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Old 12-14-2007   #21 (permalink)
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Jodie Foster - The Accused
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
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These are in no real order:

Robert De Niro in Heat, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Casino, Copland
Al Pacino in Heat, The Devil's Advocate
Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting, Ravenous, 28 Weeks Later
 Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men
John Goodman in Fallen, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, O' Brother, Where Art Thou?
George Clooney in O' Brother, Where Art Thou?, Out of Sight
Steve Buscemi in Fargo, Reservoir Dogs
Sean Penn in Mystic River
Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven
Russell Crow in Cinderella Man, Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind
Ray Liotta in Copland, Goodfellas
Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs
Jack Nicholson in The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 Bill Murray in Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Lost in Translation
Brad Pitt in Snatch.
Guy Pierce in Memento, Ravenous, The Count of Monte Cristo
And I know it's not a movie (yet), but James Gandolfini in The Sopranos was always stellar and believable.
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Most convincing in a role? Not an easy task.
From what I've watched in the last few days:

Arnold as the Terminator in 'The Terminator' - True cold-machine/cyborg performance right down to the eye movements and walk, something Kristana Loken emulated very well in T3.

Jack Nicholson can sell almost anything in a role, but 'About Schmidt' was so sincere and real that you forgot you were watching a well known actor and not a real person.

Rutger Hauer as the emotionally inexperienced and creepy Roy Batty in 'Blade Runner'. His nuances in the character bring out much more than any scripted line could - he also added the phenominal lines about 'tears in rain' himself.
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This year the standouts for me have been:

Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood.

Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin in No Country For Old Men
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Jodie Foster - The Accused
Russell Crowe - A Beautiful Mind
Brad Pitt - Fight Club
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
I agree. Russell Crowe played his role very well in Beautiful Mind. I've never watched The Accused before, but I like Jodie Foster in Anna and The King.
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Ashton Kutcher's acting in The Butterfly Effect really surprised and impressed me
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Ashton Kutcher's acting in The Butterfly Effect really surprised and impressed me
Yeah, it's a surprise when you watch him as a real comedian Punk'd in MTV, then you watch him in Butterfly Effect (a very serious and dark movie) play as a desperate man... This is a complete change. For me that proves his great ability in acting.
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Yeah, it's a surprise when you watch him as a real comedian Punk'd in MTV, then you watch him in Butterfly Effect (a very serious and dark movie) play as a desperate man... This is a complete change. For me that proves his great ability in acting.
he's quite versatile.. and i want to see him again in a challenging role
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