BK007 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) I've just seen "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and Richard Burton is outstanding. Although many movies do not actually give the performer a chance to shine (ie most blockbusters for example), I personally have never often sat in awe of a performance. Perhaps I prefer the story and as long as the performers are not terrible, they blend in, but nonetheless, which performances by an actor or actress has impressed you for an all time sort of list? These are some I have really admired over the past couple years: Richard Burton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) Al Pacino (Dog Day Afternoon) Choi Min Sik (Oldboy) Lea Seydoux (Blue is the Warmest Colour) Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue is the Warmest Colour) And also: Eddie Redmayne (Theory of Everything) Michael Keaton (Birdman) Leonardo di Caprio (Wolf of Wall Street) Mark Ruffalo (Normal Heart) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) Martin Freeman (Sherlock) Going to mention Warrior with Joel Edgerton and Tom Hardy too. Really enjoyed that movie. I'm going to say those 5 were exceptional for me. Edited February 6, 2015 by BK007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 That Guy mode on Park Chan Wook directed Oldboy, didn't star in it That Guy mode off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 That Guy mode on Park Chan Wook directed Oldboy, didn't star in it That Guy mode off Doh. You're right. I was going off my memory. Choi Min Sik is who I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Off the top of my head Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild Jena Malone - Into the Wild Michael Keaton - Birdman Andy Serkis - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes/ Lord of the Rings Ian Mckellen - Lord of the Rings Martin Freeman - The Hobbit Trilogy Al Pacino - The Godfather Ansel Elgort - The Fault in Our Stars Shailene Woodley - The Fault in Our Stars Jim Carrey - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/Titanic Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire/ Winter's Bone Bradley Cooper - American Sniper/ Silver Linings Playbook, Guardians of the Galaxy, American Hustle Emily Blunt - Edge of Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada Tom Cruise - Edge of Tomorrow/Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol James Mcavoy - X-Men Days of Future Past/First Class, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Tom Hardy - Locke, Inception, Warrior, The Dark Knight Rises Michael Fassbender - X-Men First Class/Days of Future Past, Inglorious Bastards Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy, Seven,The Lego Movie Michael Caine - The Dark Knight Trilogy, Miss Congeniality Lea Seydoux - Blue is the Warmest Colour Adele Exarchopoulos - Blue is the Warmest Colour Ghilherme Lobo - The Way He Looks Fabio Audib - The Way He looks Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables Mark Ruffalo The Normal Heart Matt Bomer - The Normal Heart Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain Jack O'Connell - Starred Up/Unbroken Ben Mendelsohn - Starred Up Domhnall Gleeson - About Time Bill Nighy - About Time Joaquin Phoenix - Her, Walk the Line, Signs Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line Scarlett Johansson - Her/Captain America: The Winter Soldier Chris Pratt - Guardians of the Galaxy, The Lego Movie Octavia Spencer - The Help Viola Davis - The Help Emma Stone - The Help/Birdman Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1, Perks of being a Wallflower Brad Pitt - Seven, Ocean's Eleven, Fury Logan Lerman - Fury, Perks of Being a Wallflower this is way too hard to narrow down.. I really like a lot of performances Edited February 8, 2015 by Kalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Examples for best/best of their career and/or favorite to me out of their career...: in no particular order Marlene Dietrich & Charles Laughton, both in Witness for the Prosecution Jeanne Moreau in La mariée était en noir David Wenham in Gettin' Square Oskar Werner in Fahrenheit 451 Rita Tushingham in The Knack ...and How to Get It and also in The Trap (1966) Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark Antonio Banderas in 13th Warrior and in Desperado Hugh Jackman in Erskineville Kings Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger Paul Newman in Hombre Pete Postlethwaite in Sharpe 3 and Sharpe 4 (and a lot of other movies) .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Andy Serkis-Rise of the Planet of the Apes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
