna rewatch Brief Encounter, which gets better everytime I watch it.
Also, who are in your opinion, the top 10 actors and actresses with the most expressive eyes?
8000's:
Maria Falconetti (the most expressive eye performance of all time)
Celia Johnson (Who I'm guessing inspired this question)
Liv Ullmann
Kathleen Byron
Giulietta Masina
Lillian Gish
Tatsuya Nakadai
Sissy Spacek
James Mason
Al Pacino
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