Wasn't it Chris Tucker in Ocean's Eleven? Or am I confusing him with Chris Rock?
Anyway, Forest Whitaker certainly wasn't Morpheus because that was Martin Laurence.
Top three actors in modern film
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Anyway, Forest Whitaker certainly wasn't Morpheus because that was Martin Laurence.
Wrong again, Forest Whitaker was in Legally Blonde. You're thinking of Jaleel White.
I thought that was Jackie Chan.
Couldn't have been Eddie Murphy, I think he was off playing every single character in Barbershop 8.
You're both wrong, it was the Wayan brothers, all of them!
How foolish of me!This is brilliant!
Racist.
What, confusing Morgan Freeman with Martin Freeman? Well, yeah!
Woosh.
I don't think that it was a joke, I genuinely think you fecked up!
No, it was a joke. Went over my head at first too!
I like Denzel Washington, Ralph Fiennes and possibly someone else.
Will Smith, Hugh Jackman, Di Caprio
Di Caprio is leagues ahead of everybody else for me, nobody even comes close.
Probably Denzel in second. Not too sure on the third, quite a few in the mix. Would be a different matter if we're talking actresses as well.
Probably Denzel in second. Not too sure on the third, quite a few in the mix. Would be a different matter if we're talking actresses as well.
Hence woosh. On the caf you say woosh when you make an obvious joke and yet against all odds some idiot thinks you were being serious.
Rockwell's a very good shout. Actors with great comedic sensibilities rarely get a fare shift in "great" acting accolades. It's a harder discipline than the kind of constant intensity a lot of serious actors get huge plaudits for, and you often find a lot of great comics can do serious acting better than serious ones can do comedy. Rockwell covers the board quite well.
I'd say someone like Hardy, Ejiofor, Bardem or Fassbender at the moment. Though that's possibly too modern. Di Caprio's gone up a lot in my estimation since he's started doing more exuberant roles. The running around in Scorsese films looking angry thing wasn't doing it for me.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sean Penn
Javier Bardem
Joaquin Phoenix
Viggo Mortensen
Michael Fassbender
Gael Garcia Bernal
Vincent Cassel
Three of them.
Sean Penn
Javier Bardem
Joaquin Phoenix
Viggo Mortensen
Michael Fassbender
Gael Garcia Bernal
Vincent Cassel
Three of them.
Good call on Cassel. Both he and Bardem would be huge if they weren't swarthy foreigners.
feck it I cant hold in in any longer!
Another Nic Cage vote here. The other two are irrelevant.
But to be honest, on his day, he can pull out performances that nobody else can. He just needs to work with directors that know how to use his insanity. He was absolutely brilliant in Adaptation and The Bad Lieutenant as well as Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas, Red Rock West etc.
No Depp love in here at all. I'm not a fan either!
Leaving Las Vegas was very good and despite the berating I'm about to receive he was also very good in Face Off!
Nowhere near my top three though!
Depends how modern we're talking.
I'd definitely have Jackson, Pacino and Nicholson up there, but I'm not sure you'd consider them Modern Actors anymore.
If we're talking sub 40 Years old:
Female: Ellen Page, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman
Male: DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Fassbender. Possibly Cooper and Hardy if they diversify a bit more.
I'd definitely have Jackson, Pacino and Nicholson up there, but I'm not sure you'd consider them Modern Actors anymore.
If we're talking sub 40 Years old:
Female: Ellen Page, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman
Male: DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Fassbender. Possibly Cooper and Hardy if they diversify a bit more.
Argh! How dare I leave out Jack Nicholson. Right here's my final three then.
Edward Norton
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Nicholson
Edward Norton
Samuel L. Jackson
Jack Nicholson
Male: Christian Bale, Rusell Crowe, Tom Hanks (I am excluding old actors like Pacino, De Niro, Ford, Freeman etc).
Female: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron
Female: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron
Leonardo DiCaprio
Daniel Day Lewis
Denzel Washington
Top 3 up & comers:
Michael Fassbender
Tom Hardy
Ryan Gosling
Daniel Day Lewis
Denzel Washington
Top 3 up & comers:
Michael Fassbender
Tom Hardy
Ryan Gosling
I fecking hate Sean Penn.
Why
Because he was married to Madonna and that broke my little 10 year old heart.
Mostly just his face, mostly.
Waltz
Di Caprio
Fassbender
Di Caprio
Fassbender
Tommy Wiseau
I love Ryan Gosling, but can't really say he is a brilliant actor when he plays the same part in every film..
Yeah. Gangster Squad and The Notebook. Only difference was the costumes, am I right?
Julianne Moore
Amy Adams
Isabelle Huppert
Cate Blanchett
Naomi Watts
Marion Cotillard
Tilda Swinton
Jessica Chastain
Actresses.
Amy Adams
Isabelle Huppert
Cate Blanchett
Naomi Watts
Marion Cotillard
Tilda Swinton
Jessica Chastain
Actresses.
I think the best way to measure an actress is by how much boob she's displayed in her films, as such Winslet wins, and in that regard, a severe lack of mention for Charlize Theron there.
You're doing it wrong.
It's meant to be one black actor + two white guys. If you want to change your list at a later date, the black actor can be exchanged for another black actor but not for a white actor.
What's your opinion on Di Caprio? Also, I'm surprised you didn't put Christopher Waltz in your list. I thought you rated him as a top actor?
Washington
Damon
Rockwell
Di Caprio misses out because the last film I saw him in was Gatsby... nobody benefited from that movie.
Damon
Rockwell
Di Caprio misses out because the last film I saw him in was Gatsby... nobody benefited from that movie.