View Full Version : Top Three Greatest Performances by an Actress in Film
HardwoodLegend
08-29-2013, 09:20 PM
You know that sense of awe that you get during a movie because of how great the acting is. It's like you're in front of greatness and you know it. This doesn't happen often. Very rarely I should say. Did not happen with Meryl Streep as Julia Child, Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany in 'Silver Linings Playbook', Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean in 'Dead Man Walking', etc.
Three acting job that makes me notice their greatness DURING the movie...in no order:
1. Bette Davis as Margo in 'All About Eve'
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lixuyrZAFJ1qfg73vo1_500.gif
2. Ellen Burstyn as Sara Goldfarb in 'Requiem for a Dream'
http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Ellen-Burstyn-Requiem-For-A-dream.jpg
3. Marion Cotillard as St
OldSkoolball#52
08-29-2013, 09:23 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/Gigliposter.jpg/220px-Gigliposter.jpg
GOAT!
L.Kizzle
08-29-2013, 09:27 PM
Abella Anderson deserves a mention
She's pretty good. She's no Pam Grier though!
NuggetsFan
08-29-2013, 09:29 PM
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100913/TIFF/Black-Swan_400.jpg
Is probably my favorite.
Good call on Ellen Burstyn.
TheReal Kendall
08-29-2013, 09:33 PM
She's pretty good. She's no Pam Grier though!
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:
My dick just got hard while reading this.
Those big brown boobies:cry: I wish I could kiss one.
I loved and still love her old Blaxploitation movies
9erempiree
08-29-2013, 09:37 PM
Lily Carter - WasteLand, she won best actress
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/XDS8ZErl718/hqdefault.jpg
http://welivefilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wasteland.jpg
OJ SIMPSON 2.0
08-29-2013, 09:43 PM
You forgot Kristen Stewart from Twilight.
HardwoodLegend
08-30-2013, 12:46 PM
You forgot Kristen Stewart from Twilight.
She was much better in her younger years (Panic Room). But, I've been wanting to see 'The Runaways' for a while. Heard good things about her performance in that.
HardwoodLegend
08-30-2013, 12:47 PM
Amy Adams as Ashley in 'Junebug'
http://content7.flixster.com/photo/13/89/66/13896601_gal.jpg
1st time discovering who she was. Still my favorite performance of hers to date.
JimmyMcAdocious
08-30-2013, 02:18 PM
Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine.
I love anything with Katharine Hepburn, but that might just be me.
Derka
08-30-2013, 04:16 PM
Even if she was truly pregnant like that, I would still absolutely devastate Amy Adams' genitals with my own.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Lk-P7YO_5hQ/TaZxnk-s5_I/AAAAAAAAAFY/cFTMQDgH7D4/s1600/kathy-bates-misery.jpg
2. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzTnztJ3PXA/T8vX8KOpQaI/AAAAAAAAA54/0lGNQwUDnqw/s640/charlize-theron-monster.jpg
3. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ek5O2C3F5aY/TPrdabvq00I/AAAAAAAABMc/OT5hc5orgCU/s320/Sigourney+in+Alien.jpeg
FatComputerNerd
08-30-2013, 05:45 PM
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzTnztJ3PXA/T8vX8KOpQaI/AAAAAAAAA54/0lGNQwUDnqw/s640/charlize-theron-monster.jpg
Came here to post this. Incredible performance.
Also, Kate Winslet in The Reader.
HardwoodLegend
08-31-2013, 03:25 AM
Judi Dench as Barbara Covett in 'Notes on a Scandal'
http://www.mtv.com/news/photos/o/oscar_nominees_2007/judi_dench.jpg
Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in 'Fargo'
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qPkAb1sKLHo/UB7biCWETnI/AAAAAAAAADQ/YoDvI-DPL0Y/s400/fargo5.jpeg
Loved that scene, :oldlol:
Qwyjibo
08-31-2013, 08:00 PM
A couple of my recent-ish favourites:
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kate Hudson - Almost Famous (total Oscar robbery here)
HardwoodLegend
08-31-2013, 08:17 PM
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I really loved this too.
Haven't seen the Swedish original, but I can somewhat tell by looking at the chick in fotos and how her expression is that I would probably prefer Rooney's darker take.
Kate Winslet is consistently strong... aside from the performances mentioned, I was also moved by 'Revolutionary Road' and 'Little Children'.
Jessica Chastain in 'Take Shelter' is another one that comes to mind.
Qwyjibo
08-31-2013, 08:30 PM
It was either Eternal Sunshine or Little Children for my Winslet pick. Little Children is very underrated despite all the award buzz it originally got.
Haven't seen the Swedish original, but I can somewhat tell by looking at the chick in fotos and how her expression is that I would probably prefer Rooney's darker take.
Both performances and movies were great but, IMO, both the American movie and Mara were a little bit better. There are slight differences in the performances where Mara is a bit of a quieter and more vulnerable Lisbeth. I really hope Fincher and the whole cast find the time to make the other two movies in the series.
Bucket_Nakedz
09-01-2013, 03:48 AM
whoopi - color purple
macmac
09-01-2013, 04:02 AM
Charlotte Gainsbourg- Melancholia
Kate Winslet- Eternal Sunshine
Jodi Foster Taxi driver
Meryl Streep Deer hunter
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