View Poll Results: Which is his best?
Easy Rider (1969)
1
1.43%
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
4
5.71%
The Last Detail (1973)
0
0%
Chinatown (1974)
3
4.29%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
36
51.43%
The Shining (1980)
12
17.14%
A Few Good Men (1992)
4
5.71%
The Pledge (2001)
1
1.43%
About Schmidt (2002)
4
5.71%
Other
5
7.14%
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best Jack Nicholson performance
05-29-04, 07:56 PM
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While I loved his performance in The Shining, gotta go with Cuckoo's Nest.
05-29-04, 09:51 PM
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For me, it's HOFFA. Why? Because it's one of Jack's few movies where I feel like I'm watching the character and not Jack Nicholson. A very underrated performance and movie.
05-30-04, 03:21 AM
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The first person to say "Batman", I swear to god I am paying a hit man to beat the crap out of you. That was so NOT The joker, it's not even funny. It was Jack playing Jack-Being-Insane instead of the Joker.
You want good charaction of Joker? Mask of the Phantasm - Mark Hamell nails it DEAD on in that one. He so owns Jack, it's not even funny.
You want good charaction of Joker? Mask of the Phantasm - Mark Hamell nails it DEAD on in that one. He so owns Jack, it's not even funny.
05-30-04, 11:39 AM
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"Darling. Light, of my life. I'm not gonna hurt ya. You didn't let me finish my sentence. I said, I'm not gonna hurt ya. I'm just gonna bash your brains in. I'm gonna bash 'em right the **** in. Ha, ha."
But seriously - his best performance is Cuckoo's Nest.
But seriously - his best performance is Cuckoo's Nest.
05-30-04, 11:53 AM
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Originally posted by El-Kabong
The first person to say "Batman", I swear to god I am paying a hit man to beat the crap out of you. That was so NOT The joker, it's not even funny. It was Jack playing Jack-Being-Insane instead of the Joker.
The first person to say "Batman", I swear to god I am paying a hit man to beat the crap out of you. That was so NOT The joker, it's not even funny. It was Jack playing Jack-Being-Insane instead of the Joker.
I really thought he was stunning in Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining, but remembering the ending of About Schmidt makes me all teary eyed. I'll going with Schmidt---tough choice though.
05-31-04, 02:34 AM
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Originally posted by Corvin
Is this his fault so much as the fault of the writer & director? And, personally, I think he played "Jack playing Jack-Being-Insane" quite well. Though is it his best performance? Not really.
Is this his fault so much as the fault of the writer & director? And, personally, I think he played "Jack playing Jack-Being-Insane" quite well. Though is it his best performance? Not really.
Sorry - just a pet peve of mine.
