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Csteinman said:

 

Okay.  Who's was the better acting:

Billy Bob Thornton as Karl in Slingblade? or

Dustin Hoffman as Raymond in Rainman?

No question... BB gets the nod and for exactly

the reason you mentioned.  

Hoffman never stopped letting me know that Hoffman was doing the gig.

Same holds true for me regarding Jack Nicholson and Robert Dinero.

I'm always aware of the Superstar @ work.

Then you have folks like Ben Kingsley who are just totaly amazing.

if you haven't seen Sexy Beast C... rent it. Kingsley gives a stunning

performance as a bloodless hit man. A completely chilling performance.

If you truly want to appreciate his range, watch Ghandi first or Turtle Diary first.

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According to the wisdom of "Tropic Thunder,"..................", never go full retard.  Full retard no Oscar, partial retard, Oscar."

I'm just quotin'

Bob

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Rmcclung said:

According to the wisdom of "Tropic Thunder,"..................", never go full retard.  Full retard no Oscar, partial retard, Oscar."

I'm just quotin'

Bob

So... there's like an Oscar in my future?  

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The older i get the faster i was.

Yeah.  A real idiot savant wouldn't have perfect Hollywood Blvd. hair.

And why on Earth would an actor want to pull up when going retard.  I'm thinking go full friggin retard, or don't go retard at all. 

C

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Another sunrise, These bright and crystal moments, Crow flies overhead.

Just rent Tropical Thunder when it goes Netflix.  You'll get the reference.

 Robert Downey Jr. does his thing so well, and you have to strain to spot Tom Cruise.

 Bob

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"Go out, things happen. Stay at home, they don't" .....................Ted Simon

Anybody seen...

A Friend Indeed?

At theatres now... limited release....

Documentary about a fellow institutionalized for 35 or so years beginning at about age 7 due to mental challenges, eventually "adopted" and taken to Iowa.......... guaranteed to bring tears at some point..... 

PS.  My vote goes to Thornton almost always.  Hoffman on occasion (loved him in Tootsie) and almost never to Cruise (I keep seeing this dude jumping up and down on a sofa).

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******Mike****** "We choose our joys and our sorrows long before we experience them."

Yeah, I'm not a Cruise fan at all.  To my eye, he's got too many teeth or something.  And like many of the others he usually plays himself acting in a part.

And that couch thing was just bizarre.

C

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Csteinman said:

Yeah, I'm not a Cruise fan at all.  To my eye, he's got too many teeth or something.  And like many of the others he usually plays himself acting in a part.

And that couch thing was just bizarre.

C

funny thing is I never actually saw the couch thing.... just heard about it... but it didn't surprise me at all...

I was about to say I liked him in Risky Business, but thinking back, I'm pretty sure it was Rebecca De Mornay that is the reason I've seen the movie at least ten times in my life...

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