What's the greatest performance in a movie?
I dunno what the fuck is the difference between a good actor or a bad one...like obviously Tommy Wisaue is fucking hilariously horrible, and I know people like Daniel Day Lewis, but why? I guess immersion is it right? I mean whenever he was on screen in TWBB, I never thought "that's Daniel Day Lewis", I thought "that's Daniel Plainview".
>>68041957
I'd say his My left foot performance was much better
>>68042041
Yeah you answered your own question really. Also, he's not physically imposing, but he's able to radiate this intimidating aura.
>>68042041
Good actors: Brando, Eastwood, DD Lewis, Dano, Gyllenhall, Fiennes
Bad actors: Sandler, Norton, RDJ, Pratt
Pic related
>>68042088
>Norton
y tho, primal fear was great
I'm not calling it the best, but my favorite is Jaoquin Phoenix in "The Master" because I feel his pain.
>>68042106
>>>/reddit/
>>68042120
I'd agree with this. Obviously there is no true best performance of all time, but Joaquin as Freddie Quell is my personal favorite as well.
>>68042088
RDJ is in a different category with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, and at one point Nicolas Cage. They're Movie Stars. They have Box Office draw.
>>68042106
my nigga
got it playing right now
>>68041957
>DRAAAAINAAAAAAGE
What did he mean by this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bqlaZ55lJQ
>>68041957
>Jaoquin Phoenix - Gladiator
>Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner
>Al Pacino - Godfather II
>Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
>Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove
>Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List
>Edward Norton - American History X
>Dennis Hopper - Apocalypse Now
>Robert Duvall - Apocalypse Now
>Tom Hanks - Saving Private Ryan
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Theres alot of good actors out there.
>>68042251
>Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
>>68042309
That's the most Maggie he has ever looked.
>>68042309
great? yes. greatest of all time? go get your fuckin shinebox.
>>68042273
>Daniel Day Lewis - any film hes in but especially Gangs of New York and In the name of the father
>Anthony Hopkins - Silence of the Lambs
>Christopher Walken - Deer Hunter
>Robert Deniro - Taxi Driver
>Peter Otoole - Lawrence of Arabia
>Denzel Wasghinton - Training Day
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>>68041957
Jim Carey - Eternal Sunshine
Absolutely perfect performance
>>68042330
I don't see the resemblance at all even in that picture. I mean you have handsome dreamy Jake, and then his cabbage patch kid sister.
>>68042369
I hate that he portrays sadness so well because it seems like he's not really acting.
>>68042273
>Not Kpax...
Fuck off mate. Absolute sci fi kino.
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
>>68042379
I like maggie, she seems attainable.
I find that very attractive.
>>68042251
>Ben Foster - 3:10 to Yuma
>>68042369
Carrey excels in drama/heady movies quite a bit. Not sure why he hasn't done more like Eternal Sunshine.
Easy. Bale in American Psycho. If you don't agree with this statement, then you obviously haven't seen it in a long time
>>68042363
>Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
>Morgan Freeman - Shawshank Redemption
>Sean Penn - Mystic River
>Ralph Fiennes - The English Patient
>Chris Cooper - Adaptation
>Leonardo Dicaprio - Blood Diamond
>Jim Carry / Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of a spotless mind
>Audrey Tatou - Amelie
>Bruno Ganz - Downfall
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>>68042439
Women are terrible at everything, but if I had to pick one I would say Charlize Theron in monster.
>>68042500
Have you even seen Mulholland Drive? She's phenomenal in it, honestly up there with the best.
>>68042500
>women are terrible at everything
I dont know why people on this website insist on admitting they're a failure and rejected by women all their lives. Can I at least feel like I'm sharing this board with respectable people?
>>68042497
>Gene Hackman - The Royal Tennebaums
>Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
>Malcom McDowell - A clockwerk Orange
>F. Murrey Abraham - Amadeus
>Kevin Costner - Dances with Wolves
>Anamaria Marinca - 4 Months, 3 weeks, 2 days
>Forest Whitaker - Ghost Samurai
>George C. Scott - Patton
>Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
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>>68042580
She was and I got a boner when she was auditioning in that scene but I found the movie quite puzzling.
>>68042496
Great performance to be sure. Top 10. However, only has like 2 emotional ranges
>>68042334
In five years time you'll be saying this was.
>>68042088
>putting rdj in the same category as sandler
Confirmed for 14 year old who has never seen RDJ outside of Iron Man.
>>68042594
I've had sex with 4 girls and have had 1 long term relationship. You can respect me.
>>68042606
>Christian Bale - The Fighter / American Psycho
>Jared Leto - Requiem for a dream
>Mattheew Mahogany - True Detective
>Le Big guy - Warrior
>Kristin Scott Thomas - Only God forgives
>Jake Gyllenhall - Enemy
>Jeremy Renner - Hurt Locker
>Viola Davis - The Help
>Jack Nicholson - As good as it gets
>Juliette Binoche - Clouds of Sils Maria
>Michael Keaton - Birdman
>Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
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>>68042496
These digits agree with you
This guy was a cold, ruthless motherfucker.
>>68042622
I guess if you didn't understand the movie it would be hard to understand why she was so absolutely brilliant in it.
Kevin bacon was phenomenal here
Cate Blanchett in The Aviator that was a great performance and funny.
Name an actor that uses his face better than this guy
>>68042705
>Viggo Mortensen - A history of violence
>Ewan McGregor - Trainspotting
>Lawrence Fishburn - The Matrix
>Samuel L Jackson /Christopher Walken - Pulp Fiction
>Bill Murray - The Life Aquatic
>Hugh Jackman /Christian Bale - The prestige
>Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
>Vincent D'Onofrio - Full Metal Jacket
>Chiwetel Ejiofor / Michael Fassbender - 12 years a slave
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>>68042452
Sauce?
>>68042803
Bill Murray in lost in translation way before life aquatic
>>68041957
DDL reminds me of Bogart. He's head and shoulders above anyone else on screen, but somehow manages to not seem out of place.
Here are two of my favorite examples of acting from Bogart.
https://youtu.be/nndGGnOFvMk
https://youtu.be/-sNhPdJFZcQ
>>68042803
>>68042705
>>68042606
>>68042497
IMDB top 150 tier taste
>>68041957
Sheryl Lee
>>68042786
I'm honestly surprised how he evolved as an actor. S1 I said "who the fuck is this Brad Pitt wannabe cheap knock off" and now I'm like "Holy fuck give him bigger roles, he's phenomenal".
>>68042873
let's see your list fucko
>>68042884
In Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Kaspar Hauser stands out as being phenomenal to me.
>>68042887
ergo Warcraft I guess
>>68042786
Gary Oldman
>>68042854
>>68042472
Agreed.
>Sigeorney Weaver - Aliens
>Henry Fonda - Once upon a time in the West
>Marlon Brando - The Godfather
>Dustin Hoffman - Rainman
>Meryl Streep - Sophie's choice
>Jhonny Depp - Pirates of the Carrib. (you know its true)
>Brad Pitt - Fight club (you know its true)
>Jack Nicholson - The Shining
>Ben Kingsley - Schindler's List
>Al Pacino - The scent of a woman
>Charlize Theron - Monster
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>>68042873
Then make a better list bro.
Were all sharing here.
Harth Legend as the Jokster.
>>68042946
I honestly reckon Fimmel has surpassed him
>>68042873
"IMDb" is not a fucking criticism.
>>68041957
Not even the most classic performance in that movie.
Oldman is the shit
>>68042962
Johnny Depp won't get as much adulation because they're not dramatic movies but he's pretty damn great at it.
>>68042989
Too bad he doesn't give a shit about acting and has openly said he's only doing it for the money to go back to his farm.
>>68042106
Truly great
>>68042998
Classic
>>68043000
Holy fuck. How could I forget the chameleon.
Probably top 10 of all time in Leon.
>>68042786
>mfw this guy is an aussie
Is there anything we're not GOAT at?
Nick Cage in Bad Lieutenant, Leaving Las Vegas, and Vampire's Kiss
What did you guys think of Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose? easy role for her?
>>68043072
+ Adaptation and Raising Arizona.
>>68043015
He literally said that he just doesn't like the Hollywood/LA lifestyle. Can't say I blame him, I'd hate it too.
>>68042962
I liked Johnny in Donnie Brasco better.
>>68043064
Speaking English and inhabiting sensible geographical locations.
DDL movies are boring though, I won't be meme'd into watching another one.
>>68043064
Aussies suck at:
>not shitposting
>not bringing the bantz
>not being cunts m8 ay
>>68043088
I forgot about Donnie Brasco. Youre right, he was amazing in it.
>>68043014
True
>>68042861
In a lonely place is Bogarts best performance with The Big Sleep close by
>>68042594
> everyone that has had sex with woman respects them
Stop being so beta.
>>68043081
Those are good as well
Also, Harvey Keitel in the original Bad Lieutenant
>>68043000
Checked. Trips for truth.
Best part of this entire movie.
some of my favorite actress performances for you guys to consider
>rosamund pike - gone girl
>natalya bondarchuk - solaris
>rebecca hall - vicky cristina barcelona
>angela bassett - strange days
>brie larson - short term 12
>alicia vikander - ex-machina
>tang wei - lust, caution
>carice van houten - black book
>mary elizabeth winstead - alex of venice
>rachel weisz - the constant gardener
>>68043000
You guys seen this movie he directed? Seriously felt like i had lung cancer watching this. Its not bad at all but the whole thing is just fucked up.
>CUNT CUNT CUNT CUNT CUNT CUNT
>>68043348
God he was so based in the 5 mins of him on screen. He said himself its his favorite role.
>>68043571
Fuck forgot pic
>>68043064
Politics
Every 4 years the shit hits the fan and nothing gets done.
>>68041957
Bruno S. in either The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser or Stroszek.
>>68042088
>RDJ, Norton
Watch something outside of capeshit for Robert Downey Manlet. Dude is a very good actor that admittedly doesn't have that good range.
Norton is consistently the best thing about almost every film he's in and he is a thespian first and foremost and truly enjoys the art of acting, which is why he comes off as pretentious a lot of the time.
>>68042500
>Charlize Theron in monster
Man, I saw this movie as a kid and it was terrifying. That woman made me completely uncomfortable.
>>68043675
That's an unflattering photo. He's got that Rosario Dawson uneven nostrils syndrome.
![The-last-Temptation-of-Christ-still[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/DtkYgiG.jpg "The-last-Temptation-of-Christ-still[1].jpg")
and Antichrist
>>68043862
You think people ask him how it was to play Jesu Cristo?
fucking plebs
>>68043912
He was pretty mediocre.Heh heh heh.
>>68043912
Is that F. Murray Abraham?
![take-shelter-09292011[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RtSKrni.jpg "take-shelter-09292011[1].jpg")
The picture OP posted is the only answer
>>68043000
His best movie was Sid and Nancy
>>68042439
>>68042580
>>68042715
Why is /tv/ so sexist? Do you really not think it's possible for a woman to be in the running for the greatest acting performances of all time?
>>68043524
>>68042962
>>68042803
>>68042705
>>68042606
>>68042497
>>68042363
>>68042251
>Jim Varney - Ernest Goes to Jail
>Jim Varney - Ernest in the Army
>Jim Varney - Ernest Scared Stupid
>Jim Varney - Ernest Saves Christmas
>Jim Varney - Ernest Goes to School
>Jim Varney - Ernest Goes to Camp
Best performances I can think of, anybody think they can add anything?
>>68044466
>Jim Varney - Slinky Dog - Toy Story 1 & 2
>>68044372
>Kathy Bates - Misery
>Kate Winslet - ESotSM
>Amy Adams - The Fighter
>Sigourney Weaver - Alien(franchise)
>>68044543
The scripts for these films didn't really capture the essence of Varney for me, still noteworthy performances nonetheless
>>68042711
The fact that he's not insane, physically intimidating, a mafia cliche or big bad racial stereotype yet instills fear...that's how well he did in that role
I unironically love Nicholas Cage and Tom Cruise.
The Last Samurai still hit me with feels as of today.
Also, one of the greatest of the spanish cinema.
>>68043064
There's a reason hollywood has been drafting your country for the box office wars. Crowe in the 90s in the quick and the dead, Bana for hulk 2001, Ledger for a knight's tale (and date movies before that) etc etc. Even one of the new rangers for the power rangers movie is an aussie
>>68042041
Good acting as the ability to convey the emotions of the character to the audience. That's it really, you don't have to become a different person entirely like DDL did. But it's even more impressive if you can do that.
>>68041957
Indianapolis scene in Jaws by Shaw.
>>68044719
Nicolas Cage is the shit. Wild at Heart, Snake Eyes, Vampire's Kiss... The more of his work I see, the stronger a contender he becomes for my favorite actor.
>>68044372
Women are not even remotely close to men in terms of quality in cinema. Stanley Kubrick was a man and compare his films to a woman film, for example the new ghostbusters or amy shumers trainwreck
>>68044803
Yet another great male actor.
>>68043091
>>68043072
Vampire's Kiss is unique in that Cage kind of starts crazy with hallucinations and dream sex with vampires and then has to escalate from there. He never gets less crazy at all. The plot and the other actors just fade away as you look at 100 minutes or so of nutty nick
>>68041957
Balthazar from Au Hasard Balthazar
>>68042088
>Norton, RDJ,
>>68044729
I always liked the scene near the start where they are negotiating the sale of the Sunday Ranch and Eli intereupts saying he knows about the oil and Daniel gives him this look that would scare the hell out of me if I was on the receiving end and its not even a snarl or a grimace or anything obvious. He just stares at him.
>>68041957
>Being so autistic you don't realize that "I drink your milkshake" is the most unintentionally funny line in movie history.
>Also not realizing that it's so unintentionally funny and completely fucking stupid that it ruins this already pointless pile of PT Anderson shit.
>>68042088
> Dano
Classic Paul posting on 4chan again
S E R I O U S question, when is /pol/ going to leave?
>>68045403
>"I drink your milkshake" is the most unintentionally funny line in movie history
It might be funny when watched out of context, but if you laughed during that scene in the movie, you're either autistic or you were bored.
>>68044877
Yeah it's glorious.
Vampire's Kiss is the original American Psycho
http://youtu.be/y9ClsOQdlUE
I used to think this was funny when I was in my DUDE WEED Phase when I was younger.
>>68045449
Or you're a fucking pleb and didn't understand its meaning.
>>68045479
The meaning sure as fuck wasn't to pointlessly break the tension they built up during the last 10 minutes of the film
>>68045449
No. It's just a shit line, that ruins an already shit movie.
I loved it when PT Anderson thought he was going to get the Oscar for that pile of shit, and then at the last minute, when someone else won the prize, the stupid cunt tweaked because he thought he would win. Pure comedy gold.
>>68042594
cuck
Bogart in Casablanca
my all time favourite movie
>>68042497
>Jim Carry
The number 13
Ace Ventura, The mask, dumb n dumber
Walken in the Deer Hunter
Oldman in Dracula
idk senpai
Giulietta Masina in pic related.
>>68044267
His early roles are so underrated. He's really great in Meantime for example.
>>68042439
She was fucking fantastic in this movie. She's pretty much great in everything.
>>68045873
fuck.
i meant 23
Genie and the parrot's voice acting.
>>68045873
TRMUAN SHOW
>>68046062
You've inspired me to finally watch this.
Judging from the trailer I have a weird feeling that I might echo these sentiments soon. The fact that they were married and made it together already makes it seem like one of those rare special ones.
I always liked Gene Hackman in Unforgiven.
>>68046929
That's a great movie.
His work in Royal Tenenbaums was also stellar.
Al Pacino as Tony Montana.
If you disagree, rewatch the movie. I just saw it for the third time. Never have I felt a stronger "that is not (actor), that is (character)" feeling than Al Pacino in Scarface.
>inb4 yelling a lot means he's overacting
That's his character, short tempered. Yelling is his natural state. Yelling only means overacting when it's force and inappropriate.
James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.
Maybe not the best performance of all time, but the best use of the body. There's something about Gandolfini's movement and body language that is noticeably fantastic. I know a lot of actors are great at talking, yelling, whatever and being convincing, but the way Gandolfini moved made me believe he was Tony Soprano.
>>68042041
think of a universally recognised bad actor, and realise that the reason they are bad is that they basically always play themselves in movies
I stand by my belief that Matt Damon is a shit actor
>>68047096
True. He can look different for different roles, but he always talks the same way, moves the same way, is the same "type" of character.
The way he talks especially, and does monologues, pisses me off. Good Will Hunting was fine because no one had seen him before then- but now we have seen that he was really just playing himself but angrier.
>>68047061
This to me is the greatest character portrayal of all time.
>>68046983
Also Montana was doing a lot of coke
>>68047061
Thread is about movie characters but I agree.
It was the GOAT tv performance quite easily for me, Edie Falco was fantastic as well.
>>68047061
This, definitely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCa0mHmxvQ0
>>68047173
The fact she could not only keep up but match Gandolfini in a more understated way is incredible.
![MV5BMjAxMzY2NDA3NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDU3NDgyMw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/gvD8spH.jpg "MV5BMjAxMzY2NDA3NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDU3NDgyMw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_[1].jpg")
>>68046983
I'd say he was better in dog day afternoon or the godfather
also, pic related
>>68044040
LEAVE THAT CHILD ALONE ZOD
>>68042594
>Can I at least feel like I'm sharing this board with respectable people?
They're just meming son.
Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under The Influence
>>68044037
based anon
>>68043912
Came here to post this
