Overlooked performances

DeNiro in Mean Streets. One of his best, most electric, and believable performances.

 

Robert Downey Jr. in "Restoration"

 

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...but the 'Business Card Scene' is one the classic moments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY

 

De Niro was also excellent in The King of Comedy. That performance/movie gets overlooked, maybe because you wouldn't expect it to be a dark film and satire about celebrity, but it's another top-notch performance from him.

 

::awesome

 

"oh my god...it even has a watermark"

 

Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds.


Ok...now I know that he received a great deal of critical acclaim and also won the Academy award for the role....but even with all of that I STILL think the magnificence of the performance is overlooked...as it was that good.

Best acting performance that I have actually seen, ever. Anyone that doesn't have that performance in thei rtop 3 all time has underrated it.

 

Good lord Sly. If he and Fassbender were ever in the same movie I think you'd have a coronary.................oh wait, they were. ::


I like Tarantino, but Basterds was a disappointment to me.

Waltz was excellent in it, but let's not get carried away.

 

:l2:

Waltz! Fassbender! :bears:

With "Basterds" I wasn't expecting much and that's why I loved it so much.

 

Christops Waltz' performance overlooked? Lol.

Without that role he would be nobody, because of it he is everyone's favorite 'foreign actor.

 

My post was largely tongue in cheek, sorry that this was wasted on you. It was my way of emphasizing how great a performance it was.

 

Melanie Laurent was superb in that film too, a close second after Christophe.

 

Who was better? Please don't say Brad Pitt ::

Melanie played her role perfectly, no other actress could have done a better job in this particular role.

 

:giggle:

 

Are you kidding me? Pitt? He was the worst thing about the film. I don't dislike the guy, but jesus, he can't act. He's a clown.

Let me put it to you like this, every single scene Pitt is in, you can tell he's acting. He's not believable.

He can be amusing, and he was amusing at times in Basterds, but you can always tell he's acting. That's not the mark of a good actor. The mark of a good actor is when they seamlessly blend into their character and allow you to be fully engrossed in the film, without being conscious that you're simply watching an actor.

Christoph and Melanie both fit that bill perfectly, they were highly convincing. The father in the beginning scene was also far more convincing than Pitt.

Saying Pitt was better than Laurent in that film is like saying Ben Stiller is better than De Niro, it's nonsensical.

 

He can't. Read further and you'll see why.

You can always tell he's acting, he's never believable.

If you think Pitt is a good actor I don't even know what to say. You have no taste. It's like saying a Big Mac is better than a fillet steak.

 

It depends on your view of acting.

If you think Pitt is funny or charming and you enjoy watching him that's one thing, and that's obviously down to taste.

But to objectively say he's a good, convincing actor in the same way that someone like De Niro was in his heyday is just insanity.

You can always tell he's acting, it's as simple as that, he brings me out of the illusion the film is striving to create.

 

Pitt is a better actor than Tom Cruise has ever been, and I'm not even saying he's that good.