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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 18:59:37 GMT
The OB/MA Group 100 Performances – 2017 EditionA total of 30 Buzzers sent me lists of what they believe to be the 100 greatest performances of all time, and I have compiled them all into one. I will now be presenting the third list: The Top 25 Leading Actor Performances. A total of 325 performances received votes in this category, but only 25 made it onto the list. How high did your favorites place? Or did they place at all? You’re about to find out! If you want to have a quick look at the 2014 edition of this list, click here.
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:00:34 GMT
Exciting!
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:01:07 GMT
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
First, just for fun, let’s have a look at all of the performances in this category that received only one point:
Woody Allen (Love and Death)
Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Vittorio Gassman (The Easy Life)
Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson)
Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
Stephen Lang (Gods and Generals)
Bill Murray (Groundhog Day)
Guy Pearce (Memento)
Adam Sandler (Punch Drunk Love)
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Post by stephen on Aug 8, 2017 19:02:15 GMT
Well, Lang's in some good company.
The oilman FTW.
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:03:18 GMT
Thought that Sandler would have more traction.....
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:04:32 GMT
Here we go! #25
Harry Dean Stanton as Travis Henderson in Paris, Texas (1984)
Change in rank since 2014: +24
Highest placement: #1 on 1 list (placed on 7 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:05:25 GMT
i love this pick!
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:07:50 GMT
#24
Peter O’Toole as T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Change in rank since 2014: -16
Highest placement: #2 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:08:37 GMT
What a drop. Anyway, can't really comment since I have yet to see it (the only BP winner I have left to see)
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:12:54 GMT
#23
John Hurt as John Merrick in The Elephant Man (1980)
Change in rank since 2014: +12
Highest placement: #6 on 1 list (placed on 7 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:13:24 GMT
Very worthy, heartrending pick.
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:18:44 GMT
#22
Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in American Beauty (1999) Change in rank since 2014: +19
Highest placement: #5 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:19:35 GMT
Don't get the fuss. Just a decent performance in a terribly grating and flat film.
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Post by Kirk-Picard on Aug 8, 2017 19:21:06 GMT
Very underappreciated performance
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:23:57 GMT
#21
Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy (1983) Change in rank since 2014: +36
Highest placement: #2 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:24:50 GMT
I like this. The film has grown on me in retrospect. He was the right choice for the character.
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Post by Kirk-Picard on Aug 8, 2017 19:25:37 GMT
#21
Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy (1983) Change in rank since 2014: +36
Highest placement: #2 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
This is Robert De Niro's best performance by a very wide margin |
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Post by stephen on Aug 8, 2017 19:28:20 GMT
Stanton, O'Toole and Hurt are immensely deserving and would make my Top 30.
The love for Spacey and De Niro, on the other hand, irritates the piss out of me.
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:30:12 GMT
#20
Casey Affleck as Robert Ford in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Change in rank since 2014: +12
Highest placement: #1 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 19:31:04 GMT
Pretty decent list so far. Still need to see Stanton and O'Toole. Hurt is good, wouldn't place for me but I'm not upset. Spacey seems to have lost the love we had for him the last few times we've done this poll, but still think he deserves a spot here even if he didn't make my list.
De Niro, though, was #2 on my ballot so I'm very happy. I'm really not that big on De Niro, but this performance turned me around. So many incredible and disturbing layers and that climatic stand-up sequence is some of the most haunting and depressing stuff I've seen despite its play for laughs.
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:31:08 GMT
Best leading actor perforrmance of this century.
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 19:33:13 GMT
Surprised Affleck is so low. I have a sinking feeling he'll be placing here twice, though, with Manchester by the Sea. Crazy if that one gets in higher than this, though (even if I would agree).
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Post by stoogetins on Aug 8, 2017 19:36:43 GMT
#19
Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight in The Straight Story (1999) Change in rank since 2014: +7
Highest placement: #3 on 1 list (placed on 6 lists)
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Post by taranofprydain on Aug 8, 2017 19:37:15 GMT
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by idioticbunny on Aug 8, 2017 19:37:52 GMT
*Watches Stephen dance in the streets*
Stephen will be back momentarily.
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