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Camo 05-06-16 04:33 PM
Recently Montgomery Clift in From Here To Eternity. About a week before watching it i watched Red River which i loved but i thought Clift was the worst thing about it. Then i thought he was easily the best thing about From Here To Eternity.

Gideon58 05-06-16 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SeeingisBelieving (Post 1508855)
How did I miss that screencap – must get round to watching that film…;)

What I saw of her in The Fighter I liked as well, and I recently saw Al Pacino saying he likes her so she must be okay:p.
Oh man, she was great in The Fighter...that character was one tough little cookie.

Gideon58 05-06-16 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1508881)
Recently Montgomery Clift in From Here To Eternity. About a week before watching it i watched Red River which i loved but i thought Clift was the worst thing about it. Then i thought he was easily the best thing about From Here To Eternity.
Camo, have you seen A Place in the Sun? It's a must for Clift fans.

mark f 05-06-16 05:35 PM
I thought Clift was awesome in The Search, but that doesn't surprise me. :cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElpJl48SDk

TONGO 05-06-16 05:42 PM
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I thought Ben Affleck wasnt bad after all as Batman.

Tom Cruise pulled off Lestat too.

SeeingisBelieving 05-06-16 05:59 PM
Originally Posted by Gideon58 (Post 1508874)
I can't say for sure that I would have recognized Heath in The Dark Knight, but honestly, I think not, it was unlike anything he had ever done and the makeup pretty much covered up his face.
Yeah, it would have been a proper head scratcher:).

SeeingisBelieving 05-06-16 06:04 PM
Originally Posted by TONGO (Post 1508932)
I thought Ben Affleck wasnt bad after all as Batman.

Tom Cruise pulled off Lestat too.
It's nice when you expect someone to be average and they're not. For example I was really impressed by Sean Bean in Troy because Odysseus needs to be wily and he had that and more. I love The Odyssey so it's great when they cast these characters well. Arnold Vosloo was also excellent casting in the otherwise ropey Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists.

Ange1e4e5 05-07-16 12:02 PM
Re: Acting performances that surprised you
 
Wes Studi in The Last of the Mohicans.

Pete Postlethwaite in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. After watching the film, it's certainly plain to see why he's considered one of the best parts of the film.

Citizen Rules 05-07-16 12:07 PM
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Jennifer Aniston in Cake...who knew this lady could act, wow! To bad most of her movie career has been in crap films.

TONGO 05-07-16 12:14 PM
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Well, its a cheap answer, but this performance surprised everyone when it happened - Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. It absolutely changed his career.

Gideon58 05-07-16 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Camo (Post 1416533)
Clive Owen in Closer. Even though i hadn't seen him in much i thought he was a pretty bland actor, never that bad but not someone who left a memorable mark. In that way Closer blew me away, his and Portmans (who i already had conference in) performances are among my favourites of the 2000s.

I've seen this topic brought up before on other sites and while it isn't a movie the one most often mentioned is Bryan Cranstons transformation from Malcolm in the Middle to Breaking Bad.
Totally agree with you Camo regarding Owen in Closer...he was definitely robbed of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Ange1e4e5 05-07-16 01:01 PM
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Wait... Bryan Cranston was in Malcolm in the Middle?

NextScorsese 05-09-16 12:52 PM
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While I wasn't totally against the idea, Ben Affleck still surprised me by how good he was as Batman.

elliott 05-09-16 08:13 PM
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Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine, Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl and Steve Carrel in Foxcatcher, all incredibly potent in their respected films.

cricket 05-09-16 08:22 PM
Kristen Stewart in Still Alice

Andrew Dice Clay in Blue Jasmine

Gideon58 05-10-16 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Ange1e4e5 (Post 1509337)
Wait... Bryan Cranston was in Malcolm in the Middle?
Yes, he played Hal, the dad.

Camo 05-10-16 10:44 AM
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Bill Paxton in Frailty

He was also pretty good in Big Love but i thought all of his wives were much better while i thought he was the best thing about Frailty.

Gatsby 05-10-16 11:41 AM
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Michael Keaton's performance in Birdman still surprised me even though I got to the point where I became sick of praises directed towards him.

firegod 05-10-16 02:17 PM
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Here's another nod to Heath Ledger. Even though I knew he was a good actor, I had NO IDEA he could do something like that. My mind was blown.

NextScorsese 05-10-16 02:22 PM
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Anyone in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, mainly because I didn't know anyone in the cast beside the old cast and Oscar Issac.


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