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Post by speeders on Apr 29, 2018 23:14:11 GMT
Robin Williams, One Hour Photo
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
Excellent crop this year. N/S - Rockwell, Nicholson, Norton, DiCaprio (Catch Me)
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 29, 2018 23:44:29 GMT
1. Timothy Spall - All or Nothing (virtually unrecognized for his work here) 2. Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk-Love (the key saving grace of that film) 3. Adrien Brody, The Pianist 4. Hugh Grant, About a Boy 5. James Spader, Secretary Honorable mention for Nic Cage. I'm torn on DDL, who I love generally but find his work in Gangs a bit too messy. I credit some of that to Scorsese's incredibly sloppy directing, and DDL's performance veers into camp more than once, like when he kills Brendan Gleeson and then breaks the fourth wall gloating: "That, my friends, is the minority vote."  It's a bit of goofy cynicism that can't be taken seriously but acts like it wants to be. Scorsese maybe gets the blame, but the result too often is that DDL's performance comes off as more irritatingly smug than genuinely frightening. It's a mixed bag. DiCaprio is pretty good in CMIYC, and Jack Nicholson is alright even if he is ridiculously overrated in a patently bland movie. Haven't seen Caine ( Quiet American) or Norton yet. Don't see his name mentioned that often, but Javier Cámara also deserves a shoutout for Talk to Her. |
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Apr 30, 2018 1:07:18 GMT
Adam Sandler, Punch-Drunk Love
Jason Patric, Narc
Al Pacino, Insomnia
Daniel-Day Lewis, Gangs of New York
Adrien Brody, The Pianist
Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
Robin Williams, One Hour Photo
Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
Hugh Grant, About a Boy
Eminem, 8 Mile
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Post by thomasjerome on Apr 30, 2018 9:55:42 GMT
1. Hugh Grant – About a Boy
2. Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt
3. Nicolas Cage – Adaptation
4. Ralph Fiennes - Spider
5. Adam Sandler - Punch Drunk Love
6. Robin Williams - One Hour Photo
7. Campbell Scott - Roger Dodger
8. James Spader - Secretary
9. Greg Kinnear - Auto Focus
10. Kieran Culkin – Igby Goes Down
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Post by ingmarhepburn on Apr 30, 2018 10:33:42 GMT
1. Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
2. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch me if You Can
4. Javier Camara, Hable con Ella
5. Nicolas Cage, Adaptation
6. Robin Williams, One Hour Photo
7. Hugh Grant, About a Boy
8. Leonardo DiCaprio, Gangs of New York
9. Gael García Bernal, El Crimen del Padre Amaro
10. Eminem, 8 Mile
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 30, 2018 11:05:17 GMT
The big 3 are all close but Brody slightly ahead of Nicholson and then DDL.
This is really the role - Brody has a great role in a very great film and he perfectly serves the film - you don't really realize how great that is until you see it the 2nd time because Nicholson and DDL are the best things in their films.
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Post by jimmalone on Apr 30, 2018 12:26:06 GMT
It was a great year, but I personally think Daniel Day-Lewis was way better than the others.
Caine, Pacino, Brody and probably Nicholson complete my line-up.
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Post by bob-coppola on May 1, 2018 19:41:31 GMT
1. Edward Norton, 25th Hour
2. Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger
3. Sam Rockwell, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
4. Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me If You Can
5. Javier Cámara, Hable Con Ella
6. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
7. Hugh Grant, About a Boy
8. Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt
9. Olivier Gourmet, Le Fils
10. Nicolas Cage, Adaptation.
I really don't like DDL in Gangs of New York.
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It's a bit of goofy cynicism that can't be taken seriously but acts like it wants to be. Scorsese maybe gets the blame, but the result too often is that DDL's performance comes off as more irritatingly smug than genuinely frightening. It's a mixed bag.
