75Live Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Loving the list so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 hours ago, 4815162342 said: He's right. Yeah I don't see how it's even a question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 18 hours ago, baumer said: And finally please keep in mind, my knowledge of cinema basically starts in the 60's. So there won't be any performances on here prior to 1970 (I believe). 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Acting was pretty poor back in the day so it's understandable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Stingray said: Acting was pretty poor back in the day so it's understandable. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Great choices so far and all of them very iconic. Pacino as supporting in Godfather is one of the biggest category frauds ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 It would be really unfair for me to put a performance on this list if I have not even seen the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) from classic times claude rains in notorious would probably be in my own top ten. there are more but that one's always stood out to me as an amazing performance. Edited February 2, 2017 by CoolioD1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannastop Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 15 minutes ago, Joel M said: Great choices so far and all of them very iconic. Pacino as supporting in Godfather is one of the biggest category frauds ever. Does Brando still count as "leading"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 20 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said: from classic times claude rains in notorious would probably be in my own top ten. there are more but that one's always stood out to me as an amazing performance. Claude Rains in basically everything. Certainly most folks will have seen him in CASABLANCA, at least (which would be worthy of making Baumer's list too). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Orson Welles in The Third Man obviously. Walter Huston in Treasure of Sierra Madre. Anton Walbrook in Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and The Red Shoes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 8 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: Orson Welles in The Third Man obviously. Walter Huston in Treasure of Sierra Madre. Anton Walbrook in Life and Death of Colonel Blimp and The Red Shoes. I actually enjoyed Huston a lot in Sierra Madre. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, cannastop said: Does Brando still count as "leading"? He does at least for oscars and people can make arguments about the importance of the role, or how iconic he is etc to justify the "leading" status. The big WTF for me isn't Brando being considered lead, but Pacino being considered supporting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, baumer said: I actually enjoyed Huston a lot in Sierra Madre. That was a great film. Huston also had a great performance in Chinatown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 I'm sure anyone who's reading this probably knows this already, but there will definitely be some normal traditional performances on here but there will definitely be some that are very personal to me that I obviously deem to be fantastic. So I hope nobody gets too upset when they see someone like Martin Lawrence on here for example LOL. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Benicio del Toro has been killing supporting roles for years. Licence to Kill, The Usual Suspects, Traffic, The Pledge etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 4 minutes ago, baumer said: I'm sure anyone who's reading this probably knows this already, but there will definitely be some normal traditional performances on here but there will definitely be some that are very personal to me that I obviously deem to be fantastic. So I hope nobody gets too upset when they see someone like Martin Lawrence on here for example LOL. What's happened to Lawrence anyhow? He hasn't made a film in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 12 minutes ago, franfar said: That was a great film. Huston also had a great performance in Chinatown Not the same Huston though. But yeah for me Noah Cross might be the most skin-crawling villain in all of movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franfar Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 46 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said: Not the same Huston though. But yeah for me Noah Cross might be the most skin-crawling villain in all of movies. Ah, I forgot. John directed, his dad acted in it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 1 hour ago, baumer said: I'm sure anyone who's reading this probably knows this already, but there will definitely be some normal traditional performances on here but there will definitely be some that are very personal to me that I obviously deem to be fantastic. So I hope nobody gets too upset when they see someone like Martin Lawrence on here for example LOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...