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Comment and I will give you ten actors and ten actresses. Then post in your Livejournal with your favorite films of theirs. Yeah I’ve seen a lot of movies, so I’m going with the theme of picking little known, appreciated, or seen flicks by these actors.
1. Russell Crow - Proof. No not that movie where he hooked up with America’s married sweetheart. Also? Not that movie about math and crazy dying dads. It’s a great little Australian movie from 1991, wherein blind photographer Hugo Weaving, who has issues trusting anything, be-friends yet tortures Crowe and his hot housekeeper. I love this role because it was back before Russell Crowe was RUSSELL CROWE, and he’s nuanced and sweet, and by God a little innocent. Also? Not a fat head.
2. Matthew McConnaughey: Lone Star. I think people have seen this, but I still feel it is hugely unappreciated. My God I don’t think Matt has ever looked more beautiful. It’s your typical John Sayles, multi-layered, multi-cultured look at murder and family in small Texas border town.
3. Matt Dillon - Drugstore Cowboy. I think it’s his finest performance, and I mean I love Dally okay, and Matt Dillon in general, and it does take a certain kind of smarts to play dumb, but what I really love about Bob, is that it’s the one Dillon role where he gets to be smart. Super smart, and he looks pretty great for a full time hustling appropriately grungy drug addict.
4. Ben Affleck: Changing Lanes. In looking over his cv, it’s amazing to realize I think Ben is nearly as maligned an actor, as Keanu Reeves. He’s been so good in so many things (and he was amazing in Dogma), but I picked this because he has some truly sparkly and kind of surprising chemistry with Toni Collette. To this day I’d love to see them cast together again in something. It also benefits from the always awesome Sydney Pollack in one of his last on screen roles.
5. Bill Murray: Ghostbusters . Okay unlike Tom Hanks, I’m a fan of later day dramatic Bill Murray, but I broke from the theme here because let’s face it, it’s one of the funniest movies ever made, and he is the cornerstone of it. As great as the lines on the page are, they were written with only ONE man’s indelible dead pan/manic delivery, and that’s Bill Murray. "Yes, sir it's true. This man has no dick."
6. Alec Baldwin: Miami Blues. It’s Alec playing a very hot, very romantic, egomaniacal psychopath. A role he knows like the back of his hand! Jenny Jason Leigh is also in it playing one of her many early roles in the oeuvre of young dumb naked used up girls. I was more familiar with her vagina at the time the movie was released than I was with my own.
7. Tom Hanks: Volunteers. As I mentioned earlier, I’m not one who really embraces Tom Hanks post Philadelphia drama rama style. It’s not that I think he didn’t deserve his Oscar for that, it’s that I find him less interesting when he stopped incorporating humor into his role choices. He is a deeply hilarious person, and I wish we got to see that on screen now and again rather than only when he’s at awards shows mocking Gwyneth Paltrow. Anyhoo this movie is the perfect showcase of his hilarity and it's where he met Rita and both their comedic and romantic chemistry is evident.
8. Clive Owen - Close My Eyes. I probably should have gone with Croupier the film that sort of brought him to some peoples attention, but instead I’ll stick with the one that brought him to MY attention. Clive falls for/fucks his manipulative bitch sister. It is elegiac and awesome.
9. Liam Neeson - Husbands & Wives. Jeez, Liam Neeson is a really really good actor who makes really really lame movies. This was Woody’s last gasp of greatness as far as I’m concerned, and Neeson is surprisingly adept at Woodyspeak. If only I could remember if he’s a fox or a hedgehog…
10. Paul Rudd: Wet Hot American Summer. I am one of those people who doesn't GET people who don't GET Paul Rudd. BUT I was someone who put off seeing this movie for so long, which made no sense, because I LOVED The State, I *am* Janeane Garafalo, and those 80's exploitation comedies are dear to my heart. But when I saw Paul Rudd in this with longish Johnny Cougar hair, and tight Johnny Cougar jeans, flipping off Showalter, he had me for life.
The women were harder, I'm not a huge fan of any of these actresses save Noni/Sandy/Sigourney, so yeah.
1. Sigourney Weaver: Heartbreakers. This movie is so so cute and funny and I don't know anyone but me that saw it. It's crazy to think of JLH getting to work with Sigourney and Ray Liotta, but she does a decent job, it's the only time I've ever liked her in anything. Sigourney is such a kick when she's gets to do comedy. Hee I just noticed Zach Galifinakas has some small part in it. See FUNNY.
2. Sandra Bullock: The Thing Called Love. Awww Sandy B! And River Phoenix in his last role, STONED out of his gord and bloated on too much "salt", and still giving a pretty good performance as a hopeful country singer in Nashville falling in love with Samantha Mathis and making friends with Dermot Mulroney (one of the few movies he does not die in - SCORE). Sandy is one of the best parts of the movie though. It's definitely got that Bogdanovitch warmth to dysfunction feel to it, a very underrated little romance IMO.
3. Cameron Diaz: In Her Shoes, I think she deserved the Oscar nom over Catherine Keener for Being John Malkovich, but that movie is well known/respected/loved. This was the only movie of hers besides that one that I don't find unpleasant to awful in some way. It's not very good, but it's not very good in the way most Sandy B movies are, in that it kind of sucks you in anyway, and I like that it's about two sisters with a difficult relationship trying to bridge the gap that has existed between them for too long.
4. Jennifer Garner: Catch & Release. She is really not my favorite actress, and it wasn't until 13 Going on 30 I liked her at all, but this movie was dumped in January and it's written by Susannah Grant, she who wrote more Party of Five episodes that bawled over than I can count. The movie is like many things Grant writes about how to find love and joy after loss and betrayl. It's sad, romantic, funny, and complicated. And uh, Tim Olyphant is really hot in it.
5. Nicole Kidman: Birthday Girl. To Die For was the first time I ever really believed she possessed any talent whatsoever, and it is still I think one of her best performances, but this one in this movie, is where I straight up liked her the most. And I think she does a pretty amazing job, not with the accent which is kinda..bad, but in communicating a lot with just her eyes/face. It's a really different and nice character for her and one of my favorite seriously twisted romances.
6. Gwyneth Paltrow: Flesh and Bone. I do mostly like Gwynnie on screen, but she was stone cold awesome in this movie, that is maybe not as great as it was made out to be at the time (for all you Harry Potter fans, I think it was Kloves first big "mark"), but she's a soulless grifter, and she wears it well.
7. Winona Ryder: Square Dance Noni and mentally challenged Rob Lowe play at love, it's a really sweet and heartbreaking movie, that was also on tv. Might be the best acting Rob Lowe has done outside that scene where Soda Pop steps out of the shower and only barely covers his junk with a towel. Stupid stupid towel.
8. Susan Sarandon: The Tempest. I straight up hated her for years and years because of Bull Durham. The rage toward/about her horrible character still aggravates till this day. But before that she was in this and I did like here here. This is one of those movies that was on HBO in the early/mid 80's approximately 2000 a month. I love Paul Mazursky and think he's super funny, and his take on modern take on Shakespeare is pretty great. Raul Julia's Kalibanos eating Noxema straight out of a jar kills me.
9. Uma Thurman: Henry & June. Yeah this movie played to Uma's strengths, mainly looking sultry, seductive, and intimidating, and she is the best part of it. I was particularly impressed with her accent. No, really.
10. Julianne Moore: Vanya on 42nd Street. The same crew who put together My Dinner With Andre, work magic again, and Moore is amazing. How she did this and then turned around and made the excrement that is Nine Months I will never know.
molly_may:Comment and I will give you ten actors and ten actresses. Then post in your Livejournal with your favorite films of theirs. Yeah I’ve seen a lot of movies, so I’m going with the theme of picking little known, appreciated, or seen flicks by these actors.
1. Russell Crow - Proof. No not that movie where he hooked up with America’s married sweetheart. Also? Not that movie about math and crazy dying dads. It’s a great little Australian movie from 1991, wherein blind photographer Hugo Weaving, who has issues trusting anything, be-friends yet tortures Crowe and his hot housekeeper. I love this role because it was back before Russell Crowe was RUSSELL CROWE, and he’s nuanced and sweet, and by God a little innocent. Also? Not a fat head.
2. Matthew McConnaughey: Lone Star. I think people have seen this, but I still feel it is hugely unappreciated. My God I don’t think Matt has ever looked more beautiful. It’s your typical John Sayles, multi-layered, multi-cultured look at murder and family in small Texas border town.
3. Matt Dillon - Drugstore Cowboy. I think it’s his finest performance, and I mean I love Dally okay, and Matt Dillon in general, and it does take a certain kind of smarts to play dumb, but what I really love about Bob, is that it’s the one Dillon role where he gets to be smart. Super smart, and he looks pretty great for a full time hustling appropriately grungy drug addict.
4. Ben Affleck: Changing Lanes. In looking over his cv, it’s amazing to realize I think Ben is nearly as maligned an actor, as Keanu Reeves. He’s been so good in so many things (and he was amazing in Dogma), but I picked this because he has some truly sparkly and kind of surprising chemistry with Toni Collette. To this day I’d love to see them cast together again in something. It also benefits from the always awesome Sydney Pollack in one of his last on screen roles.
5. Bill Murray: Ghostbusters . Okay unlike Tom Hanks, I’m a fan of later day dramatic Bill Murray, but I broke from the theme here because let’s face it, it’s one of the funniest movies ever made, and he is the cornerstone of it. As great as the lines on the page are, they were written with only ONE man’s indelible dead pan/manic delivery, and that’s Bill Murray. "Yes, sir it's true. This man has no dick."
6. Alec Baldwin: Miami Blues. It’s Alec playing a very hot, very romantic, egomaniacal psychopath. A role he knows like the back of his hand! Jenny Jason Leigh is also in it playing one of her many early roles in the oeuvre of young dumb naked used up girls. I was more familiar with her vagina at the time the movie was released than I was with my own.
7. Tom Hanks: Volunteers. As I mentioned earlier, I’m not one who really embraces Tom Hanks post Philadelphia drama rama style. It’s not that I think he didn’t deserve his Oscar for that, it’s that I find him less interesting when he stopped incorporating humor into his role choices. He is a deeply hilarious person, and I wish we got to see that on screen now and again rather than only when he’s at awards shows mocking Gwyneth Paltrow. Anyhoo this movie is the perfect showcase of his hilarity and it's where he met Rita and both their comedic and romantic chemistry is evident.
8. Clive Owen - Close My Eyes. I probably should have gone with Croupier the film that sort of brought him to some peoples attention, but instead I’ll stick with the one that brought him to MY attention. Clive falls for/fucks his manipulative bitch sister. It is elegiac and awesome.
9. Liam Neeson - Husbands & Wives. Jeez, Liam Neeson is a really really good actor who makes really really lame movies. This was Woody’s last gasp of greatness as far as I’m concerned, and Neeson is surprisingly adept at Woodyspeak. If only I could remember if he’s a fox or a hedgehog…
10. Paul Rudd: Wet Hot American Summer. I am one of those people who doesn't GET people who don't GET Paul Rudd. BUT I was someone who put off seeing this movie for so long, which made no sense, because I LOVED The State, I *am* Janeane Garafalo, and those 80's exploitation comedies are dear to my heart. But when I saw Paul Rudd in this with longish Johnny Cougar hair, and tight Johnny Cougar jeans, flipping off Showalter, he had me for life.
The women were harder, I'm not a huge fan of any of these actresses save Noni/Sandy/Sigourney, so yeah.
1. Sigourney Weaver: Heartbreakers. This movie is so so cute and funny and I don't know anyone but me that saw it. It's crazy to think of JLH getting to work with Sigourney and Ray Liotta, but she does a decent job, it's the only time I've ever liked her in anything. Sigourney is such a kick when she's gets to do comedy. Hee I just noticed Zach Galifinakas has some small part in it. See FUNNY.
2. Sandra Bullock: The Thing Called Love. Awww Sandy B! And River Phoenix in his last role, STONED out of his gord and bloated on too much "salt", and still giving a pretty good performance as a hopeful country singer in Nashville falling in love with Samantha Mathis and making friends with Dermot Mulroney (one of the few movies he does not die in - SCORE). Sandy is one of the best parts of the movie though. It's definitely got that Bogdanovitch warmth to dysfunction feel to it, a very underrated little romance IMO.
3. Cameron Diaz: In Her Shoes, I think she deserved the Oscar nom over Catherine Keener for Being John Malkovich, but that movie is well known/respected/loved. This was the only movie of hers besides that one that I don't find unpleasant to awful in some way. It's not very good, but it's not very good in the way most Sandy B movies are, in that it kind of sucks you in anyway, and I like that it's about two sisters with a difficult relationship trying to bridge the gap that has existed between them for too long.
4. Jennifer Garner: Catch & Release. She is really not my favorite actress, and it wasn't until 13 Going on 30 I liked her at all, but this movie was dumped in January and it's written by Susannah Grant, she who wrote more Party of Five episodes that bawled over than I can count. The movie is like many things Grant writes about how to find love and joy after loss and betrayl. It's sad, romantic, funny, and complicated. And uh, Tim Olyphant is really hot in it.
5. Nicole Kidman: Birthday Girl. To Die For was the first time I ever really believed she possessed any talent whatsoever, and it is still I think one of her best performances, but this one in this movie, is where I straight up liked her the most. And I think she does a pretty amazing job, not with the accent which is kinda..bad, but in communicating a lot with just her eyes/face. It's a really different and nice character for her and one of my favorite seriously twisted romances.
6. Gwyneth Paltrow: Flesh and Bone. I do mostly like Gwynnie on screen, but she was stone cold awesome in this movie, that is maybe not as great as it was made out to be at the time (for all you Harry Potter fans, I think it was Kloves first big "mark"), but she's a soulless grifter, and she wears it well.
7. Winona Ryder: Square Dance Noni and mentally challenged Rob Lowe play at love, it's a really sweet and heartbreaking movie, that was also on tv. Might be the best acting Rob Lowe has done outside that scene where Soda Pop steps out of the shower and only barely covers his junk with a towel. Stupid stupid towel.
8. Susan Sarandon: The Tempest. I straight up hated her for years and years because of Bull Durham. The rage toward/about her horrible character still aggravates till this day. But before that she was in this and I did like here here. This is one of those movies that was on HBO in the early/mid 80's approximately 2000 a month. I love Paul Mazursky and think he's super funny, and his take on modern take on Shakespeare is pretty great. Raul Julia's Kalibanos eating Noxema straight out of a jar kills me.
9. Uma Thurman: Henry & June. Yeah this movie played to Uma's strengths, mainly looking sultry, seductive, and intimidating, and she is the best part of it. I was particularly impressed with her accent. No, really.
10. Julianne Moore: Vanya on 42nd Street. The same crew who put together My Dinner With Andre, work magic again, and Moore is amazing. How she did this and then turned around and made the excrement that is Nine Months I will never know.