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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: GoodLuvn169 on July 11, 2004, 06:00:43 PM
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I know it's playng of the other thread, but pick one. I know you guys are gonna have many more opinions, so list who you think is the best actor.
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By far Jack Nicholson.
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Your list sucks.
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Your list sucks.
Tell me who you would put up there.
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Your list sucks.
Tell me who you would put up there.
Robert DeNiro
Marlon Brando
Al Pachino
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
...That's off the top of my head.
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Your list sucks.
Tell me who you would put up there.
Robert DeNiro
Marlon Brando
Al Pachino
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
...That's off the top of my head.
3 of those guys aren't acting any more. But your right about Depp and DeNiro.
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Robert Englund is still acting...
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I enjoy Vince Vaughn the most outta the ones up there.
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Robert Englund is still acting...
Why should he be best actor, his only noteworthy performance is as Freddy Kreuger.
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Your list sucks.
Tell me who you would put up there.
Robert DeNiro
Marlon Brando
Al Pachino
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
...That's off the top of my head.
LOL, will ferrel, vince vaughn, mike myers??? thats hilarious. there no where near the best actors. There funny, but in my opinion funny actors arent on the "best actor" lists.
I honestly have a few favorites, which are,
Al pacino - Obviously one of the greats, he was great in so many movies to name a few, godfather 1-3, devils advocate, scent of a woman, and scarface.
Tom hanks - One of the greats....Saving private ryan, forrest gump, cast away, apollo 13
robert de niro- godfather 2, casino, goodfellas
Robin williams - honestly most people probably wont agree with me, but i really think hes a great actor(not the greatest) but definetly deserves some recongnition for being really good.
Marlon brando
and ill agree with johnny depp. anothny hopkins is good too. tom cruise is good, but not one of the greats.
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Robert Englund is still acting...
ok
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Your list sucks.
Tell me who you would put up there.
Robert DeNiro
Marlon Brando
Al Pachino
Johnny Depp
Robert Englund
...That's off the top of my head.
LOL, will ferrel, vince vaughn. thats hilarious. there no where near the best actors. There funny, but in my opinion funny actors arent on the "best actor" lists.
I honestly have a few favorites, which are,
Al pacino - Obviously one of the greats, he was great in so many movies to name a few, godfather 1-3, devils advocate, scent of a woman, and scarface.
Tom hanks - One of the greats....Saving private ryan, forrest gump, cast away, apollo 13
robert de niro- godfather 2, casino, goodfellas
Robin williams - honestly most people probably wont agree with me, but i really think hes a great actor(not the greatest) but definetly deserves some recongnition for being really good.
Marlon brando
and ill agree with johnny depp.
To be a comedy actor takes alot of talent.
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Robert De Niro
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Robert De Niro
The GOAT.
Would definitely put Pacino, Nicholson, Hanks, Hoffman, Brando, Chris. Walken, Hopkins, Williams, Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, up there in the AAA-league as well..
With the exception of Hanks, this is all a older generation of actors.. maybe Denzel up in there as well.. & Kevin Spacey is good.
Steve Buscemi (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Con Air, Desperado, etc.) is a personal favorite, he plays dope as fuck, but is always in the background..
Unfortunately these kind of actors isn't "in" any more in newer films, it's all about looks & physics know..
But there's still some young talent, Edward Norton, Benicio Del Toro, and some others looks very promising.
Probably forgot some too.. :-\
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lol Steve Buscemi is awesome.
btw, The hunted was the only benicio del toro movie ive ever seen, and i was really surprised at how well he played that role, i probably should see another movie with him in it (????).
speaking of the hunted, Tommy lee jones is another good actor.
and speaking of tommy lee jones from fugitive, Harrison ford is a really good actor, one of my favorites.
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Jim Carey
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btw, The hunted was the only benicio del toro movie ive ever seen, and i was really surprised at how well he played that role, i probably should see another movie with him in it (????).
Then I strongly recommend "The way of the gun", "Traffic", "The usual suspects", "Snatch", "The Fan", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", etc..
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robert di nero
denzel
hanks
travolta!!!!!
cant choose between..enjoy all their movies
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al pacino is only good in roles with alot of yelling
my favorites are
Depp
Williams
Washington
De niro
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out of that list Jack
but seriously you gotta get
Robert Deniro....the GOAT like someone said before me
Al Pacino.....no matter how bad a movie he's in (gigli) or how good (the godfather) he's always the stand out character
Robert Duval....he doesn't own the title of "most versitile actor" from geniuss for nothing
Johnny Depp...dude is the man....i'm glad he's finally getting his due. kinda funny how his only oscar nom came from playing a pirate
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Denzel and Morgan.
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i cant believe you missed some of those actors out. some of the guys you have in the poll will never and should never be mentioned in conversations of this sort.
the goat has to be between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro... 8)
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you guys suck. no shit, one could think you're only watchin gangster movies.
Ed Norton. Full stop.
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^^ i think ive only seen like two of his movies, but he was good in both of them. (nothing stand out though). one of the movies was the red dragon, cant remember the other one.thats cuz gangsta movies got all the good actors in them.
but since were talking about gangster movies, joe pesci is good too.(casino) Anyone ever see my cousin vinny? one of the funniest movie ever.
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al pacino
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Mike Myers instead of DeNiro or Pacino
Good one.
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you guys suck. no shit, one could think you're only watchin gangster movies.
Ed Norton. Full stop.
LOL.
Edward Norton is one of the biggest up and coming actors, but he's not in the league with the people mentioned as the best ever.
Take a look at IMDB.com and look at the C.V.'s of e.g. DeNiro, Hopkins, Penn, Brando, Nicholson, Hanks, Duvall etc..
All gangsta movies.. ?? Nope, far from it, they're just known for suiting gangsta movies very good.
Playing gangsta is also a difficult role to act.. you gotta have big specter to pull it off.
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All of the actors listed are either good or great. I got 2 good and 1 great actor(s) here for ya:
Good
Arnie: Simply because none of us can deny that he makes dope action films. Terminator, T2, T3, True Lies, Conan, Eraser, Predator...hes been in a few good comedys too.
Stallone: Rockys, Mad Max's, Demolition man, rambo's!
Great
Willis: I just love his wide range of acting skills. Just dope IMO!
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I must say that the list of choices is crap. How in the hell could you put Taye Diggs on the list and forget to list great actors like Pacino, DeNiro, And even Denzel Washington.
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you guys suck. no shit, one could think you're only watchin gangster movies.
Ed Norton. Full stop.
LOL.
Edward Norton is one of the biggest up and coming actors, but he's not in the league with the people mentioned as the best ever.
Take a look at IMDB.com and look at the C.V.'s of e.g. DeNiro, Hopkins, Penn, Brando, Nicholson, Hanks, Duvall etc..
All gangsta movies.. ?? Nope, far from it, they're just known for suiting gangsta movies very good.
Playing gangsta is also a difficult role to act.. you gotta have big specter to pull it off.
lol dont you come and tell ME to take a look at imdb... Im the man when it comes to movies..
and here is what I think, exclusively for you, since youre jomie the homie:
1. Ppl here adore Brando for Godfather - not for anything else he did.
2. Ppl here adore Pacino for Godfather, Heat and stuff. Defnitely not for Gigli or something.
3. Ppl here adore DeNiro for Godfather, Heat, Good Fellas, Tarantino's Jackie Brown etc... - not for other great movies like Taxi Driver, Sleepers, This Boy's Life, Analyze This/That.
Ppl do adore these actors because of their Gangster Movies. That they also have other movies and shit, is another story. Im not saying those Gangster movies arent good - and saying yall look like ppl who only watch Gangster Movies doesnt even imply that.
Of course most roles of them actors arent easy and of course they're good actors lmao.
Now we take a look at our fellow actor Edward Norton.
For the superficial dudes in here: First, his movies are great as it can get.
Second, he makes even bad movies good to watch. e.g. The Score. Do NOT tell me this is a good movie. It has great actors in it, with Brando, DeNiro and Norton. But the movie sucks. Nevertheless, Norton is outstanding in it. How he played the retarded janitor for instance - that has no equivalent whatsoever.
Further, let me just take his two best performances including a performance in one of the best movies ever in consideration. He has other great movies with outstanding acting of his in it, but 2 movies are absolutely sufficient to show how amazing he really is.
1. His Debut, Primal Fear. What the fuck is this? I almost believed he's a psycho in real life .. that's how great he acted. He played two totally different characters... one was the damn baby faced faggish pussy ass loser, the other one the gory bad ass that pisses the fuck out of you off. Amazing stuff. Words of mine wont match it whatsoever, so just watch the movie if you dont know it yet, I also dont want to say too much about it cause I like you and I want you to have fun and watching this movie will definitely be a lot of fun.
2. Fight Club. The Über-Film. I guess pretty much everybody knows it. At least one should. It's a shame he did not get an Oscar for that movie. Oscars are fucking political, if the movie has not been full of blood and stuff, he would have got the Oscar. But I digress. The way he hits himself in the face and shit, the way he goes at his boss after the dude found the Fight Club rules in the copymachine, the way he looks fucked up having Insomnia and/or having been beat up the day before - everything. Oh well.
I'm tired.
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1. Ppl here adore Brando for Godfather - not for anything else he did.
2. Ppl here adore Pacino for Godfather, Heat and stuff. Defnitely not for Gigli or something.
3. Ppl here adore DeNiro for Godfather, Heat, Good Fellas, Tarantino's Jackie Brown etc... - not for other great movies like Taxi Driver,
this is not true whatsoever. I like alot of brando movies....not just godfather. Along the waterfront, apocolypse now, etc
Pacino is a great actor with or without ganster movies. the recruit, devils advocate, scent of a woman. etc
De niro taxi driver, meet the parents (surprisingly funny), men of honor, deer hunter, etc.
im not speaking for everyone here, but personally i have seen more then just these guys' gangster movies. and pacino especially is oustanding in more then just the godfather.
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another i thought of was brad pitt. He may be overlooked because hes just known as a "pretty boy" but he has done some really good acting. Oceans eleven, spy games, fight club, meet joe black, seven, seven years in tibet..........
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another I thought of was brad pitt. [...]
Pitt is underrated because he looks so good but that's where it stops. He's better than ppl want him to be but not one of the best actors ever.
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I went with Nicholson. His work is bar none my favorite.
On a side note:
not for other great movies like Analyze This/That.
How are you gonna say you're "the man" at movies, and go on to label these as "great"????
Analyze This was a decent flick, but come on.... Analyze That was trash.
It'd be like me coming out and saying:
I'm the best at music. Nobody can beat me. Chumbawamba is one of the greatest bands ever to grace the earth.
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Most sequels that are not previously planned are a disgrace to the first movie. Analyze that wasnt. Who cares anyways, wasnt the main point in my post whatsoever.
You're on my nuts trying to spot anything that is not awesome in my posts. Hard work I know, I know. Anyways, youre on my nuts buddy, you better analyze that.
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analyze this and analyze that were both equally horrible movies. If your going to try to make de niro look good then i wouldnt be naming some of his shittiest movies.
and btw, you said people only think of de niro in gangster movies what about movies like, taxi driver, ???, analyze this.
De niro played a mob boss in anazlyze this ;D
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and btw, you said people only think of de niro in gangster movies what about movies like, taxi driver, ???, analyze this.
De niro played a mob boss in anazlyze this ;D
good god rampant did it again. analyze this is a comedy.
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Bobby Deniro
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Pitt is underrated because he looks so good but that's where it stops. He's better than ppl want him to be but not one of the best actors ever.
have you seen 12 Monkeys? The part in the sanitarum is one of the best acting performances i've ever seen!
Kevin Spacey is my favorite tho, he's so fuckin' genious in The Usual Suspects, plus The Negotiator, K-Pax, Seven, American Beauty++++
Al Pacino
Denzel Washinton
Tom Cruise
Robert De Niro
so many..
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lol dont you come and tell ME to take a look at imdb... Im the man when it comes to movies..
and here is what I think, exclusively for you, since youre jomie the homie:
1. Ppl here adore Brando for Godfather - not for anything else he did.
2. Ppl here adore Pacino for Godfather, Heat and stuff. Defnitely not for Gigli or something.
3. Ppl here adore DeNiro for Godfather, Heat, Good Fellas, Tarantino's Jackie Brown etc... - not for other great movies like Taxi Driver, Sleepers, This Boy's Life, Analyze This/That.
Ppl do adore these actors because of their Gangster Movies. That they also have other movies and shit, is another story. Im not saying those Gangster movies arent good - and saying yall look like ppl who only watch Gangster Movies doesnt even imply that.
Of course most roles of them actors arent easy and of course they're good actors lmao.
Now we take a look at our fellow actor Edward Norton.
For the superficial dudes in here: First, his movies are great as it can get.
Second, he makes even bad movies good to watch. e.g. The Score. Do NOT tell me this is a good movie. It has great actors in it, with Brando, DeNiro and Norton. But the movie sucks. Nevertheless, Norton is outstanding in it. How he played the retarded janitor for instance - that has no equivalent whatsoever.
Further, let me just take his two best performances including a performance in one of the best movies ever in consideration. He has other great movies with outstanding acting of his in it, but 2 movies are absolutely sufficient to show how amazing he really is.
1. His Debut, Primal Fear. What the fuck is this? I almost believed he's a psycho in real life .. that's how great he acted. He played two totally different characters... one was the damn baby faced faggish pussy ass loser, the other one the gory bad ass that pisses the fuck out of you off. Amazing stuff. Words of mine wont match it whatsoever, so just watch the movie if you dont know it yet, I also dont want to say too much about it cause I like you and I want you to have fun and watching this movie will definitely be a lot of fun.
2. Fight Club. The Über-Film. I guess pretty much everybody knows it. At least one should. It's a shame he did not get an Oscar for that movie. Oscars are fucking political, if the movie has not been full of blood and stuff, he would have got the Oscar. But I digress. The way he hits himself in the face and shit, the way he goes at his boss after the dude found the Fight Club rules in the copymachine, the way he looks fucked up having Insomnia and/or having been beat up the day before - everything. Oh well.
I'm tired.
Yeah, I know Norton is a great actor, I already named him, but he's young and new compared to the list of other GOAT-nominations.
35 years and 17 movies isn't enough to match e.g. Hopkins 67 years and 97++ movies, or Duvall's 73 years & 86+ movies..
"The greatest actor ever" needs to have a long career on his back, imo.
Norton may be your favorite actor, but ask 1000 people about the best actor ever, and less than 10 people will say Norton.
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Robert Denero
Al Pacino
Johnny Depp..Blow is one of my faves
Denzel Washington
Mel Gibson. Braveheart is classic.. Mad Max.etc
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Kurt Russell
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Yeah, I know Norton is a great actor, I already named him, but he's young and new compared to the list of other GOAT-nominations.
35 years and 17 movies isn't enough to match e.g. Hopkins 67 years and 97++ movies, or Duvall's 73 years & 86+ movies..
"The greatest actor ever" needs to have a long career on his back, imo.
Norton may be your favorite actor, but ask 1000 people about the best actor ever, and less than 10 people will say Norton.
yup this is not wrong but still ... if ppl name dudes like Depp or Denzel, it's contradicting itself.
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i say less than 2 would say norton.
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Robert Denero
Al Pacino
Johnny Depp..Blow is one of my faves
Denzel Washington
Mel Gibson. Braveheart is classic.. Mad Max.etc
Braveheart was a tite movie. His acting wasn't anything to spectacular though.