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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:51 pm
by Hustler
jsmalahy wrote:flipp525 wrote:Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")
Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?
He was the one acting.
silence...is the best response.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:41 am
by jack
My vote goes to Jim Broadbent.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:13 am
by jsmalahy
flipp525 wrote:Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")
Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?
He was the one acting.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:44 pm
by OscarGuy
Chris Cooper played Alvin Dewey, the chief of police. He plays a much larger role in the novel than in the movie. In the novel, he really was a more central character than Capote who seemed to be moving through the story as more of an observer. The movie portrays him more as the solver of the crime, which is less true than the reality of it.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:32 pm
by Zahveed
flipp525 wrote:(I realize I'm responding to a now-defunct poster so anyone can feel free to answer me...)
All of "their" posts kind of blend together, especially being so close together.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:23 pm
by criddic3
I remember him being in the movie, but you are right that his character wasn't all that memorable.
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:35 am
by flipp525
Akash wrote:(in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote")
Umm, what? I hardly remember him in Capote. What did he even do?
(I realize I'm responding to a now-defunct poster so anyone can feel free to answer me...)
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:34 am
by sijmen
1. Benicio Del Toro
2. Jim Broadbent
3. Alan Arkin (but more for the actor than for the performance)
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:27 am
by criddic3
Oops! I meant to vote for the Worst of the Best. That would be Alan Arkin.
I think the best is Freeman, but I liked Robbins and also Cooper.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:22 pm
by Steph2
Am I the only one who remembers how wonderful Del Toro was in Traffic? Oh wait I'm not. Thanks two other voters! This is a terrific list and I was torn between two essentially lead performances - Del Toro and Broadbent - and I went with Del Toro.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:13 am
by Nik
Chris Cooper is a close second but Freeman's lifetime of wonderful work (even in shit like Shawshank) and his beautiful Greek chorus in Million Dollar Baby, wins my vote here.
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 3:09 am
by Sabin
Strong lineup. Even the weak ones (Clooney, Arkin, Coburn) are pretty good. Chris Cooper's performance in 'Adaptation.' is so lovely, so batshit and beautiful, and such a refreshing change of pace from his neo-con dads. Every performance he gave before and after for ages was a neo-con dad. And here he is as John LaRoche just playful and wonderful. I will give Bardem, Broadbent, Freeman, Del Toro, and Caine their dues but I recall Roger Ebert's assertion that Chris Cooper gives a leading performance in a supporting role which is pretty fitting for John LaRoche. I like that.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:41 pm
by Bog
I said in the other thread how utterly good this list is from top to bottom, but without question Chris Cooper is the best of the best.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:36 pm
by Akash
I almost voted for Freeman out of career achievement (and a beautiful, subtle performance) but Chris Cooper has perfectly defined character actor for years -- he's great in everything he does (in fact, HIS was the truly great performance in "Capote") and downright brilliant in "Adaptation." I'm still surprised the Academy got this one oh, so right.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:08 pm
by Hustler
Exrtemely hard! what a talented group of actors! Morgan Freeman.