What's THE best movie performance of all time?
What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Ellie3
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/04
#0What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:23amOff the top of my head, I would have to say Meryl Streep in SOPHIE'S CHOICE.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#2re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:27amRyan Gosling in The Believer.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#3re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:28amGregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#4re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:40amI 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...."
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#6re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 12:58amI 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.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
#7re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:00am
Brando in On The Waterfront and Streetcar....
Deniro in Raging Bull and Taxi Driver
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
#8re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 1:07amJudy Garland in A Star Is Born
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#9re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/26/04
#10re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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
Word. Word, indeed.
#11re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:04amI want to say Jamie Foxx in Ray but I don't want to get killed.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
#12re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:08amGloria Swanson in SUNSET BOULEVARD. Creepy yet you felt sorry for her, yet you didn't like her. BRILLIANT!!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#13re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:16amand those eyes... they said so much!
#14re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:21amAmen. 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!!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#15re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:31amoff the top of my head: Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
#16re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:36am
Marquise, I heart your icon. 
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#17re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:43am
you better heart my icon!
#18re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 2:44am
Or what? 
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
#19re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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....
#20re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 4:08amHoward Stern Private Parts
'The Devil be hitting me!'--Whitney Houston
#21re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
MauveRose
Chorus Member Joined: 1/21/04
#22re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
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....
Don't make me brag. ;)
#23re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 11:21amMuave 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.
I got rid of my teeth at a young age because... I'm straight. Teeth are for gay people. That's why fairies come and get them
SideShowMan
Understudy Joined: 5/22/04
#24re: What's THE best movie performance of all time?
Posted: 11/29/04 at 11:35amwhat about Vivian Leigh in "Streetcar"?
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