Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jan 31, 2023 6:35:41 GMT
Get Shorty (1995)
The Birdcage (1996)
Heartbreakers (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
I'd go:
1. The Royal Tenenbaums - easily the best of the bunch, and in his top 10 performances overall.
2. The Birdcage - riotously funny as a thickheaded, ingratiating politician showing delusional pride, comical outrage and disgust, with funny bemused expressions, acting almost child-like at times. Great comic timing, and I love the way he delivers asinine, mindless boring conversation with hilarious sincerity.
3. Heartbreakers - a great crusty, repulsive old man performance with a comically sickly coughing habit, and amusingly flustered, furrowed-brow, quizzical expressions. Some hilarious moments of dazed erotic pleasure and repugnant sexual desire.
4. Get Shorty - Hackman is especially good at playing characters who smile with contempt and put on a pleasant face to hide displeasure. Some very funny moments of bewilderment, and I love his pained expressions.
The Birdcage (1996)
Heartbreakers (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
I'd go:
1. The Royal Tenenbaums - easily the best of the bunch, and in his top 10 performances overall.
2. The Birdcage - riotously funny as a thickheaded, ingratiating politician showing delusional pride, comical outrage and disgust, with funny bemused expressions, acting almost child-like at times. Great comic timing, and I love the way he delivers asinine, mindless boring conversation with hilarious sincerity.
3. Heartbreakers - a great crusty, repulsive old man performance with a comically sickly coughing habit, and amusingly flustered, furrowed-brow, quizzical expressions. Some hilarious moments of dazed erotic pleasure and repugnant sexual desire.
4. Get Shorty - Hackman is especially good at playing characters who smile with contempt and put on a pleasant face to hide displeasure. Some very funny moments of bewilderment, and I love his pained expressions.
