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Inside Man by Spike Lee
ABN:
i just saw the trailer on tv and i´ll definently check it out. Denzel is just an amazing actor, he´s prolly the best actor of his generation(i mean that started out in movies at the same time as him). and if he keeps it up he´ll go down as one of the greatest actors of all time. most of the other great actors have fallen off badly and they mix horrible performances with average and good performances. i can´t remember seein Denzel deliever a horrible performance ever and i´ve seen just about every movie he´s made.
E. J. Rizo:
--- Quote from: Pissin' On The Throne on March 23, 2006, 09:36:34 AM ---i just saw the trailer on tv and i´ll definently check it out. Denzel is just an amazing actor, he´s prolly the best actor of his generation(i mean that started out in movies at the same time as him). and if he keeps it up he´ll go down as one of the greatest actors of all time. most of the other great actors have fallen off badly and they mix horrible performances with average and good performances. i can´t remember seein Denzel deliever a horrible performance ever and i´ve seen just about every movie he´s made.
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yeah the guy is just amazing... and consistent VERY VERY GOOD actor his emotions on film seem to be very authentic.... the only other actor i can think of that is just as consistant and great is Tom Hanks..... both those guys never drop a bad performance.....
KURUPTION-81:
Denzel is defiantly one of the best actors around.
Shallow:
--- Quote from: -Sikotic- on March 23, 2006, 08:55:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on March 22, 2006, 02:35:10 PM ---Montana was a cool character and he did a nice Cuban gangster impression but the roles he had been nominated for were all better in my opinion. Nostalgia and coolness will aleays make people from our generation think of Scarface as better than it really was.
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Do you know what the nominees were for that year? (1983 I believe). I'm sure whoever won's character isn't nearly as legendary as Tony Montana ;D
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Well there's no denying the legendary status of the Montana character but that doesn't make it the best acting performance. Austin Powers is more of a legendary character than Melvin Udall , played by Jack Nicholson. Nicholson's Joker is also more legendary than Chritsy Brown played by Daniel Day Lewis. That doesn't make either better performances. Even Winnie The Pooh is more classic than most Oscar winning characters, (but him not winning is a true tragedy). Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction combined. And it's not even a full film. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is too much to even grasp for the academy.
The year Pacino would have been nominated is tricky since the movie came out in Decemember and I'm not sure of the Oscar cut off, so it was either with the '83 movies or the '84. If it was '83 then Robert Duvall won for Tender Mercies and nominated with him were Michael Caine (Educating Rita), Tom Conti (Reuben Reuben), Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney (both from The Dresser). If it was '84 then F. Murray Abraham won for his portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus which is certainly a classic role if there ever was won. Nominated with him were Tom Hulce (also from Amadeus), Jeff Bridges (Starman), Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields), and Albert Finney again for Under the Volcano. I have seen all of these films and don't think Pacino getting snubbed for any of these actors is at all a shame.
Sikotic™:
--- Quote from: Shallow on March 23, 2006, 11:11:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: -Sikotic- on March 23, 2006, 08:55:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: Shallow on March 22, 2006, 02:35:10 PM ---Montana was a cool character and he did a nice Cuban gangster impression but the roles he had been nominated for were all better in my opinion. Nostalgia and coolness will aleays make people from our generation think of Scarface as better than it really was.
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Do you know what the nominees were for that year? (1983 I believe). I'm sure whoever won's character isn't nearly as legendary as Tony Montana ;D
--- End quote ---
Well there's no denying the legendary status of the Montana character but that doesn't make it the best acting performance. Austin Powers is more of a legendary character than Melvin Udall , played by Jack Nicholson. Nicholson's Joker is also more legendary than Chritsy Brown played by Daniel Day Lewis. That doesn't make either better performances. Even Winnie The Pooh is more classic than most Oscar winning characters, (but him not winning is a true tragedy). Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction combined. And it's not even a full film. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is too much to even grasp for the academy.
The year Pacino would have been nominated is tricky since the movie came out in Decemember and I'm not sure of the Oscar cut off, so it was either with the '83 movies or the '84. If it was '83 then Robert Duvall won for Tender Mercies and nominated with him were Michael Caine (Educating Rita), Tom Conti (Reuben Reuben), Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney (both from The Dresser). If it was '84 then F. Murray Abraham won for his portrayal of Salieri in Amadeus which is certainly a classic role if there ever was won. Nominated with him were Tom Hulce (also from Amadeus), Jeff Bridges (Starman), Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields), and Albert Finney again for Under the Volcano. I have seen all of these films and don't think Pacino getting snubbed for any of these actors is at all a shame.
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Yeah, definitely, Scarface was a movie that got poor reviews when it came out. It's a cult favorite and those rarely get nominated. I was just curious on the nominees that year.
I'm not taking credit from any of those actors. I can't say I've seen all of those films, but the list of actors is amazing so I'm sure they all deserved their nominations.
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