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Canklefish 
"Let's Get OUTTA Here!"
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 Posted - 01/13/2008 : 08:12:15
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Giovanni Ribisi... ever watch him cry on film?
Sorry Bafta, but Paul Giamatti will always be Paul, whether he's portraying 'Pig Vomit' in Howard Stern's flick or the sot in 'sideways'... still the same Paul.
My vote... Giovanni for men... Jennifer Connelly for women(she gets very little recognition, but she's so damn powerful)...
I wanted to say Moira Kelly, but that has more to do with fantasy than reality |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/14/2008 : 07:50:44
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I'm not sure about Blanchett. She seemed the same in The Shipping News as she did in Charlotte Gray as she did in An Ideal Husband as she did in The Aviator.
I don't know whether I've seen anything else with Hepburn in, but I recently saw Bringing Up Baby and Blanchett seemed exactly the same as that in The Aviator. I think you're just such a fan of Hepburn that you cannot like someone who has portrayed her. 
Blanchett has also played the opposite sex, so that has to be considered range. Playing both fictional characters and real people must also be. We have discussed before whether it is harder to match a real person or develop a whole personality, but being able to do both must be more skilled than either one.
Okay, I'm willing to admit that I shouldn't really blame Cate completely for her horiffic portrayal of Kate - the director and screenwriter were also so off base, it isn't funny. But while you might not notice it as much (being British and all), her accent was totally inconsistant and more of a parody than an imitation. Some day I will forgive her doing this role, but I'm not ready to do so yet.
As for Tom Cruise - he did have a good range once, but his he's in danger of not growing as an actor. If he can get his ego back in check, he could pull himself out of the garbage bin. From his upcoming movies, he has a good chance to do this with a couple of comedies and then playing Col. Claus von Stauffenberg in Valkyrie. Now all he has to do is play a gay guy or transvestite...
Oh... why didn't I think of this before? Dustin Hoffman should be on the all-time list!
And what about Hugo Weaving? I can't think of more diverse movies than the Matrix trilogy, Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert - can you?
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Chris C 
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 01/14/2008 : 20:40:40
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More names for the pot, but I expect most will be shot down in flames:
Kevin Kline: Silverado, Sophie's Choice, Cry Freedom, A Fish Called Wanda
Denzel Washington: Cry Freedom, Mo' Better Blues etc.
The main thing against Denzel is that he hasn't done a lot of comedy.
Will Smith: Lots of action/comedy, but Ali proved that the boy can act as well
And has anyone mentioned Sigourney Weaver yet? |
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MisterBadIdea 
"PLZ GET MILK, KTHXBYE"
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Posted - 01/25/2008 : 06:15:52
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For what it's worth, Johnny Depp has less range than his reputation suggests. Swishy pirate, cross-dressing director, motorcycle-riding teen rebel, deformed synthetic man, deranged candy maker, Hunter S. Thompson -- yes, he can play them all. But ask him to play a human being (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Donnie Brasco, Finding Neverland) and you'll get the same guy every time: a quiet, sullen loner. He does two-dimensionality very well, but he can't really get in the heads of a lot of characters. That said, he rarely gives bad performances because he chooses his projects carefully.
I've probably said this before, but I always felt that Tom Cruise could do a lot of what Johnny Depp does, and I don't feel that the reverse is true. |
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