Outstanding Acting (way different than their regular roles)

[RomaVicta 29,679]

Yep. Pacific Heights is only an ok movie, but Keaton as someone sinister was a homerun. 

[bborange 9,904]

Just now, RomaVicta said:

Yep. Pacific Heights is only an ok movie, but Keaton as someone sinister was a homerun. 

He was a great villain and I did not expect when it when I first watched it when it came out. 

 

[Parliament 14,074]

Matt Damon as Jason Bourne.  I always thought he was a bit of a Streisand, but he kicked butt in this one.

[Carl Spackler 3,460]

On 12/23/2022 at 12:02 AM, tx 3 putt said:

he was great in the office 

horrible in everything else

I thought he did a good job of playing an asshole in The Way Way Back.

[Butch Had Not 2,938]

Heath Ledger as the joker. 

[ztejas 43,007]

58 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Matt Damon as Jason Bourne.  I always thought he was a bit of a Streisand, but he kicked butt in this one.

No.

46 minutes ago, Butch Had Not said:

Heath Ledger as the joker. 

Also no. Go watch Lords of Dogtown. 

[TwiceHorn 30,989]

9 hours ago, bborange said:

Don't think many would have thought of Jeff Daniels in this role based on his past work.   He showed he was outstanding in a comedy.   His agent thought it would kill his career.

 

 

Playing a super serious psycho heavy in Godless.  And he killed it.

He's quietly become one of my favorite actors, and one of America's best, imo.

[Brandywine 1,310]

Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot is probably the greatest performance I’ve seen. 

[Superhero 8,692]

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill.

 

[Superhero 8,692]

FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, PLEASE PROVIDE VIDEO OF THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.

[Brandywine 1,310]

19 minutes ago, Brandywine said:

Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot is probably the greatest performance I’ve seen. 

 

[Superhero 8,692]

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by Superhero

[Superhero 8,692]

Shoulda posted this video instead.

 

[Carl Spackler 3,460]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

No.

The guy on the left disagrees.

[Richard Kimball 1,491]

3 hours ago, Superhero said:

FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, PLEASE PROVIDE VIDEO OF THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE.

How about the scene in The Patriot where Lucius Malfoy kills the Joker?

 

 

[RPM 26,150]

On 12/26/2022 at 12:16 AM, RomaVicta said:

Phillip Michael Seymour Hofffman*

Fffor fffucks sake

[WhatTheBuck 28,691]

I don’t think you can include character actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman because they don’t have a typical role. They’re chameleons. Every role is unique. Maybe there’s a counterexample but I can’t think of any two Hoffman characters that resembled one another.

I just rewatched Boogie Nights recently. He was great as Scotty.

He was great in everything. Even in a shitty movie like Synecdoche, NY.

Compare that to his role in Along Came Polly.

And Charlie Wilson’s War.

And Doubt.

Actors like PSH don’t have a “regular role.”

Edited December 27, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,667]

13 hours ago, Superhero said:

Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill.

 

i feel like this, tinker tailor soldier spy and commissioner gordon are right in gary oldman's wheelhouse.  i put drexl on the previous page because that is a totally non-gary oldman casting choice.

 

[Neonmoon 38,127]

Just like PSH and DDL, Gary Oldman does not have a type. They are so good, they are beyond types. 

[DixonHur 10,958]

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.  Might be one of the best acted scenes in film.

 

[RomaVicta 29,679]

I think some good points being made about some actors not having a type to which they're cast. For actors like Hoffman and Oldman, they're free to do a broad spectrum of roles. Tom Cruise as the agent is a great example of something unforeseen for him.

I'll also add that I don't think Forrest Gump for Hanks or Rainman for Dustin Hoffman are particularly difficult roles. It's more of a mimic job than acting. Just don't go full retard and you're safe. The audience eats it up.

[TwiceHorn 30,989]

6 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i feel like this, tinker tailor soldier spy and commissioner gordon are right in gary oldman's wheelhouse.  i put drexl on the previous page because that is a totally non-gary oldman casting choice.

 

You left off George Smiley.

 

[mchookem 15,792]

4 hours ago, DixonHur said:

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.  Might be one of the best acted scenes in film.

 

 

 

[futureman 22,365]

5 hours ago, DixonHur said:

Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.  Might be one of the best acted scenes in film.

 

how is this applicable to the thread?

[DixonHur 10,958]

6 minutes ago, futureman said:

how is this applicable to the thread?

How is it not?  I can't think of another film he did before GGGR that even compared.  If you can, good for you.

[Bogeywon 2,518]

Steve carell beautiful boy 

[WhatTheBuck 28,691]

47 minutes ago, futureman said:

how is this applicable to the thread?

Did you watch it? It was a classic blooper. 

[MagicSoccerSpray 1,725]

 

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,691]

Another PSH clip. How could I forget this. It’s one of the best scenes in one of my favorite films.

And while we’re at it, here’s another from Along Came Polly with both PSH and Alec Baldwin. Here Hoffman’s character is acting so it’s sort of meta. (I know. I just blew your mind, right?)

 

[Augustus 3,061]

On 12/22/2022 at 7:41 PM, Superhero said:

Charlize Theron in Monster

This is easily the thread winner, imo.

 

The only thing that sprung to mind for me was Billy Bob in Sling Blade, but that might be more akin to what someone mentioned above about Gump and Rain Man.