Who are your favourite actors and why?

NumberNineDream · 12-11-2009, 09:45 PM

After watching Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, I noticed I developed a major crush on Richard Burton, just phenomenal performance...

Captain Awesome · 12-12-2009, 10:04 AM

I loved hide and seek and godsend. I thought they were great movies. Notice how you're all saying "check out this 80s movie" "check out back before he was so big" blah blah blah.

you all have a bad case of the reminiscents. Move on with the times, don't get stuck behind.
and i'm not just listing awards, hopkins played one good part in one good movie and you're all acting as if he's the greatest actor ever. If he had been in as many hollywood movies or made as much money as de niro, you would be bashing him. The only reason you like him is because he doesn't have that A-list commercial celebrity type status and you think liking him and his work makes you cool.

I'm so non-conformist i won't conform with the non-conformists - jesus south park ****in owns.

P.S good to see someone mention michael caine, he's awesome.

jackhammer · 12-12-2009, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

I loved hide and seek and godsend. I thought they were great movies. Notice how you're all saying "check out this 80s movie" "check out back before he was so big" blah blah blah.

you all have a bad case of the reminiscents. Move on with the times, don't get stuck behind.
and i'm not just listing awards, hopkins played one good part in one good movie and you're all acting as if he's the greatest actor ever. If he had been in as many hollywood movies or made as much money as de niro, you would be bashing him. The only reason you like him is because he doesn't have that A-list commercial celebrity type status and you think liking him and his work makes you cool.

I'm so non-conformist i won't conform with the non-conformists - jesus south park ****in owns.

P.S good to see someone mention michael caine, he's awesome.

Stuck behind? Damn I am certainly one person who knows their movies and saying Godsend sucks is definitely NOT because I'm stuck in a timewarp. It's this very reason that I CAN judge Godsend against other films is because I watch so many. Even taking away personal opinion away and looking at the film objectively it still sucks. The direction is pedestrian, there is no tension, it's cliched and dull beyond belief.

Saying Hopkins is a great actor was in response to you saying that he has only done one decent performance and we were mentioning other performances and If you think acting is all about money then you have no bloody clue about films whatsoever, actually judging by your posts you don't anyway. Mainstream Hollywood is not the only place that makes movies and I think you should educate yourself a little more and back up your arguments with sound film knowledge and then I may take you a little more seriously.

Captain Awesome · 12-12-2009, 02:06 PM

Yeah sure, 2 years doing media studies counts for nothing. and of course hollywood isn't the only place that makes good movies. El Orfanato is the only decent horror movie i've seen in a long time. It's far from being hollywood.

Stop making assumptions and just admit it. Because de niros hollywood you dislike him. It's uncool to like anything mainstream and very cool to like people who aren't commercial and mainstream.

De Niro is and always will be ten times the actor hopkins is. Comparing him to people like Michael Caine or even johnny depp i can understand. But a guy who's only been in one decent movie? what's next?

jackhammer · 12-12-2009, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

Yeah sure, 2 years doing media studies counts for nothing. and of course hollywood isn't the only place that makes good movies. El Orfanato is the only decent horror movie i've seen in a long time. It's far from being hollywood.

Stop making assumptions and just admit it. Because de niros hollywood you dislike him. It's uncool to like anything mainstream and very cool to like people who aren't commercial and mainstream.

De Niro is and always will be ten times the actor hopkins is. Comparing him to people like Michael Caine or even johnny depp i can understand. But a guy who's only been in one decent movie? what's next?

Two years of Media studies has led you to proclaiming Godsend a great movie? Get a new teacher. Trust me, they know fuck all by the sound of it.

Akira · 12-12-2009, 05:15 PM

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-12-2009, 06:04 PM

What is media studies anyway?

Reading the newspaper?

jackhammer · 12-12-2009, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

What is media studies anyway?

Reading the newspaper?

Watching crap movies that your teacher tells you are brilliant it seems, either that or completing the Sun crossword.

Astronomer · 12-12-2009, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackhammer

Watching crap movies that your teacher tells you are brilliant it seems, either that or completing the Sun crossword.

Watching movies, talking about them and their production, learning about filming techniques and pretentious jargon associated with analysing films, analysing language techniques used to presuade in newspaper articles, learning photography techniques in the darkroom and in digital format, learning to make your own films, magazines, how to use different equipment for different mediums...

It's a pretty diverse subject.

Captain Awesome · 12-13-2009, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Watching movies, talking about them and their production, learning about filming techniques and pretentious jargon associated with analysing films, analysing language techniques used to presuade in newspaper articles, learning photography techniques in the darkroom and in digital format, learning to make your own films, magazines, how to use different equipment for different mediums...

It's a pretty diverse subject.

Correct^

"Two years of Media studies has led you to proclaiming Godsend a great movie?"

actually no that's down to a little thing called individuality. I am able to form my own opinion on a film instead of following "the cool kids". Nevermind though, maybe one day you will be as privileged as me.

12-11-2009, 09:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
NumberNineDream Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The land of the largest wine glass (aka Lebanon) Posts: 2,200	After watching Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf, I noticed I developed a major crush on Richard Burton, just phenomenal performance... __________________ Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats?Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Do bats eat cats? Welcome to the Black Lodge

12-12-2009, 10:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	I loved hide and seek and godsend. I thought they were great movies. Notice how you're all saying "check out this 80s movie" "check out back before he was so big" blah blah blah. you all have a bad case of the reminiscents. Move on with the times, don't get stuck behind. and i'm not just listing awards, hopkins played one good part in one good movie and you're all acting as if he's the greatest actor ever. If he had been in as many hollywood movies or made as much money as de niro, you would be bashing him. The only reason you like him is because he doesn't have that A-list commercial celebrity type status and you think liking him and his work makes you cool. I'm so non-conformist i won't conform with the non-conformists - jesus south park ****in owns. P.S good to see someone mention michael caine, he's awesome. __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

12-12-2009, 02:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Captain Awesome On A Rampage Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 317	Yeah sure, 2 years doing media studies counts for nothing. and of course hollywood isn't the only place that makes good movies. El Orfanato is the only decent horror movie i've seen in a long time. It's far from being hollywood. Stop making assumptions and just admit it. Because de niros hollywood you dislike him. It's uncool to like anything mainstream and very cool to like people who aren't commercial and mainstream. De Niro is and always will be ten times the actor hopkins is. Comparing him to people like Michael Caine or even johnny depp i can understand. But a guy who's only been in one decent movie? what's next? __________________ "If we're all merely players in a play on this great stage, the problem is the script writers ain't on the same page, I echo through the mountain when I'm singing in the air, from my lab a lad with lavish lyrics living in his lair." "Wake up and listen, hear what's not for the public's ears Pinocchio poets played by profiting puppeteers"

12-12-2009, 06:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	What is media studies anyway? Reading the newspaper? __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.