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Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 12:28 am
by Jorge
I'm not talking about movies with one single good/great performances. I'm not talking about movies where the average performance quality is high, like an 8 or an 8.5. I'm talking about movies you watch FOR the acting. Movies where everyone is firing on all cylinders, and even when the story or the filmmaking themselves are merely "OK," the acting makes the whole thing worthwhile.
May be a cliché but for me that's Glengarry Glen Ross. Everyone is just perfect and it's so fun to watch.
Also Doubt, extremely powerful performances from everyone including my baby girl Amy
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 12:47 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 12:50 am
by Jorge
I have never seen Gosford Park
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 12:52 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 1:06 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 1:07 am
by Strat
I’m not sure I fully believe this but:
Lebowski.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 1:29 am
by bada
Bridge Over The River Kwai
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 1:34 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:01 am
by bart
Glengarry was the one that first came to mind for me as well. The Death of Stalin is a good recent example of an ensemble movie with equally great performances from the mains. Another possibly cliched answer: Nashville.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:16 am
by Farmer John
The Master
Adaptation
L.A. Confidential
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:20 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:20 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:28 am
by Norah
Moonstruck
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:44 am
by wease
The Godfather
The Godfather II
The Godfather III
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:52 am
by E.H. Ruddock
A Fish Called Wanda
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 2:57 am
by wease
E.H. Ruddock wrote:A Fish Called Wanda
Excellent choice
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 3:02 am
by spike
Could watch Ford and Connery in Last Crusade for days
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 3:05 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
spike wrote:Could watch Ford and Connery in Last Crusade for days
What about the rest of the cast?
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 3:08 am
by spike
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:spike wrote:Could watch Ford and Connery in Last Crusade for days
What about the rest of the cast?
How good was the Grail Knight?
Re: Movies that have GREAT ACTING
Posted: Sun January 02, 2022 3:11 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote: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.
