What's THE best movie performance of all time?

[Ellie3]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:20am

If we had to send one specimen of the the acting profession in to outer space, what on earth would it be?

Answers on a postcard please...

[Matt_G]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:23am

Off the top of my head, I would have to say Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:27am

Ryan Gosling in The Believer.

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:28am

Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:40am

I haven't seen a lot of the old classics, so I'm not the best one to ask on this topic. Out of all the other movies I've seen, the one that continues to amaze me is:

Ellen Burstyn in REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

[bta212]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:40am

I was going to say Stanwyck in Stella Dallas (just watched on Friday, so it's on my mind), but I think Matt is right. "Oh, Stingo...."

[Broadway Matt]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:58am

I suppose if my answer involved Shaquille O'Neal, people would think I was joking. so I'll say, Kevin Spacey's 15 minutes in SEVEN.

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:00am

Brando in On The Waterfront and Streetcar....


Deniro in Raging Bull and Taxi Driver

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:07am

Judy Garland in A Star Is Born

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:53am

Bette Davis in All About Eve. or Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard".

or perhaps Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom.

For a guy, Sir Ian McKellan in "Gods and Monsters".

May could think of somemore, maybe even better, when I'mm less sleepy.

[B.B. Wolf]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:55am

Brando in Apocalypse Now
Spacey in American Beauty
Pacino in Heat (if you haven't seen it, shame on you)
the entire cast of Glengarry Glen Ross

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:04am

I want to say Jamie Foxx in Ray but I don't want to get killed.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:08am

Gloria Swanson in SUNSET BOULEVARD. Creepy yet you felt sorry for her, yet you didn't like her. BRILLIANT!!

[MaTakeALookAtMe]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:16am

and those eyes... they said so much!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:21am

Amen. The funny thing is that she was a film star in the silent film era and that video that she plays to Jo, is actually her in the film that caused her downfall and the guy that played Max was the director of that film. So much of that movie rang close to home and that is one of the reasons why I love it. And the final scene, "Alright, Mr. Demille. I'm ready for my close-up" is PRICELESS!!

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:31am

off the top of my head: Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:36am

Marquise, I heart your icon.

[Marquise]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:43am

you better heart my icon!

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:44am

Or what?

[lildogs]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 3:09am

Vivien Leigh in GWTW

Jame Stewart in "It's A Wonderful Life"

Hard to top Scarlett O'Hara and George Bailey....

[midtowngym]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 4:08am

Howard Stern Private Parts

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 4:22am

Kelly Clarkson - From Justin to Kelly
Britney Spears - Crossroads
Mandy Moore - How to Deal
Hilary Duff - A Cinderella Story
Mariah Carey - Glitter
Topher Grace - Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
Madonna - Swept Away
Mary Kate and AShley Olsen - New York Minute

Classics...


movie performance that SURPRISED me the most at how good he was:

Eminem - 8 Mile

[MauveRose]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 10:32am

Hey don't be dissing From Justin to Kelly--Miss Anika was in it! Haha, I *heart* munkustrap!

Judy Garland in a Star is Born is my pick. I can't believe she lost the oscar to grace kelly....

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 11:21am

Muave and Elphie, while Judy is good in Star is Born,,,,,,check out her role in Judgement at Nuremburg. Smallerr role but she does the best acting of her carrer in that movie, it puts her work in Star to shame.

[SideShowMan]

Posted: 11/29/04 at 11:35am

what about Vivian Leigh in "Streetcar"?