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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by LJJ
    The majority of those movies are pretty damn mediocre, I don't see how you can call 12 of those great roles.

    The only ones you could really argue for are:
    -Fight Club (let's be honest here, Norton gets wiped of the screen by Pitt in this)
    -Primal Fear (Good performance up until his characters starts showing the "crazy side", after which his credibility goes out the window)
    -American History X (too sentimental and preachy for my tastes, the movie I mean)
    -25th hour

    That's four and that's being pretty generous.
    The Score is awesome. It's a HELLLLLAAA good movie. His acting is on point. I def thought he went full-retard

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    i've never seen edward norton be anything less than fascinating, regardless of the strength of the movie. never.

    i'm sure he's not for everyone... that's okay. but there is no question in my mind that he's a very good actor who can play lots of different roles. some personal faves: painted veil, the illusionist, primal fear.

    also, there would have been no point if he had upstaged brad pitt in fight club. the whole idea of his character was that of repression and playing it safe. to criticise him for being mundane in that movie is silly, IMO.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by SinJackal
    Paul Giamatti was great in that too. Underrated actor, who's unfairly too well-known as "pig vomit" from that Howard Stern movie.
    I feel really sorry for folks who only know Paul Giamatti as Pig Vomit.

    I mean he did play Ritchie, the love-struck, hockey-loving, video editor in 30 Rock

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    also, i never before saw a guy running down a hill with a bottle of wine trying to get drunk at the same time.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by gigantes
    also, i never before saw a guy running down a hill with a bottle of wine trying to get drunk at the same time.
    Sideways is so f*cking underrated.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Great movies:
    Primal Fear
    American History X
    Fight Club

    Good or mediocre movies:
    Rounders
    Keeping the Faith
    The Score (Norton does great, the movie is just decent)
    25th Hour (Norton does great though)
    Red Dragon
    Death to Smoochy (Norton awesome again, underrated movie)
    Italian Job
    Down in the Valley
    The Illusionist
    The Incredible Hulk
    Bourn Legacy (closest one to making my "bad" list)
    Leaves of Grass
    Moonrise Kingdom

    Bad movies:


    I haven't seen his other movies entirely. A few gems and no bombs as far as I can see. It has been a while since he has been in a great movie though, so the OP isn't too far off.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Yay for bumping my long-dead thread.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lebron23
    He was pretty good in Kingdom of Heaven where he played a Leper King.
    Agreed. I saw Kingdom of Heaven some time after I made this thread. I had no idea that was Norton behind the mask. I thought "this actor has presence" without wondering who it was.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinNYC
    I feel really sorry for folks who only know Paul Giamatti as Pig Vomit.

    I mean he did play Ritchie, the love-struck, hockey-loving, video editor in 30 Rock
    People are going to know who he is if they don't already, he's playing a badass villain in the next Amazing-Spiderman movie... I introduce the many faces of Paul Giamatti as....Rhino

    http://screencrush.com/many-faces-of...atti-as-rhino/

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    one of my favorite actors of all time

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    I don't care what anyone says, Edward Norton is one of the best in Hollywood, and IMO, the most underrated in the industry. Dude doesn't receive nearly enough credit for the caliber of talent the guy truly is.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Quote Originally Posted by gigantes
    also, i never before saw a guy running down a hill with a bottle of wine trying to get drunk at the same time.
    Also his dad kicked Pete Rose out of baseball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KevinNYC
    Also his dad kicked Pete Rose out of baseball.
    and suffered a massive fatal heart attack just a few days later at age 51. stress and smoking are cold-blooded killers.

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    Default Re: Is Edward Norton a 3-trick pony?

    Although Ruffalo did an above average job filling in the shoes of the previous Hulk, I am still bitter Norton wasn't casted in the The Avengers.

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