tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post6087036720315722972..comments2023-07-25T12:00:23.138+00:00Comments on Bonobo World: Best ActingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-1375038919021029382007-01-17T14:21:00.000+00:002007-01-17T14:21:00.000+00:00Ah...la Streep. Again, I'm afraid that for my mone...Ah...la Streep. Again, I'm afraid that for my money, she's someone who overdoes The Method at the expense of everything else. Don't get me wrong...nothing against Method Acting - provided people remeber to <i>act</i> as well - as I think Lenny dies in The Departed.<br /><br />And the pity is that Streep <i>can</i> act. Sometimes. The best performance I've seen by her is...shit...post war setting...play by David Hare...it will come to me...ah! <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089816/">Plenty</a>. (No - I didn't have to look her up on imdb to remember the title).<br /><br />She does seem particularly good at picking turkeys, though. And I really don't think she can do comedy. She's nearly as bad as DeNiro!Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-21117934166276235012007-01-17T14:20:00.000+00:002007-01-17T14:20:00.000+00:00I was going to say something about leo in gilbert ...I was going to say something about leo in gilbert grape as I just watched my free copy the other night (having not watched it for years). But it appears I have been beaten to it. Johnny Depp is in it too. Now he IS pretty.<br /><br />Leo's most rubbish role was in The Beach. IMO great book, not so great film. <br /><br />I agree about dustin in rainman though. Too much.<br /><br />And what has happened to De Niro? All he seems to do in films now is "that face" you know the one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-64084514810446971512007-01-17T10:56:00.000+00:002007-01-17T10:56:00.000+00:00Leo can't help it if he's young and beautiful. *l...Leo can't help it if he's young and beautiful. *laugh*<br /><br />Let's see, Dustin. I've liked most of his movies, including Tootsie. Liked him best in The Graduate. Thought he tried too hard in Rain Man. But method acting in general? It works for some people, I mean look at Meryl Streep! When she started Devil Wears Prada, she told the crew the first day, "This is the last nice thing you will hear me say."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527046195864452632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-1167630891599153652007-01-17T10:33:00.000+00:002007-01-17T10:33:00.000+00:00Ah, now...I saw the trailer for Blood Diamond. Ye...Ah, now...I saw the trailer for Blood Diamond. Yes, his Sith Efriken accent was spot on...but that's not the kind of stuff that impresses me. I mean...it's very clever - but there's more to acting than that. Same with his Bostonian accents.<br /><br />In Catch Me If You Can - yes, good acting - but still relying on his puppydog charm much of the time. I'm waiting for him to age. Like a fine cheese.<br /><br />Gilbert Grape - I've not seen it for years, but we got a free copy with The Grauniad at the weekend. <br /><br />Yes, I remember Forest Whitaker in The Crying Game - but that's not the (ahem) part that most people remember. ;-) Another great African American actor also played a British soldier around about the same time in the low-budget <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097373/">For Queen and Country.</a> His Sarf Lahndon accent was pretty reasonable.<br /><br />Any comments on Dustin Hoffman?Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-83718685905406782952007-01-17T05:20:00.000+00:002007-01-17T05:20:00.000+00:00PS Do you remember Forest Whitaker as the soldier...PS Do you remember Forest Whitaker as the soldier who is kidnapped in The Crying Game? Not a big part, but he made it memorable.<br /><br />I really must see Last King of Scotland as soon as it comes out here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527046195864452632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-3908200575094137082007-01-17T05:15:00.000+00:002007-01-17T05:15:00.000+00:00People forget that Leo was an Oscar nominated acto...People forget that Leo was an Oscar nominated actor well before Titanic. He got the nod for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Phenomenal performance.<br /><br />Leo was also really good in Catch Me If You Can, especially the part where he is on the plane with Hanks and finds out someone has died. He subtly but effectively flips out.<br /><br />Last but not least, Leo did a fine job on his South African accent in Blood Diamond. Speaking of accents, he had to do two accents in The Departed - uppercrust and lower class Boston.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527046195864452632noreply@blogger.com