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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by gmanca
(Post 9988900)
That movie is almost like the prequel to the Big Lebowski, with him being a detective who's a major alcoholic.
It's pretty obvious the Coen Brothers drew quite a bit of inspiration from Cutter's Way (which plays like a serious version of Lebowski) though they've never openly admitted it. |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
True Grit.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Tron for me.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by Nazgul
(Post 9989166)
Tron for me.
Shucks, Tron is one of my favorite sci-fi movies of all time...and favorite video games too. |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by Sex Fiend
(Post 9988382)
Absolutely. Add on THE LAST PICTURE SHOW and STAY HUNGRY, and we're talking about a great run of work in the early 70's by Mr. Bridges. He has long been one of my favorite actors from that era - and easily the most under appreciated. It will be great to see him finally win that Oscar, as I assume he will this year.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Best performance - The Dude.
Best film - Fearless or The Door in the Floor |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
The Dude dominates for a reason; I think it's the most natural role I've seen him play.
Starman is a close second. |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Come on guys...I thought you were supposed to be "movie people". THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS is by far Bridges best performance as an actor. Most of his other stuff isn't very deep or introspective - just Bridges having fun, but not really going deep into a character the way a great actor can.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum
(Post 9989613)
Oops, I completely forgot to include the film that inspired me to do the post in the first place: THE LAST AMERICAN HERO (1973), directed by Lamont Johnson, in which Bridges plays real-life stock car racer/moonshiner Junior Johnson. Valerie Perrine is real cute as Miss Georgia Peach Pit or something and Gary Busey plays Bridges' brother. I haven't seen it since the 1970s, but I remember seeing it more than once back then and liking it a lot. One line I liked that Bridges delivered to one of his rivals was "Don't let your mouth write checks your ass can't cash." Jim Croce songs, including "I've Got a Name," fill the soundtrack, always a good thing in my book.
Art Lund, the actor who plays his father owns the film IMO. A lot of talent involved in the cast too. |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
(Post 9990137)
Come on guys...I thought you were supposed to be "movie people". THE FABULOUS BAKER BOYS is by far Bridges best performance as an actor. Most of his other stuff isn't very deep or introspective - just Bridges having fun, but not really going deep into a character the way a great actor can.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) he was perfect in this gem of movie.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Let me echo that any of you plebes who voted for Lebowski clearly haven't seen all of his other films, or you would have voted for everything else.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by starman9000
(Post 9991139)
Let me echo that any of you plebes who voted for Lebowski clearly haven't seen all of his other films, or you would have voted for everything else.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by starman9000
(Post 9991139)
Let me echo that any of you plebes who voted for Lebowski clearly haven't seen all of his other films, or you would have voted for everything else.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by starman9000
(Post 9991139)
Let me echo that any of you plebes who voted for Lebowski clearly haven't seen all of his other films, or you would have voted for everything else.
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Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
Originally Posted by starman9000
(Post 9991139)
Let me echo that any of you plebes who voted for Lebowski clearly haven't seen all of his other films, or you would have voted for everything else.
It shares that space with movies like The Godfather, Dances with Wolves, Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Unforgiven, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tennenbaums, A Few Good Men, and Apocalypse Now. |
Re: Poll: Favorite Jeff Bridges performance
And here I thought I was laying that on too thick. ;)
I love him in a lot of stuff and Lebowski is my favorite. |
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