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Ed Norton Leo and Depp are good...but Will Smith is someone to be looked at, he basically carries every movie he is in, can do any genre, and was able to get 99% of the screen time in I am Legend and made it really good
 
Originally posted by: Champ
Ed Norton Leo and Depp are good...but Will Smith is someone to be looked at, he basically carries every movie he is in, can do any genre, and was able to get 99% of the screen time in I am Legend and made it really good
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Will Smith does 1 role really well. I think he doesnt disappear into the role as much as some other actors do, you always know its just will smith essentially playing himself. The only really impressive role I can remember is Ali.
 
I know it was just one role, in "No Country for Old Men", but the actor I have been most impressed by, in recent memory, is Javier Bardem.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor of this generation, I firmly believe that.
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thats surprising. i thought most of you guys wouldnt have ever mentioned him because hes like, all pretty boy etc. i definitely think he is a GREAT actor. he has been in so many movies that i feel warrant him to get the praise.
 
Originally posted by: OCNewbie
I know it was just one role, in "No Country for Old Men", but the actor I have been most impressed by, in recent memory, is Javier Bardem.
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he was definitely convincingly psychopathic. that was an intense movie
 
I remember him from 21 Jump st but I'm not sure I've seen any of his movies. I'll stroll over to imdb and see.

Edit: I saw Platoon but I don't recall who he played. Was he the tunnel rat?
 
Originally posted by: OCNewbie
I know it was just one role, in "No Country for Old Men", but the actor I have been most impressed by, in recent memory, is Javier Bardem.
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Actually, that reminded me I really like Josh Brolin. Great in No Country, Valley of Elah, American Gangster, and Milk. :thumbsup:

KT
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Gothgar
what the fuck is this shit about Depp being versatile?

Are we talking about another Johnny Depp besides the one who plays Jack Sparrow?

And the same character in Chocolate Factory, and the same character in Edward Scissor Hands, and teh same character in Demon Of Barber Street and the same................

The only fucking difference is the makeup

That doesn't make an actor talented or versatile
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Finding Neverland
Blow
Sleep Hollow
Donnie Brasco

I thought those were all pretty different compared to the crazy characters he plays. Willie WOnka, Edward Scissor Hands and Sweeny Todd were all pretty different characters in terms of personality and demeaner. THe only consistency is the heavy makeup
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Ah, sleepy hollow, about the same character that he always plays...

I so have to admit though Donnie Brasco was good, as was Blow, but a few of the other named actors in this thread would have done a MUCH better job in those roles, as they were very well written(characters)


 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Isn't he from Nebraska but talks with something that resembles a British accent? :laugh:
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He has lived in France(with his smoking hot girlfriend) for over a decade now.
 
Originally posted by: Gothgar
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Gothgar
what the fuck is this shit about Depp being versatile?

Are we talking about another Johnny Depp besides the one who plays Jack Sparrow?

And the same character in Chocolate Factory, and the same character in Edward Scissor Hands, and teh same character in Demon Of Barber Street and the same................

The only fucking difference is the makeup

That doesn't make an actor talented or versatile
Click to expand...

Finding Neverland
Blow
Sleep Hollow
Donnie Brasco

I thought those were all pretty different compared to the crazy characters he plays. Willie WOnka, Edward Scissor Hands and Sweeny Todd were all pretty different characters in terms of personality and demeaner. THe only consistency is the heavy makeup
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Ah, sleepy hollow, about the same character that he always plays...

I so have to admit though Donnie Brasco was good, as was Blow, but a few of the other named actors in this thread would have done a MUCH better job in those roles, as they were very well written(characters)
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Hmm I would disagree that others could have done a significantly better job in those roles. Possibly better but definitely not MUCH better. And I can't imagine anyone else being able to do Edward Scissors hands, jack sparrow etc as well as him. He really disappears into roles
 
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Gothgar
Originally posted by: Mo0o
Originally posted by: Gothgar
what the fuck is this shit about Depp being versatile?

Are we talking about another Johnny Depp besides the one who plays Jack Sparrow?

And the same character in Chocolate Factory, and the same character in Edward Scissor Hands, and teh same character in Demon Of Barber Street and the same................

The only fucking difference is the makeup

That doesn't make an actor talented or versatile
Click to expand...

Finding Neverland
Blow
Sleep Hollow
Donnie Brasco

I thought those were all pretty different compared to the crazy characters he plays. Willie WOnka, Edward Scissor Hands and Sweeny Todd were all pretty different characters in terms of personality and demeaner. THe only consistency is the heavy makeup
Click to expand...

Ah, sleepy hollow, about the same character that he always plays...

I so have to admit though Donnie Brasco was good, as was Blow, but a few of the other named actors in this thread would have done a MUCH better job in those roles, as they were very well written(characters)
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Hmm I would disagree that others could have done a significantly better job in those roles. Possibly better but definitely not MUCH better. And I can't imagine anyone else being able to do Edward Scissors hands, jack sparrow etc as well as him. He really disappears into roles
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he does do well in those roles, I never said that, the characters are damn near written for him to be that character, so of course it works


Never said I hated Edward Scissor hands or Pirates, in fact I loved the first pirates movie.... but Depp is def overrated, and not in the top echelon of actors IMO

 
Originally posted by: Champ
Ed Norton Leo and Depp are good...but Will Smith is someone to be looked at, he basically carries every movie he is in, can do any genre, and was able to get 99% of the screen time in I am Legend and made it really good
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Will Smith is a movie star, not an actor (that isn't to say that he isn't good in his movies!)
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
Kevin Spacey
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Somehow, I'd forgotten about Spacey. He's a GREAT actor..."The Usual Suspects," "K-Pax," " Beyond the Sea" and many more. He BECOMES his character...

Perhaps not the GREATEST actor of his time, but certainly worth of mention.
 
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor of this generation, I firmly believe that.
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Leonardo did an awesome job in "the departed" and also "Blood Diamond"
 
Originally posted by: GiggleGirl
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor of this generation, I firmly believe that.
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thats surprising. i thought most of you guys wouldnt have ever mentioned him because hes like, all pretty boy etc. i definitely think he is a GREAT actor. he has been in so many movies that i feel warrant him to get the praise.
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He doesn't only do girly movies. His more recent films are action.
 
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Leonardo DiCaprio is the best actor of this generation, I firmly believe that.
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Leonardo did an awesome job in "the departed" and also "Blood Diamond"
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Blood Diamond blew goats IMO, and Dicaprio is not on the level of some of the others mentioned in this thread.

Edit: OP just make a REAL POLL with the names of these guys, for C's sake.
 
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Originally posted by: GiggleGirl
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Tom Cruise has done a couple decent roles, I thought his hitman in that Michael Mann film was pretty solid, though Jamie Foxx overshadowed him somewhat.

There are lots of good to great actors out there :

Michael Caine
Philip Hoffman
Daniel Day Lewis
Tom Hanks
George Clooney
Leonardo DiCaprio
Edward Norton
Will Smith
Clint Eastwood
Tim Roth
Gary Oldman
Forrest Whittaker
Paul Newman (RIP, he is solid in EVERY thing he did IMHO)
Michael Douglas (he needs to grab some more roles, loved him in 'The Game' and 'Wonder Boys')
etc
etc
etc
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oh you know who is also reallyyy good?
Don Cheadle!
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Oh yeah, I love that guy, very understated but indisputably solid in everything I've seen him in.

To the Clooney detractors : his career is very mixed. He fares poorly in the roles where he's playing a smug, know-it-all kind of guy, and much better in more dynamic roles. He was brilliant in both Michael Clayton and Burn After Reading (though John Malkovich owned that film). His resume is very hit or miss, and of course, he was in that absolutely horrendous rendition of 'Solaris'. I haven't seen the Russian original, but have to imagine it was better than that steaming pile of poo. Even 'Batman and Robin' was better than that garbage, but it was crap too.
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I thought Clooney was fantastic in Syriana.
 
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