I would like to put forward a worst actor proposal.
Colin Farrell in Alexander. Blimey that's a piece of cr@p. Found it on a dvd in my travel bag whilst on a work trip yesterday.
clubber - Member
To be fair, I'd hold their opinion on actors over yours
Film watcher accepts maker of lame "comedies" opinion as gospel, shocker...
Not as gospel, just over that of an internet sarcast/stirrer/godsquad-botherer 😉
Oooh look everyone - a simple STW thread turning into a bickering contest. How RARE! 🙄
The little girl in 'Outnumbered'. Utterly chilling. So sweet and adorable, but you know she could destroy your soul...
Oh well, if one of the FARRELY BROTHERS say so...
Err they have created more films/scripts/hits and colaborations than you and me.
Yeah, all those award-winning mattresses getting in the way of the real actors, eh?
You're very sensitive about this Woppit...
Tell me about your mother.
Micheal Caine in Harry Brown
Tell me about your mother.
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Not sensitive at all. I just think that this example of a bunch of blokes focusing exclusively on another bunch of blokes acting and missing 50% of what's going on because it doesn't involve any men, is kinda pathetic.
Accepting a description of skilled, awarded and professional people as being "mattresses" because they're female speaks volumes about 1: the originator and 2: the acceptee...
along with Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper in True Romance.
ok then Woppit, I'll redress the balance for you.
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Eh?
Anyway,
My vote goes to Brian Blessed in Flash Gordon.
You did say favourite, and not best, right?
Patricia Arquette was brilliant in True Romance too.
Not that women count, of course.
Darn my post was good!
Accepting a description of skilled, awarded and professional people as being "mattresses" because they're female speaks volumes about 1: the originator and 2: the acceptee...
I tend to agree actually but it was funny to stir since you were clearly on a mission about it and let's face it you can hardly complain about stirring...
Jodie Foster in Bugsy Malone?
Most decent roles go to men so blame Hollywood maybe.
Patricia Arquette was brilliant in True Romance too.
Not that women count, of course
oh she certainly does 😀
Charlize Theron was good in Monster. Shame about all the make up though.
Paul Newman in Cool hand luke ....favourite
Harrison Ford in Starwars trillogy basically makes the films.
Morgan Freeman in The Shawshank redemption, closely followed by Richard Burton in Equus - both spellbinding
Also, dare I say Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse 😳
The Green Mile. I actually cried over a big black guy. Stunning acting.
Pook - Member
ok then Woppit, I'll redress the balance for you.
I rest my case.
Can't believe no one has said it - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.
I liked Brad Pitt and George Clooney in Burn After Reading as well. Overacting to the limit.
Will Smith in a lot of his films.
Paddy Considine in Dead Man's Shoes.
Sophie Okenado in "dirty, pretty things"
Steve Buscemi in "Reservoir Dogs" and "Ghost World", in fact Steve Buscemi in pretty much anything.
John Ratzenburger's voice work in the "Toy Story" franchise.
Bob Peck - Edge of Darkness
I remember that on TV - very good drama series.
Also from a TV mini series Jurgen Prochnow's utterly believable protrayal of Herr Kaleun in Das Boot
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Bastards
harvey keitel - bad lieutenant
de niro - king of comedy
eli wallach - the good the bad and the ugly
Jurgen Prochnow.
AGREE although I remember it as a 3hour film
Bruno Ganz whipped the floor with him though 😉
Heath Ledger did a great job in reinventing such a worn character with the joker. And would have gone on to be even better. R.I.P
[i]Can't believe no one has said it - Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight.[/i]
Daffy did on the first page 😀
Definitely agree as he was very good.
[i]Charlize Theron was good in Monster[/i]
Yep, agree there.
AGREE although I remember it as a 3hour film
The full TV mini-series is far, far better - although not much suited to fans of all out action.
The mini-series has the space to capture the crushing boredom and rising tension of long periods of inactivity, bad weather and no contact with the enemy.
You might think that such inactivity (whole episodes IIRC) would be detrimental to the overall production. It is not. The tension, dirt, sweat and anxiety of men living at the end of their nerves pervades your living rooms - and when the depth charges do go of, you think your house is being attacked...
... it also allows for far more detailed and subtle character development than you get in a film (even a long one like the cinema version of das Boot). By the end you feel like you have a real connection with the crew.
Deniro in Sleepers as father bobby, one particular scene where one of the "kids" tells him the whole story of abuse and deniro just stands there to the backdrop of some classical music, doesnt say anything, just starts to cry. pure class.
Geoffrey Rush in just about everything I've seen him in. Like Sir Ben Kingsley he's one of those actors whose own persona doesn't overwhelm the character.
Also impressed with Michael Sheen in the Queen and The Damned United. I haven't seen Frost /Nikon but I believe he was equally good in that, one of those actors who becomes the person they are portraying.
I agree that Heath Ledger would have gone on to be an one of the best of his generation but I preferred him in films like The Knights Tale and Candy (in which you get another great performance from Geoffery Rush as well)to the Batman films.
Mickey Rourke - Angel Heart
stunning!
Lisa Bonet in Angel Heart gets my vote! *sigh*
Jasmine Cor in Chicken Lovers IV. Boy did she give it her all 
Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment in the 6th Sense. Awesome. Toni Collette wasn't too shabby as Cole's mum either.
David Thewlis in Naked. Pure intense malevolent genius
Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now
Oh **** right off you big cheesy whatsit!!!
Marlon Brando wins it for his ab-libbing/performance.
Marlon Brando?!!! Get a *ing grip! He was doing nowt more than picking up his wages. You *ing half-wit
Watch Hearts of Darkness, then watch Apocalypse Now. In the opening scene Martin Sheen has an actual nervous breakdown on screen. Its for real. He was bleeding all over himself having consumed 2 bottles of Jack Daniels on his 40th birthday. He wouldn't let them stop filming. Then went on to make one of the finest films ever made
Marlon ****ing Brando?! You really are a tool Hora
Beautiful bit of acting and the ab-libbing really does work. Its not quantity binners, its quality 😉
and he delivered neither. He did deliver a lot of diva-ish requests. Ie: not being shot in anything other than darkness due to him being a fat ****! His performance was worth recording due to good direction/lighting/camerawork.
I'm going to kick you in the plums really really hard on Saturday morning on general principle. Before we set off
