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Post by franklin on Aug 24, 2020 13:30:17 GMT
Best Actor of the 1990s?
Vote and then comment.
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Post by wallsofjericho on Aug 24, 2020 13:44:15 GMT
I'm going to throw my vote to Hopkins.
The Silence of the Lambs, Shadowlands, The Remains of the Day and Nixon makes for an impressive decade.
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 24, 2020 13:55:25 GMT
Hard to vote against Hanks.......too consistent (and I don't care about that - at all), major/diverse performances across drama/comedy, leads/ensembles, 3 Oscar nods, 2 wins - lots of BP nodded-films, big box-office.
Contenders: Hopkins (big highs, 4 nods), Pacino (The most greatish / iconic performances, 3 nods), Keitel (the Dafoe of his day).
Runners up: Penn, DDL, Auteuil, Spacey, Crowe (his best rather than his overrated 00s), Washington (his best, less sizzle-more steak this decade), DeNiro (particularly 90-95).
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Post by themoviesinner on Aug 24, 2020 14:04:27 GMT
Two Chinese actors take this for me.
Anthony Wong is among the GOATs. His performance in Ebola Syndrome is probably the greatest performance of all time for me and he has several other truly spectacular work in the 90s as well, such as Hard Boiled, Full Contact, The Untold Story, Taxi Hunter and The Mission.
Tony Chiu-wai Leung is the other actor I have in mind. He has done some incredible work for Wong Kar-wai, with Happy Together being his crowning achievement, but has also been pretty fantastic in several other films as well, including Bullet In The Head, Flowers Of Shanghai and The Longest Nite. Also, his brief performance in Cyclo is among the best supporting performances of the decade.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 24, 2020 14:16:59 GMT
I think I'm gonna go with Hopkins. The Silence of the Lambs + Howards End + The Remains of the Day + Shadowlands + Nixon + Amistad + Titus is just too strong of a combo not to vote for him.
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Post by coop032 on Aug 24, 2020 14:30:55 GMT
I don't really see an easy frontrunner. So close between like 8 of these guys for me. I'm gonna throw a vote to Sean Penn, but seriously, it's a toss up between so many.
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Post by jimmalone on Aug 24, 2020 14:32:52 GMT
You can't go wrong with either Hanks, Hopkins or Pacino. All have an incredible top 3 that decade (Forrest Gump, Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan/Remains of the Day, Silence of Lambs, Nixon/Heat, Scent of a Woman, Donnie Brasco) and many more very strong performances to round it out. I really don't know as of now, whom of them I give my vote. Need to overthink this. But actually I've thought about this often and never come to a clear conclusio.  |
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Post by TerryMontana on Aug 24, 2020 16:23:50 GMT
Their most acclaimed and the ones I really like:
Hopkins: Silence of the Lambs, Nixon, Amistad, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Meet Joe Black.
DDL: The Last of the Mohicans, The Age of Innocence, In the Name of the Father, The Crucible, The Boxer.
Pacino: The Godfather III, Dick Tracy, Glengarry, Scent of a Woman, Carlito, Heat, Donnie Brasco, Insider.
Hanks: A League of Their Own, Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, Private Ryan, The Green Mile.
Washington: Malcolm X, Much Ado, Philadelphia, Crimson Tide, The Hurricane.
I'll give the edge to Pacino as, tbh, I loved him in the 90s because of his 90s films. Way before I saw his 70s streak. But Hopkins is very very close.
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Post by franklin on Aug 24, 2020 16:47:32 GMT
I think DiCaprio's run of great/incredible performances is underrated here compared of course to his work in the 2000s and 2010s.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
The Basketball Diaries
Romeo + Juliet
Titanic
He deserves to be in the conversation.
Anyway, for number one it's between Pacino and Hanks, I'll give the edge to Pacino, I mean, come on:
Dick Tracy
The Godfather Part 3
Frankie and Johnny
Glengarry Glen Ross
Scent of A Woman
Carlito's Way
Heat
Donnie Brasco
The Devil's Advocate
The Insider
Any Given Sunday
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 24, 2020 17:09:07 GMT
I just wanted to mention how many of these 90s actors: Hopkins, Washington, Oldman, DiCaprio, Spacey, Pacino all did Shakespeare on film in the 90s too. It was kind of awesome to see. I actually think Looking For Richard (1996) is one of Pacino's great career achievements and his 90s were so deep that people miss it looking back now - it is so singularly something that only he could have really pulled off - the movie is like him in its quirks - and it's funny, insightful and wildly entertaining. This is one of my favorite line readings he ever did and anybody doing Shakespeare ever did that I've seen - where did THIS come from?  If you've never seen the movie it's well worth seeking out. |
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Aug 24, 2020 17:36:31 GMT
DDL is the best actor of every decade post-80s.
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Post by TerryMontana on Aug 24, 2020 17:55:50 GMT
Forgot to mention Robert De Niro, who did many films I like, even after 1995 (yes, I mean it!!). Of course he made way too many movies in the 90s (and in the next decades also) so many of them were good and others, well, bad...
I liked Guilty by Suspicion, Bronx Tale, Cape Fear, Cop Land, Jackie Brown, Sleepers and I loved Awakenings, Heat, Casino, Wag the Dog and Ronin.
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 24, 2020 18:48:41 GMT
Pacino
Depardieu
Robin Williams
Anthony Hopkins
Sean Penn
Nick Nolte
and several others (Auteuil, Spader, Depp etc) before I'd pick Hanks.
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Post by countjohn on Aug 24, 2020 19:26:41 GMT
Norton's four year run at the end of the decade is one of the best ever so he got my vote.
Ralph Fiennes seems like a huge omission here. He might be my second choice. Kenneth Branagh should be a choice as well.
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 24, 2020 20:16:33 GMT
Cyrano, Uranus, Green Card, The Bridge, A Pure Formality, Colonel Chabert, All the Mornings of the World, La Machine, Le Garçu, Germinal. That's TEN. And I'm leaving off a couple of other wonderful perfs; as much as I've seen from his '90s, there's about a dozen I haven't seen yet. Pacino is my #1, with ten legit great perfs, unmatched by anybody, but Depardieu is close after. |
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Post by cherry68 on Aug 24, 2020 22:00:12 GMT
Gary Oldman had
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
State of grace
Jfk
Bram Stoker's Dracula
True romance
Romeo is bleeding
Leon the professional
Immortal beloved
Murder in the first
The fifth element
Air Force one
Even if in the late 90s Edward Norton 's roles were impressive, I give the edge to Oldman.
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Post by Mattsby on Aug 24, 2020 22:47:04 GMT
Gary Oldman had Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead State of grace Jfk Bram Stoker's Dracula True romance Romeo is bleeding Leon the professional Immortal beloved Murder in the first The fifth element Air Force one Forgot him! Quite varied in these perturbed roles. I like him a lot in the underrated Romeo is Bleeding. And he's especially great at the beginning of the decade, a livewire in State of Grace and a softer, quick-witted, very funny turn in Rosencratz. Decade looks a bit better when you realize Chattahoochee is a 1990 release, not '89. So that counts too! |
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Aug 25, 2020 0:22:44 GMT
With so many great contenders just gonna go with Hanks.
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Post by jakesully on Aug 29, 2020 4:10:05 GMT
It has to be Tom Hanks . Holy crap what a run he had in the 90s
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 6, 2020 17:51:17 GMT
Anthony Hopkins is totally getting dissed in this poll....... 
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Post by speeders on Sept 16, 2020 12:50:06 GMT
It's Hopkins.
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