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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 5, 2020 9:51:55 GMT
I have made fun of both of these guys (a lot, too much?  ) for being flame outs imo but they clearly had special and celebrated runs - Crowe 91-01 for me (others start him later and extend his run further) and Norton 96-Ymmv.......both 3 time Oscar nominees, Crowe a winner. Big followings on this board and they've never been compared - Norton is 51 and Crowe 56.   |
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 5, 2020 13:13:59 GMT
No comparison here, Norton. Way more talented.
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Post by franklin on Sept 5, 2020 13:26:09 GMT
Norton and it's not even close!!
Why the hell is Russell Crowe is winning the poll??
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Post by morton on Sept 5, 2020 14:06:51 GMT
For me Crowe hit higher highs, but I had to vote for Norton because I find Crowe really inconsistent after his peak whereas Norton is usually reliable.
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Post by stephen on Sept 5, 2020 14:49:18 GMT
Crowe and it's not even close.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Sept 5, 2020 15:18:39 GMT
Before Saturday, I would've said Norton. Now I say Crowe. He deserved two Oscars with few competitive equals. For The Insider and A Beautiful Mind. Maybe hes slightly tied for A Beautiful Mind (not with Denzel) but point is hes either superb or irrelevant (like everything else hes done). Norton might've deserved it for American History X but harder to say with a much stronger category.....McKellen, Hanks, and Carrey might claim a piece of the prize. I guess Norton has a couple of other things I like but not love, but on the strength of The Insider and A Beautiful Mind....its hard to deny Crowe was THE Hollywood actor from 1999-2001...basically the years my mind tends to want to live in the most (well 1999-2003, but close enough ). Where did he go after that? No idea. ......... TerryMontana - I simply saw A Beautiful Mind again. Liked the movie, Crowe, and Connelly even more this time. Instantly reminded of how great he used to be. |
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Post by TerryMontana on Sept 5, 2020 15:44:16 GMT
Before Saturday, I would've said Norton.Now I say Crowe. He deserved two Oscars with few competitive equals. For The Insider and A Beautiful Mind. He was at the top of his game. Maybe hes slightly tied for A Beautiful Mind (not with Denzel) but point is hes either superb or irrelevant (like everything else hes done). Norton might've deserved it for American History X but harder to say with a much stronger category.....McKellen, Hanks, and Carrey might claim a piece of the prize. I guess Norton has a couple of other things I like but not love, but on the strength of The Insider and A Beautiful Mind....its hard to deny Crowe was THE Hollywood actor from 1999-2001...basically the years my mind tends to want to live in the most (well 1999-2003, but close enough ). Where did he go after that? No idea What happened on Saturday??  |
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Post by Good God on Sept 5, 2020 17:42:23 GMT
Edward Norton is an actor that showed great promise and didn't quite deliver. Russell Crowe actually delivered on his promise, at least for a decade. This goes to Crowe, and quite comfortably.
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Post by countjohn on Sept 5, 2020 17:51:20 GMT
Nothing against Crowe but Norton has given the world a couple all timers in Primal Fear and AHX. Crowe is of course always good and deserved his win for Gladiator but he has never reached those kinds of highs.
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Post by cherry68 on Sept 5, 2020 18:12:19 GMT
Before Saturday, I would've said Norton. Now I say Crowe. He deserved two Oscars with few competitive equals. For The Insider and A Beautiful Mind. Maybe hes slightly tied for A Beautiful Mind (not with Denzel) but point is hes either superb or irrelevant (like everything else hes done). Norton might've deserved it for American History X but harder to say with a much stronger category.....McKellen, Hanks, and Carrey might claim a piece of the prize. I guess Norton has a couple of other things I like but not love, but on the strength of The Insider and A Beautiful Mind....its hard to deny Crowe was THE Hollywood actor from 1999-2001...basically the years my mind tends to want to live in the most (well 1999-2003, but close enough ). Where did he go after that? No idea. ......... TerryMontana - I simply saw A Beautiful Mind again. Liked the movie, Crowe, and Connelly even more this time. Instantly reminded of how great he used to be. Watch Primal fear this Saturday. |
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Post by jakesully on Sept 5, 2020 21:18:14 GMT
Love em both but its Norton by a hair as I have enjoyed more of his performances than what Crowe has given us.
On a sidenote, I noticed that both of them have played a white supremacist. (Romper Stomper for Crowe & American History X for Norton).
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Post by futuretrunks on Sept 5, 2020 23:08:58 GMT
Crowe. His peak was stronger (despite Norton being tremendous), and he's retained more of his gift. Crowe has become cavalier about his choices, but I think the strong actor is still there (I was impressed by his work in The Loudest Voice, personally). Norton seems somewhat wilted.
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Post by cheesecake on Sept 7, 2020 16:32:58 GMT
Crowe.... by a lot.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Sept 15, 2020 23:05:27 GMT
Couldn't vote but Crowe.
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Post by futuretrunks on Dec 28, 2022 4:14:28 GMT
After seeing Glass Onion, Crowe by far. Norton is washed.
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Post by stephen on Dec 28, 2022 15:32:28 GMT
After seeing Glass Onion, Crowe by far. Norton is washed. I don't agree about Norton being washed, but I actually think Crowe would be great in the Knives Out universe. |
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Dec 28, 2022 15:44:42 GMT
It's Norton, and it's not even remotely close. Crowe never really impressed me, outside of Gladiator. Norton, on the other hand, has Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club, 25th Hour, Birdman...
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 28, 2022 16:14:19 GMT
Edward Norton is an actor that showed great promise and didn't quite deliver. Russell Crowe actually delivered on his promise, at least for a decade. This goes to Crowe, and quite comfortably. ^ ...the worst thing that happened to Russell Crowe was turning 38 ......to me he hit the wall awfully young - people love to diss Dustin Hoffman's decline, or Sean Penn's but they were in their 50s and had 2 Oscars before they lost their mojo (and Hoffman had an Emmy and Tony nomination too) .........that's a shocking decline after that '91-'01 run and nothing after he turned 38 is close to "great" imo.......and he ain't getting it back I'm guessing.........and yeah he would like fries with that Norton just never had that far to fall anyway imo......he has a couple great early performances that were somewhat overpraised and he had Birdman which is a huge feather in his cap, a self-mocking, Oscar nodded comic performance when he had 0 notable comic work prior imo and desperately needed that. Found him quite average in Motherless Brooklyn and Glass Onion .......not sure he wants to try acting much these days tbh...... |
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Post by tastytomatoes on Dec 29, 2022 13:27:15 GMT
Still going for Crowe. Apart from Fight Club and American History X, there's an unnaturalness in Norton's acting that I don't really enjoy. I find him more distracting than anything in the Wes Anderson movies...the latest entry is Glass Onion.
Movies I've seen:
Crowe - Gladiator, Beautiful Mind, Man of Steel, L.A. Confidential, American Gangster, Les Misérables, The Nice Guys, Thor 3, 3:10 to Yuma and Noah
Norton - Fight Club, American History X, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman, The Incredible Hulk , The Illusionist, The Italian Job, Moonrise Kingdom, Glass Onion, Painted Veil
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Post by Mattsby on Dec 29, 2022 18:02:46 GMT
It's a good comparison bc they were both consecutively touted as our next best actors..... neither were and neither have much good work outside of their peaks....... kinda even for me..... Norton had more charisma (Rounders etc) but then suddenly did not..... but Crowe wins by a smidge simply bc his bests are better: The Insider, Romper Stomper, Gladiator.
Looking forward to their next.... Norton's first serious tv role, and Crowe's first horrors (plural!).
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) for being flame outs imo but they clearly had special and celebrated runs - Crowe 91-01 for me (others start him later and extend his run further) and Norton 96-Ymmv.......both 3 time Oscar nominees, Crowe a winner.
