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pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 05:54 PM
This in no way is a list ranking the best actors. It is simply my personal favorite actors. I also limited myself to one dead actor. That was probably the hardest aspect about making this list, because I did not choose Marlon Brando, which I know I'll catch heat for.
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
I also realize that for some reason, I do not have any black actors on this list, and that has absolutely nothing to do with race. If I had to choose one or two that I would add, they would be Denzel and Don Cheadle. The reason they are not on my list is because Denzel has been disappointing me lately, and I haven't seen enough of Don Cheadle.
Who do you think should have made the list?
Barrack Obama
05-14-2009, 05:58 PM
Adam Sandler
MarloStanfield
05-14-2009, 06:00 PM
Harvey Keitel? John Turturro?
lazerface
05-14-2009, 06:03 PM
god i hate nicholas cage with a passion, every movie me makes nowadays is garbage.
BRINKER
05-14-2009, 06:07 PM
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/09/23-End/stars-411-johnny-depp-not-in-england.jpg
thats a mighty awful list there. i tip my hat to you sir.
lazerface
05-14-2009, 06:07 PM
also, no paul giamatti, benicio del toro, johnny depp, denzel washington?????
BRINKER
05-14-2009, 06:10 PM
[24] Vince Vaughn
Please tell me he has a bunch of incredible dramatic performances in movies i somehow missed. I hope to god you dont actually think he's funny as a comedic actor....
BRINKER
05-14-2009, 06:12 PM
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
makin sure to quote your list because you're the type to change it based on what others think.
This in no way is a list ranking the best actors. It is simply my personal favorite actors. I also limited myself to one dead actor. That was probably the hardest aspect about making this list, because I did not choose Marlon Brando, which I know I'll catch heat for.
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
I also realize that for some reason, I do not have any black actors on this list, and that has absolutely nothing to do with race. If I had to choose one or two that I would add, they would be Denzel and Don Cheadle. The reason they are not on my list is because Denzel has been disappointing me lately, and I haven't seen enough of Don Cheadle.
Who do you think should have made the list?
Can't stand the two I bolded.
pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 06:34 PM
Harvey Keitel? John Turturro?
Keitel yes, Turtorro, no.
Actually, I can't even believe I forgot Keitel.
also, no paul giamatti, benicio del toro, johnny depp, denzel washington?????
I don't care for Giamatti, though that doesn't mean I don't like him as an actor. I do not like Benicio, or Depp. I already addressed Denzel in my original post.
pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 06:36 PM
god i hate nicholas cage with a passion, every movie me makes nowadays is garbage.
*this is at least the 15th time I've addressed this subject*
Leaving Las Vegas
Bringing Out the Dead
Adaptation
Matchstick Men
Lord Of War
the Weather Man
Knowing just kidding
johndeeregreen
05-14-2009, 06:36 PM
[20] Sam Rockwell
Beauty. He was incredible in TAOJJBTCRF.
pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 06:37 PM
Beauty. He was incredible in TAOJJBTCRF.
I also loved him in Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind.
johndeeregreen
05-14-2009, 06:43 PM
Just noticed Hanks wasn't on the list. What gives?
i seen hippos
05-14-2009, 06:44 PM
Why didn't you include dead actors? Would make it too difficult?
DonDadda59
05-14-2009, 06:46 PM
Gary Oldman
Robert De Niro,
Al Pacino,
John Cazale (criminally underrated),
Denzel Washington,
Morgan Freeman (the man can read a shopping list and turn it into a blockbuster)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Jack Nicholson
Dennis Hopper
Marlon Brando
James Dean
Benicio Del Toro
Johnny Depp
Anthony Hopkins
Don Cheadle
Edward Norton
Viggo Mortensen
Leonardo DiCaprio (hated him when Titanic came out, he's grown on me), Russel Crowe
Mickey Rourke
Paul Newman
Matt Damon
Dustin Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
James Earl Jones
Brad Pitt
Casey Affleck
Gabriel Byrne
James Gandolfini
Chazz Palmintieri
Kevin Spacey
pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 06:53 PM
Just noticed Hanks wasn't on the list. What gives?
:oldlol:
I'm forgetting some really great actors. Hanks is one of them, though I don't love him for the same movies most others do.
pete's montreux
05-14-2009, 06:54 PM
Why didn't you include dead actors? Would make it too difficult?
Yes, and then it would have turned into 40 or 50.
PistolPete
05-14-2009, 06:59 PM
This is a more formidable line-up:
1. Christian Bale
2. Daniel Day-Lewis
3. Liam Neeson
4. Al Pacino
5. Robert De Niro
6. Rufus Sewell
7. Michael Wincott
8. Jim Caviezel
9. Tom Hanks
10. Johnny Depp
11. Val Kilmer
12. Viggo Mortensen
13. Ed Harris
14. Leonardo DiCaprio
15. Jude Law
16. Nick Nolte
17. Jake Gyllenhall
18. Harrison Ford
19. Brendan Gleeson
20. Hugh Jackman
21. Robert Knepper
22. Russell Crowe
23. Brad Pitt
24. Cate Blanchett
25. Robin Williams
26. Chris Cooper
27. Sean Connery
28. Michael Keaton
29. Stellan Skarsgard
30. Forest Whitaker
lolwut
05-14-2009, 07:02 PM
Pesci?
PistolPete
05-14-2009, 07:04 PM
Damn, #31 - Alec Baldwin
MarloStanfield
05-14-2009, 07:13 PM
My list of only including living actors would look something like this:
(In no order)
Daniel Day Lewis
Casey Affleck
John Turturro
Harvey Keitel
Gene Hackman
Ryan Gosling
Gary Oldman
Sean Penn
Mickey Rourke
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Leonardo Dicaprio
Al Pacino
Robert Deniro
Javier Bardem
Steve Buscemi
Christopher Walken
Nicolas Cage
Robert Downey Jr.
Vincent Gallo
Eric Bana
Tim Roth
Harry Dean Stanton
Crispin Glover
Lance Henriksen (my dude)
Josh Brolin
Willem Dafoe
Viggo Mortenson
Clint Eastwood
Michael Caine
Jeremy Irons
Beat that.
DonDadda59
05-14-2009, 07:19 PM
How did I forget Forest Whitaker, Christopher Walken, and Willem Dafoe? :wtf:
Shame on me.
MarloStanfield
05-14-2009, 07:25 PM
I'd also like to give an honorable mention to: Delroy Lindo, Forest Whitaker, Geoffrey Rush, Robert Duvall, Larry Fishburne (Laurence isn't as good), Val Kilmer.
DonDadda59
05-14-2009, 07:31 PM
I met Delroy Lindo on set in Jersey like a month ago, class act, very friendly guy.
MarloStanfield
05-14-2009, 07:34 PM
I met Delroy Lindo on set in Jersey like a month ago, class act, very friendly guy.
That's rad. He's the man and severely underrated.
BRINKER
05-14-2009, 07:53 PM
I'm forgetting some really great actors.
yeah but the problem is that you didnt forget a bunch of bad ones.
Anthony Hopkins, not on your list; Silence of the Lambs, Legends of the Fall, Amistad, Nixon.
JAKE GYLLENHALL, ON YOUR LIST; Donnie Darko, Bubble Boy, Jarheads, and Brokeback Mountain
:applause:
My List: (In No Order)
1) Vigo Mortensen
2) Daniel Day Lewis
3) Al Pacino
4) Edward Norton
5) Robert De Niro
6) Don Cheadle
7) Casey Affleck
8) Jack Nicholson
9) Dustin Hoffman
10) Marlon Brando
11) Brad Pitt
12) Dustin Hoffman
13) Sean Penn
14) Leonardo Dicaprio
15) Tom Hanks
16) Denzel Washington
17) Russell Crowe
18) Jude Law
19) Philip Seymour Hoffman
20) Jimmy Stewart
21) Paul Newman
22) Robert Downey Jr.
23) Heath Ledger
24) Joaquin Phoenix
25) Clint Eastwood
26) Jean Reno
27) Gary Oldman
28) Joe Pesci
29) Billy Bob Thornton
30) Johnny Depp
More or less my favorites.
ROCSteady
05-14-2009, 09:32 PM
My list (in no particular order) Also doing living actors
Gary Oldman
Javier Bardem
Robert De Niro (not lately, prime)
Al Pacino (not lately, prime)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gael Garcia Bernal
Michael Madsen
Edward Norton
Tim Roth
William H. Macy
Harvey Keitel
Sean Penn
Morgan Freeman
Sean Connery
Hugo Weaving
Brad Pitt
Alan Rickman
Leonardo DiCaprio
Denzel Washington (somewhat microwaved, but gr8 performances qualify)
Robert Downey Jr.
Christian Bale (AMERICAN PSYCHO, obsessed w/ Terminator/Batman as boy)
Robert Duvall
Anthony Hopkins
Johnny Depp
Benecio Del Toro
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Michael Caine
Jack Nicholson
Steve Buscemi
Russell Crowe
Lebron23
05-15-2009, 12:04 AM
LeBron23's Lists in No Order.
1. Robert De Niro
2. Al Pacino
3. Tom Cruise
4. Denzel Washington
5. Marlon Brando
6. Will Smith
7. Russell Crowe
8. Christian Bale
9. Leonardo DiCaprio
10. Johnny Depp
11. Sean Penn
12. Morgan Freeman
13. Robert Duvall
14. Samuel Jackson
15. Sir Anthony Hopkins
16. Omar Sharif
17. Peter O'Toole
18. Jim Carey
19. Don Cheadle
20. Kevin Bacon
21. Sir Alex Guiness
22. Ewan Mcgregor
23. Nicolas Cage
24. Nick Nolte
25. Mickey Rourke
26. Sylvester Stallone
27. Arnold Schwarzenegger
28. Steve McQueen
29. Bruce Lee
30. Charles Bronson
BRINKER
05-15-2009, 12:50 AM
LeBron23's Lists in No Order.
1. Robert De Niro
2. Al Pacino
3. Tom Cruise
4. Denzel Washington
5. Marlon Brando
6. Will Smith
7. Russell Crowe
8. Christian Bale
9. Leonardo DiCaprio
10. Johnny Depp
11. Sean Penn
12. Morgan Freeman
13. Robert Duvall
14. Samuel Jackson
15. Sir Anthony Hopkins
16. Omar Sharif
17. Peter O'Toole
18. Jim Carey
i dont really like making lists that go 30 deep because after the first handful of personal favorites they can start to become very interchangeable, but if i made a list i think pretty much everyone 1-18 in yours would be on mine as well. ironically i dont know if anyone in your 19-30 would be on mine tho, heh
lazerface
05-15-2009, 01:03 AM
my current top 20 living actors in no order
1. paul giamatti
2. philip seymour hoffman
3. denzel washington
4. johnny depp
5. benicio del toro
6. joe pesci
7. robert deniro
8. edward norton
9. matt damon
11. samuel l. jackson
12. christian bale
13. leonardo dicaprio
14. tom hanks
15. tim robbins
16. don cheadle
17. tom cruise (weirdo but has played some great parts)
18. daniel day lewis
19. viggo mortensen
20. robert downy jr.
nbastatus
05-15-2009, 02:17 AM
Ray Allen.
PistolPete
05-15-2009, 02:25 AM
Ray Allen.
try harder next time
shawbryant
05-15-2009, 05:17 AM
Jackie Chan deserves to be there.
Jackass18
05-15-2009, 05:44 AM
I'll do 50 since that seems easier to me. In no particular order:
Edward Norton
Val Kilmer
Harrison Ford
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Toshir
The Magic Man
05-15-2009, 11:54 AM
makin sure to quote your list because you're the type to change it based on what others think.
Well, he already starts out by saying it's his favorite actors, then asks who he should put on it. :wtf:
El Kabong
05-15-2009, 12:06 PM
Jodie Foster
Why did you thrown Jodie Foster into the mix?
pete's montreux
05-15-2009, 01:10 PM
Well, he already starts out by saying it's his favorite actors, then asks who he should put on it. :wtf:
.....
Who do you think should have made the list?
Are you really that stupid, that you tried to change what I said when my post is right there? Or can you honestly not read?
The Magic Man
05-15-2009, 01:17 PM
Are you really that stupid, that you tried to change what I said when my post is right there? Or can you honestly not read?
Yea, I'm the one who is stupid. You managed to show yourself just how lost you are with that last post and somehow you still don't get it. If you were an emoticon, you'd be this dude...:confusedshrug:
johndeeregreen
05-15-2009, 01:19 PM
Yea, I'm the one who is stupid. You managed to show yourself just how lost you are with that last post and somehow you still don't get it. If you were an emoticon, you'd be this dude...:confusedshrug:
Jesus ****ing Christ.
pete's montreux
05-15-2009, 01:56 PM
Yea, I'm the one who is stupid. You managed to show yourself just how lost you are with that last post and somehow you still don't get it. If you were an emoticon, you'd be this dude...:confusedshrug:
...
Vragrant
05-15-2009, 06:52 PM
god i hate nicholas cage with a passion, every movie me makes nowadays is garbage.
I don't understand how he's so popular. I just don't get it.
BRINKER
05-15-2009, 06:57 PM
I don't understand how he's so popular. I just don't get it.
the redeeming thing about Cage is that he's the person who convinced a young Johnny Depp to give up being a musician in favor of becoming an actor.
maybe thats why the OP has Cage on his list but not Depp :confusedshrug:
Jackass18
05-16-2009, 03:16 AM
Why did you thrown Jodie Foster into the mix?
"The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of sex"
PistolPete
05-16-2009, 05:04 AM
This is a more formidable line-up:
1. Christian Bale
2. Daniel Day-Lewis
3. Liam Neeson
4. Al Pacino
5. Robert De Niro
6. Rufus Sewell
7. Michael Wincott
8. Jim Caviezel
9. Tom Hanks
10. Johnny Depp
11. Val Kilmer
12. Viggo Mortensen
13. Ed Harris
14. Leonardo DiCaprio
15. Jude Law
16. Nick Nolte
17. Jake Gyllenhall
18. Harrison Ford
19. Brendan Gleeson
20. Hugh Jackman
21. Robert Knepper
22. Russell Crowe
23. Brad Pitt
24. Cate Blanchett
25. Robin Williams
26. Chris Cooper
27. Sean Connery
28. Michael Keaton
29. Stellan Skarsgard
30. Forest Whitaker
Damn I forgot Sydney Pollack. I would take out Hugh Jackman and replace him with Pollack.
El Kabong
05-16-2009, 05:06 AM
"The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of sex"
Ok, seeing as everyone was naming guys, I thought we were going the actor and actress route.
ukplayer4
05-16-2009, 05:20 PM
someone do their favorite actresses, thats far easier as there are less of them.
streep, dench and winslet are probably my three favorites but of the younger brigade i highly rate jennifer conelly and also anne hathaway(i know shes done some bad films but she is excellent in the serious films shes done). rachel weiss is also very very good as is blanchett.
MarloStanfield
05-16-2009, 05:50 PM
No order:
Sigourney Weaver
Winona Ryder
Natalie Portman
Pam Grier
Frances Mcdormand
Marcia Gay Harden
Daryl Hannah
Naomi Watts
Marisa Tomei
Monica Bellucci
Isabella Rossellinni
Charliza Theron
Laura Dern
Juliette Lewis
Sissy Spacek
Jamie Lee Curtis
Judy Dench
Kate Winslet
Kathy Bates
Kim Basinger
Jessica Lange
Angela Bassett
Vanessa Redgrave
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Parker Posey
Rain Phoenix
Summer Phoenix
Lisa Bonet
Molly Ringwald
Mary Stuart Masterson
ukplayer4
05-16-2009, 05:54 PM
river phoenix?
MarloStanfield
05-16-2009, 05:56 PM
river phoenix?
whoops meant rain.
Jackass18
05-17-2009, 11:10 AM
In no particular order:
Jodie Foster
Uma Thurman
Sigourney Weaver
Faye Dunaway
Drew Barrymore
Kathy Bates
Jennifer Connelly
Jamie Lee Curtis
Cameron Diaz
Kirsten Dunst
Kate Winslet
Natalie Portman
Winona Ryder
Kate Beckinsale
Naomi Watts
Katharine Hepburn
Famke Janssen
Ashley Judd
Juliette Lewis
Reese Witherspoon
Demi Moore
Gwyneth Paltrow
Janet Leigh
Grace Kelly
Ingrid Bergman
Jessica Biel
Rosario Dawson
Kim Basinger
Eva Mendes
Madeleine Stowe
ukplayer4
05-17-2009, 11:46 AM
i ****ing hate gwyneth paltrow, zero screen presence at all, its like shes not even there.
Jackass18
05-18-2009, 01:55 AM
I guess she is a bit understated in her roles, but that can be refreshing (as opposed to someone like Julia Roberts).
Atomic DOG
05-30-2009, 03:41 PM
not sure which is worse, your greatest actors list or your greatest sandwich.
the GIBBET
11-13-2010, 09:58 PM
This in no way is a list ranking the best actors. It is simply my personal favorite actors. I also limited myself to one dead actor. That was probably the hardest aspect about making this list, because I did not choose Marlon Brando, which I know I'll catch heat for.
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
I also realize that for some reason, I do not have any black actors on this list, and that has absolutely nothing to do with race. If I had to choose one or two that I would add, they would be Denzel and Don Cheadle. The reason they are not on my list is because Denzel has been disappointing me lately, and I haven't seen enough of Don Cheadle.
Who do you think should have made the list?
Word to Big Bizzle :lol
pete's montreux
11-13-2010, 10:04 PM
I knew you'd change your mind after a year and a half.
the GIBBET
11-13-2010, 10:09 PM
shit is tyte, lol.
i'm just messin around tho. if i really wanted to be an ass i'd bump that thread where you basically called james cameron a nobody. :oldlol:
pete's montreux
11-13-2010, 10:11 PM
Wouldn't help anything. I couldn't get past the first 20 minutes of Avatar. :oldlol:
My list now would probably be a bit different, some new guys and some others would definitely drop.
Bano114
11-13-2010, 11:25 PM
I would've included Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Johnny Depp on my list.
the GIBBET
11-13-2010, 11:36 PM
Leonardo DiCaprio (hated him when Titanic came out, he's grown on me),
lol @ this poser
johndeeregreen
11-13-2010, 11:43 PM
Casey Affleck was terrific "The Killer Inside Me." Too bad the plot sucked ass.
pete's montreux
11-14-2010, 09:57 AM
After all this time, I still can't stand Johnny Depp.
Kobe8
11-14-2010, 11:00 AM
This in no way is a list ranking the best actors. It is simply my personal favorite actors. I also limited myself to one dead actor. That was probably the hardest aspect about making this list, because I did not choose Marlon Brando, which I know I'll catch heat for.
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
I also realize that for some reason, I do not have any black actors on this list, and that has absolutely nothing to do with race. If I had to choose one or two that I would add, they would be Denzel and Don Cheadle. The reason they are not on my list is because Denzel has been disappointing me lately, and I haven't seen enough of Don Cheadle.
Who do you think should have made the list?
How bout john travolta? for black actors Samuel Jackson?
pete's montreux
11-14-2010, 11:19 AM
Travolta has a handful of good performances in nearly 35 years and shitload of questionable ones. Unless you're a huge Saturday Night Fever fan, he shouldn't be on anyone's list. Sam Jackson would probably make my top 50, but I prefer a few black actors/actresses over him.
JerrySteakhouse
11-14-2010, 12:07 PM
Denzel Washington
Samuel Jackson
Jim Carry
Sophia Bush
Will Smith
Martin Lawrence
Rachel McAdams
Get at me!
Jasper
11-14-2010, 12:17 PM
living or dead ??
Any top 20 list has to include a few names this thread is void... but even I can not remember some of the great acters from my child hood - but remember their faces ..
Any case :
John Wayne
Burt Lancaster
Kurt Douglas
Loyd Bridges
Frank Sinatra (spl)
Tom Selleack (spl)
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Clint Eastwood
The above actors , are old school and created TONS of movies in which they were in .. some good some bad .. but never made the killer money modern actors do today.
In the above list I never cared for but 1-2 movies Henry Fonda made ... but he is a HOF'er.
And I haven't even discussed the body of work of some actor that played in TOP gun as well as Mission Impossible ...
Creating a list would be just to difficult.
Now if we were to create a top 10 actress list - it would be easier .. because 99% of movies were based on a leading man
Kobe8
11-14-2010, 12:25 PM
Ok my Top 3 actress are LeBron , Kobe And Wade.. :lol
Unnatural Acts are hilarious sometimes. I just hope when they over do it , the ref will just call a foul on them for bad acting.
Jasper
11-14-2010, 12:25 PM
Travolta has a handful of good performances in nearly 35 years and shitload of questionable ones. Unless you're a huge Saturday Night Fever fan, he shouldn't be on anyone's list. Sam Jackson would probably make my top 50, but I prefer a few black actors/actresses over him.
good actors that become great actors need to reinvent themselves.
Pulp Fiction ... would of in the cellar of 'C' movies if it was not for two actors that redefined themselves.
Even in this list we could include Govenor Arnold S. : he was purely a action based 'B' movie actor , until he got into comedy films.
Jack Nickelson's some of his best work was when he was 22-28 ... then he rode the script ride of selecting movies that he wanted.
Jasper
11-14-2010, 12:30 PM
After all this time, I still can't stand Johnny Depp.
he made a couple western movies that were classic's and will go down the niles of history as 'b' movies.
crosso√er
11-15-2010, 02:59 AM
My favorite actors, of All-Time: (No Particular Order)
1. Viggo Mortensen (History of Violence)
2. Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
4. Adam Sandler (Billy Madison)
5. Al Pacino (Scarface)
6. Gary Oldman (The Professional)
7. Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
8. Leonardo DiCaprio (Basketball Diaries or The Deprated)
9. Jack Nicholson (One Flew...)
10. Robert Downey Jr (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Tropical Thunder)
11. Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
12. Daniel Day-Lewis (Last of the Mohicans or Gangs of NY)
13. Jimmy Stewart (Rear Window)
14. Marlon Brando (The Godfather)
15. Paul Newman (The Hustler)
16. Sean Penn (Mystic River)
17. Edward Norton (American History X)
18. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
19. Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda)
20. Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker, my favorite actor right now)
21. Willem Dafoe (Platoon or The Last Temptation of Christ)
22. Joe Pesci (Casino or Goodfellas)
23. Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson or The Notebook)
24. Adrien Brody (The Piano)
25. Joaquin Phoenix (Ladder 49)
26. Benicio Del Toro (Traffic, Fear and Loathing, Usual Suspects or Sin City)
27. John Malkovich (pick any, I like his role in Con Air and The Rounders)
28. John Turturro (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
29. Tupac Shakur (Above The Rim or Juice)
30. Val Kilmer (Heat or Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
I can probably say (possibly forgetting half a dozen other actors); that these (according to me) are the best actors I have ever seen on screen. In brackets are the movie's I'd recommend watching of theirs.
My favorite actresses of All-Time: (In No Order)
1. Meryl Streep
2. Helen Mirren
3. Katharine Hepburn
4. Julia Roberts
5. Helena Bonham Carter
6. Kate Winslet
7. Jennifer Connelly
8. Susan Sarandon
9. Natalie Portman
10. Keira Knightley
11. Jane Fonda
12. Renee Zellweger
13. Queen Latifah
14. Elisabeth Shue
15. Julia Stiles
16. Liv Tyler
17. Ashley Judd
18. Marisa Tomei
19. Regina King
20. Jada Pinkett Smith
21. Michelle Monaghan
22. Sandra Bullock
23. Michelle Pfeiffer
24. Cate Blanchett
25. Eliza Dushku
26. Sharon Stone
27. Mandy Moore
28. Reese Witherspoon
29. Charlize Theron
30. Rachel McAdams
BallPhunk
11-15-2010, 03:16 AM
This in no way is a list ranking the best actors. It is simply my personal favorite actors. I also limited myself to one dead actor. That was probably the hardest aspect about making this list, because I did not choose Marlon Brando, which I know I'll catch heat for.
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
I also realize that for some reason, I do not have any black actors on this list, and that has absolutely nothing to do with race. If I had to choose one or two that I would add, they would be Denzel and Don Cheadle. The reason they are not on my list is because Denzel has been disappointing me lately, and I haven't seen enough of Don Cheadle.
Who do you think should have made the list?
Not a bad list, especially considering it people you enjoy most vs greatest actors...
But looking at your list I have a feeling he's missing:
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Juges8932
11-15-2010, 03:26 AM
Denzel Washington
Will Smith
Brad Pitt
Hugh Jackman
Ryan Reynolds
James Lafferty
Tom Welling
Jensen Ackles
Jared Padalecki
Adam Brody
Peter Gallagher
Keifer Sutherland
Mel Gibson
Bruce Willis
Russell Crowe
Matt Damon
Tom Hanks
The Rock
Christian Bale
Jackie Chan
Robert Downey Jr
Tom Cruise
Sean William Scott
Owen Wilson
Gerard Butler
Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Robert Di Nero
Vince Vaughn
Edward Norton
Hugh Laurie
Sophia Bush
Kristen Bell
Allison Mack
Rachel McAdams
Anne Hathaway
Natalie Portman
Julia Roberts
Nicole Kidman
Hilarie Burton
Angelina Jolie
Meryl Streep
Penelope Cruz
Zooey Deschanel
Amy Adams
Keira Knightley
Jennifer Anniston
Sandra Bullock
Jessica Alba
Charlize Theron
Salma Hayek
Catherine Zeta Jones
Diane Keaton
Timmy D for MVP
11-15-2010, 03:30 AM
Let's see:
Sidney Poitier
James Earl Jones
Robert Deniro
Jet Li
Brad Pitt
Denzel Washington
Daniel Day Lewis
Sam Rockwell
Don Cheadle
Gary Oldman
Chewitel Ejiafor
Robert Downey Jr.
Will Smith
Jim Carey
Bill Murray
Samuel L Jackson
Bernie Mac
Donnie Yen
Tom Hanks
Neal Patrick Harris
That's all I got off the top of my head. I'm sure there are a bunch I've forgotten but these guys I really like.
alenleomessi
11-15-2010, 03:12 PM
Denzel Washington
Samuel Jackson
Jim Carry
Sophia Bush
Will Smith
Martin Lawrence
Rachel McAdams
Get at me!
This + Gene Wilder the legend
rufuspaul
11-15-2010, 03:20 PM
Chris Samuels
pete's montreux
05-24-2011, 08:23 PM
just for you starface, just...for...you
pete's montreux
05-24-2011, 08:26 PM
keep the top 5, get rid of the rest
too many to name now
FourthTenor
05-24-2011, 08:34 PM
Leonardo DiCaprio (hated him when Titanic came out, he's grown on me),
:lol
he's actually gotten progressively worse, but typical f@g mentality.
FourthTenor
05-24-2011, 08:38 PM
yeah but the problem is that you didnt forget a bunch of bad ones.
Anthony Hopkins, not on your list; Silence of the Lambs, Legends of the Fall, Amistad, Nixon.
JAKE GYLLENHALL, ON YOUR LIST; Donnie Darko, Bubble Boy, Jarheads, and Brokeback Mountain
:applause:
damn i was en fuego.
pete's montreux
05-24-2011, 08:40 PM
hopkins wouldn't make my top 50, sorry playa
FourthTenor
05-24-2011, 08:42 PM
hopkins wouldn't make my top 50, sorry playa
Well he's no Jake Gyllenhal.
pete's montreux
05-24-2011, 08:43 PM
no one is
you tried to troll this thread with THREE different usernames and was ignored universally
well, damn...
FourthTenor
05-24-2011, 08:44 PM
no one is
you tried to troll this thread with THREE different usernames and was ignored universally
well, damn...
You trolled the thread 100x worse than I did, just by making it.
pete's montreux
05-24-2011, 08:48 PM
good one
DonDadda59
05-24-2011, 08:57 PM
:lol
he's actually gotten progressively worse, but typical f@g mentality.
Actually, no he hasn't. He just hasn't taken a role as challenging as what he did in Gilbert Grape. Right now, he's just living off of being a movie star instead of a character actor but he's been able to carry several movies that way.
Now go home and get your f*cking shinebox.
Jackass18
05-24-2011, 09:09 PM
he's actually gotten progressively worse, but typical f@g mentality.
How cute, Starface really fell for Leo in Titanic.
Nevaeh
05-24-2011, 09:24 PM
i ****ing hate gwyneth paltrow, zero screen presence at all, its like shes not even there.
Agreed. pure vanilla, soccer mom in the check-out line at the grocery store presence. Add this chick as well :
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_irCu4ixtOyY/TGQlI4XD7oI/AAAAAAAAD30/pwA4sq6we_U/s1600/Jennifer-Aniston%2BJennifer%2BAniston%2BBill%2BO%27Reilly%2 BJennifer-%2BAniston%2BBill-O%27Reilly%2BJennifer%2BAniston%2Bkids%2Bsingle%2B fatherhoof%2Bmotherhood.jpg
FourthTenor
05-24-2011, 09:26 PM
How cute, Starface really fell for Leo in Titanic.
Well, I realize you're more of the "Indiana Jones" sort so we're not gonna see it the same way, but the layers of that movie - the euphoria of young love tested by social class, deception, and a historically doomed maiden voyage, as well as the overall tale of the sinking of the Titanic and how vividly they portrayed the panic and chaos and competition of what must have been one of the most surreal moments in history to be a part of.... well, I guess its just hard to compare against a guy running from a giant rolling ball after searching for magical treasure. :confusedshrug:
Jackass18
05-25-2011, 12:31 AM
You're right, the crappy script, dialogue, acting, and story of Titanic doesn't compare with Raiders.
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 12:46 AM
Well, I realize you're more of the "Indiana Jones" sort so we're not gonna see it the same way, but the layers of that movie - the euphoria of young love tested by social class, deception, and a historically doomed maiden voyage, as well as the overall tale of the sinking of the Titanic and how vividly they portrayed the panic and chaos and competition of what must have been one of the most surreal moments in history to be a part of.... well, I guess its just hard to compare against a guy running from a giant rolling ball after searching for magical treasure. :confusedshrug:
layers?......no.
raiders is at bare minimum a comparable film to titanic and quite possibly alot better.
Rojogaqu11
05-25-2011, 01:55 AM
No particular order:
Robert De Niro
Hugh Jackman
Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp
Christian Bale
Bruce Willis
Willem Dafoe
Christopher Lee
Leonardo DiCaprio
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
Russel Crowe
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins
Al Pacino
Brad Pitt
Alan Rickman
Morgan Freeman
Liam Neeson
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Douglas
Robin Williams
Sean Bean
Denzel Washington
Jack Nicholson
John Travolta
Mel Gibson
Harrison Ford
Jackie Chan
Tommy Lee Jones
Tom Hanks
and several others.
pete's montreux
05-25-2011, 01:57 AM
No particular order:
Robert De Niro
Hugh Jackman
Clint Eastwood
Johnny Depp
Christian Bale
Bruce Willis
Willem Dafoe
Christopher Lee
Leonardo DiCaprio
Daniel Day-Lewis
Gary Oldman
Russel Crowe
Sean Connery
Anthony Hopkins
Al Pacino
Brad Pitt
Alan Rickman
Morgan Freeman
Liam Neeson
Robert Downey Jr.
Michael Douglas
Robin Williams
Sean Bean
Denzel Washington
Jack Nicholson
John Travolta
Mel Gibson
Harrison Ford
Jackie Chan
Tommy Lee Jones
Tom Hanks
and several others.
You spelled Hans Gruber wrong.
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 02:18 AM
layers?......no.
raiders is at bare minimum a comparable film to titanic and quite possibly alot better.
all your pretentious terminology and obscure acknowledgments are completely nullified when you say things like this.
sure, maybe some people without any real taste will be fooled by your phony facade, but anyone with a genuine critical eye is absolutely laughing at you.
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 07:33 AM
all your pretentious terminology and obscure acknowledgments are completely nullified when you say things like this.
sure, maybe some people without any real taste will be fooled by your phony facade, but anyone with a genuine critical eye is absolutely laughing at you.
:roll:
ok, so its insane to even compare raiders to titanic, even daring to do it makes me a laughing stock and nullifies everything ive ever said about film on here and all my analysis.
or
your tiny mind is just so dazzled with the spectacle and sentimentality of titanic you wont even acknowledge raiders as a good film by comparison.
i wonder what is more likely....
pete's montreux
05-25-2011, 12:12 PM
starface can't possibly envisage why someone doesn't like titanic, it's very interesting to watch how vicious he gets when the subject comes up, it's very kind of weird and he obviously holds some sort of enduring emotional bond with the movie, which is totally fine
but like i said, he gets none more vicious :oldlol:
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 01:02 PM
starface can't possibly envisage why someone doesn't like titanic, it's very interesting to watch how vicious he gets when the subject comes up, it's very kind of weird and he obviously holds some sort of enduring emotional bond with the movie, which is totally fine
but like i said, he gets none more vicious :oldlol:
It's not about the movie Titanic itself, its about the moronic opinions of dudes trying to be manly and hate on an all-time great movie.
If that happened as much to any other similar film I'd be equally incredulous. But you never find a message board full of people saying that Raging Bull was crap or that Shawshank is the most over rated movie ever.
Just look at the moron in this thread who was like "well, i hated leo when he was in titanic (which was the pinaccle of his teen-idolness) but..... now im cool with him."
Its the typical "I hate kutcher and timberlake and zack effron because theyre pretty boys, theyre not artists. but yo i love seth rogen and jonah hill and galifanakis, dudes didnt make it cuz their looks, so um that means theyre talented!" Insecure beta-male follower guys always hate on any good looking guys and assume because little girls like them, someone with better taste shouldnt. It's a backlash of insecurity and phony pretentiousness. but then put a fat awkward dummy up there and everyones like "THATS what real talent looks like!" You need to accept that you do not have the independent analytical ability of a secure male. Accept that. Accept that you will never be the first to give your genuine opinion on someone, that you are ALWAYS trying to give an image-conscious opinion. You need to come to those terms so that you understand WHY those who do are telling you to just keep your ****ing mouth shut.
It annoys me when uncultured, dim-witted, insecure beta males like you and jackass are too afraid to acknowledge Titanic because youre afraid what the rest of the herd of guys will think of your opinion. Theres no way you could actually sit and watch that movie and not think its fantastic. It's just that youre afraid to actually say it out loud, which is why I have absolutely no respect for you whatsoever.
pete's montreux
05-25-2011, 01:15 PM
i sincerely hope that you know that i couldn't possibly give less of a shit if you respect me or not
that sentence or idea is so insignificant to me that you could say it was never there in the first place
pete's montreux
05-25-2011, 01:16 PM
and it's just a movie, who gives a shit, i don't even think ive seen the entire movie more than once in my life, and the last time my eyes saw a single frame was over a decade ago
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 01:24 PM
:roll:
ok, so its insane to even compare raiders to titanic, even daring to do it makes me a laughing stock and nullifies everything ive ever said about film on here and all my analysis.
or
your tiny mind is just so dazzled with the spectacle and sentimentality of titanic you wont even acknowledge raiders as a good film by comparison.
i wonder what is more likely....
[quote]In the Peruvian jungle, in 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones braves an ancient temple filled with booby traps to retrieve a golden idol. Upon fleeing the temple, Indiana is confronted by rival archaeologist Ren
heyhey
05-25-2011, 01:36 PM
It's not about the movie Titanic itself, its about the moronic opinions of dudes trying to be manly and hate on an all-time great movie.
If that happened as much to any other similar film I'd be equally incredulous. But you never find a message board full of people saying that Raging Bull was crap or that Shawshank is the most over rated movie ever.
Just look at the moron in this thread who was like "well, i hated leo when he was in titanic (which was the pinaccle of his teen-idolness) but..... now im cool with him."
Its the typical "I hate kutcher and timberlake and zack effron because theyre pretty boys, theyre not artists. but yo i love seth rogen and jonah hill and galifanakis, dudes didnt make it cuz their looks, so um that means theyre talented!" Insecure beta-male follower guys always hate on any good looking guys and assume because little girls like them, someone with better taste shouldnt. It's a backlash of insecurity and phony pretentiousness. but then put a fat awkward dummy up there and everyones like "THATS what real talent looks like!" You need to accept that you do not have the independent analytical ability of a secure male. Accept that. Accept that you will never be the first to give your genuine opinion on someone, that you are ALWAYS trying to give an image-conscious opinion. You need to come to those terms so that you understand WHY those who do are telling you to just keep your ****ing mouth shut.
It annoys me when uncultured, dim-witted, insecure beta males like you and jackass are too afraid to acknowledge Titanic because youre afraid what the rest of the herd of guys will think of your opinion. Theres no way you could actually sit and watch that movie and not think its fantastic. It's just that youre afraid to actually say it out loud, which is why I have absolutely no respect for you whatsoever.
I think you are romanticizing how good Titanic was. I rewatched it a while ago and the dialogue was a lot worse than I remembered, I was like 11 when I first saw it.
The dialogue was like a RPG game
"JACK ......"
"ROSE ....."
"JACK ...."
Who repeats other person's name so frequently when talking? it didn't feel natural.
still good film tho
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 01:55 PM
layers?......no.
An elderly woman who is drawn back into the memory of the most dramatic experience of her life and a team of technicians who were so consumed with finding artifacts on the sunken ship that they never thought about what it must been like to be on that sinking ship.
A ship in the middle of the atlantic, with hundreds of people, sinking slowly in the freezing night while panic and mayhem and competition for survival take place among passengers from the entire spectrum of social class and background.
Two young, passionate, genuine lovers tested by family and privledge and deception fighting for their lives and for each other amidst this chaos.
The Captain who should have known better to than to listen to the people telling him to speed her up. When he handcuffs himself to the wheel at the end as the room is about to overflow is crazy.
The string quartet who plays together as the ship continues sinking. They finish, but then, as they realize the scope of the situation, they realize there is nothing for them to do but continue playing their slow, sad melody.
The elderly couples from the cargo class who know they have no hope of getting off the ship, lying cuddled in their beds together waiting for the inevitable.
It's an absolutely glorious story. It's fantastic. If you really are like "yo i dont like that movie" but youre like "dude, im so into raiders and jaws and terminator" then youre just the epitome of a monkey and you probably continually adapt your lifestyle to whatever the Miller Lite commercials are saying is now manly. You're just tryin way too hard because youre not authentic. You're a petes montreux. The opposite of authentic.
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 01:57 PM
I think you are romanticizing how good Titanic was. I rewatched it a while ago and the dialogue was a lot worse than I remembered, I was like 11 when I first saw it.
The dialogue was like a RPG game
"JACK ......"
"ROSE ....."
"JACK ...."
Who repeats other person's name so frequently when talking? it didn't feel natural.
:facepalm
Legend of Josh
05-25-2011, 02:06 PM
Yeah, anyone's Top 30 without Denzel is questionable. Where the hell is Edward Norton? I'm no movie buff, but he's in my own personal Top 3 easily. Even considering Norton's success, he still seems to fly under the radar. Fair to say he's underrated?
:confusedshrug:
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 03:13 PM
It's an absolutely glorious story. It's fantastic. If you really are like "yo i dont like that movie" but youre like "dude, im so into raiders and jaws and terminator" then youre just the epitome of a monkey and you probably continually adapt your lifestyle to whatever the Miller Lite commercials are saying is now manly. You're just tryin way too hard because youre not authentic. You're a petes montreux. The opposite of authentic.
i cant decide if this is a joke or you are literally that ignorant and stupid. i could make a good argument for why titanic can viewed as ****ing worthless sentimental drivel. but that isnt how i see it. you are just a ****ing retard tho for making the case of titanic over raiders based purely on story, in fact you have no clue whatsoever, your whole argument for why this film is good is because of weighty subject matter which is the real sign of someone with absolutely no appreciation for cinema. story doesnt mean jack shit compared with how it is executed.
the idea that you decide all of our criticisms of titanic are based on how we want to be perceived and secretly everyone loves titanic but just wont admit it...the ****ing delusion is incredible. titanic isnt beyond criticism, you are getting pretty upset over people not loving your favorite film. but its even worse than that, raiders is a great film by almost everyones standards, yet you are insulted someone even compares it to titanic(titanic is no more challenging than raiders, it maybe be emotionally weighty but its no more stimulating intellectually). and then you just assume everyone is lying to themselves about their taste :oldlol: raiders, titanic, terminator are all arguably similar fare. now maybe some people you have encountered say they dont like titanic simply for the reason you are stating and thats silly. but for you to assume no one could possibly not hold titanic up as a flawless masterpiece without deluding themselves is just idiotic. youve been here a while(apparently) so you should know who has honest opinion here, most of the film people im sure are totally honest with their taste. i know i am, to be accused by you of not loving titanic in order to sustain a better board rep is just:hammerhead: i cant even imagine the thought process that goes into trying to create a different online persona through movie taste. ive recommended many period dramas and stuff that could be argued as being more female friendly(even tho that doesnt exist in real films anyway). speaking of which i would take sense and sensibility, remains of the day and probably room with a view also over titanic simply because i prefer them.
you are entitled to your opinion, no one is trying to deny you it. make your point if you need to but dont attack everyone who doesnt have exactly the same opinion as you.
i felt benjamin button was terrific film making, it is also very sentimental. but i can see how people would take issue with the dramatic beats.
a film that treads similar ground as titanic but with more restraint is downfall. if you think that isnt worthy of being compared to titanic i dont even know what to tell you...
pete's montreux
05-25-2011, 03:22 PM
starface can't possibly envisage why someone doesn't like titanic, it's very interesting to watch how vicious he gets when the subject comes up, it's very kind of weird and he obviously holds some sort of enduring emotional bond with the movie, which is totally fine
but like i said, he gets none more vicious :oldlol:
...
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 03:40 PM
i read in another thread just now he is an aspiring actor- that explains why he couldnt make any kind of case for titanic, all he could muster is story and character analysis. actors NEVER see complexity in film beyond the performance. for him lots of characters with weighty emotional scenes somehow equates to a layerd and challenging film simply because he is only capable of engaging with film on a narrow level, so many of them are this way. it makes perfect sense now.
he has my sympathy.
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 03:45 PM
i cant decide if this is a joke or you are literally that ignorant and stupid. i could make a good argument for why titanic can viewed as ****ing worthless sentimental drivel. but that isnt how i see it. you are just a ****ing retard tho for making the case of titanic over raiders based purely on story, in fact you have no clue whatsoever, your whole argument for why this film is good is because of weighty subject matter which is the real sign of someone with absolutely no appreciation for cinema. story doesnt mean jack shit compared with how it is executed.
the idea that you decide all of our criticisms of titanic are based on how we want to be perceived and secretly everyone loves titanic but just wont admit it...the ****ing delusion is incredible. titanic isnt beyond criticism, you are getting pretty upset over people not loving your favorite film. but its even worse than that, raiders is a great film by almost everyones standards, yet you are insulted someone even compares it to titanic(titanic is no more challenging than raiders, it maybe be emotionally weighty but its no more stimulating intellectually). and then you just assume everyone is lying to themselves about their taste :oldlol: raiders, titanic, terminator are all arguably similar fare. now maybe some people you have encountered say they dont like titanic simply for the reason you are stating and thats silly. but for you to assume no one could possibly not hold titanic up as a flawless masterpiece without deluding themselves is just idiotic. youve been here a while(apparently) so you should know who has honest opinion here, most of the film people im sure are totally honest with their taste. i know i am, to be accused by you of not loving titanic in order to sustain a better board rep is just:hammerhead: i cant even imagine the thought process that goes into trying to create a different online persona through movie taste. ive recommended many period dramas and stuff that could be argued as being more female friendly(even tho that doesnt exist in real films anyway). speaking of which i would take sense and sensibility, remains of the day and probably room with a view also over titanic simply because i prefer them.
you are entitled to your opinion, no one is trying to deny you it. make your point if you need to but dont attack everyone who doesnt have exactly the same opinion as you.
i felt benjamin button was terrific film making, it is also very sentimental. but i can see how people would take issue with the dramatic beats.
a film that treads similar ground as titanic but with more restraint is downfall. if you think that isnt worthy of being compared to titanic i dont even know what to tell you...
heh, look at the way you're waffling.
"it can be argued that titanic isnt any good"
"some might say indiana jones: raiders of the lost ark is much better"
so whats your opinion? what do you think of the two movies? you wont even give something concrete because you're worried someone will point out that a bunch of experts disagreed and you'll be left committed to an opinion that you think people who matter will disagree with.
I described the plot of Titanic in comparison to Indiana Jones because that's the foundation for a story and noted some of the scenes that were particularly engrossing, in this particular instance these two are polar opposites in that regard. Yeah, I'm sure in film school you learned all sorts techniques to make a youtube video of a cat toying with a ball of yarn into a much more suspenseful cinematic experience, but in real life a person watching a movie needs to be invested in the plot.
Titanic was a plot in all regards that drew the viewer in. It was dramatic, emotional, suspenseful, endearing, informative and so on.
Indiana Jones was a cheesy hollywood action franchise with a storyline that could have been plagiarized from a 5th grade creative-writing class.
You can break down all the film elements that you want. It doesnt matter because the plot of Indiana Jones is for kids. As an adult, I personally end any moviewatching experience as soon as a grown man such as Harrison Ford turns to some indian chief in a jungle and says something like: "if we dont recover the magical golden artifact, the nazi's will use it to make their army invinsible!" and then runs from a giant ball. That's not art, its a movie adaption of a elementary school kid's daydream with action sequences that make dumb people with money to burn show up in a theatre and go "wow! cool!"
same with a grown christian bale looking up in the sky in a plastic body suit with perky ears and outside underwear and seeing a flashing light and then running to the "batcave" to log onto his video system mainframe and get in touch with alfred who briefs him on what some absurd villain with superpowers is going to do next to take over the world.
I dunno, I just lost the flair for that kind of lazy, generic cheese when i was about 11.
But a riveting story like the one told in Titanic? That is timeless.
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 03:51 PM
And its not just strictly the plot of course, Titanic was extremely impressive visually in its day, the timeline of events made sense and didnt seem choppy, the acting was sufficient, it was perfect from start to finish.
You're really a moron.
Nastradamus
05-25-2011, 03:57 PM
It's not about the movie Titanic itself, its about the moronic opinions of dudes trying to be manly and hate on an all-time great movie.
If that happened as much to any other similar film I'd be equally incredulous. But you never find a message board full of people saying that Raging Bull was crap or that Shawshank is the most over rated movie ever.
Just look at the moron in this thread who was like "well, i hated leo when he was in titanic (which was the pinaccle of his teen-idolness) but..... now im cool with him."
Its the typical "I hate kutcher and timberlake and zack effron because theyre pretty boys, theyre not artists. but yo i love seth rogen and jonah hill and galifanakis, dudes didnt make it cuz their looks, so um that means theyre talented!" Insecure beta-male follower guys always hate on any good looking guys and assume because little girls like them, someone with better taste shouldnt. It's a backlash of insecurity and phony pretentiousness. but then put a fat awkward dummy up there and everyones like "THATS what real talent looks like!" You need to accept that you do not have the independent analytical ability of a secure male. Accept that. Accept that you will never be the first to give your genuine opinion on someone, that you are ALWAYS trying to give an image-conscious opinion. You need to come to those terms so that you understand WHY those who do are telling you to just keep your ****ing mouth shut.
It annoys me when uncultured, dim-witted, insecure beta males like you and jackass are too afraid to acknowledge Titanic because youre afraid what the rest of the herd of guys will think of your opinion. Theres no way you could actually sit and watch that movie and not think its fantastic. It's just that youre afraid to actually say it out loud, which is why I have absolutely no respect for you whatsoever.
Titanic was impressive in certain ways, special effects and generally displaying the disaster of the Titanic sinking(and how the people on it reacted) pretty well. However, there is zero character development, a terrible, overly simplistic and cliched plot and a lot of terrible, sappy dialogue. We don't learn anything about Kate or Leo's characters by way of their love ordeal and no other character matters
They combine your average chick flick plot(the poor boy falls in love with the rich girl, love overcomes social class stigmas) with the kind of special effects that guys come out for and it sold like a mofo. However, it is far from a great movie. Like all Cameron movies, the storytelling is cliched and unimportant
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 04:01 PM
my opinion is that they are both very well made box office fare, i dont make a large distinction because they both function similarly. hollywood film tends to only aspire to fulfill on certain levels. was the plot more dramatic in titanic? yes, but that is base level engagement, the potential of film is far greater than just being a medium that is enslaved by narrative, depicting ideas that are subdued by story.
Jackass18
05-25-2011, 04:02 PM
Insecure beta-male follower guys always hate on any good looking guys and assume because little girls like them, someone with better taste shouldnt. It's a backlash of insecurity and phony pretentiousness. but then put a fat awkward dummy up there and everyones like "THATS what real talent looks like!"
I love your asinine rants. You think people are too insecure to like Leo (even though you just stated that people like post-Titanic Leo), Timberlake, Kutcher and Efron (even though nobody has brought up Timblerlake, Kutcher nor Efron), but if anyone is actually insecure in here, then it's the guy who's far too insecure to like superhero movies, sci-fi flicks, and Indiana Jones movies.
It annoys me when uncultured, dim-witted, insecure beta males like you and jackass are too afraid to acknowledge Titanic because youre afraid what the rest of the herd of guys will think of your opinion.
It makes me laugh when an uncultured, dim-witted, insecure, hypocritical fool is too afraid to acknowledge superhero films, sci-fi flicks and Indiana Jones movies because he's afraid of what the rest of the herd of guys will think.
I really like a sentimental movie like Click, but somehow I'm afraid to like Titanic? Give me a ****ing break, Titanic won 11 Oscars and is the 2nd highest-grossing movie of all-time, but somehow you think it makes you a secure male by liking it and others insecure by disliking it?
Nastradamus
05-25-2011, 04:03 PM
:facepalm
as long as you realize the dialogue is facepalm worth. FTR, I don't hate Titanic and I get why it was well received to some degree. I will also point out that Raiders of the Lost Ark has pretty much the exact same criticisms. However, there isn't a film critic,teacher or maker that would tell you the dialogue in that movie is good. It is factually not good dialogue. Much like Avatar(a great movie overall for the things that it did, but again, poor storytelling and dialogue)
Jackass18
05-25-2011, 04:05 PM
It's an absolutely glorious story. It's fantastic. If you really are like "yo i dont like that movie" but youre like "dude, im so into raiders and jaws and terminator" then youre just the epitome of a monkey and you probably continually adapt your lifestyle to whatever the Miller Lite commercials are saying is now manly. You're just tryin way too hard because youre not authentic. You're a petes montreux. The opposite of authentic.
You're hilarious. You're probably the fakest fool on here.
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 04:06 PM
And its not just strictly the plot of course, Titanic was extremely impressive visually in its day, the timeline of events made sense and didnt seem choppy, the acting was sufficient, it was perfect from start to finish.
You're really a moron.
:roll: oh wow. if it made sense, the acting was sufficient and the plot was engaging it really must be incredible. throw in some great special effects and "its perfect from start to finish"
i understand and sympathise with your disposition but really you expose your surface level engagement continually.
Jackass18
05-25-2011, 04:08 PM
Click > Titanic
But, I'm too afraid to upset the herd, right?
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 04:08 PM
I love your asinine rants. You think people are too insecure to like Leo (even though you just stated that people like post-Titanic Leo), Timberlake, Kutcher and Efron (even though nobody has brought up Timblerlake, Kutcher nor Efron), but if anyone is actually insecure in here, then it's the guy who's far too insecure to like superhero movies, sci-fi flicks, and Indiana Jones movies.
It makes me laugh when an uncultured, dim-witted, insecure, hypocritical fool is too afraid to acknowledge superhero films, sci-fi flicks and Indiana Jones movies because he's afraid of what the rest of the herd of guys will think.
I really like a sentimental movie like Click, but somehow I'm afraid to like Titanic? Give me a ****ing break, Titanic won 11 Oscars and is the 2nd highest-grossing movie of all-time, but somehow you think it makes you a secure male by liking it and others insecure by disliking it?
:roll: exactly.
Scoooter
05-25-2011, 04:12 PM
Love the William Hurt inclusion. I'd throw some Jeff Bridges in there.
http://images.indyposted.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/jeff-bridges.jpg
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 04:17 PM
christopher plummer is someone who would be very high on my list.
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 04:35 PM
Titanic was impressive in certain ways, special effects and generally displaying the disaster of the Titanic sinking(and how the people on it reacted) pretty well. However, there is zero character development, a terrible, overly simplistic and cliched plot and a lot of terrible, sappy dialogue. We don't learn anything about Kate or Leo's characters by way of their love ordeal and no other character matters
The film isnt about Kate or Leo's background or the depth of their personalities. A lot of great movies arent about that. Titanic is about the adversity of their blossoming romance (and they did have fantastic chemistry, the excitement of young love looked very genuine). And it's about what it was like on that historic night in 1912. The film brought both elements together in a storyline that was riveting and fascinating. The final hour of that movie is immensely dramatic. Friends torn by competition for survival, the obstacles between Kate and Leo as theyre trying to get to each other amidst the chaos, passengers plunging into the freezing waters left and right, guilt, deception, grief.... and it ends with heartbreaking realism rather than "happily ever after" and all this is based on a real event! Not some silly "gee, what superpower can i make up next" idea some guy with a colored pencil scribbled into a thought-bubble.
When you finish watching the movie Titanic, you are satisfied. It is a complete emotional whirlwind. It does EXACTLY what its supposed to do, and thats the bottom line.
They combine your average chick flick plot(the poor boy falls in love with the rich girl, love overcomes social class stigmas) with the kind of special effects that guys come out for and it sold like a mofo. However, it is far from a great movie. Like all Cameron movies, the storytelling is cliched and unimportant
You're nitpicking things that dont actually matter when you're sitting there captivated by a movie. The movie is exciting and emotionally powerful. You're just looking for reasons to hate on it because it's Titanic. If this was some three hour epic that nobody had ever heard of, you'd be telling everyone how much you loved it and how badly they need to see it.
ukplayer4
05-25-2011, 04:48 PM
The film isnt about Kate or Leo's background or the depth of their personalities. A lot of great movies arent about that. Titanic is about the adversity of their blossoming romance (and they did have fantastic chemistry, the excitement of young love looked very genuine). And it's about what it was like on that historic night in 1912. The film brought both elements together in a storyline that was riveting and fascinating. The final hour of that movie is immensely dramatic. Friends torn by competition for survival, the obstacles between Kate and Leo as theyre trying to get to each other amidst the chaos, passengers plunging into the freezing waters left and right, guilt, deception, grief.... and it ends with heartbreaking realism rather than "happily ever after" and all this is based on a real event! Not some silly "gee, what superpower can i make up next" idea some guy with a colored pencil scribbled into a thought-bubble.
When you finish watching the movie Titanic, you are satisfied. It is a complete emotional whirlwind. It does EXACTLY what its supposed to do, and thats the bottom line.
You're nitpicking things that dont actually matter when you're sitting there captivated by a movie. The movie is exciting and emotionally powerful.
solid response.
You're just looking for reasons to hate on it because it's Titanic. If this was some three hour epic that nobody had ever heard of, you'd be telling everyone how much you loved it and how badly they need to see it.
not so much
FourthTenor
05-25-2011, 05:18 PM
not so much
its abundantly common when it comes to titanic.
when so many guys like petes montreux and jackass will go "psshh, titanic, that movie stinks" but then say the prestige is one of their favorite films, there is definitely an agenda that has nothing to do with accurately ratings movies.
so many dudes think you have to hate on titanic to keep your "man card" and these are the dudes that have absolutely no taste in anything; clothes, movies, books, whatever. total beta males just trying to fit in and go "oh man, titanic was so bad! right guys?! yeah! titanic's not a guys movie! i like batman and indiana jones!"
SMFH i hate these people.
Jackass18
05-25-2011, 06:27 PM
its abundantly common when it comes to titanic.
when so many guys like petes montreux and jackass will go "psshh, titanic, that movie stinks" but then say the prestige is one of their favorite films, there is definitely an agenda that has nothing to do with accurately ratings movies.
What agenda is that? And, I don't remember saying The Prestige is one of my favorite movies. It's not even one of my top 5 most favorite from that year. The thing is you have to make up complete bullshit in a desperate attempt to make a point. If someone disagrees with you, then you start to get all defensive and often go off on tangents trying to attack people with ad hominems. Isn't it sad when your arguments revolve around desperate ad hominem attacks?
so many dudes think you have to hate on titanic to keep your "man card" and these are the dudes that have absolutely no taste in anything; clothes, movies, books, whatever.
Man card? You've been babbling about how superhero movies, sci-fi flicks and Indiana Jones movies are geared towards kids, so how can you now accuse us of being worried about keeping our "man card" for not liking Titanic?
total beta males just trying to fit in and go "oh man, titanic was so bad! right guys?! yeah! titanic's not a guys movie! i like batman and indiana jones!"
Your rants are so stupid I don't even know why you bother posting them, but then again that's what trolls do.
RidonKs
05-27-2011, 03:45 PM
Raiders IS a sh*tty movie, by any standards most critics use to rate films today. it's amazing how powerful nostalgia can be. if anything comparable to that film came out today, it was be instantaneously rebuffed as big budget thoughtless tripe. crazy.
it's a fun movie with an iconic main character and score. it's not as good as Titannic.
Dasher
05-27-2011, 05:56 PM
[01] Robert De Niro
[02] Jack Nicholson
[03] Al Pacino
[04] Clint Eastwood
[05] Gene Hackman
[06] Gary Oldman
[07] Nicholas Cage
[08] Daniel Day-Lewis
[09] Jim Carrey
[10] Phillip Seymour-Hoffman
[11] John Cazale
[12] Bill Murray
[13] Sean Penn
[14] Robin Williams
[15] Leonardo DiCaprio
[16] Casey Affleck
[17] Robert Downey Jr.
[18] William Hurt
[19] Steve Buscemi
[20] Sam Rockwell
[21] Jeff Daniels
[22] Sylvester Stallone
[23] Peter Sarsgaard
[24] Vince Vaughn
[26] Nick Nolte
[27] Jake Gyllenhaal
[28] Ben Foster
[29] Simon Pegg
[30] Ryan Gosling
Wesley Snipes is the best actor of his generation.
RidonKs
05-27-2011, 05:58 PM
not if keanu reeves kills him first!
Jackass18
05-27-2011, 07:13 PM
Raiders IS a sh*tty movie, by any standards most critics use to rate films today. it's amazing how powerful nostalgia can be. if anything comparable to that film came out today, it was be instantaneously rebuffed as big budget thoughtless tripe. crazy.
it's a fun movie with an iconic main character and score. it's not as good as Titannic.
http://maxcdn.fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/920/472/004/facepalm.jpg
LOL, critics are now using completely different standards to rate films? Where do people come up with this garbage? The AFI ranked it ahead of Titanic, but I guess they were using the 'old standards' to do so... I thought you had some sense.
RidonKs
05-27-2011, 07:30 PM
http://maxcdn.fooyoh.com/files/attach/images/3004/920/472/004/facepalm.jpg
LOL, critics are now using completely different standards to rate films? Where do people come up with this garbage? The AFI ranked it ahead of Titanic, but I guess they were using the 'old standards' to do so... I thought you had some sense.
no, they weren't using 'old standards' at all. they used, and continue to use, the same criteria that they clearly lay out each and every time they release a new 'list'. criteria that includes the namby pamby data that, when discussing a film's merit on its own, doesn't hold up very strong. box office success, merch sales, impact on popular culture, etc. i don't care about that when i'm giving credit to a movie. i'm evaluating Raiders of the Lost Arc not as a huge cinematic success that launched one of the most popular film dynasties of all time, or as the rag tag adventure thriller you would show to your kids. i'm judging it under the same standards i use to judge something by Scorsese or Kubrick or Tarantino or Tyler Parry. Raiders made a lot of today's critics smile and therefore it's got a pristine reputation, but it's not really anything i respect. i like it and will watch it and enjoy myself, but i'm not about to give much credit to its maker. it's a lame cheesy over the top action adventure flick that's appealing because it's iconic.
ukplayer4
05-27-2011, 08:08 PM
lol, maybe a tad harsh?
Lebowsky
05-27-2011, 08:18 PM
Raiders IS a sh*tty movie, by any standards most critics use to rate films today. it's amazing how powerful nostalgia can be. if anything comparable to that film came out today, it was be instantaneously rebuffed as big budget thoughtless tripe. crazy.
it's a fun movie with an iconic main character and score. it's not as good as Titannic.
I'm not a big fan of Indiana Jones, but I don't think Titanic was all that memorable itself either. It was a decent flick, but what stood out the most were its visuals imo. The CGI used was quality and very well integrated in the film, something that isn't all that usual nowadays. The story wasn't particularly original or well developed, and neither were the characters. The dialogues were mediocre at best. The score was ermmm, well it can be considered iconic because it's veeery recognizable, buy it's kind of cheesy. Overall it's decent and doesn't feel long for a 3 hour film, but it's nothing to write home about.
ROCSteady
05-27-2011, 08:45 PM
Titanic is an excellent film. It recreates wonderful atmosphere visually. I love how authentic everyone and everything on the ship was made to be. That's just good direction. Perhaps the dialogue can be a bit sappy but honestly, a lot of films suffer from characters that spout off this humongous monologues that do not come off as genuine convo at all. I enjoy the writing of them but sometimes when dialogue is too contrived it can take you out of the characters' world as well.
Oh, Titanic > Raiders of the Last Ark ....IMO
Jackass18
05-27-2011, 08:49 PM
no, they weren't using 'old standards' at all. they used, and continue to use, the same criteria that they clearly lay out each and every time they release a new 'list'.
They made the original list in '98 and then they reevaluated it in '07. They dropped the #39 movie they had in the original list completely off the list in '07. In their reevaluation they only moved Raiders back a couple spots.
box office success, merch sales, impact on popular culture, etc. i don't care about that when i'm giving credit to a movie.
Well, considering Titanic is the 2nd highest grossing movie of all-time, I wonder which movie benefited more from that criteria...
i'm judging it under the same standards i use to judge something by Scorsese or Kubrick or Tarantino or Tyler Parry.
You can't judge all movies the exact same way. Movies from different genres have different goals and go about things in different ways. If you judged movies in the same exact way, then you'd have to be harsh on say, comedies since most of them have silly plots. Parodies? You'd pretty much have to give them all the lowest rating. Silly plots, silly characters, silly scenes, silly dialogue, etc... Screwball comedies? You'd murder them if you viewed them the same way you do dramas. Silent films? Ouch, you'd also have to be awfully harsh on them. I don't judge action movies in the same exact way I judge dramas. I realize that realism isn't what action movies generally aim for. Some of the what could be called cheesy one-liners can be endearing in a way.
Raiders made a lot of today's critics smile and therefore it's got a pristine reputation, but it's not really anything i respect. i like it and will watch it and enjoy myself, but i'm not about to give much credit to its maker.
Wow, you have an awfully narrow view on movies. I mean no credit? Not for visual effects? Not for sound editing? Not for set decoration/art direction? Not for the acting? Not for the writing? Not for the directing? Not for the score? Not for the cinematography? No for the overall movie? I don't even know what to say if you can't give it much credit.
it's a lame cheesy over the top action adventure flick that's appealing because it's iconic.
It's not lame and cheesy, but I guess that's your narrow take on it. It's not meant to be realistic. It's paying homage to old serials from the '30s and '40s. Appealing because it's iconic? How does that make sense when it was the highest grossing movie the year it came out? What, was it instantly iconic back in 1981? It's iconic because it's great and not great because it's iconic.
Come on, James Cameron is known for his cheesy dialogue and Titanic probably features the most cheesy Cameron dialogue of all of his movies, but you skip over that and say that Raiders is cheesy and lame? It's a thrilling action movie that appeals to both adults and kids, but you want to write it off merely because somebody killed your inner child off years ago?
ukplayer4
05-27-2011, 09:56 PM
i agree with alot of what you said but not this
You can't judge all movies the exact same way. Movies from different genres have different goals and go about things in different ways. If you judged movies in the same exact way, then you'd have to be harsh on say, comedies since most of them have silly plots. Parodies? You'd pretty much have to give them all the lowest rating. Silly plots, silly characters, silly scenes, silly dialogue, etc... Screwball comedies? You'd murder them if you viewed them the same way you do dramas. Silent films? Ouch, you'd also have to be awfully harsh on them. I don't judge action movies in the same exact way I judge dramas. I realize that realism isn't what action movies generally aim for. Some of the what could be called cheesy one-liners can be endearing in a way.
realism in film doesnt necessarily mean literal realism, a film only has to be true, real, believable and faithful to the world within the film. this is one of the most important things to be aware of imo, im sure you generally are. an action film can still retain realism through the aesthetic or truth within the world of the film. our lived reality doesnt have a narrative, life isnt a story. what was it neitche said, ****, something about when we are living nothing is happening, when you are telling you arent living, some shit like that anyway. if we are to look at realism in film as realist aesthetic achieved through technique then we have have to throw out all comercial cinema period. to begin with only films that employ the long take could even begin to qualify regardless of subject matter right? a moving camera with no cuts is the only way for the viewer to experience spatial and temporal reality, a reaction to editing perhaps against the displacement of reality through the ridiculous editing techniques employed by tv and film in the u.s these days. im thinking of antonionni and tarr etc, **** im gonna cut this short before i completely loose both whoever is still reading this and my point....
basically this mad intoxicated rant is about my objection to realism being applied based on the believability of a films narrative.
FourthTenor
05-27-2011, 11:18 PM
i agree with alot of what you said but not this
realism in film doesnt necessarily mean literal realism, a film only has to be true, real, believable and faithful to the world within the film. this is one of the most important things to be aware of imo, im sure you generally are. an action film can still retain realism through the aesthetic or truth within the world of the film. our lived reality doesnt have a narrative, life isnt a story. what was it neitche said, ****, something about when we are living nothing is happening, when you are telling you arent living, some shit like that anyway. if we are to look at realism in film as realist aesthetic achieved through technique then we have have to throw out all comercial cinema period. to begin with only films that employ the long take could even begin to qualify regardless of subject matter right? a moving camera with no cuts is the only way for the viewer to experience spatial and temporal reality, a reaction to editing perhaps against the displacement of reality through the ridiculous editing techniques employed by tv and film in the u.s these days. im thinking of antonionni and tarr etc, **** im gonna cut this short before i completely loose both whoever is still reading this and my point....
basically this mad intoxicated rant is about my objection to realism being applied based on the believability of a films narrative.
So how bout in The Prestige which took place in a real town in 19th century London... did you find the ending - in which it was revealed the way Angier pulled off his famed trick was through the use of some absurd "ACME human duplication machine" out in the middle of the woods (lol) - to be realistic to the world within the film?
That was another film jackass18 listed as one of his favs, along with like Spiderman and Batman and Ironman etc.
And Indiana Jones.
No offense jackass18 but your taste is extremely blue collar. You'll pretty much be entertained by anything. Well, apparently except only for Titanic. You're too much of a tobacco chewin, wife beatin, nascar watchin MAN for that girlie movie. Git'er done!
Jackass18
05-28-2011, 01:44 AM
realism in film doesnt necessarily mean literal realism, a film only has to be true, real, believable and faithful to the world within the film. this is one of the most important things to be aware of imo, im sure you generally are. an action film can still retain realism through the aesthetic or truth within the world of the film.
I'm aware of this and wasn't trying to say that I hold a lack of realism against movies, but just that it is commonly brought up. Many people talk about how action movies aren't realistic while I sit there thinking, "No shit, most aren't really intended to be." If it fits in with the movie and you don't have too much suspension of disbelief, then I don't have a problem, but if it's something like Lethal Weapon 4, then I do. If you build something up one way, then build something else up in a way, and then at the end you pull the rug from under what you spent the movie building up, then it falls apart.
Jackass18
05-28-2011, 01:47 AM
That was another film jackass18 listed as one of his favs, along with like Spiderman and Batman and Ironman etc.
And Indiana Jones.
No offense jackass18 but your taste is extremely blue collar. You'll pretty much be entertained by anything. Well, apparently except only for Titanic. You're too much of a tobacco chewin, wife beatin, nascar watchin MAN for that girlie movie. Git'er done!
You're like a permanent facepalm.
Hondo
05-28-2011, 07:15 AM
Man, no Javier Bardem? No Country For Old Men is so good he can get in with just the one movie
Lebowsky
05-28-2011, 10:23 AM
Man, no Javier Bardem? No Country For Old Men is so good he can get in with just the one movie
That's the role most people know him for, but it's not even his best performance. That would be his part in "los lunes al sol", or "mar adentro".
Come on, James Cameron is known for his cheesy dialogue and Titanic probably features the most cheesy Cameron dialogue of all of his movies, but you skip over that and say that Raiders is cheesy and lame? It's a thrilling action movie that appeals to both adults and kids, but you want to write it off merely because somebody killed your inner child off years ago?
The key difference more comes down to the fact that Raiders is clearly written for a young male while Titanic is probably as far away from that as possible. That's probably why you like Raiders so much more.
And in neither case it makes much of a difference that the dialog and story is not the most intellectually stimulating. In Titanic the story is merely the scenery to dress up the actual event, and it definitely does what it's supposed to do.
Jackass18
05-28-2011, 04:32 PM
In Titanic the story is merely the scenery to dress up the actual event, and it definitely does what it's supposed to do.
Put people to sleep?
Put people to sleep?
Yes it's the second highest grossing movie because it put people to sleep. :oldlol:
Don't be an idiot.
CavaliersFTW
11-15-2014, 03:39 PM
Chris Samuels
I suddenly understand this :lol
STATUTORY
11-15-2014, 04:03 PM
I suddenly understand this :lol
:lol u werent' around for the starface era? there were some epic threads, including one where deuces left starface a voicemail and starface posted it :oldlol:
CavaliersFTW
11-15-2014, 04:15 PM
:lol u werent' around for the starface era? there were some epic threads, including one where deuces left starface a voicemail and starface posted it :oldlol:
I'm browsing that thread now actually :lol
Damn ISH has had some bizarre moments and posters ...some mysterious dude named Herb who tracked down pics and info about posters somehow acquired starfaces phone number and gave it to DeuceWallace? It's just so weird I can't even.... :roll:
Ming_7_6, CF86 ACL tear and tranny meltdown, The SacJB Shady/Alex Chiu immortality ring/stripper stories... lotta strange shit has come and gone on ISH :lol
I'm browsing that thread now actually :lol
Damn ISH has had some bizarre moments and posters ...some mysterious dude named Herb who tracked down pics and info about posters somehow acquired starfaces phone number and gave it to DeuceWallace? It's just so weird I can't even.... :roll:
Ming_7_6, CF86 ACL tear and tranny meltdown, The SacJB Shady/Alex Chiu immortality ring/stripper stories... lotta strange shit has come and gone on ISH :lol
Too bad most of the shady threads got deleted. There was some truly messed up stuff in those. Alex Chu being devil and being able to steal the prowess of lions...lol
CavaliersFTW
11-15-2014, 04:38 PM
Too bad most of the shady threads got deleted. There was some truly messed up stuff in those. Alex Chu being devil and being able to steal the prowess of lions...lol
http://youtu.be/WePrOeMcXSk?t=1m4s
So bizarre that Chiu and SacJB in real life hang out together :lol
http://youtu.be/WePrOeMcXSk?t=1m4s
So bizarre that Chiu and SacJB in real life hang out together :lol
Damn that's some pretty pitiful stuff. :oldlol:
Budadiiii
11-15-2014, 04:49 PM
http://youtu.be/WePrOeMcXSk?t=1m4s
So bizarre that Chiu and SacJB in real life hang out together :lol
Here's a vid of the *rare* talent of Chris Samuels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYcw8hhoI6E
Now you tell me how he didn't make it in hollywood? His abilities are undeniable, his uncanny verbal abilities mixed with his vibratious looks and you got................... nothing? No work what so ever?
I guess he always had his 100's of alts accounts on ISH to make it appear ok, in his sick, maniacally disturbed brain, with sociopathic tendencies and delusions of grandeur.
I guess that's what you get when you're a dehydrated diabetic dip-shit with cancer of the soul.
CavaliersFTW
11-15-2014, 05:04 PM
Here's a vid of the *rare* talent of Chris Samuels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYcw8hhoI6E
Now you tell me how he didn't make it in hollywood? His abilities are undeniable, his uncanny verbal abilities mixed with his vibratious looks and you got................... nothing? No work what so ever?
I guess he always had his 100's of alts accounts on ISH to make it appear ok, in his sick, maniacally disturbed brain, with sociopathic tendencies and delusions of grandeur.
I guess that's what you get when you're a dehydrated diabetic dip-shit with cancer of the soul.
I don't want to shit on the guys dreams cause he hasn't crossed me yet as far as I recall :lol
But dayum.. he's put up some unmissable targets on his back for trolling. How'd you get that link :oldlol:
I don't want to shit on the guys dreams cause he hasn't crossed me yet as far as I recall :lol
But dayum.. he's put up some unmissable targets on his back for trolling. How'd you get that link :oldlol:
Oh shit starface promoting his own stuff with that budadii account. Lol
He rocking that pornstash tho.
CavaliersFTW
11-15-2014, 05:14 PM
Oh shit starface promoting his own stuff with that budadii account. Lol
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:biggums:
Budadiiii
11-15-2014, 05:23 PM
I don't want to shit on the guys dreams cause he hasn't crossed me yet as far as I recall :lol
But dayum.. he's put up some unmissable targets on his back for trolling. How'd you get that link :oldlol:
He posted the video in a thread some months ago, forgot the details, but remembered the title to the video.
His crowning achievement in life is standing next to Jennifer Lawrence in a bar while he creepily recorded her socializing with other people.
That's what this video of Chris is loosely based on. His 15 second video of J-Law before she was famous.
ROCSteady
11-15-2014, 05:51 PM
Brad Pitt
Joaquin Phoenix
Al Pacino
Robert De Niro
DDL
Gary Oldman
Philip Seymour Hoffman :(
Heath Ledger :(
Tom Hanks
Tom Hardy
Christian Bale
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Robert Duvall
Kevin Spacey
Bradley Cooper
Matthew McCon
Leonardo DiCaprio
Denzel Washington
Michael Fassbender
Jake Gyllenhaal
Chris Cooper
Woody Harrelson
Javier Bardem
Michael Douglas
Anthony Hopkins
Viggo Mortensen
ArbitraryWater
11-16-2014, 12:09 PM
I don't get some people in this thread and in general... say "no order" and then place a number next to everyone... :hammerhead:
ROCSteady
11-16-2014, 12:12 PM
I didn't rank mine, that's a waste of tiime
ArbitraryWater
11-16-2014, 12:12 PM
How many accounts did/does Starface (Akrozatile) have?????
Here's a vid of the *rare* talent of Chris Samuels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYcw8hhoI6E
Now you tell me how he didn't make it in hollywood? His abilities are undeniable, his uncanny verbal abilities mixed with his vibratious looks and you got................... nothing? No work what so ever?
I guess he always had his 100's of alts accounts on ISH to make it appear ok, in his sick, maniacally disturbed brain, with sociopathic tendencies and delusions of grandeur.
I guess that's what you get when you're a dehydrated diabetic dip-shit with cancer of the soul.
Why do you have such a hateful nature?
Not just this post, but you in general.
Edit: If thats really Starface/Akrozatile, then he's a nut in RL... Smh.
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