Post subject: Worst movie scenes with great actor/actors
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:32 pm
Epitome of cool
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For example, Paul Newman's scene to the song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head from Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (thanks to windedsailor for the inspiration). To qualify, it just has to be an atrocious scene from any kind of movie that features a great actor - and it doesn't necessarily have to be because of their performance in said scene. This is about the overall quality of the scene, not just one aspect like acting. Some examples might even come from overall great movies.
If you're looking for a place to start, think latter-day DeNiro and Pacino movies. There's a goldmine's worth of material there.
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Post subject: Re: Worst movie scenes with great actor/actors
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:21 pm
The Maleficent
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Hinny wrote:
malice wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
If you're looking for a place to start, think latter-day DeNiro and Pacino movies. There's a goldmine's worth of material there.
yeah, I thought Pacino was horrid in Scent of a Woman.
Speechless.
The whole performance was forced. The storyline was barely worth it, and I'm sorry, but Pacino just stunk up the place in it- and wasn't this the movie he won the Ocsar for, too? He's such a powerful actor and done so many outstanding, even groundbreaking roles- this really shouldn't have been the movie they honored him for in my opinion.
Post subject: Re: Worst movie scenes with great actor/actors
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:33 pm
The Maleficent
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Patrick Bateman wrote:
You might wanna check the original movie, Malice. It's pretty fucking awesome.
who knew?
I read a few customer reviews and it seems like a better version actually.
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I must confess I did not know this film existance after the other one with Pacino was released. Because I was so disappointment with it I thought that maybe the Italian one was better. And it is.
I think that humanity is the first word to describe it. The character of Fausto , played by an extraordinary Vittorio Gassman, is a man in all his complexity and humanity. He does not accept his blindness and wants to live as if he were still seeing. He knows it is a lie, but it is the only way he has to live. He is rude, unpolite, dictatorial and you love him. Not because you feel pity for him, but because he is human and only the great Vittorio could played a man like him. It is a masterful performing.
On a long trip from Turin to Naples he has the company of a young soldier, Ciccio, played by a competent Alessandro Momo. He is the the link between the audience and Fausto. He is shocked by this strange man, who is unbereable but who also shows him how to open to life.
I think this film is by far better that the one with Pacino. This is real, because the characters are not unidimensional. they have weakness and virtues. And also shows us dignity in its crudest, realistic way.
This film talk about real people, forgetting sterotipes. In their journey we learn that friendship, real one, comes from accepting others faults and not by praising their virtues. It is a film I really encourage to see by anyone who likes good cinema.
Post subject: Re: Worst movie scenes with great actor/actors
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:45 pm
Supersonic
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Haha that's kinda funny, i didn't know there was remake of it with De Niro until i read this thread I saw the Dino Risi one when i was a kid, it's one of my dad's favorite movies.
if it weren't for Tarantino, Travolta would never have had a "cool" factor about him...and would have never made any "cool" movies after that
come on now, urban cowboy is the definition of cool.
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