Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I can't believe FSW hasn't mentioned Ed Harris yet. He's right up there! But I just didn't want to take away from the top names. I have a list of guys beneath that level but I don't want to disrupt the flow. We're getting a pretty good list together at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I really wish I could say Samuel L. Jackson, but there are just so many "that script is terrible, but, wait, is that a check attached? Of course I'll do it" films in his career that drag him down despite the truly great work spread throughout his career. Alan Rickman and Gary Oldman were great shouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Natural Born Killers hasn't aged well to me, but Robert Downey Jr is the highlight. Probably because he sounds exactly like Michael Schiavello in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 If we're discussing young actors who have a chance to get there... Jake Gyllenhaal. I'm serious. He was awesome in Prisoners so it's fresh in my mind but thinking back he's been great in a lot of films already and he's only 33. He makes a lot of interesting choices too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I really wish I could say Samuel L. Jackson, but there are just so many "that script is terrible, but, wait, is that a check attached? Of course I'll do it" films in his career that drag him down despite the truly great work spread throughout his career. Alan Rickman and Gary Oldman were great shouts. All time greats? Not sure I can cosign on those two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Toshiro Mifune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I really wish I could say Samuel L. Jackson, but there are just so many "that script is terrible, but, wait, is that a check attached? Of course I'll do it" films in his career that drag him down despite the truly great work spread throughout his career. Alan Rickman and Gary Oldman were great shouts. All time greats? Not sure I can cosign on those two. HANS GRUBER DON'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WHAT YOU COSIGN ON! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesterCopperpot Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 The lack of Anthony Hopkins in this thread disappoints me so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I would keep it to the headliners, I missed your post the first time, but Meaney, Clancy, Chewy, Hardy, Hinds and Rush aren't in the same bracket. Same goes for Old-Man and Rick-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 The lack of Anthony Hopkins in this thread disappoints me so much Tremendous shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I don't think Jeff Bridges has been mentioned either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I'll go with Bryan Cranston. Obviously there's Breaking Bad, but I think you admire his talents even more once you've seen him in Malcolm in the Middle. One of the few actors I know that can do both drama and comedy equally well. Pacino's fantastic obviously, but could you really imagine him on rollerblades dancing around manically in front of his flabbergasted son? James Gandolfini too. He was TV's Marlon Brando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Did we forget Morgan Freeman? Also, I saw Denzel as a prinicipal in some late 80s Lean on Me type movie on BET a few months a back. It was so weird seeing him not be the Denzel reeling off badass lines left and right. I would keep it to the headliners, I missed your post the first time, but Meaney, Clancy, Chewy, Hardy, Hinds and Rush aren't in the same bracket. Same goes for Old-Man and Rick-Man. "YOUR THREAD WON'T BE JOINING US FOR THE REST OF ITS...LIFAH" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Robert Duvall is someone I might not have thought about, but totally fits the bill. To think his first film role was To Kill A Mockingbird, he steals scenes in Apocalypse Now, True Grit, The Conversation, The Eagle Has Landed, Days Of Thunder. He's king sized in Falling Down Fuck, he makes A Shot At Glory watchable. I would keep it to the headliners, I missed your post the first time, but Meaney, Clancy, Chewy, Hardy, Hinds and Rush aren't in the same bracket. Same goes for Old-Man and Rick-Man. What about HACKMAN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Daniel Day-Lewis obviously deserves consideration. One thing I'll give him credit for, unlike De Niro, Pacino, Jackson, etc, he doesn't do bad movies. He's very picky. He's one of the few that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 I'll go with Bryan Cranston. Obviously there's Breaking Bad, but I think you admire his talents even more once you've seen him in Malcolm in the Middle. One of the few actors I know that can do both drama and comedy equally well. Pacino's fantastic obviously, but could you really imagine him on rollerblades dancing around manically in front of his flabbergasted son? James Gandolfini too. He was TV's Marlon Brando. No man. No! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Harrison Ford much? I'd consider him amongst Top Men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 GET OFF MY PLANE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Harrison Ford's a great movie star, not sure whether I'd call him a great actor though. Also, Cate Blanchett has never had a bad performance, like, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antacular Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 The distinction being? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Ford isn't on my list of great actors, but he has a likeable factor about him like Hanks. I've never seen Choi Min-sik suck in anything. Ha jung-woo is awesome. I'm adding them to my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiller Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I don't know that he's an "all-timer" yet, but Michael Fassbender is trying very hard to convince me that he is one of the best actors in the world and will be for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I think when the question is posed as all time great actor, we tend to discount comedic actors due to a lack of gravitas and because their careers are inevitably more uneven. Keeping that in mind, I think that Bill Murray and Robin Williams should still garner some consideration. If we are considering actresses as well, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren both own everything. Those two plus Dench and Blanchett are probably more consistent than any of the actors mentioned with the possible exception of DDL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I don't know that he's an "all-timer" yet, but Michael Fassbender is trying very hard to convince me that he is one of the best actors in the world and will be for a long time. Someone brought up the best Tarantino scenes in another thread, but I must say the bar massacre with him, Diane Kruger, Til Schweiger, and August Diehl was the best one in the movie besides the opening scene IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 I think when the question is posed as all time great actor, we tend to discount comedic actors due to a lack of gravitas and because their careers are inevitably more uneven. Keeping that in mind, I think that Bill Murray and Robin Williams should still garner some consideration. If we are considering actresses as well, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren both own everything. Those two plus Dench and Blanchett are probably more consistent than any of the actors mentioned with the possible exception of DDL. Murray definitely makes the list IMO. Williams I'm more conflicted on. He's had a few truly excellent performances, but so much of his CV is "doing Robin Williams" that, like SLJ, it becomes harder to justify him on a career level. Also, I can never forgive him for Bicentennial Man, because I am a bitter old nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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