...while Jack was just heavy.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
My pick was Duvall.
for the performance in question or the actors themselves
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Performances.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
i haven't seen the middle three! that's surprised me. not sullying vote results with my ignorance in that case.
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Duvall.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Duvall, although Fonda's performance is good too.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Fonda
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw the Hoffman, Nickolson + Damon flicks, remember the other two but never actually got around to see them. Voted Damon, but tbh none of those three were particularly compelling performances imo.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
ludicrously missing:
Daniel Day-Lewis – The Boxer Djimon Hounsou – Amistad Kevin Kline - In & Out
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
In & Out is painful.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Tom Selleck and Bob Newhart are very amusing though.
I'm with you on The Boxer, where he and Emily Watson are very sexy.
For all that Amistad tapers into a biopic, Hounsou is fantastic in it.
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked Hopkins too.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well, he was just hopkins really.
i was more pleasantly surprised by mcconaghey i think
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
In & Out is funnier than Spartacus.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Hoffmann
the rest of these movies suck
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Wag the Dog is a lame attempt as satire, diluted (Mametized) from source materail
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Agree with Morbz here. Wag the Dog was pretty smug and self-satisfied and had very little to recommend that kind of attitude.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
We're not grading the movies, Shakes, just the performances.
The best movie on this list though is The Apostle.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
the rest all of these movies suck
― still they got me like beezus (Pillbox), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Duvall's good but The Apostle makes Southern evangelical Xianism dull
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree that they're all kinda bad - but watching Hoffman do his Robert Evans impression was at least mildly entertaining, which is more than I can say for the rest of this shitpile
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
so totally wrong. The last ten minutes are among the most thrilling I've ever seen. I don't have any problem defending The Apostle as almost a great movie, and certainly one of the best movies about religion.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
A lot of boring in this list.
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
If it's any consolation, the best actress noms are more appalling than usual. Bonham Carter shoulda won.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
All the best movies about religion I can think of are Italian.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah Kundun's great innit
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
what about Wise Blood?
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
What about Ben Hur?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Or Stranger Among Us?
Battleship Earth?
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you mean Battlefield Earth.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Simon of the Desert
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Ordet
Love is a Battlefield, Earth is a Battleship. Or something.
xposts
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Yentl
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Viridiana
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
The Passion of the Mel
I'll defend The Nun's Story.
Witness
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
The Devil's Advocate
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Europa 51The Flowers of St FrancisThe Gospel According to St Matthew
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
This deserves its own thread.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
The Gospel According to St Matthew
ja this one's great
― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
... also Italian.
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh wait, Morbs was making a counterpoint.
― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Nuns on the Run
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Household Saints
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:02 (thirteen years ago) link
passion of joan of arc
― 69, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Peter Fonda might very well have gotten my vote shortly after this for his supporting role in The Limey -- but not nominated, right
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
stamp wasn't nominated for limey either right? voted fonda but none of these strike me as extraordinary performances or films - why 97?
― balls, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Just hopping randomly.
Stamp's only nomination is supp actor for Billy Budd.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
my favorite performances in The Limey were Lesley Ann Warren and Luis Guzman's.
everybody is good in the Limey
― Master of the Manly Ballad (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
glancing around at other races - 74's funny if only for the actual winner (shades of can't slow down winning at the grammys), 34 is interesting also (never seen the affairs of cellini but everything else totally oscarworthy in my book).
― balls, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
That's a good analogy! Art Carney and Can't Slow Down = perfectly respectable, unexciting winners (although Harry and Tonto is looser and weirder than CSW).
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
"everybody is good in the Limey"
Yeah it's good stuff.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 1 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 2 August 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I finally win a poll.
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 August 2010 23:04 (thirteen years ago) link
but wow -- what fuckin lurkers took Damon to second place??
― balls and adieu (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 August 2010 23:05 (thirteen years ago) link
joint third last, more like
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
have only seen three of the options, voted for one of Damon's best roles over movies that wouldn't make Nicholson or Hoffman's top ten
― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Tuesday, 3 August 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw all of these but Wag the Dog. Pleased to have voted for the winner.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link