LOL. i wee pazz d message

Funny, i still havent seen Hancock


Travolta, in a Woman-suit, thats whats wrong

I'm not a fan of women in movies in general however there are a few that I do adore because unlike 95% of actresses arent "sex kitten" stereotypes

-Kathy Bates
-Susan Saradon
-Alfre Woodward
-Francis McDurmond
-Natalie Portman
-Emma Thompson
-Cate Blanchett
-Anjelica Houston (mostly cos of the Wes Anderson movies, she's the perfect fit for them)

Actors

-Ed Harris
-Christian Bale
-Robert Deniro
- James Madsen
-Viggo Mortisen
-Brad Pitt
-Bruce Willis
-Morgan Freeman
-Chinwetel Okafor
-Steve Buscemi
-Matt Damon
-Peter Stomere
--Michael C Hall!!
-Adewale Akinnouye Abaje
-Jerry Orbach(RIP)
etc

KarmaMod:

I'm not a fan of women in movies in general however there are a few that I do adore because unlike 95% of actresses arent "sex kitten" stereotypes

-Kathy Bates
-Susan Saradon
-Alfre Woodward
-Francis McDurmond
-Natalie Portman
-Emma Thompson
-Cate Blanchett
-Anjelica Houston (mostly because of the Wes Anderson movies, she's the perfect fit for them)

Actors

-Ed Harris
-Christian Bale
-Robert Deniro
- James Madsen
-Viggo Mortisen
-Brad Pitt
-Bruce Willis
-Morgan Freeman
-Chinwetel Okafor
-Steve Buscemi
-Matt Damon
-Peter Stomere
--Michael C Hall!!
-Adewale Akinnouye Abaje
-Jerry Orbach(RIP)
etc

Thumbs up to your list but Adewale? That guy in lost? Are you being patriotic or you really like him as an actor and are you really comparing him the rest of the people on the list?

I *heart* Buscemi. Were ni man yen.

Has anyone mentioned Glenn Close and Jessica Lange?

The Judy Garland one?

Nope, don't watch it. I think I've seen it on a few times but couldn't be a$$ed.

Any good?

Saw Hairspray. Charming. Didn't know James Marsden could sing. Travolta was great as Mrs Turnblad. The role was written for a man in drag,not a woman. Man, I had a great time.

I'm still yawning through the second episode of the first season of Oz. Liked the punk prison poetry at the beginning of the first episode but the series's boring the hell out of me. I saw it because[i] someone[/i] on Nairaland is a real Oz promoter. Geez, I wonder who that could be? And because I saw Eddie Falco from The Sopranos and Agabaje and Harold from Lost were in it.Perhaps it'll get better. Will slug through to the fourth episode. If it hasn't engaged me by then I'm abandoning ship.

Charming eh

Thats the word.

Did i mention Clive Owen before?

love that dude, i could marry him ya know.

Ralph Fiennes, yeaah, just saw a movie where Susan Sarandon played Doris Day

I added him because of OZ, spike, not Lost.

I'm adding John Malkovich to the list. I went and saw The Changeling last night. GREAT movie. I loved it. It was engrossed, teary eyed and Im so not the type to cry at movies. The fact that it's an actual True Life story and not "based on one" definitely made it even more poignant. I usually don't care too much for Angelina but she definitely did an amazing job as Christine Collins. Same way I never thought much of Nicole Kidman and she blew me away in Dogville.

Mad_Max, I think it's weird that you arent enjoying OZ (sincerely yet to meet anyone who doesnt like it ten again I tend to only suggest it to guys) but if it's not really your thing, you should look into 6 Feet Under instead. Awesome show 

How did I also forget Robert Duvall? Jeez

Ok Karma, I haven't seen him in OZ, so I really don't know.

Wait a min, is OZ that one with Harold Perrineau? Don't know the storyline but it kindda reminds me of Prison Break and I hate Prison Break so I might just never settle down to watch the show.

@ topic

John Cusack.

@Spiked
Hmmm.Apart from his stunning looks,what do you admire about Cusack? Is he still acting? Saw him in Room something or the other, you know, the jinxed hotel room movie, but nothing since.

@Karma
Nice to see Kidman appreciated. She was terrific in Dogville,The Hours and Moulin Rouge.  Will be checking out 6 Feet Under. Don Cheadle is another gifted and really underused actor. Had no idea Malkovitch was still breathing movie-wise. Loved the guy since Dangerous Liaisons and watched Mary Reilly only for him. Will find that Changeling.

@Gamine
What do you love about Owen?

Someone mentioned Eddie Murphy. Reminded I was royally pissed he didn't get that Best Supporting Actor oscar. He was marvelous in Dreamgirls. Jennifer got  a supporting actress oscar I didn't think she deserved,given her competitors. Either of the two nominees from Babel should have won. Forrest Whitaker can win Best Actor for portraying Idin Amin in Last King of Scotland but not Don Cheadle for his superb portral of Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda?They deny two electrifiying actors year after year- DiCaprio and Depp.Someone tell me again why Halle Berry won?  Wayo and politics too plenti. Poor Murphy,to be denied because of Norbit. Ki lo de!

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John Malkovitch is definitely on my, list. Where's my list?

I've never really made an issue of actors like I do of directors. I believe no matter how bad an actor is, he/she might just get that role that fits like a glove and earn him/her an oscar. How else can you explain Foxx winning for Ray? Directors on the other hand explore vast vistas. Vast vistas, I like that. The list, in no order too. I'll try to keep it short.

Jack Nicholson
Bruce Willis
Emma Thompson
Cate Blanchett
Anthony Hopkins, Sir
Sean Connery
I thought Denzel was overrated. I thought again.
Leonardo Di 'Capprio
Anytime I wanna leave julia out, I remember Erin Brocovich
Morgan Freeman
Bette Davis (I didn't see alive in the thread title)
Humphrey Bogart (humph are the first 5 letters of this guy's name?)
Spencer Tracy

Frankly I'm spent. I'll just second other actors other people post.

I personally think Cusack is very bland. Oh well

AAA showed his true acting skills in OZ. Didnt hurt that he spoke Yoruba in some of the episodes as well . He's pretty much everyone's favorite prison on the show and Lost gained MORE popularity when he joined in Season 3.

Prison Break and Oz. Lol the only thing that makes them similar is the location which is within prison and PB sef, 75% is outside prison while OZ is 97% withIN prison. it's pretty graphic and gritty so you might not like it.

Definitely look into Six Feet Under.

Salma Hayek and Halle Berry

iice:

After Frida, sadly she put her acting chops on the back burner and relied more on her sexuality/sensuality to carry through.

Reason why i don't like actresses ughhhh too many rely on their looks to get by.

which is why I perfer movies that dont have women in them or the woman is there for a REASON.

@Mad Max,

I love Clive because he acts like a man who knows what he wants

he is straightforward and sure, i love that! and the way he speaks, ohlala.

He doesnt have the confused air Nicolas cage carries

or the beat down sappy look Cusack pulls.

ah well, its just me.

Sometimes i think Eddie shoots himself in the Foot.


@Vesc, Your list aint bad, except err. . . it seems you have a thing for older men

KarmaMod:

I personally think Cusack is very bland. Oh well

AAA showed his true acting skills in OZ. Didnt hurt that he spoke Yoruba in some of the episodes as well . He's pretty much everyone's favorite prison on the show and Lost gained MORE popularity when he joined in Season 3.

Prison Break and Oz. Lol the only thing that makes them similar is the location which is within prison and PB sef, 75% is outside prison while OZ is 97% withIN prison. it's pretty graphic and gritty so you might not like it.

Definitely look into Six Feet Under.

Yea, I might not like OZ but next time I see it on, I might just sit down and watch an episode.

I liked Cusack in Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Pushing Tin, The Contract and Runaway Jury. Plus, I reaaaaaly get his looks. I think he's so cute.

@Gamine, you don't know the least of it. If I had the time I might just shock you. Actors are mostly like wine

@Vesc
Down boy. So you don't think Foxx should've won for Ray? Who were you rooting for that year?

@Spiked
Cusack's gorgeous. But I think he's sort of semi-retired now,hasn't he?


@Gamine
Clive has this air of danger about him,even without trying. Little wonder he was the British public's 1st choice for Bond. Glad the studio chose the coldly charismatic Craig,though. Wish you both many years of married bliss jare.

@iice
Do not get me started on my Oscar peeves. Fact is there are more whites in quality films, and sheer numbers quarantee they'll get more nominations than blacks. We can't deny the politics, but to award Oscars because people were screaming racism, so as not to alienate the coloured folks? And then to spitefully award it to someone everyone knows didn't deserve it, for shaking her booty and doing a lot of moaning?So you award an oscar to still the cries of racism,but make certain it's to an absurd choice so everyone knows it was a mere gesture? Disgusting. The fact that someone like Morgan Freeman did not get an Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy,and even more incredibly,for his stunning performance in The Shawshank Redemption,one of my Top Twenty,shows that there is racism and politics, but to mock those po', hardworking coloured uns with a Halle Berry win? E tire me.

And all the cheating! Did you catch Sean Penn in Dead Man Walking? His performance was a miracle. But who got Best Actor?NICOLAS FRIGGING CAGE, for Leaving Las Vegas. Kai! Sometimes I want to stop watching their bullshit awards,but then remember they occassionally give it to the deserving.  And everyone knew LOTR The Two Towers should have won Best Picture. They deny that amagnificent film the award, and then, their guilty consciences overcompensates with The Return of the King. Yeye pipu.

And poor Ang Lee. First it was Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,another Top Twenty Lister, then Brokeback Mountain. He looks set to be another Scorcese.

You know Crash won Best Picture na.
No, please tell me you're joking! Phoenix retiring from acting! It cant be! God forbid.
.

Yea, I read somewhere that Joaquin Phoenix is retiring from acting but me thinks its all a ploy. Isn't that what Daniel Day-Lewis said before? Who's got the Oscar now?

Hmmm. I think you have something there. I hope you're right. He's so talented it would be a terrible waste.

heath ledger
johnny depp
orlando bloom
scarlet johansson
mandy moore
jennifer ganner
kelvin spacey
eva mendez

@Max, what I meant about Foxx was that the role fit him perfectly. That doesn"t make him a good actor. He was great in Ray, but that's just about the only film he was great in. And he happens to win an oscar for it. Whoopdeedo! Just imagine, Depp, Burton etc are still plague with insecurity and uncertainty of their genius and Foxx, Berry get on the of Racial condescension. They were given oscars because they saw their performances as a window to appease their collective guilt. Don't confuse me. I just want to think of the few oscars that black people have won to be for sensible movies and sensible roles.

About Joaquin, it's really sad. I saw him recently in "We own the night" he was great as usual. When was this purported announcement made? I hope it's a publicity stunt. Like MJ's, Michael Jordan not the moving veggy.