The Talented Mr. Ripley- Page 4

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 9:42pm

You're absolutely right.

[wexy]

Posted: 2/4/06 at 11:09pm

Ripley's Game with Malkovich was really good.I've read all the Ripley novels of Highsmith. Pretty disturbing but fun.

[EponineThenardier]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:23am

It makes me sad that only Law got a nom for the cast, and the film didn't get one at all. I didn't really like what came out that year.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 11:34am

I don't get why The Insider was so nominated. It was exceptionally boring and just not very good. I would have happily seen Matt Damon nominated over Russell Crowe.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 12:00pm

Actually, pop, had Cider House and Green Mile surrendered their BP spots to Mr. Ripley and Eyes Wide Shut, I would have been perfectly happy.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 12:04pm

Well I loved Green Mile (much MUCH more than Shawshank) and I loathed Eyes Wide Shut so I can't agree with you on that switch .

[Jon]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 1:41pm

Crowe deserved the Oscar for INSIDER a lot more than he did for the God aful GLADIATOR.


That said, Matt Damon should have been nominated for Ripley. It's his best work so far.

Updated On: 2/5/06 at 01:41 PM

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 5:53pm

Jon, I agree with everything you said. Russell Crowe was also my choice for Best Actor in 1999.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 5:56pm

But......but......Russell Crowe can't act.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:08pm

lol He's not a favorite of mine, but I do think he has given several excellent performances.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 6:11pm

I love how Rusell Crowe is apparently happy only when he's acting..yet he doesn't seem to act very well most of the time..just my opinion.

Back to Ripley...I really don't think it was that necessary for him to kill poor Peter. Not to mention, there is no way in hell that he could get off that ship.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:44pm

DRS-

Out of curiosity, what movies have you seen him in?

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 8:58pm

Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, and Master and Commander...he really hasn't been in that many big movies, I think he's overrated.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 9:01pm

With the exception of A Beautiful Mind, I think those are his weakest performances. Don't even get me started on Virtuosity!

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 9:05pm

Pfft. Hiding behind your username, Broadway86?

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 9:10pm

?

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 9:12pm

...I have no idea wtf I'm talking about.


So yeah, this movie is definitely one of my favourites, everything was just so well done, score, sets, acting, loved it.

[broadway86]

Posted: 2/5/06 at 9:14pm

I am so confused.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/6/06 at 8:07am

Well let me pull the thread back on track

I really don't think it was that necessary for him to kill poor Peter. Not to mention, there is no way in hell that he could get off that ship.

When Peter sees Tom with Meredith, it's all over for Tom. The jig is up. In his mind, the only way out is to kill Peter. He can't allow Peter and Meredith to meet, one conversation and it's all over. He can't kill Meredith as she's with her family. He can't confess everything. He doesn't see that he has any other choice. The conversation he has with Peter where he is frantically trying to think of other options but there are none for him is one of Damon's finest acting moments to date.