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Offline 321BAR

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Best movie because of acting?
« on: March 24, 2010, 02:19:06 AM »
There are alot of movies are great, but which movie do you think is better because one or two actors/actresses MADE the movie what it was? I gotta say "The Dark Knight" was a great movie but without the Joker being played by Heath Ledger it wouldnt have been anywhere near as great as it was. Any others?
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 02:31:34 AM »
I'd have to say Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver, he was just really good as that character, and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction.



But lets not forget Ben Affleck, without him Pearl Harbor might have been a bad movie.
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2010, 03:24:24 AM »
I'll go with Pulp Fiction as well.  Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta really killed the roles.
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2010, 06:31:22 AM »
R.Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.

I like Billy Bob Thornton in SlingBlade too.
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2010, 07:18:02 AM »
Gene Wilder/Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Anthony Hopkins/The Bunker
Anthony Hopkins/Magic
Meryl Streep/Silkwood

A plethora of others
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2010, 07:28:36 AM »
How about Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, or Geoffrey Rush in Shine, Gary Oldman (one of the greatest actors ever!) in Syd and Nancy and Dracula.
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2010, 08:03:28 AM »
The late Christopher Reeve in Superman the Movie.  He made you believe that he was both mild mannered and klutz Clark Kent and All-American Superman.   
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2010, 08:13:59 AM »
Saving private Ryan had great acting
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2010, 08:14:02 AM »
No Brainer -

Best movie because of EVERYTHING:

Acting
Casting
Writing
Directing
Lighting
Music Score
Editing
Cinematography

Godfather 2

this flick has more plots and underlying/dissecting sub-plots than our health care bill....




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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2010, 08:34:50 AM »
Quote from: uptown on March 24, 2010, 06:31:22 AM
R.Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket.

I like Billy Bob Thornton in SlingBlade too.

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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2010, 08:37:24 AM »
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Offline druski85

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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2010, 08:48:21 AM »
First one that comes to mind is Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs.  Absolutely fantastic.  I guess you could say Jodi Foster gets an honorary mention, but Hopkins is simply unbeatable in that role.
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2010, 09:01:34 AM »
How about Christopher Walken in Biloxi Blues. He reminds me of a drill instructor I had, GySgt Lopez. The dude scared me to death. He was one disturbed unit.  :uhoh CW kicked arse in the Deer Hunter also I thought.

And how can we forget Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.  "Charlie don't surf" :rock
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2010, 09:12:02 AM »
John Goodman in The Big Lebowski
Val Kilmer in Tombstone
Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank Redemption
Harrison Ford in any of the Starwars movies but mainly Empire
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Re: Best movie because of acting?
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2010, 09:36:44 AM »
John Wayne in  The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ....   "Whoa, take 'er easy there, Pilgrim. "
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