Greatest screen performance ever ?.

[meth head]

Another awesome Gary Oldman performance I always seem to forget is even his is Mason Verger in Hannibal.

Is that right? Is that seriously Oldman? I had no idea!

 

[Reinhardt]

Yup. Pretty cool, he decided to not have his name in the screen credits.

 

[meth head]

Yup. Pretty cool, he decided to not have his name in the screen credits.

How cool is that! Why would he want that then? That is really awesome

 

[Reinhardt]

It's a minor role, it's not the greatest performance ever, but it's damn brilliant (in a non-Oscar kind of way)

Charlie Sheen in Ferris Bueler's Day Off

 

[Shai]

Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood

 

[Reinhardt]

How cool is that! Why would he want that then? That is really awesome

From wikipedia:

Gary Oldman was cast as Mason Verger, one of Lecter's two surviving victims. Co-producer Martha De Laurentiis said they had a "funny situation" with Oldman wanting a prominent "credit".[6] She said: "Now how can you have a prominent credit with Hannibal? The characters are Hannibal and Clarice Starling. So we really couldn’t work something out (at first)."[6] Oldman was apparently "out" of the movie for while, but then came back in, asking to go "unbilled".[6] Oldman would become transformed and "unrecognizable as himself" to play the part of Verger. He would have no lips, cheeks or eyelids. Make-up artist Greg Cannom said: "It's really disgusting... I’ve been showing people pictures [of Oldman as Verger], and they all just say ‘Oh my God,’ and walk away, which makes me very happy."[6] Oldman said that having his name completely removed from the billing and credits allowed him to "do it anonymously" under that heavy make-up.

 

[Dark Passenger]

I am judging the performance and these are my personal favorites.

Anthony Hopkins- Hannibal Lecter
Robert Englund- Freddy Krueger
Heath Ledger- The Joker
Tim Curry- Pennywise/IT
John Lithgow- Arthur Mitchell/Trinity Killer (Dexter)
Jack Nicholson- Jack Torrance
Jason Alexander- George Costanza (Seinfeld)
David Carradine- Bill (Kill Bill)
Kevin Peter Hall- Predator
Peter Weller- RoboCop
Bruce Campbell- Ash

 

[intothevoid]

From wikipedia:

Gary Oldman was cast as Mason Verger, one of Lecter's two surviving victims. Co-producer Martha De Laurentiis said they had a "funny situation" with Oldman wanting a prominent "credit".[6] She said: "Now how can you have a prominent credit with Hannibal? The characters are Hannibal and Clarice Starling. So we really couldn’t work something out (at first)."[6] Oldman was apparently "out" of the movie for while, but then came back in, asking to go "unbilled".[6] Oldman would become transformed and "unrecognizable as himself" to play the part of Verger. He would have no lips, cheeks or eyelids. Make-up artist Greg Cannom said: "It's really disgusting... I’ve been showing people pictures [of Oldman as Verger], and they all just say ‘Oh my God,’ and walk away, which makes me very happy."[6] Oldman said that having his name completely removed from the billing and credits allowed him to "do it anonymously" under that heavy make-up.

Seriously very cool

 

[BadMoon]

I am judging the performance and these are my personal favorites.

Anthony Hopkins- Hannibal Lecter
Robert Englund- Freddy Krueger
Heath Ledger- The Joker
Tim Curry- Pennywise/IT
John Lithgow- Arthur Mitchell/Trinity Killer (Dexter)
Jack Nicholson- Jack Torrance
Jason Alexander- George Costanza (Seinfeld)
David Carradine- Bill (Kill Bill)
Kevin Peter Hall- Predator
Peter Weller- RoboCop
Bruce Campbell- Ash

Sorry but I got a kick out of this list.

 

[Dark Passenger]

Sorry but I got a kick out of this list.

I totally understand. Just my own personal favorites.

 

[Darth Cruel]

That certainly IS an interesting list Dark Passenger.

But I understand. I DID put John Travolta in Phenomenon on mine.

 

[agen_kolar]

Was better in My Left Foot, IMO.

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Is that Fiona Shaw? I've never seen her in any other movie besides the Harry Potter series. I also don't think I've ever seen DDL in any movie.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Oh yes...I meant to mention something about Billy Bob Thornton as Carl in slingblade...


against the general wisdom...he went full retard and pulled it off.

 

[Seditionary]

I've got a few that make me happy everytime...

Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark.
Ledger as joker
Eckhart as twoface
Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.
Keaton as Beetlejuice
Depp as Dillinger
Nicholson as Mac
Deniro as Bickle
Chaney Jr. as Talbot
and val kilmer in pretty much anything

un-honorable mention:
Arnold as Mr. Freeze

 

[Darth Cruel]

I've got a few that make me happy everytime...

Bill Paxton as Severen in Near Dark.
Ledger as joker
Eckhart as twoface
Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.
Keaton as Beetlejuice
Depp as Dillinger
Nicholson as Mac
Deniro as Bickle
Chaney Jr. as Talbot
and val kilmer in pretty much anything

un-honorable mention:
Arnold as Mr. Freeze

Thanks for the reminder of Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday...absolutely badass!

 

[Seditionary]

Is it safe to say Viggo Mortensen...
Styder,Everett Hitch, Nikolai, Tom Stall?

I like this thread...it's good to notice and remember great performances in a time, I think, thats saturated with mediocre or less then.

 

[Mighty_Jabba]

Kurt Russell as Jack Burton
Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin
Harrison Ford as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Backs
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley
Holly Hunter as Ada in The Piano
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise

 

[scarecrow jim]

Personal favourites

cillian murphy - 28 days later(and pretty much everything he's been in)
eric bana - chopper and troy
heath ledger - TDK
leo dicaprio - the departed
stephen graham - this is england
casey affleck - the assasination of jesse james
bill paxton - aliens
ray winstone - nil by mouth

 

[devilof76]

Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday

Harrison Ford as Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Backs

Both awesome beyond words.

I'll add Chrsitian Bale as Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins as well.

 

[die]

-Heath Ledger in TDK
-Billy Bob Thornton in Slingblade
-Jake Gylennhall in Donnie Darko
-Michael C. Hall in Dexter
-Rufus Sewell in Dark City
-Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner
-Brandon Lee in The Crow
-Willam Defoe in Boondock Saints
-Kevin Spacey in Se7en
-Bill Murray in Ghostbusters
-Rudy Youngblood in Apocolyptica
-Anne Hathaway's boobs in all her movies


As a sidenote, all the performances in Boogie Nights were epic. All the characters were so over-the-top awkwardly funny yet still tragic. That's a unique film right there.