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intoTheRain
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i think a lot of great actors are always great actors.. jack nicholson is ALWAYS jack nicholson.
denzel washington is ALWAYS an angry black man with nothing to lose. johnny depp is always johnny depp.
etc.
i think the people who get away with being considered actors who can play multiple roles are the ones with less of a personality.leonardo dicaprio (my favorite actor), russell crowe.
depp and nicholson will always be depp and nicholson because of their strong personalities.
deniro, also, an incredible actor, but hes always deniro.
denzel washington is ALWAYS an angry black man with nothing to lose. johnny depp is always johnny depp.
etc.
i think the people who get away with being considered actors who can play multiple roles are the ones with less of a personality.leonardo dicaprio (my favorite actor), russell crowe.
depp and nicholson will always be depp and nicholson because of their strong personalities.
deniro, also, an incredible actor, but hes always deniro.
intoTheRain
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Wes said:
Thought same thing. I'd swim through shark infested waters with a steak tied to my package and then crawl through a pit of HIV infected needles naked while it's raining lemon juice and salt just to smell Mila Kunis' farts
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intoTheRain said:
I completely agree. Which brings up the question, are they great, overused so we get used to them, or simply entertaining. To me, a great actor is Daniel Day Lewis. A man with no tell to speak of and he is his character. Or perhaps Ralph Fiennes. Now whEn it comes to DeNiro or Pacino, they are good but unfortunately, they're in a comfort zone so to speak and for the most part have become charicatures of themselves.
Back to the topic at hand - Saw Conan tonight and it was awesome. Not without it's flaws though. The first half had dialogue and bloody, intense action. The second half lost it's dialogue and it's balls. Still lives up to it's expectations however - it's a fucking Conan movie afterall. Don't expect Citizen Kane.
Ps. Ignore any typos as this was done at 1:08 am, from an iPhone, after drinking all day.
intoTheRain
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Yes daniel day lewis is incredible.
But I think deniro, nicholson, depp etc. Are too. I think it's literally impossible for someone with as strong a personality as those three have to not come across as themselcves on screen. But I don't think that matters. What matters in a good actor is that they can make their character believable, they can make you feel the emotion the writer intends for you to feel. And all three do this with flying colors.
And I totally disagree with the true grit remake comment. The new version is a very, very well done movie. That and 3:10 to yuma are the two best remakes in a while imo. The new true grit also copied the original story a lot more closely. Unlike the original.
But I think deniro, nicholson, depp etc. Are too. I think it's literally impossible for someone with as strong a personality as those three have to not come across as themselcves on screen. But I don't think that matters. What matters in a good actor is that they can make their character believable, they can make you feel the emotion the writer intends for you to feel. And all three do this with flying colors.
And I totally disagree with the true grit remake comment. The new version is a very, very well done movie. That and 3:10 to yuma are the two best remakes in a while imo. The new true grit also copied the original story a lot more closely. Unlike the original.
