Which characters made you sink into your seat with their intensity or presence?
06-29-08, 10:10 AM
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Which characters made you sink into your seat with their intensity or presence?
Who are some of the great intimidators?
I'll start with:
R. Lee Ermey as Gny. Sgt Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart
Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men
I'll start with:
R. Lee Ermey as Gny. Sgt Hartman in Full Metal Jacket
Dennis Hopper as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet
Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru in Wild at Heart
Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men
06-29-08, 10:22 AM
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Agreed on Booth, Hartman, and Chigurh. Love Dafoe in Wild at Heart too.
Henry Fonda as Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
David Carradine as Bill in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Clint Eastwood as Insp. Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry
Andrew Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry
Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas
Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange
Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard
Dustin Hoffman as Max Dembo in Straight Time
Peter Boyle as Joe Curran in Joe
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction
Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop
Ronny Cox as Dick Jones in RoboCop
Sergi Lopez as Capt. Vidal in Pan's Labyrinth
Timothy Olyphant as Kelly in The Girl Next Door (such an underrated movie and character, he basically eats the whole movie)
Henry Fonda as Frank in Once Upon a Time in the West
Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood
John Goodman as Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski
David Carradine as Bill in Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
Clint Eastwood as Insp. Harry Callahan in Dirty Harry
Andrew Robinson as Scorpio in Dirty Harry
Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas
Malcolm McDowell as Alex de Large in A Clockwork Orange
Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard
Dustin Hoffman as Max Dembo in Straight Time
Peter Boyle as Joe Curran in Joe
Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction
Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop
Ronny Cox as Dick Jones in RoboCop
Sergi Lopez as Capt. Vidal in Pan's Labyrinth
Timothy Olyphant as Kelly in The Girl Next Door (such an underrated movie and character, he basically eats the whole movie)
06-29-08, 12:11 PM
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Kurtwood Smith as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (I second that!)
I'll also add,
Alec Baldwin in Glengerry Glen Ross
Joe Pesci in Casino
I'll also add,
Alec Baldwin in Glengerry Glen Ross
Joe Pesci in Casino
06-29-08, 01:53 PM
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Alec Baldwin - Glengary Glen Ross, that is major badassery when he shows up on screen. He is only in the movie for that part but god damn if that isn't spellbinding when he is on screen.
Robert Mitchum - Night of The Hunter & Cape Fear, most people will tell you that he is better in Cape Fear and he is fantastic, but Night of The Hunter is so much more terrifying. A priest with tattoos, dude that is a serious subtle queue.
Anton Chigurh - Holy crap was that amazing casting for starters. But the way the guy just stands there makes you take notice.
Robert Mitchum - Night of The Hunter & Cape Fear, most people will tell you that he is better in Cape Fear and he is fantastic, but Night of The Hunter is so much more terrifying. A priest with tattoos, dude that is a serious subtle queue.
Anton Chigurh - Holy crap was that amazing casting for starters. But the way the guy just stands there makes you take notice.
06-30-08, 01:44 PM
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Most recently, Forest Whitaker as General Idi Amin Dada in Last King of Scotland.
Yes, I think he surpassed DDL's performance in intensity and presence. But barely.
Yes, I think he surpassed DDL's performance in intensity and presence. But barely.
06-30-08, 01:54 PM
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These were some of the one which affected me as a kid.
James Cagney - electric chair sequence in Angels with Dirty Faces
Sterling Hayden - Dr. Strangelove
Sterling Hayden and Elisha Cook Jr. - The Killing
Bela Lugosi - Dracula
Brian Donlevy - Beau Geste
John Wayne - The Searchers
Karlheinz Böhm - Peeping Tom
Peter Lorre - in Anything
Sam Jaffe - Scarlet Empress
James Cagney - electric chair sequence in Angels with Dirty Faces
Sterling Hayden - Dr. Strangelove
Sterling Hayden and Elisha Cook Jr. - The Killing
Bela Lugosi - Dracula
Brian Donlevy - Beau Geste
John Wayne - The Searchers
Karlheinz Böhm - Peeping Tom
Peter Lorre - in Anything
Sam Jaffe - Scarlet Empress
06-30-08, 02:38 PM
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Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant made me sink into my seat and stay there for a while.
Also, Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris in Training Day. Washington was super intense for Malcolm X, too.
Also, Denzel Washington as Det. Alonzo Harris in Training Day. Washington was super intense for Malcolm X, too.
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06-30-08, 02:50 PM
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I agree with a lot of these, but I'd also put forth Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill Cutting in "Gangs of New York." While not as solid a movie as "There Will Be Blood", his performance (as is the case, it seems, with every role of his) was captivating.
Also, while I haven't seen it yet (infuriatingly so
), from the reviews, Heath Ledger seems guaranteed to evoke this response from the "Dark Knight", along with, possibly, Christian Bale; I've read more than one review comparing his portrayal of an older, wiser, and more darkly introspective Wayne to Al Pacino in "Godfather II" (Christ, why is not July 17th yet?!)
Also, Robert Shaw in "Jaws" and Kevin Spacey in "Seven" (the few scenes he is in) are contenders, I feel.
-Doc
Also, while I haven't seen it yet (infuriatingly so
), from the reviews, Heath Ledger seems guaranteed to evoke this response from the "Dark Knight", along with, possibly, Christian Bale; I've read more than one review comparing his portrayal of an older, wiser, and more darkly introspective Wayne to Al Pacino in "Godfather II" (Christ, why is not July 17th yet?!)Also, Robert Shaw in "Jaws" and Kevin Spacey in "Seven" (the few scenes he is in) are contenders, I feel.
-Doc
