Saturday 10 February 2024

Alternate Best Actor 2023

And the Nominees Were Not:

Koji Yakusho in Perfect Days
 
Charles Melton in May December
 
Andrew Scott in All of Us Strangers
 
Zac Efron in The Iron Claw
 
Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers
 
Predict Those Five, These Five or Both:

Michael Fassbender in The Killer
 
Glenn Howerton in Blackberry
 
Teo Yoo in Past Lives
 
Sōya Kurokawa in Monster
 
Mads Mikkelsen in The Promised Land

57 comments:

Antony said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Sessa
5. Melton

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on Jason Clarke in The Caine Mutiny, Peter Sarsgaard in Memory and Nicolas Cage in Dream Scenario.

Luke Higham said...

And knew this this would be the exact Lineup you'd go with.

Anonymous said...

Louis showing no mercy for easy predictions by putting Scott and Yakusho in the same lineup.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

The first lineup is incredibly stacked, so this is a shot in the dark aside from the top 2:

1. Yakusho
2. Scott
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Kurokawa
4. Mikkelsen
5. Fassbender (wasn't as impressed by him as most people were here)

Robert MacFarlane said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Sessa
5. Melton

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Calvin Law said...

What a fucking year.

1. Yakusho
2. Scott
3. Sessa
4. Melton
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

I have much more confidence in getting the second right than the first.

Michael McCarthy said...

1. Andrew Scott
2. Dominic Sessa
3. Koji Yakusho
4. Zac Efron
5. Charles Melton

1. Glenn Howerton
2. Teo Yoo
3. Michael Fassbender
4. Mads Mikkelsen
5. Soya Kurokawa

Calvin Law said...

And I am looking forward to all these reviews but without question, Howerton's will be the most enjoyable (and satisfying).

Marcus said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Sessa
4. Melton
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Marcus said...

I also wonder if this is among the youngest set of Alternate nominees we've had in recent years.

Luke Higham said...

1. Yakusho
2. Scott
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Howerton
2. Fassbender
3. Yoo
4. Mikkelsen
5. Kurokawa

Razor said...

1. Yakusho
2. Scott
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Luke Higham said...

Barring Fassbender (First review in 8 years) and Mikkelsen, 8 first timers which is the most I've seen for an alternate 10.

Anonymous said...

Luke, rating predictions

Luke Higham said...

I think it may be all fives.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Rooting for Headmaster Zefron (I think Michael will be the only one who gets this reference).

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Hoping one of Melton and Howerton is the first to be reviewed. I'm sure all the reviews will be amazing, but those are the two that intrigue me the most.

Emi Grant said...

These are gonna be tricky...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Sessa
5. Melton

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Kurokawa
4. Fassbender
5. Mikkelsen

Matt Mustin said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Sessa
4. Efron
5. Melton

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Lucas Saavedra said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Sessa
5. Melton

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Kurokawa
4. Mikkelsen
5. Fassbender

Matthew Montada said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Sessa
4. Efron
5. Melton

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Robert MacFarlane said...

So I watched Legends of the Fall for the first time.

I knew I wouldn’t like it, but I’m kind of taken aback at HOW much I hated it.

Luke Higham said...

Andrew Scott needs to be added to the labels.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Thoughts on Masaki Suda in The Boy And The Heron.

Anonymous said...

Luke, your top five Jamie Bell performances

Luke Higham said...

1. All Of US Strangers
2. Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
3. Billy Elliot
4. Filth
5. Snowpiercer

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Since I love the song, I'd like to spotlight Bell's work in the music video for Wake Me Up When September Ends as something I've been oddly conflicted about for the longest time.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

This one's brutal, but let's go.

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Sessa
4. Melton
5. Efron

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Fassbender
4, Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Marcus said...

I'm sure this will surprise everyone, but Nolan won DGA.

Luke Higham said...

Oscar win confirmed. I've been waiting a LONG time for this moment.

Jonathan Williams said...

1. Yakusho
2. Scott
3. Sessa
4. Melton
5. Efron

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Fassbender
4. Mikkelsen
5. Kurokawa

Jonathan Williams said...

Yakusho is my winner out of the 10.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Does Oppenheimer have the most 4+ ratings for any film because it has 13.

Maciej said...

1.Scott
2.Yakusho
3.Sessa
4.Efron
5.Melton

1.Yoo
2.Mikkelsen
3.Howerton
4.Kurokawa
5.Fassbender

RujK said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Mikkelson
4. Kurokawa
5. Fassbender

Perfectionist said...

GREAT year!! Five for everyone in the first lineup.
1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Fassbender
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

RatedRStar said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Melton
4. Sessa
5. Efron

1. Howerton
2. Yoo
3. Fassbender
4. Mikkelsen
5. Kurokawa

Shaggy Rogers said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Sessa
5. Melton

1. Yoo
2. Fassbender
3. Howerton
4. Kurokawa
5. Mikkelsen

Robert MacFarlane said...

I haven't seen Scott, Yakusho, or Mikkelsen yet, but of the ones I have seen, I'd rank them:

Efron > Yoo > Sessa > Melton > Kurokawa > Howerton > Fassbender

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

From the ones I've seen:

Yakusho > Melton > Yoo > Sessa > Howerton > Kurokawa > Fassbender

Everyone except Fassbender (who I'd give a 4/4.5) is a 5 for me.

GM said...

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Sessa
4. Efron
5. Melton

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Kurokawa
4. Mikkelsen
5. Fassbender

Michael McCarthy said...

Is Claire Foy a 5 for All of Us Strangers now?

Matt Mustin said...

Deadpool and Wolverine looks fun.

Tony Kim said...

Louis: Thoughts on the trailers for Wicked and Deadpool & Wolverine?

Matt Mustin said...

Louis: Thoughts on the trailer for Twisters as well?

Anonymous said...

John Smith:

1. Scott
2. Yakusho
3. Efron
4. Melton
5. Sestra

1. Yoo
2. Howerton
3. Kurokawa
4. Mikkelsen
5. Fassbender

Calvin Law said...

My personal ranking for this very strong lineup:

Yakusho > Yoo > Melton > Scott > Howerton > Kurokawa > Fassbender > Sessa > Efron > Mikkelsen

Oliver Menard said...

Honestly? One of the strongest lineups I've ever seen on this blog. I'll give predictions on the first review. My personal ranking would be the following (haven't seen Mads). All fives except for Fassbender who I got at 4.

Yoo > Yakusho > Scott > Melton > Efron > Kurokawa > Sessa > Howerton > Fassbender

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your top ten for Score.

8000S said...

Louis: Your thoughts on these voices for Batman and the Joker in the European Portuguese dub of Mask of the Phantasm, as well as Valestra and Beaumont's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-KT-dB8vI

Lucas Saavedra said...

My request from the Best Actor 2023 prediction si Jason Statham in Crank

Luke Higham said...

Lucas: Okay, that's gonna be a very entertaining write-up.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: If Mirror And The Light is as strong as its predecessor, will you be doing the Rylance write-up that you've held off doing since seeing Wolf Hall.

Louis Morgan said...

Tony:

The trailer neither blew me away or made me concerned, given it just showed mainly just some random action beats, that looked fine.

Matt:

Either it will be fun and dumb, or just dumb. Looks like it could be the former, as the cast certainly looks likeable enough, and the effects look decent.

Michael:

Yes.

Luke:

Clarke - 4.5(As previously noted in Oppenheimer he's great at playing the courtroom note bringing such a powerful and incisive presence. Although he tonally changes it a bit, since here he's a protagonist character however Clarke is just as effective in delivering this precise direct manner to the performance that is just so engaging in itself. Every scene of cross examination is that much better because Clarke makes each and every line sing in granting a sense of the intelligence of his character and persuasiveness of his arguments. We get more thought in terms of who he is than we got with Roger Robb, where Clarke is terrific by underplaying but internalizes the character's degree of conflict with the unfortunate role he has to play within the court. Clarke importantly avoids ever doing overt grandstanding, particularly when I'd say the final defense of the Queeg scene feels like a much harder sell with the period context in this version. Regardless Clarke manages to sell it within his own performance by just playing it as bluntly real without any sense of self-righteousness instead presenting as a truth as part of a duty in the character more than anything.)

Louis Morgan said...

Sargaard - 4.5(If the director wasn't so adamant about being staid I might've gotten even more out of the performance, although he still is very good within the restrictive style of the film. Sarsgaard is quite good though by playing the role with a lack of constant misery despite the character having Alzheimers. I think the pivotal moments are when he lashes out specifically in anguish or anger, which are powerfully very naturalistic moments of intense frustration. Sarsgaard though only uses these moments when someone typically is reminding himself of his situation less than his own reflection, showing a man who doesn't want to be constantly reminded just how sick he is constantly. Additionally though he's good in portraying the moment of vacancy along with the moments of cogency where he brings this kind of manner of trying to ease others when they are doing something. Such as when he's with Chastain and he's unable to follow the movie, Sargaard reinforces a pleasant manner where he very specifically isn't trying to force anything due to his illness. This manner makes his interactions with Chastain work by kind of the non-judgment in their interactions between them and basically the comfort as the lack of fixation on their individual pains, instead of their mutual connections.)

Cage - 4.5(Cage very much hearkening to an extreme Cage character, though the extreme here is in just playing the extreme awkwardness which is in his distinctly Cage way. Cage's performance naturally brings in the comedy then in just by being so decidedly unimpressive at all times, that emphasizes the fame by chance, with Cage bringing the right humor into the inability for his growing ego to really match the achievements at any point. Cage succeeds in always being less than and out of sorts at all times. Playing the man in a way just kind of around the rest of the family in his absurdly messy way to begin with before we even approach the dream version of him. The dream of him being funny moments initially by just truly being there in his performance as well but there in a way in which he's out of place in his thereness. His later version Cage brings the right sort of callous intensity that is specific in his way of portraying as very much without reason but entirely malicious at all times. Contrasting that is the emotional mess of the man, that where writing wise I think the film jumps a few steps too quickly, though I do enjoy what Cage delivers within the moments of pathetic emotional distress of these scenes even if imperfectly. I'll give particular credit for his most humane moment in the ending, which is a great scene, that would be great if the film just spent a bit more time with the relationship and led to it with just a bit more time. Regardless though Cage is very moving in his delivery of "I wish this was real '' where he finally brings a bit of modesty and any understanding.)

Original Score:

My Nominees:

The Boy and the Heron
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

Rest of the Top Ten:

6. Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse
7. The Killer
8. Past Lives
9. Asteroid City
10. The Holdovers

Louis Morgan said...

Tony:

Wicked certainly looks like a film set in the Wizard of Oz universe...that's all I can say. Didn't really make me dread it nor did it excite me in anyway.