BEST FILM BY AN ACTOR

RCMerchant · June 10, 2019, 09:15:27 AM

Quote from: zombie no.one on June 10, 2019, 06:10:34 AM
not sure anyone will agree but...

Robert De Niro : MEET THE PARENTS

- btw GOODFELLAS is my #1 movie of all time, and although he's great in it I just don't think of it as a 'De Niro' movie especially.

I think I would go with TAXI DRIVER or RAGING BULL.

zombie no.one · June 10, 2019, 11:17:05 AM

fair enough, he's got about half a dozen films that are serious contenders... I keep meaning to check out RONIN, in fact I nearly just bought it earlier today when I was in HMV but I went for Bava's BAY OF BLOOD instead cause somehow I've never seen that either...

RCMerchant · June 10, 2019, 01:05:35 PM

Quote from: zombie no.one on June 10, 2019, 11:17:05 AM
fair enough, he's got about half a dozen films that are serious contenders... I keep meaning to check out RONIN, in fact I nearly just bought it earlier today when I was in HMV but I went for Bava's BAY OF BLOOD instead cause somehow I've never seen that either...

I have seen most all of Bava's horror films...except BAY OF BLOOD!

RCMerchant · June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM

.Jimmy Stewart- VERTIGO.
.Sterling Hayden-That's tough. Either in the KILLING or DR.STRANGELOVE.
.Vincent Price- Dam. That's real tough. I have to go with COMEDY OF TERRORS. Or THEATER OF BLOOD.

Rev. Powell · June 10, 2019, 01:19:07 PM

Quote from: zombie no.one on June 10, 2019, 06:10:34 AM
not sure anyone will agree but...

Robert De Niro : MEET THE PARENTS

- btw GOODFELLAS is my #1 movie of all time, and although he's great in it I just don't think of it as a 'De Niro' movie especially.

TAXI DRIVER. But RAGING BULL was impressive too.

RCMerchant · June 10, 2019, 01:46:10 PM

.Kirk Douglas- PATHS OF GLORY (1957). Dam! What a fantastic film!
.Timothy Carey- POOR WHITE TRASH (1957) aka BAYOU.
Great movie. He steals it.
.David Carradine- DEATHRACE 2000 (1975)
.Stallone- DEATHRACE 2000 (1975) again!

Svengoolie 3 · June 10, 2019, 02:07:12 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM
.Jimmy Stewart- VERTIGO.
.Sterling Hayden-That's tough. Either in the KILLING or DR.STRANGELOVE.
.Vincent Price- Dam. That's real tough. I have to go with COMEDY OF TERRORS. Or THEATER OF BLOOD.

I'd say the abominable Dr phibes, but that was so close to theater of blood it was nearly the same thing.

As for Hayden, much as I love Dr. Strangelove, I have to say his best was the asphalt jungle.

Allhallowsday · June 10, 2019, 02:41:52 PM

Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on June 10, 2019, 02:07:12 PM
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As for Hayden, much as I love Dr. Strangelove, I have to say his best was the asphalt jungle.

I agree; for STERLING HAYDEN it's ASPHALT JUNGLE.

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:46:10 PM
.Kirk Douglas- PATHS OF GLORY (1957). Dam! What a fantastic film!
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Agreed, except for KIRK DOUGLAS I'd go with SPARTACUS. It's a favorite of mine.

Rev. Powell · June 10, 2019, 02:45:53 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM

.Vincent Price- Dam. That's real tough. I have to go with COMEDY OF TERRORS. Or THEATER OF BLOOD.

COMEDY OF TERRORS or WITCHFINDER GENERAL.

Allhallowsday · June 10, 2019, 02:46:52 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM
.Jimmy Stewart- VERTIGO.
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I love VERTIGO, but for JIMMY STEWART? REAR WINDOW !!!

RCMerchant · June 10, 2019, 02:56:34 PM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on June 10, 2019, 02:45:53 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM

.Vincent Price- Dam. That's real tough. I have to go with COMEDY OF TERRORS. Or THEATER OF BLOOD.

COMEDY OF TERRORS or WITCHFINDER GENERAL.

I really considered the WITCHFINDER GENERAL...!

Alex · June 10, 2019, 03:01:40 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 02:56:34 PM
Quote from: Rev. Powell on June 10, 2019, 02:45:53 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:12:07 PM

.Vincent Price- Dam. That's real tough. I have to go with COMEDY OF TERRORS. Or THEATER OF BLOOD.

COMEDY OF TERRORS or WITCHFINDER GENERAL.

I really considered the WITCHFINDER GENERAL...!

Witchfinder General would have to be the one I'd go with. Was watching it last night by coincidence.

Svengoolie 3 · June 10, 2019, 05:05:03 PM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on June 10, 2019, 02:41:52 PM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on June 10, 2019, 02:07:12 PM
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As for Hayden, much as I love Dr. Strangelove, I have to say his best was the asphalt jungle.
I agree; for STERLING HAYDEN it's ASPHALT JUNGLE.

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 10, 2019, 01:46:10 PM
.Kirk Douglas- PATHS OF GLORY (1957). Dam! What a fantastic film!
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Agreed, except for KIRK DOUGLAS I'd go with SPARTACUS. It's a favorite of mine.

Damn, AHD, you like the asphalt jungle too?

I thought it was a great film noir, one of the best. While the movie was black and white the characters weren't. Hayden's character was a criminal but had a certain noble streak to him. Some cooswere crooked, some criminals were humane.

I'd mention in passing it was the only movie with Marilyn Monroe in it I liked and I liked it despite her. I was not a MM fan and never saw anything impressive about her. Neither her looks nor acting made any impression on me.

I liked Spartacus a lot for various reasons, not the east of which was kubrick giving a giant middle finger to the "black list" and openly hiring and crediting "banned" writers. How appropriate for a movie about a man fighting oppression to defy the oppression ofthe McCarthy era spawned black list.

The way he dealt with the taboo subject of homosexuality which existed in the roman empire was very subtle and suggestive, needed to dodge the heavy handed censors of the day.

Svengoolie 3 · June 10, 2019, 05:12:55 PM

Richard Burboun, er I meant Burton, i'm torn between "the spy who came in from the cold" or a little known movie called "Dr. Faustus". This was a little known movie that was more or less a filmed stage play. The stage play type style gave the movie a certain, I don't know exactly, a certain energy, ehteusiasm, I can't really say but I noticed it.

bob · June 10, 2019, 05:39:03 PM

John Travolta - Pulp Fiction