Movies, Actors & Directors (MAD) Tournament: TRAG WINS!!

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Well I think that's silly. He's not acting, he IS the character.

[Anders]

I think DDL is mostly excellent, but his performance always scream, "Look at me, I am ACTING!"

There's always a disconnect there for me.

Those are the characters you're getting that impression from probably. In There Will Be Blood he plays a man who creates a "likeable", "flashy" character in order to sell oil. In Gangs of New York he plays a larger than life man who is constantly intimidating those around him in order to keep away the rising tides of change. But with a role like Woodcock in Phantom Thread, he is a much more realistic person. The guy becomes the characters be plays, inside out. Every one of his performances are flawless.

I think I've seen all but one of his movies and they all share the same critique.

How about My Left Foot and In The Name Of The Father? His best work.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Monkey_Driven]

Well I think that's silly. He's not acting, he IS the character.

[Anders]

Some leftovers I would have considered had I been picking:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Great movie. I could easily have picked this one.

[Mickey]

Phantom team, if I had participated and picked last, only using picks not mentioned in the thread:

1960s - Breathless (1960)
1970s - A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
1980s - Dirty Dancing (1987)
1990s - Leon: The Professional (1994)
2000s - In The Mood for Love (2000)
2010s - True Grit (2010)
Director - Spike Lee
Actor - Francis McDormand
Actor - Jeff Bridges

[Mickey]

Ah shit I doubled up actor and film after mocking it in the other thread.

[BurtReynolds]

McDormand's a good pick

[Mickey]

I'm surprised she was still available given how this board feels about the Coens. Maybe the doldrums of Nomadland brought her stock down a bit.

[Anders]

Phantom team, if I had participated and picked last, only using picks not mentioned in the thread:

1960s - Breathless (1960)
1970s - A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
1980s - Dirty Dancing (1987)
1990s - Leon: The Professional (1994)
2000s - In The Mood for Love (2000)
2010s - True Grit (2010)
Director - Spike Lee
Actor - Francis McDormand
Actor - Jeff Bridges

Good list.

[Ello Sailor]

Let Mickey compete!

[Anders]

60s In The Heat Of The Night
70s The Godfather Part II
80s Platoon
90s Seven
00s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
10s 1917
Robert De Niro
Paul Newman
Akira Kurosawa

[BurtReynolds]

Newman deserves more love.

[Mickey]

He was great in Cars 3.

[Anders]

Excellent in: The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Nobody’s Fool, Hombre, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Hud, The Sting, Butch Cassidy, The Verdict and The Color Of Money.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[BurtReynolds]

I haven't seen Cars 3 so I can't speak to that

[Ello Sailor]

00s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

This was on the shortlist. So many bangers from the 00s.

[E.H. Ruddock]

The Professional was on my shortlist

[Ello Sailor]

What's your take on the scenes left on the cutting room floor? Sounds like Leon got a bit pedo on it.