Yep. He is awesome in all his movies, but that is the standout for me as well.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
I saw "Snatch" way back when it was first released on DVD but I have not seen it since. Does anyone know what kind of accent that was supposed to be which was spoken by Pitt?
Turkish (Jason Statham) "It's not Irish...it's not English.....it's well, just Pikey" An authentic attempt at the dialect by Pitt as witnessed here:
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#4542910 - 10/31/2010:51 PMRe: Top 10 greatest film performances
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Originally Posted by semmern
Originally Posted by oldgrognard
Daniel Day-Lewis - Last of the Mohicans
Yep. He is awesome in all his movies, but that is the standout for me as well.
Spielberg has been quoted saying that he could not have made “Lincoln” without Day-Lewis in the lead role.
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#4543465 - 11/04/2011:14 PMRe: Top 10 greatest film performances
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That was either a joke, or you were trying to see who would catch that!
Haha, yep, Pooch. You're right on both counts. It was a legendary performance, but not for the same reasons as the rest.
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#4543509 - 11/05/2006:11 AMRe: Top 10 greatest film performances
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Excellent picks all around from everyone who has posted so far.
@ Ajay - Concerning Ken Watanabe, I think he's one of the most grossly underrated actors out there. He was fantastic in "The Last Samurai" and also "Letters from Iwo Jima".
Yeah, I love his character in The Last Samurai. He played that role to perfection. Tom Cruise wasn’t bad either. One of the movies I haven’t seen in a while. Will have to watch it again soon.
Regarding Brad Pitt, I love his role in Snatch as Mickey the pikey. Probably the most quotable movie of all time!
Man, the Shelby Family from the Peaky Blinders fell on hard times after Tommy died.
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Originally Posted by VMIalpha454
Originally Posted by Pooch
"5: Tommy Wiseau - The Room"
That was either a joke, or you were trying to see who would catch that!
Haha, yep, Pooch. You're right on both counts. It was a legendary performance, but not for the same reasons as the rest.
"The Room" is indeed a horrible movie but you know what? When you have a Hollywood movie made starring James Franco about the making of "The Room" then at least you know your film is still remembered! How many decent/competent films have been made which have been totally forgotten by the public? A lot.
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Is it me, or are a lot of posts gone from this thread?
I just rewatched The Last Samurai for the first time in probably ten years. Some say it’s a movie full of stereotypes, and I am inclined to agree with that to a certain degree, but it is done so well, IMO, and even a movie full of stereotypes can be a good one if that is thhe case. Beautiful cinematography and music, and the performance by Ken Watanabe is just stellar. One of the finest on-screen performance I have ever seen.
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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Originally Posted by semmern
I just rewatched The Last Samurai for the first time in probably ten years. Some say it’s a movie full of stereotypes, and I am inclined to agree with that to a certain degree, but it is done so well, IMO, and even a movie full of stereotypes can be a good one if that is thhe case. Beautiful cinematography and music, and the performance by Ken Watanabe is just stellar. One of the finest on-screen performance I have ever seen.
I need to re-watch this as well. It was quite interesting to see Billy Connolly in a strictly serious role but then again he can do both comedy and drama equally well.
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