LouisHMartinez
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Director: Kubrick (no one else is close)
Actor: Brando (Eastwood, Nicholson, Hackman, Duvall, and Lemmon rate honorable mention)
Actress: Thurman (by default - most of the great American actresses flourished pre-1950)
Actor: Brando (Eastwood, Nicholson, Hackman, Duvall, and Lemmon rate honorable mention)
Actress: Thurman (by default - most of the great American actresses flourished pre-1950)
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Director: Kubrick and David Lynch (John Carpenter was on the list, but his last few have sucked)
Actor: Jimmy Stewart may have been before the limit, so I'll go with Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson (Ed Harris is also very underrated)
Actress: Talent (not looks): Kathy Bates (Michelle Pfifer has also done some good things, as has Uma; they look better, but I like Kathy's talent)
Actor: Jimmy Stewart may have been before the limit, so I'll go with Tom Hanks and Jack Nicholson (Ed Harris is also very underrated)
Actress: Talent (not looks): Kathy Bates (Michelle Pfifer has also done some good things, as has Uma; they look better, but I like Kathy's talent)
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DiHard
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Director: my top....Alfred Hitchcock...he is in the fifty year window and is pure classic.
second: early spielberg
Actor: Jimmy Stewart...rear window was 1954 and that makes the fifty year goody....Leonardo Howeveryouspellit was unbelievable in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape....tom hanks has done a million different roles and that kind of separates him....cruise and others simply play the same character, just in different roles...
Actress: Juliette Lewis is good...she doesnt give a crap about hollywood....sally field was good....meryl strepthroat is good.....the ladies are handicapped as their careers are shorter and they are less able to take on controversial roles....
second: early spielberg
Actor: Jimmy Stewart...rear window was 1954 and that makes the fifty year goody....Leonardo Howeveryouspellit was unbelievable in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape....tom hanks has done a million different roles and that kind of separates him....cruise and others simply play the same character, just in different roles...
Actress: Juliette Lewis is good...she doesnt give a crap about hollywood....sally field was good....meryl strepthroat is good.....the ladies are handicapped as their careers are shorter and they are less able to take on controversial roles....
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BuckBackHome
Wolverine is largest member of weasel family
I don't watch some of the classics you guys are referring to, so I will go with the ones that I grew up with.
Director - Spielberg. Has the "duds" every once in a while, but even his bad ones are better than most directors' best ones.
Actor - Sean Penn. Watched him recently in Mystic River. It was amazing to think that Spicoli has matured to this point. Closely in second place is Tom Hanks, but he seems to play the safe choices anymore.
Actress - Toughest category to pick. I would have to give the nod to Nicole Kidman with Renee Zelwegger (sp?) a very close second.
Director - Spielberg. Has the "duds" every once in a while, but even his bad ones are better than most directors' best ones.
Actor - Sean Penn. Watched him recently in Mystic River. It was amazing to think that Spicoli has matured to this point. Closely in second place is Tom Hanks, but he seems to play the safe choices anymore.
Actress - Toughest category to pick. I would have to give the nod to Nicole Kidman with Renee Zelwegger (sp?) a very close second.
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LoKyBuckeye
I give up. This board is too hard to understand.
Taking away all the usual suspects I think one of the most underrated actors is Edward Norton. He should have won the Oscar for American History X, IMHO. Sean Penn FINALLY got recognition this year for Mystic River but should have won a long time ago for movies like I Am Sam.
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Director: Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese
Actor: Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino
Actress: Dianne Keaton, Talia Shire (Michael!!! You killed my husband!!!)
Prop: Severed horse head
Did you expect anything less from Luca Brasi?
Actor: Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino
Actress: Dianne Keaton, Talia Shire (Michael!!! You killed my husband!!!)
Prop: Severed horse head
Did you expect anything less from Luca Brasi?
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tibor75
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Pacino is good, but overrated. Like it really requires great skill to play the same role time and time and time and time again. Maybe in his next movie he won't yell. sure....
The best performances in the Godfather series were by James Caan and John Cazale. Khartoum had a good cameo.
Not sure why anybody would idolize a retarded gangster who proved incredibly easy to kill.
The best performances in the Godfather series were by James Caan and John Cazale. Khartoum had a good cameo.
Not sure why anybody would idolize a retarded gangster who proved incredibly easy to kill.
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I won't take your bait...but I would suggest reading Mario Puzo's novel to learn the entire story of Luca.
Caan's performance was solid, but the depth of Sonny's character was not revealed enough in the movie.
Like I said, read the book for an enhanced appreciation of the tale
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