Originally posted by relentless1
what?? no way, Jack surpassed Brando
If you add up the amalgam of his roles, the amount of successful movies he's been in, and his overall ability I'd agree.
Brando in Godfather surpassed anything Nicholson's been in, but Nicholson has been more consistent throughout his career. Dicaprio is easily better than Hanks imo
Laurence in terms of acting ability
His performance as Morpheus, in Boys in the Hood, Kings of New York, etc impress me more than Samuel L's monotone, yelling, profanity laden over-the-top performances any day of the week. He's much more well spoken, more believable in serious roles, and seems to play more diverse roles than Samuel L and is definitely more skilled. Samuel L wins box office draw though probably.
Michael Ironside vs. Clancy Brown
Originally posted by carthage
If you add up the amalgam of his roles, the amount of successful movies he's been in, and his overall ability I'd agree.Brando in Godfather surpassed anything Nicholson's been in, but Nicholson has been more consistent throughout his career. Dicaprio is easily better than Hanks imo
I also think Street Car is easily better than anything Nicholson has been in. In terms of pure skill, I think Brando is better because he literally breathes whatever character he's doing. It doesn't even seem that he's acting, he's that good, while Nicholson is basically Nicholson in most of his roles. Nicholson is A plus, but Brando is a God of acting, imo.
Nicholson obviously has a better career, but we're talking purely skill here.
Even though it was a small part, Brando stole the show in The Score. Even outperforming Deniro. Just my opinion of course.
Originally posted by carthage
Laurence in terms of acting abilityHis performance as Morpheus, in Boys in the Hood, Kings of New York, etc impress me more than Samuel L's monotone, yelling, profanity laden over-the-top performances any day of the week. He's much more well spoken, more believable in serious roles, and seems to play more diverse roles than Samuel L and is definitely more skilled. Samuel L wins box office draw though probably.
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Nicholas Cage vs. Gary Busey
Originally posted by relentless1
Cage easily, way crazier and has won an Oscarnow...Tommy Lee Jones vs Alec Baldwin!!
Probably Tommy. I haven't seen anything by him in a while though.
Val also curbs Tim in acting ability, he's played more diverse roles, is much much more versatile than Tim who always gets comedy roles, etc. Tim would win voice acting though
Dennis Hopper vs. James Caan