GIVEAWAY - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy STEELBOOK

[mayankcse10]

hmm, HP and The Prisoner of Azkaban

[event orbital]

Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'

[YoreLore]

True Romance

[Gburd]

The Firm, or more recently Kung Fu Panda 2 as it is one of my sons favourite movies


Brilliant giveaway by the way

[nefilim]

state of grace

hands down.

thank you for this ...

[rocketsan]

Originally Posted by Taikero

I think it's pretty safe to say that most everyone who's seen The Dark Knight has probably seen him at least once as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series.

Nothing wrong with picking The Dark Knight. He did a fine job in that movie.

His acting in the Batman movies is surely not the pinnacle of his abilities...

[BaerGriggs]

Has to be Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Really underrated performance in my opinion.

[Tin Drum]

Originally Posted by BaerGriggs

Has to be Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Really underrated performance in my opinion.

While not my favorite of his, I believe him to be wonderful in it. His Karla speech is just all sorts of amazing. And the film gets a bad rap with the "boring" label. It just needs your attention that's all.

[Taikero]

Originally Posted by rocketsan

His acting in the Batman movies is surely not the pinnacle of his abilities...

It doesn't have to represent the pinnacle of his abilities. It just has to be your favorite movie with Gary Oldman as an actor with a fair share of screen time. Regardless of the performance, you can still appreciate a character in a film for what they represent, their motivations, their morals, their ideals.

Commissioner Gordon is a very human character in an otherwise fantastical, surreal movie. Honestly, if we didn't have Oldman's character here as something of an anchor point, someone with a family and a job who has a lot to lose, I doubt The Dark Knight would have fared as well as it has, not to diminish the greatness of Heath Ledger's performance.

Most of the characters really don't have anything substantial to lose aside Gordon. Harvey Dent's loss of Rachel Dawes was sad, yes, but they weren't married with children with years and years of love, history, hard work, and cooperation. They were just playing at a fraction of the level Gordon is already at. We see some of this when Gordon's poor wife smacks him on returning home safely, because of the terrible grief and heartbreak he put her through, despite it being his job.

This is why Nolan saved the true emotional climax for the end of the film, because as Gordon pulls at the heartstrings as he begs for mercy from Two-Face, we see his desperation, his fear, his hope that everything will be okay mixed with the despair that Two-Face has gone over the edge. All of this really brings home the weight of what has happened so far in the film and helps us identify with what Batman stands for, protecting the innocent who get caught in the crossfire of villainy.

So you're right, Commissioner Gordon may not be Gary Oldman's finest character, but his presence and acting ability in the film certainly improved it rather than degraded it.

[tylerdurden10]

Bram Stoker's Dracula

[rocketsan]

Originally Posted by Taikero

It doesn't have to represent the pinnacle of his abilities. It just has to be your favorite movie with Gary Oldman as an actor

touche...

[cudzndrips]

giveaway now closed folks!!!!!!!

Winner picked at random is post number #24:

bluballer

Congrats!

[Skog]

Congrats bluballs! and thanks again cudzndrips

[,deeii]

Congratulations!

[Red's got the Blu's]

Very cool of cudzndrips to do the giveaway and give us a oppertunity to talk about Gary Oldman for a bit.

[wolvereign]

Leon The professional hands down my favorite...
...whoops too late

[Lizard King]

The Firm (1989)