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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Mar 7, 2018 16:01:15 GMT
I think we should all take a few minutes out to appreciate how frickin' fantastic this guy is. I think he may well be my favourite current working actor. I feel he's excelled in pretty much every role I've seen him in. He often helps elevate the average, like in the case of Fargo Season 3 and he regularly steals the show in not too big and not too showy roles (Call Me by Your Name, The Shape of Water, Steve Jobs). Lastly of course, we have A Serious Man, for which his lack of nomination for one of the best performances of that decade is egregious, and I hope nomination #1 won't be too long coming. I feel like his career is going to go from strength to stength and boy does his talent warrant it.
Top 5 Performances 1) A Serious Man 2) Call Me by Your Name 3) Fargo Season 3 4) Steve Jobs 5) The Shape of Water
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Post by stephen on Mar 7, 2018 16:03:28 GMT
I take it you haven't seen Cut Bank, then.
He's a masterful actor aside from that. So glad that he's seemingly sticking around. I will say that you've left out what I consider his all-time best work: Boardwalk Empire.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Mar 7, 2018 16:10:29 GMT
I take it you haven't seen Cut Bank, then. He's a masterful actor aside from that. So glad that he's seemingly sticking around. I will say that you've left out what I consider his all-time best work: Boardwalk Empire. I've actually not gotten around to Boardwalk Empire yet. I will someday...sometimes I just take a while to watch something. Breaking Bad was well over and done with when I finally decided to watch it. Cut Bank, no, I can't say I've seen that one. I'll make a note to avoid it.
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Post by stephen on Mar 7, 2018 16:16:56 GMT
I take it you haven't seen Cut Bank, then. He's a masterful actor aside from that. So glad that he's seemingly sticking around. I will say that you've left out what I consider his all-time best work: Boardwalk Empire. I've actually not gotten around to Boardwalk Empire yet. I will someday...sometimes I just take a while to watch something. Breaking Bad was well over and done with when I finally decided to watch it. Cut Bank, no, I can't say I've seen that one. I'll make a note to avoid it. The first four seasons of Boardwalk stand alongside just about any other show. Season 5 is a massive letdown, but it's not really the fault of the creators but rather having to tie up three years' worth of plot threads in eight hours. But Stuhlbarg is one of the MVPs of a season chockfull of powerful actors. I'd argue that judging by Season 4, he was gearing up for one hell of an Emmy tape for Season 5 before HBO decided to cripple the series. Come for the Buscemi, stay for the Stuhlbarg/Graham/Huston/Williams/Macdonald/Whigham/Root/Sparks/The List Goes On.
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Mar 7, 2018 16:23:18 GMT
He's been one of those "that guy" actors for a while now, but he definitely deserves to be so much more than that. He's a gifted performer with a knack for both comedy and drama and I look forward to any project he has in the future.
Top 5 performances:
A Serious Man Call Me by Your Name Steve Jobs Men in Black 3 The Shape of Water
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Post by ibbi on Mar 7, 2018 20:20:32 GMT
Ah, he's the man. I was just talking to someone the other day particularly down on his missing the Oscar nom this year, and I said "Don't worry, he'll get nominated in a couple of years for doing jack and shit in some lame ass film" and then I thought to myself "Hmm... The film might be lame, but he's probably unlikely to be". He's often totally wasted and underused (Doctor Strange, Arrival) but he makes his mark more often than not. Two films that come immediately to mind where he did tremendous work that went totally unappreciated were Men in Black 3, and Trumbo
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Mar 8, 2018 1:59:01 GMT
Very underrated actor. Should have been nominated for A Serious Man, and his big scene in Call Me By Your Name is one of the best moments of that film.
A Serious Man Call Me By Your Name Boardwalk Empire Steve Jobs The Shape of Water
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Post by AKenjiB on Mar 8, 2018 3:41:38 GMT
Agreed and he had a fantastic year, co-starring in 3 Best Picture nominees including the winner. It’s been amazing seeing his career grow since A Serious Man and I hope we get to see him in a lead role again soon.
1. A Serious man 2. Call me By Your Name 3. Boardwalk Empire 4. Fargo 5. The Shape of Water
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Post by thomasjerome on Mar 9, 2018 19:03:04 GMT
His Russian in "The Shape of Water" was one of the best I've heard in an American film. The last time I thought Liev Schreiber did a fine job in "Pawn Sacrifice" but Stuhlbarg was much better. It got even more impressive as the other actors in the film were basically horrible at speaking it. I guess he spends extra time and effort to do the best he can with the material which made me like him even more.
His monologue in "Call Me By Your Name" is one of the best scenes of 2017 and he should have been nominated for "A Serious Man".
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Mar 9, 2018 21:00:05 GMT
He’s always a reliable guy, and was excellent in Boardwalk Empire (screw HBO for cutting him short), but I don’t think he’s ever really been nom-worthy
And call it petty, but I’m kinda miffed that people dismissed Hathaway as “only having that one scene” back in the day, when Stuhlbarg only has that one big (admittedly phenomenal) scene earning him nods.
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Post by stephen on Mar 9, 2018 21:04:45 GMT
He’s always a reliable guy, and was excellent in Boardwalk Empire (screw HBO for cutting him short), but I don’t think he’s ever really been nom-worthy And call it petty, but I’m kinda miffed that people dismissed Hathaway as “only having that one scene” back in the day, when Stuhlbarg only has that one big (admittedly phenomenal) scene earning him nods. A big scene can clinch a performance for sure, but count me among the people who think those creaming themselves over Stuhlbarg are overreacting. He was better by far in The Shape of Water.
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Post by pupdurcs on Mar 9, 2018 22:07:44 GMT
He looks a lot like Joaquin Phoenix (the bearded middle aged version of Wock).
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Mar 12, 2018 16:15:22 GMT
He’s always a reliable guy, and was excellent in Boardwalk Empire (screw HBO for cutting him short), but I don’t think he’s ever really been nom-worthy And call it petty, but I’m kinda miffed that people dismissed Hathaway as “only having that one scene” back in the day, when Stuhlbarg only has that one big (admittedly phenomenal) scene earning him nods. That Hathaway thing has always pissed me off a bit too. I preferred her minute or so in that phone call scene, to the entirety of Michelle Williams performance.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Mar 14, 2018 1:41:45 GMT
He’s always a reliable guy, and was excellent in Boardwalk Empire (screw HBO for cutting him short), but I don’t think he’s ever really been nom-worthy And call it petty, but I’m kinda miffed that people dismissed Hathaway as “only having that one scene” back in the day, when Stuhlbarg only has that one big (admittedly phenomenal) scene earning him nods. That Hathaway thing has always pissed me off a bit too. I preferred her minute or so in that phone call scene, to the entirety of Michelle Williams performance. A good one, too, but not really what I was talking about. Les Mis is the one people took issue with, that “I Dreamed a Dream” was all she had backing her up.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Mar 14, 2018 7:02:46 GMT
That Hathaway thing has always pissed me off a bit too. I preferred her minute or so in that phone call scene, to the entirety of Michelle Williams performance. A good one, too, but not really what I was talking about. Les Mis is the one people took issue with, that “I Dreamed a Dream” was all she had backing her up. Ah right. Also not the case. I thought she was fantastic from her first scene to her last and hers is arguably the most worthy Oscar win of the decade... Top 5 for sure.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 14, 2018 20:31:11 GMT
Such a talented scene-stealer and I hope he gets the chance to hog all the limelight in a lead role again in the future -- he's so freaking good in A Serious Man. He was one of the standouts of an insane cast on Boardwalk Empire, and I love when he pops up in things like Hugo, Seven Psychopaths and Steve Jobs.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 14, 2018 20:31:49 GMT
I take it you haven't seen Cut Bank, then. I had just forgotten about that piece of shit.
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