Best "best actor" winner of this decade
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Hopkins would have been my knee-jerk pick (over Day-Lewis, Irons, and Hanks in Philadelphia), but I recentaly rewatched Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, and he got my vote. He could have looked extraordinarily silly in this movie, but he is able to generate a remarkable degree of empathy without any backstory or virtuous characteristic.
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I'm no big fan of William Goldman but I also don't like to vote for the retard at any given opportunity, but the "Crazy Guy" vote is equally deceptive. Hopkins is oodles of fun in Silence but would I rank that above the remarkable transformation Day-Lewis went through in My Left Foot? I'd say that any of Jeff Bridges' early nineties performances would top my list, especially Fearless.
I'm no big fan of William Goldman but I also don't like to vote for the retard at any given opportunity, but the "Crazy Guy" vote is equally deceptive. Hopkins is oodles of fun in Silence but would I rank that above the remarkable transformation Day-Lewis went through in My Left Foot? I'd say that any of Jeff Bridges' early nineties performances would top my list, especially Fearless.
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Amazingly, Hopkins is the only one to also win a coinciding Criddic Award! Hoffman was not in contention, since I started my awards the following year. [if I ever do make a list for past awards, which may be too silly, he might be a nominee]
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