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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 13, 2018 2:21:58 GMT
how much could he "skate" through roles? Totally skated thru Slap Shot...... Pacino wanted that role badly btw, right? He's expressed some real regret over not being able to do it - and imagine if he did that instead of Bobby Deerfield ! Lol very punny. We don't do much puns here, that was more an IMDB thing, but ya never know I'd like it to come back or if not we can just leave it on ice (#1)......I don't want people penalized (2!!) if they don't like puns..............that's not my goal (Um......sorry they'll get better)............ He wanted Slap Shot really bad because of the dialog - George Roy Hill was just like "Can he skate?" and Al was like wtf..........although it's a valid question because I don't think he had driver's license before he did Bobby Deerfield either
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Post by stephen on Aug 13, 2018 2:47:33 GMT
Urbanpatrician's Sunday rant - I think it's really all about what clans are still here right now and what clans are the hottest/strongest at a given point. Right now... there's more of a McDormand/Holly Hunter love. I think it partly has to do with the rise of "Fargo" the TV show. I can't explain this, but when I think Fargo I tend to think McDormand and Hunter. Not that the Coens cast Hunter in it (but they easily could have), or either was involved with the show. But I just think those 2 are the first on my mind when the Coens go through their casting drills. McDormand also won an Oscar lately and was the most appreciated of the 4 winners. On the inverse of that.......Julie Christie is not hip at this moment. I don't think Naomi Watts is either.... and I know she had a lot of fanboys in the mid-to-late 00s, but they're mostly gone now. Nicolas Cage seems to be hip at this moment, but one thing i noticed is that people who like Cage are the ones who can make Supporting Actor lineups of the 80s and 90s. Just find that interesting. Walken is a good comparison to Cage in that line. Certainly, McDormand and Hunter have managed to retain their relevance into the new century, and they have much more of an auteur's sensibility than someone like Streep. McDormand benefits from her recent second Oscar win, as well as taking the Emmy and even the Tony as well in the last few years, but both have retained a massive amount of respect from their '90s success in a way that even certain male actors haven't been able to do. Christie's downgrade might very well have to do with a relatively sparse catalogue of late; people seem to have short attention spans, I suppose. Your Cage observation is interesting; it makes sense that people who voted Cage respect the man's body of work and know that even amid the garbage films, there are gems aplenty to be found, maybe more than half the guys who rated over him in the actual list. I'm not entirely sure I think this is the case around here. Oldman's long been one of those popular actors among cinephiles and budding film geeks: the consummate "chameleon" who disappears into roles. But I've long said that his versatility has been his greatest hindrance as well as his greatest asset -- you forget sometimes that he was able to do so much in such a short amount of time across the board. I think Oldman's seeming unpopularity in comparison to a few years ago has less to do with that and more to do with the above-mentioned issues of backlash against his Oscar win (which I think will be seen as comparable to Newman's and Pacino's; a kiss-off award that doesn't begin to hint at the greatest work he's ever done) and him personally. It should also be recognized that Oldman's catalogue isn't spotless; I could easily argue that he's done just as much crap as Nicolas Cage, but one became something of a joke whereas the other still cops a fair amount of respect. Maggie Smith dropping so low did shock me, especially as she has been fairly consistent up to late . . . but I think it's more than people have taken her for granted than anything else. She has been such a dominant fixture across all media for so long that you almost forget she's there. Definitely one of the more egregious downturns. Of the ladies you mentioned, Emma Thompson and Emily Watson felt like surefire contenders as well, but I'm not as surprised because Watson hasn't really been in the conversation for anything for so long (instead winding up playing harried mothers in prestige pictures most of the time) and Thompson's a bit more taken for granted as Smith seems to be. Ryder might have passionate defenders but her heyday was relatively brief, Richardson's greatness is overlooked because a lot of her quality work is underseen, and Carter is a massive mixed bag. Fiennes is a case, I think, of a man who has one performance everyone jizzes themselves over, maybe another two or three they really love . . . and that's about it. I am very pleased to see love for Sissy enduring. She has massive crossover appeal and checks all the boxes: she's a powerful talent, has several iconic films/performances to her credit across several decades, has an approachable sensibility that makes for easy viewing, and has consistency on her side. I've long thought of Spacek as the distaff counterpart to Robert Duvall: not quite as out-and-out beloved as Streep/Close/Lange, but so utterly dependable, indispensable, and (most importantly) unselfish. So many actors who came out of that era have a nasty tendency to showboat and make it all about them, for better or worse, but even when she's front and center, Spacek is such a generous presence that she fuels actors around her to be greater than they would be against anyone else. I could write a novel-length essay on Sissy's greatness and enduring legacy, but I'll just say that I'm delighted that in the face of "trendier" picks for top slots, she always has a place.
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Post by urbanpatrician on Aug 13, 2018 3:14:59 GMT
stephen I think Hunter typically finds herself in the films that are kind of similar to the films that Cage is in. Stuff like Raising Arizona, Wild At Heart, Bringing Out the Dead, Matchstick Men, City of Angels. Whether or not she was actually in any of these.... I can see her being in ALL of these films. I can't see Emma Thompson or those British girls being in any of these. And since we currently have a "cool to like Cage" period, people are probably re-appreciating Hunter because those 90s/early 00s mainstream fare is being brought back into the limelight. I love your comparison of Walken to Cage earlier. I think that's a great comparison, and he's the most fitting counterpart of Cage's. I also think Walken is appreciated by the same people who has the ability to make those Supporting Actor lineups of the 80s and 90s. A lot of crap overall, but every once in a while they really dig some crazy character he plays and puts him in their supporting lineups. The only thing I'm arguing is that Oldman's work is starting to be more unseen. In 2008, people might have seen State of Grace, Immortal Beloved, and pretty much anything he did before The Fifth Element - JFK and Leon cast aside in this argument. But in 2018.... have many people seen these films? I think my argument is fair and valid. Some people these days are thinking of Oldman as Commissioner Gordon or Winston Churchill, and while they loved him in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy........ if they're thinking of his 2008+ output while putting other actors on their lists and have a vague impression of his 90s work.....it's no real debate where his superior days were..... it's the 90s for sure. I think his sheer amount of bad movies lately and his Oscar win do factor in, but at the end of the day he's not exactly someone most people here know that well. I'm not talking about you, Viced, pacinoyes, MariaHelena, or pupdurcs, but referring to the average user on this board.
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