Best movie because of acting?

[kilo2]

Donny you're out of your element !

[morfiend]

Teasures of Serena Madre

 Glenda

 

[trax1]

The book was way way way better imho

Much better, their actully making another one of Hunter S. Thompson book's into a movie, "The Rum Diary's" and it has Johnny Depp as the lead in it too.  They already filmed the movie & I believe it's coming out this summer or fall.  It's not a far out drug induced story like Fear & Loathing, but it's still a good story, probably my favorite book he wrote.


<--If you can't tell I'm a big fan of Thompson.

[maddafinga]

Much better, their actully making another one of Hunter S. Thompson book's into a movie, "The Rum Diary's" and it has Johnny Depp as the lead in it too.  They already filmed the movie & I believe it's coming out this summer or fall.  It's not a far out drug induced story like Fear & Loathing, but it's still a good story, probably my favorite book he wrote.


<--If you can't tell I'm a big fan of Thompson.

I was disappointed that in the hotel bar scene they left out the last line about the elevator.  That got a huge laugh out of me when I read it, and I couldn't believe it wasn't in the movie.  I was painting a very large portrait of the Dr.  when my apartment burned.  I'll see if I can dig up a pic of it somewhere.  It was only about half finished, but coming along nicely.

[morfiend]

Teasures of Serena Madre

 Glenda

 

 actually meant Gilda not glenda,must have been thinking Glen Ford and transposed the the word.

   

[Drex]

Dudley Moore in Arthur

Gene Wilder in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Drex

[Bosco123]

I'm suprised that everyone forgot these three that come to my mind:
Al Pachino- Scarface
Denzel Washington- Man on Fire
Clint Eastwood- Gran Torino

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Edit: and if were talking about comedy, no one compares to the acting of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Hot Fuzz. That movie was the best comedy ever! lol

[Curval]

Dudley Moore in Arthur

good call

[Simba]

They were good movies anyway but here's my choice:

Gwyneth Paltrow, in 'Shakespeare in Love'. An American who played a girl pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman reciting Shakespeare's Juliet in a very good British accent. Now THAT'S acting.

Likewise, Renee Zellweger, in 'Bridget Jones' Diary', she's amazing.

 

[maddafinga]

They were good movies anyway but here's my choice:

Gwyneth Paltrow, in 'Shakespeare in Love'. An American who played a girl pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman reciting Shakespeare's Juliet in a very good British accent. Now THAT'S acting.

Likewise, Renee Zellweger, in 'Bridget Jones' Diary', she's amazing.

 

Or for a similar convoluted type of role, how about Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder?  Great performance, and hilarious!

[Plawranc]

"The Best" acting I have seen was not in a film, rather a mini series making a film.

It was Band Of Brothers. They did a fortnight of boot camp where they learnt everything from field stripping a M1 Garand to fire and move tactics. They did excercises with live weapons (Blank's obviously) and spent the whole time using their characters names while there. At the end they did simulated jumps from the tower at an RAF base.

When they got to making the series I believed every single detail was recreated exactly.

[Simba]

That 'Band of Brothers' worked hard for their living, for sure.

Another 'I learnt to do it better than the experts' actor is Daniel Day-Lewis in 'Last of the Mohicans'. He was taught how to load and fire a 'long musket' for the movie, and got so good at it that the director decided to go for maximum effect and asked him to fire, reload at the run and fire again, all in one take. The expert rifleman who'd taught him said he knew it could be done, but not by an actor with minimal experience, no way, not a chance. Day-Lewis proved him wrong, made it on the first take - and cleaned up on the bets made against him by the film crew. Treat yourself and watch the movie again to see him do it.

    

[Halo]

Man for All Seasons won six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor. The guy who dominated the movie was Robert Shaw as Henry VIII; he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor but didn't get it. 

[Plawranc]

They were good movies anyway but here's my choice:

Gwyneth Paltrow, in 'Shakespeare in Love'. An American who played a girl pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman reciting Shakespeare's Juliet in a very good British accent. Now THAT'S acting.

Likewise, Renee Zellweger, in 'Bridget Jones' Diary', she's amazing.

 


Bridget, NOW THERE is someone who I could get to know.

[Angus]

"The Best" acting I have seen was not in a film, rather a mini series making a film.

It was Band Of Brothers. They did a fortnight of boot camp where they learnt everything from field stripping a M1 Garand to fire and move tactics. They did excercises with live weapons (Blank's obviously) and spent the whole time using their characters names while there. At the end they did simulated jumps from the tower at an RAF base.

When they got to making the series I believed every single detail was recreated exactly.

Flags of our Fathers had the same thought. After a couple of weeks of crawling in the sand with my Tommy-gun, the "feel" was already there. When new recruits arrived after some 4 weeks of filming, one could spot them from a long distance, - they just didn't move in the right way.
As for the best acting, it's a hard bet. Anthony Hopkins has done some really good ones, and then again, the director sometimes manages to "squeeze" a lot of performance out of the actor. Kubrick would be on the top of that list, so the merry drilling sergeant in Full Metal Jacket is on my list as well as Malcolm McDowell in Clockwork orange.
And the best B-movie baddie EVER is the Kurgan in "Highlander". No contest.