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Old 11-22-2006, 10:32 AM
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Yeah that's my pick. I wasn't serious about Dolph Lundgren, although he has one of the greatest lines in cinema.
Arguments can be made for others but it will fall on my deaf ears...I love nearly everything that nicholson has done...I can even forgive him for the 'Witches of Eastwick'
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Old 11-22-2006, 10:41 AM
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Arguments can be made for others but it will fall on my deaf ears...I love nearly everything that nicholson has done...I can even forgive him for the 'Witches of Eastwick'
Very few actors could've made About Schmidt as brilliant as he did.
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Old 11-22-2006, 10:49 AM
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OVERRATED? How can you say Tom Hanks is overrated? You smoking the wacky?

MY OPINION:

1. Tom Hanks
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Denzel Washington
4. Dustin Hoffman
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Old 11-22-2006, 10:57 AM
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I like Nicholson, Deniro, Pacino, but my all time favorite is Christopher Walken.
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Old 11-22-2006, 12:37 PM
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OVERRATED? How can you say Tom Hanks is overrated? You smoking the wacky?

MY OPINION:

1. Tom Hanks
2. Jack Nicholson
3. Denzel Washington
4. Dustin Hoffman
I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.
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Old 11-22-2006, 12:51 PM
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I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.

dont forget The Terminal
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Old 11-22-2006, 01:03 PM
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Anthony Hopkins for me...
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Old 11-22-2006, 01:58 PM
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Stan Laurel
Olliver Hardy
Lou Costello
Rodney Dangerfield
Robin Williams

Kate Hepburn
Mae West
Goldie Hawn
Faye Ray
Irene Ryan
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Old 11-22-2006, 09:46 PM
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I think he is very up and down with some of his performances. Can't get Turner and Hooch out of my memory. Things like that are unforgiveable.

ok,
but Randy that is the very reason I included him on my list.
Tom Hanks is a guy who totally redefined himself professionaly at something like the age of 37.
when Hanks was 35, he was a big name and was on the hollywood walk of fame.
yet he was a complete waste of an actor.
appeared in stupid tv shows and did really unoriginal comedic movies.
if he had retired at that point, we would remember him as a bad version of Ben Stiller.

then he makes a distinct career move and stops playing the leading role in comedies.
started with Philadelphia.
horrible movie, but he deserved all the critical acclaim that he recieved for his portrayal of human filth.
then went on to Appolo 13 with RHoward, Saving Private Ryan. The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Cast Away, Catch Me if You Can, ......
he was awesome in all of those films and really defined them.
can you imagine what any of those films would be like if another actor had played his lead role?
would be like Gladiator without Russel Crowe.
this is a guy that made 2 hours of a man talking to a volleyball seem interesting.

anyway, I just think that few ppl have reinvented themselves as an actor that late in life.


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Old 11-23-2006, 01:40 AM
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Repent he's made more bad movies than good and the ones he's gotten acclaim for were not very good. He's decent but no the best of alltime. Repent, you don't believe it yourself. Right?
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Old 11-23-2006, 09:04 AM
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jimmy stewart
katherine hepburn

more modern....

al pacino
meryl streep
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Old 11-25-2006, 12:29 AM
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Repent he's made more bad movies than good and the ones he's gotten acclaim for were not very good. He's decent but no the best of alltime. Repent, you don't believe it yourself. Right?

this is tough Randy.
b/c nothing you are saying is incorrect.
if you look at his resume,
he has done more BAD movies than good ones.
you are absolutely right.
but he has gone on an unparrelled streak in the last 10 years that simply is not very common.
how many good actors totally reinvent themselves at that age?

is he one of the 5 best pure actors?
Im not sure, but he brings a presence and humanity to most of his recent roles that other actors simply could not.



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Old 11-22-2006, 10:55 AM
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Really hard question...I don't know if it's easy to separate actors from their vehicles...good movies make good actors while good actors don't necessarily make good movies...I'll list my personal favorites rather than claim they are the "best":
Male:
1) Anthony Hopkins
2) David Boreanz
3) Richard Burton
4) Roy Dupuis
Female:
1) Sarah Michelle Gellar
2) Alyson Hannigan
3) Merryl Streep
4) Juliette Lewis
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Old 11-22-2006, 11:07 AM
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Really hard question...I don't know if it's easy to separate actors from their vehicles...good movies make good actors while good actors don't necessarily make good movies...I'll list my personal favorites rather than claim they are the "best":
Male:
1) Anthony Hopkins
2) David Boreanz
3) Richard Burton
4) Roy Dupuis
Female:
1) Sarah Michelle Gellar
2) Alyson Hannigan
3) Merryl Streep
4) Juliette Lewis


Oh I didn't think of Anthony Hopkins. He would be in my top 10 as the best. Ya know I LOVE me some David Somer!

The best women would be (not my personal faves but who I would put towards the top:

1. Lauren Bacall
2. Helen Hunt
3. Diane Keaton
4. Rebecca Johnson (you guys may not know her now, but you will!)
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