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Post by cadman on Aug 18, 2024 7:43:16 GMT -5
Gene Hackman is a great actor, another film of his I liked was Mississippi Burning.
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Post by ferris1248 on Aug 18, 2024 8:51:12 GMT -5
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Post by Glenn on Aug 18, 2024 9:17:25 GMT -5
Open Range with Robert Duvall was one of Costner's best IMO. Agreed! The gun scenes were awesome. |
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 11:11:16 GMT -5
My Mrs won’t watch a movie without an actor she knows in it.
Duval, Hackman, Mel Gibson, Costner are automatically ok for her
And she likes western movies. I’m lucky
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 18, 2024 11:12:38 GMT -5
Hackman was good in The Bird Cage. Hard to hold your own with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane on set.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 12:19:48 GMT -5
Some actors are good actors
Some actors are true artists
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 18, 2024 12:59:20 GMT -5
Most actors are good at playing a certain role. Let’s take Tom Cruise for example. Great at what he does, tough guy hero. But typically won’t take a role outside his comfort zone.
Now contrast that with DiCaprio. Often excepts complicated roles. Played a mentally challenged kid, played a junkie, played a bad ass in the Revenant.
The guys that can shed their skin and play a role you wouldn’t expect always get my respect.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Aug 18, 2024 13:02:50 GMT -5
Yes DiCaprio is well respected and supposedly a great person to work with
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Post by luapnor on Aug 20, 2024 15:45:33 GMT -5
Most actors are good at playing a certain role. Let’s take Tom Cruise for example. Great at what he does, tough guy hero. But typically won’t take a role outside his comfort zone. Now contrast that with DiCaprio. Often excepts complicated roles. Played a mentally challenged kid, played a junkie, played a bad ass in the Revenant. The guys that can shed their skin and play a role you wouldn’t expect always get my respect. I dont disagree about DiCaprio but Cruise has played non-tough guy roles well... Just not a lot of them. The color of money was good. Rainman was excellent. Jerry McGuire?? but yea, mostly tough guy movies.
Tom Hanks is a very versatile actor. From Big to Castaway to Private Ryan to Forrest Gump... huge range.
One of my favorites is Tommy Lee Jones.
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Post by conchydong on Aug 20, 2024 15:50:30 GMT -5
I would put Morgan Freeman as one of my top 20 actors
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 20, 2024 16:10:10 GMT -5
Most actors are good at playing a certain role. Let’s take Tom Cruise for example. Great at what he does, tough guy hero. But typically won’t take a role outside his comfort zone. Now contrast that with DiCaprio. Often excepts complicated roles. Played a mentally challenged kid, played a junkie, played a bad ass in the Revenant. The guys that can shed their skin and play a role you wouldn’t expect always get my respect. I dont disagree about DiCaprio but Cruise has played non-tough guy roles well... Just not a lot of them. The color of money was good. Rainman was excellent. Jerry McGuire?? but yea, mostly tough guy movies.
Tom Hanks is a very versatile actor. From Big to Castaway to Private Ryan to Forrest Gump... huge range.
One of my favorites is Tommy Lee Jones.
Ya, I’m not hating on Cruise. He plays a great alpha male. Even at the end of Risky Business. He’s been chasing an Oscar. I thought he had his shot in Eyes Wide Shut. He’ll get one eventually but my guess is it will be in a role that’s unexpected. If we are throwing out good actors I’ll throw Gary Oldman and Juaquin Phoenix into the ring. |
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Post by Mango Man on Aug 20, 2024 16:56:47 GMT -5
We watched Horizon the other night, pretty hard to follow, wasn't all that great 2/5 stars. wasn't worth the $6.
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Post by jcbcpa on Aug 21, 2024 13:27:38 GMT -5
Don't leave out Denzel Washington! Ex-CIA Robert McCall
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Post by swampdog on Aug 21, 2024 14:17:31 GMT -5
Denzel did a great job portraying a crooked detective in “Training Day”. He’s very versatile as an actor.
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Post by tonyroma on Aug 21, 2024 14:25:04 GMT -5
Denzel did a great job portraying a crooked detective in “Training Day”. He’s very versatile as an actor. Yup, even up til the almost end I couldn’t except him as the bad guy, great movie and great role “ King Kong ain’t got shit on me” |
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