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Post by franklin on Aug 9, 2020 23:53:08 GMT
As I said it's fun to speculate.
Since a new decade is beginning, who do you think will be considered (when this decade will be over) the best/greatest male actor of this decade (2020s) among these options?
Choose in the poll, vote, and leave a comment
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Post by futuretrunks on Aug 10, 2020 1:44:49 GMT
My boy Lenny Williams.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Aug 10, 2020 1:50:06 GMT
From these options..I’m going to go with Daniel Kaluuya. He’s starting to get quality lead roles in projects and based on the Judas and the Black Messiah trailer, this cat looks like he’s barely scratching the surface of his potential. Sicario, Get Out, Widows, Queen and Slim, now JATBM, if he gets the opportunities I’m expecting big things from him this decade.
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Post by stephen on Aug 10, 2020 1:50:07 GMT
I think Pattinson's last few years have presaged what is going to be a juggernaut decade. And I also think Adam Driver's about to fill in the void that Joaquin Phoenix is leaving now that he's nearing his fifties.
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Post by stephen on Aug 10, 2020 1:51:14 GMT
From these options..I’m going to go with Daniel Kaluuya. He’s starting to get quality lead roles in projects and based on the Judas and the Black Messiah trailer, this cat looks like he’s barely scratching the surface of his potential. Sicario, Get Out, Widows, Queen and Slim, now JATBM, if he gets the opportunities I’m expecting big things from him this decade. I want this to happen so badly. Guy is a natural talent and his nomination for Get Out was inspired as hell. I actually was disappointed when he wasn't cast in Dune despite having worked with Villeneuve before, as I think he'd have made a great Duncan Idaho.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Aug 10, 2020 1:56:22 GMT
From these options..I’m going to go with Daniel Kaluuya. He’s starting to get quality lead roles in projects and based on the Judas and the Black Messiah trailer, this cat looks like he’s barely scratching the surface of his potential. Sicario, Get Out, Widows, Queen and Slim, now JATBM, if he gets the opportunities I’m expecting big things from him this decade. I want this to happen so badly. Guy is a natural talent and his nomination for Get Out was inspired as hell. I actually was disappointed when he wasn't cast in Dune despite having worked with Villeneuve before, as I think he'd have made a great Duncan Idaho. Indeed. I just hope Hollywood knows what to do with him. I know that’s asking a lot. Kaluuya is going to have to be ambitious and want it..there’s greatness but he has to want it and not get easily discouraged.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 10, 2020 2:18:31 GMT
I'm going to throw a write-in vote for Jake Gyllenhaal (surprised he's not on this poll, which seems to be skewing younger from actors in their 20's to 40's).
Gyllenhaal has shown a fair few moments of brilliance and greatness already (ie Nightcrawler), but I think he should be entering that age when the type of offers that were going to Bale or DiCaprio in the last decade, will be heading his way.
I feel he'll get the opportunities, and he's becoming too experienced and technically proficient (not to mention a solid stage actor as well, which also may strengthen his case if he takes on big stage challenges) to not take advantage of it. I definitely see Gyllenhaal as an Oscar winner this decade at least.
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Post by countjohn on Aug 10, 2020 2:31:15 GMT
With Leo working more sporadically it may be a situation like DDL in the last couple decades where he gives us a couple great roles but you can't really say he had the best decade because he didn't work enough. Pattinson could become a huge star and get great parts like Leo in the 2000's/10's. How good those performances will be remains to be seen. Bale and Phoenix certainly have the talent to be the best.
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Aug 10, 2020 2:52:00 GMT
I'll second the Kaluuya mention, especially after seeing the trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah. I think Kaluuya actually has the potential to be one of the great actors of his generation, as long as Hollywood is willing to provide him with the good roles. He was also really strong in Queen & Slim, and he played a terrifying villain in Widows. I couldn't even tell it was the same guy from Get Out.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Pattinson are also building up a nice resume. Gyllenhaal in particular has proven he's really good at taking risks, and doing different kinds of roles, with full effect.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Aug 10, 2020 3:16:42 GMT
I'll second the Kaluuya mention, especially after seeing the trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah. I think Kaluuya actually has the potential to be one of the great actors of his generation, as long as Hollywood is willing to provide him with the good roles. He e was also really strong in Queen & Slim, and he played a terrifying in Widows. I couldn't even tell it was the same guy from Get Out.
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Post by bob-coppola on Aug 10, 2020 4:01:29 GMT
I think we'll see the stars of Adam Driver, Robert Pattinson and Daniel Kaluuya rise even more in the years to come. I also think this decade could be the one in which Gosling starts being seen as a seasoned veteran like what just happened to Joaquin Phoenix.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 10, 2020 8:47:09 GMT
Driver - Who I haven't been that impressed with tbh (I do like him) but I've said this before a lot.........he's 36 and already....... has 6 Triple Crown nods - in every medium: film/TV/stage - in just a decade working. No film star can approach that at a comparable age - that's a historic amount (just compare him to Washington, Duvall, Lemmon, Pacino you'll see) and while awards aren't everything (at all) and he may get out-acted........... I don't think he'll get "out-careered": 2 Oscar nods already in 2 BP nominees, the table is set-up where he can get significantly more of those too, he's ambitious, has roles across a wide array of material, big directors already under his belt, he can interact/act opposite others even stand-out when the role is not defined (Paterson)......... Scorsese called him "the best actor of his generation". The new barometer for acting will be the Triple Crown imo. Film is dead/dying, the Oscars alone are a sad joke now - everyone will have 3 wins and/or 7 nods in a short amount of time ......... but we haven't had an American male win the TC in 20 years (only Pacino in 2003) - well Driver not only could win it, he could obliterate it and win it very quickly.........in his 40s (Pacino was 63). Only Gyllenhaal could rival him there but Gyllenhaal has been seen a lot already and no one cares about his work enough it seems to me to really rival Driver. Kaluuya indeed may be the better actor, Pattinson may be the bigger star.......but so many things are in place already where it seems like the 2020s are Driver's decade in ways that combine both actor and star.
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Post by franklin on Aug 10, 2020 11:01:47 GMT
I think Driver is easily the "frontrunner" for this title.
Upcoming films in this decade are (for now): Annette, The Last Duel, and Yankee Comandante.
At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if DiCaprio keeps the spot as he had in the 2000s and 2010s. He's still in his prime and he's still requested as the first choice by pretty much every A-list filmmaker out there (he was reportedly the first choice for Babylon, Nightmare Alley, and the new PTA one, he turned them all down for KOFTM with Scorsese and DeNiro, and he gave away those opportunities respectively to Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper), so he's definitely still at his peak.
Chalamet and Pattinson may want to try take away the "biggest movie star in the world and best actor of his generation" title from him respectively with Dune and The Batman, but I don't think it will happen, those two are not serious threats to him. Kaluuya and Stanfield look poised to become among the best in their generation, but I don't know if they will be considered the top 2 best of this decade like DiCaprio and Phoenix in this last one, but I think there's a chance they will be considered in the top 10.
In other words I think it will be like this:
1 A. Driver 2.L. DiCaprio 3.J. Phoenix 4.D. Kaluuya 5.L. Stanfield 6.R. Pattinson 7.T. Chalamet
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Post by TerryMontana on Aug 10, 2020 11:32:29 GMT
Driver and JDW will have a great decade I guess (Driver's past 5 years are remarkable) but I vote for Pattinson.
He has proven he's a quality actor, plus this Batman role will definitely help. Following Bale's steps? Why not...
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Aug 10, 2020 12:48:14 GMT
I gave Kaluuya his first vote and glad to see others feeling likewise. I think he can have an incredible run.
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Post by morton on Aug 10, 2020 13:27:56 GMT
Driver - Who I haven't been that impressed with tbh (I do like him) but I've said this before a lot.........he's 36 and already....... has 6 Triple Crown nods - in every medium: film/TV/stage - in just a decade working. No film star can approach that at a comparable age - that's a historic amount (just compare him to Washington, Duvall, Lemmon, Pacino you'll see) and while awards aren't everything (at all) and he may get out-acted........... I don't think he'll get "out-careered": 2 Oscar nods already in 2 BP nominees, the table is set-up where he can get significantly more of those too, he's ambitious, has roles across a wide array of material, big directors already under his belt, he can interact/act opposite others even stand-out when the role is not defined (Paterson)......... Scorsese called him "the best actor of his generation". The new barometer for acting will be the Triple Crown imo. Film is dead/dying, the Oscars alone are a sad joke now - everyone will have 3 wins and/or 7 nods in a short amount of time ......... but we haven't had an American male win the TC in 20 years (only Pacino in 2003) - well Driver not only could win it, he could obliterate it and win it very quickly.........in his 40s (Pacino was 63). Only Gyllenhaal could rival him there but Gyllenhaal has been seen a lot already and no one cares about his work enough it seems to me to really rival Driver. Kaluuya indeed may be the better actor, Pattinson may be the bigger star.......but so many things are in place already where it seems like the 2020s are Driver's decade in ways that combine both actor and star. Sad but true about Gyllenhaal. He'll still continue to do interesting work, but I don't think he'll be considered the best/greatest in the way that many think of Leo for the last few decades at least by the general public because for some reason he does tend to get ignored for his work even when he is in something baity. Although he did just miss for Nightcrawler, it's been almost more than 15 years since his first and only nomination. He could be like a Laura Dern who was able to go more than 20 years between her nominations and not only score another nomination but win, but those cases are rare. Also again while he'll continue to do interesting work, unfortunately nominations/wins does help a lot in getting the most interesting parts, and with Leo, Damon, Bale, Cooper, Gosling, and now maybe Driver ahead of him in that regard, it might be tougher for him to get those parts. Then you have the two Chrises (Evans and Pine) and even Ryan Reynolds all around the same age too, and right now they're all doing well too in various ways. Evans getting kudos for Knives Out and his other recent work, so he's got momentum that he could build on. And Pine had Hell or High Water not very long ago, and has the WW sequel which will at least be a financial success. Reynolds seems to be sticking to the commercial route, but he still has a lot of goodwill from Deadpool. So if he continues to have commercial success, he could be someone that voters throw a few nominations maybe even a win too once he goes back to doing more baity roles. I think Driver is easily the "frontrunner" for this title. Upcoming films in this decade are (for now): Annette, The Last Duel, and Yankee Comandante. At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if DiCaprio keeps the spot as he had in the 2000s and 2010s. He's still in his prime and he's still requested as the first choice by pretty much every A-list filmmaker out there (he was reportedly the first choice for Babylon, Nightmare Alley, and the new PTA one, he turned them all down for KOFTM with Scorsese and DeNiro, and he gave away those opportunities respectively to Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper), so he's definitely still at his peak. Chalamet and Pattinson may want to try take away the "biggest movie star in the world and best actor of his generation" title from him respectively with Dune and The Batman, but I don't think it will happen, those two are not serious threats to him. Kaluuya and Stanfield look poised to become among the best in their generation, but I don't know if they will be considered the top 2 best of this decade like DiCaprio and Phoenix in this last one, but I think there's a chance they will be considered in the top 10. In other words I think it will be like this: 1 A. Driver 2.L. DiCaprio 3.J. Phoenix 4.D. Kaluuya 5.L. Stanfield 6.R. Pattinson 7.T. Chalamet Yeah, I don't think anyone will challenge Leo for his box office title anytime soon. So even though I think he'll continue to not work that much, I think he'll still be one of the first picks of directors to be in their films. However, with him approaching 50 in the next decade, perhaps he'll slow down to raise a family, or I could see him doing more for climate change as that is going to be an even more critical issue, so since I get the sense that he's going to work even less than he did in the '10s that others will do a lot more and have a chance to be recognized more. Same with Phoenix now that he's having his first child. I think he'll get a Joker afterglow bump, but I can also see him working less to devote time to his family, especially if he decides to have more than just one child, and I could see Mara wanting to work again and them alternating with who stays home and who works.
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Post by mhynson27 on Aug 10, 2020 14:09:40 GMT
One name not on the poll and also not mentioned in this thread, Jesse Plemons. He could have a very big decade, I mean even just this (wild, compromised) year he already has I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Judas and the Black Messiah. Plus The Power of the Dog confirmed for next year. I've heard some people say that he could begin to fill the hole left by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I think there is definitely something to that.
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Post by morton on Aug 10, 2020 14:23:39 GMT
One name not on the poll and also not mentioned in this thread, Jesse Plemons. He could have a very big decade, I mean even just this (wild, compromised) year he already has I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Judas and the Black Messiah. Plus The Power of the Dog confirmed for next year. I've heard some people say that he could begin to fill the hole left by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I think there is definitely something to that. This is an excellent point too. I'm sure that there will be actors that aren't even listed that will be big in the next decade. Like who would have predicted in 2010 that the guy from The Hangover and Alias would go onto be one of the biggest actors of the decade and wind up with 8 Oscar nominations. Television is also a great place to look too. I see Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Jeremy Strong both on the list, but Tom Pelphrey could be someone to watch out for even if he was snubbed at the Emmys. Or someone like that who comes on strong from television and is able to find a great baity role like Rami Malek was.
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Post by stephen on Aug 10, 2020 15:00:35 GMT
One name not on the poll and also not mentioned in this thread, Jesse Plemons. He could have a very big decade, I mean even just this (wild, compromised) year he already has I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Judas and the Black Messiah. Plus The Power of the Dog confirmed for next year. I've heard some people say that he could begin to fill the hole left by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I think there is definitely something to that. People are really sleeping on Plemons. The Hoffman comparison is an obvious one to make because of the physical similarities and the fact he played PSH's son in The Master, but Plemons definitely has a lot of Hoffman-esque tendencies to him, and we're seeing him exploding at a much quicker rate than Hoffman was able to. He may not be given the leading roles that other guys on this list will, but I think Plemons is almost guaranteed to be an Oscar nominee by the end of the decade, and with the right role, could be a winner as well.
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Post by Sharbs on Aug 10, 2020 16:14:33 GMT
Chalamet has 0 votes! wow that boner pic really has peeps miffed.
voted Driver.
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Post by futuretrunks on Aug 10, 2020 21:15:02 GMT
I think Driver is easily the "frontrunner" for this title. Upcoming films in this decade are (for now): Annette, The Last Duel, and Yankee Comandante. At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if DiCaprio keeps the spot as he had in the 2000s and 2010s. He's still in his prime and he's still requested as the first choice by pretty much every A-list filmmaker out there ( he was reportedly the first choice for Babylon, Nightmare Alley, and the new PTA one, he turned them all down for KOFTM with Scorsese and DeNiro, and he gave away those opportunities respectively to Brad Pitt and Bradley Cooper), so he's definitely still at his peak. Chalamet and Pattinson may want to try take away the "biggest movie star in the world and best actor of his generation" title from him respectively with Dune and The Batman, but I don't think it will happen, those two are not serious threats to him. Kaluuya and Stanfield look poised to become among the best in their generation, but I don't know if they will be considered the top 2 best of this decade like DiCaprio and Phoenix in this last one, but I think there's a chance they will be considered in the top 10. In other words I think it will be like this: 1 A. Driver 2.L. DiCaprio 3.J. Phoenix 4.D. Kaluuya 5.L. Stanfield 6.R. Pattinson 7.T. Chalamet Where'd you hear that? After Leo, I'd assume Chalamet or Pattinson. If Villeneuve pulls off Dune, Chalamet will have an iconic role/performance in a way nobody in the botched SW sequels did (yes, I think even Driver was quite bad), which will help him get more good roles. Gosling will probably pick up steam in the second half of the decade when his daughters are slightly older and there's less for him to do around the house.
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Post by pupdurcs on Aug 10, 2020 23:35:17 GMT
One name not on the poll and also not mentioned in this thread, Jesse Plemons. He could have a very big decade, I mean even just this (wild, compromised) year he already has I'm Thinking of Ending Things and Judas and the Black Messiah. Plus The Power of the Dog confirmed for next year. I've heard some people say that he could begin to fill the hole left by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and I think there is definitely something to that. People are really sleeping on Plemons. The Hoffman comparison is an obvious one to make because of the physical similarities and the fact he played PSH's son in The Master, but Plemons definitely has a lot of Hoffman-esque tendencies to him, and we're seeing him exploding at a much quicker rate than Hoffman was able to. He may not be given the leading roles that other guys on this list will, but I think Plemons is almost guaranteed to be an Oscar nominee by the end of the decade, and with the right role, could be a winner as well. No offense to Plemons, but he comes off a bit too derpy (especially his voice) to really get into Philip Seymour Hoffman territory. PSH had movie star charisma, in a character actors body. That allowed him to win over audiences in a way many character actors can't. Despite being short and tubby, PSH could very convincingly play suave and sophisticated characters that had a certain atttactive quality to them (like The Master or The Talented Mr Ripley). Plemons doesn't have that casting range. He can basically be called on to do thugs or losers/misfits (which PSH could do as well, but he just had that very key extra capability) Plemons is a good actor. He does not have movie star charisma, and certainly not PSH charisma. I would peg Plemons closer to a John C Reilly type (an excellent actor, who also is just a bit too derpy in looks and voice to reach PSH stature). Not to mention that PSH was one of the top stage actors of his generation. That had a symbiotic relationship with his film career in elevating his overall reputation to such heights. Even without PSH charisma, Plemons lacks that as well.
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