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The Best Acting Performance You Have Seen in a Film.

Post by Seagull » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:43 pm

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What are some of the best individual performances by actors that you have seen?

I'll start with two more obvious contributions..

Heath Ledger as The Joker - The Dark Knight

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview - There Will Be Blood

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Post by beatski » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:46 pm

Gary Oldman, in
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Post by skalpel » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:47 pm

Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood. My next three would be Day Lewis in other films too, the man is absurdly good at acting and, for me, is the best film actor of all time.
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Post by Seagull » Thu Nov 22, 2012 10:54 pm

I'll add Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator, if only for this speech.

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Post by Lidl » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:09 am

Sean Patrick Flanery, Willem Dafoe and David Della Rocco were all really good I thought! Might be more to do with me loving that movie though.
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Post by ALF » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:29 am

Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption <awe>
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Post by TJR » Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:51 pm

ALF wrote:Morgan Freeman or Tim Robbins in Shawshank Redemption <awe>
This.
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Post by PTAO? » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:06 pm

Drew Barrymore in E.T.
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Post by Mifune » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:31 pm

Daniel Day-Lewis in anything.
Brad Pitt in Assassination of Jesse James, Benjamin Button, and Fight Club.
Toshiro Mifune in Yojimbo.
Takashi Shimura in Ikiru.
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.
Benicio del Toro in Che.
James Dean in East of Eden.
Aleksei Kravchenko in Come and See.
Marlon Brando in On The Waterfront.
Robert de Niro in Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.
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Post by Rise Or Die Trying » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:38 pm

Wouldn't have it as the best i've seen but Tom Hardy in Bronson <awe>
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Post by Ramone » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:46 pm

The ones that spring to mind for me are:

Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross

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De Niro and Pacino in Heat
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Post by overseasTOON » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:02 pm

Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.
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Post by Lidl » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:14 pm

Mifune wrote:Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.
What? <laugh>

He just mumbles his way through the entire film!
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Post by Mifune » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:15 pm

Livin' Davide Loca wrote:
Mifune wrote:Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain.
What? <laugh>

He just mumbles his way through the entire film!
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Post by skalpel » Fri Nov 23, 2012 3:17 pm

overseasTOON wrote:Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot.
His facial expressions in that restaurant scene in particular are incredible. It's a toss up between My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood for me.
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Post by Ramone » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:03 pm

George Clooney in Michael Clayton
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Post by Mifune » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:10 pm

Ramone wrote:George Clooney in Michael Clayton
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Post by Ramone » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:21 pm

Mifune wrote:
Ramone wrote:George Clooney in Michael Clayton
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Post by Mifune » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:23 pm

Ramone wrote:
Mifune wrote:
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George Clooney only has two performances; George Clooney, or "stupid" George Clooney.
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Post by Ramone » Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:25 pm

Mifune wrote:
Ramone wrote:
<scratch>
George Clooney only has two performances; George Clooney, or "stupid" George Clooney.
Fair enough.

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