Daniel Day-Lewis is the best, sorry.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Steverhcp02

well, when hes essentially talking down to this forum based on not voting for DDL as best actor in the universe id say that sums up pretentious moviegoers nicely. Thanks.

lol it pretty much does 100% right on, some people would rather sit back and take shots at everyone else trying to show off how intellectually superior they are, putting others down trying to make themselves feel better about their small lives; If every movie ever made was an amazing movie like there will be blood would that movie be any more special if there were 100,000,000 others just as good? Maybe avp2 makes some alien super fans dreams come true, or lake placid 2(TV movie lol) makes some gator nut happy just say good for you and move on. you hit the nail right on the head Steverhcp

[IrateNick]

He just won the oscar for TWBB. Just thought I'd share.

Also, you can go into all the labels of pretentiousness in the world, it's not going to make me suddenly love crappy movies that arean't made well, but I guess bashing cheap thrills makes me look pretentious.

[Blu Titan]

Congrats to Daniel Day Lewis on winning the Best Actor award for There Will be Blood. Looking foward to seeing his work in the movie.

[ManUtd]

Originally Posted by BlueNeon

Congrats to Daniel Day Lewis on winning the Best Actor award for There Will be Blood. Looking foward to seeing his work in the movie.

Yep congrats to him, now I really have to go to the movies for this.

[Scripture]

It would have been a travesty if he didn't win this award. Very happy that justice was served this evening.

[gvortex7]

Way to go Daniel. I'm glad the academy got it right this time, since they robbed him of the Oscar in 2002.

[kolasi]

i dont think he the best at all. and i also agree he can overact at times.

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by kolasi

i dont think he the best at all. and i also agree he can overact at times.

I'm not so sure I agree with the overacting thing, but I have only seen Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood, those being two of the greatest performances I've ever seen (the only others I would consider better would be Pacino in The Godfather movies or Dog Day Afternoon).

[IrateNick]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

I'm not so sure I agree with the overacting thing, but I have only seen Gangs of New York and There Will Be Blood, those being two of the greatest performances I've ever seen (the only others I would consider better would be Pacino in The Godfather movies or Dog Day Afternoon).

Heh Heh...Yeah, it's a hard choice to pick a favorite Pacino performance, I think you gotta put Scent Of A Woman in the mix, and honestly it's a toned down Pacino but, a beautiful film that never gets mentioned is Carlito's Way.

I find it hilarious someone would accuse DD-L of overacting if they see his whole body of work but if youre talking about TWBB, almost the entire film is brooding, the big outbursts are the church and the finale and I think theyre justified, theres a million amazing minimalist actions he performs like a true master in-between the extreme external stuff. When he's by the surf and he realizes to himself his "brother" is an imposter is a good example.

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by IrateNick

Heh Heh...Yeah, it's a hard choice to pick a favorite Pacino performance, I think you gotta put Scent Of A Woman in the mix, and honestly it's a toned down Pacino but, a beautiful film that never gets mentioned is Carlito's Way.

Scent of a Woman and Carlito's Way are 2 of my favorite movies! Pacino is my favorite actor as you can probably tell.

[Scripture]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

Scent of a Woman and Carlito's Way are 2 of my favorite movies! Pacino is my favorite actor as you can probably tell.

I'm also a fan of Pacino, a big fan actually. The Godfather part I & II will forever be immortal, that's a given. I remember the first time that I saw 'Scent of a Woman' vividly, and came away from it thinking how phenomenal that movie was, and what an extremely sterling performance that Al Pacino delivered. What can you say about Scarface as well, a classic in my book. I know that many people felt the portrayal was politically incorrect, by painting Cubans in a negative light, but Pacino's flamboyant performance in the film is legendary, like it or not.

I also liked him a great deal in ...'And Justice for All' and 'Serpico'.

[You're my boy, Blu!]

Originally Posted by IrateNick

Heh Heh...Yeah, it's a hard choice to pick a favorite Pacino performance, I think you gotta put Scent Of A Woman in the mix, and honestly it's a toned down Pacino but, a beautiful film that never gets mentioned is Carlito's Way.

I find it hilarious someone would accuse DD-L of overacting if they see his whole body of work but if youre talking about TWBB, almost the entire film is brooding, the big outbursts are the church and the finale and I think theyre justified, theres a million amazing minimalist actions he performs like a true master in-between the extreme external stuff. When he's by the surf and he realizes to himself his "brother" is an imposter is a good example.

I agree with you completely, but you really should give a spoiler warning.

[gvortex7]

I didn't know the Academy handed out nominations and Oscars for over-acting?

[Steelmaker]

I thought DDL deserved the oscar. Mainly because I thought other than DDL's performance, There Will Be Blood was not that great of a movie. Most of it did not entertain me at all! The scenes with DDL and the priest were the best! DDL pretty much carried this film. Otherwise it would've been a complete borefest for me.

[happyblu]

He is one of the most overrated actors in my opinion. His overacting in There Will Be Blood just made the film even duller.

[Sith]

Yeah he's probably the best right now, Sean Penn i'd probably say is 2nd

[bumpylemon]

hmmm^^ nope

[Steverhcp02]

Originally Posted by Scripture

Actually, in essence, you did the exact same thing that you're accusing the original poster of. Do you practice what you preach? You were the one that started labeling people as "pretentious", which in my eyes, would be a rather 'judgemental' assumption.

I understand the basic premise of what you're trying to convey, and partly agree with you. Different strokes for different folks, and we can agree that people will always disagree.

well, not to take away from the discussion anymore i feel the need to defend myself. I dont think im doing the exact same thing. As i have said, i have no problem with people think X movie is better than Y movie or actors or the such....my problem is lack of an open mind, so if by "not practicing what i preach" you mean i should disregard the substance and foundation of my point "to each his own", it would be counterproductive in this case. My problem isnt that the OP feels the way he does, its only the way he expressed it in a condescending arrogant way, thats all.

On topic, DDL clearly deserved this award, his performance was so tremendous it was a bit anticlimatic due to the distance he put between himself and the others, imo. Cant wait to get TWWB on blu, thats for damn sure. Oh, an dill take gangs of new york also

[mr peepers]

the butcher.

my........god

ill give daniel day lewis all the credit he deserves. gangs of new york is easily in my top 5 all time favorite movies and the butcher's role is easily in my top 5 favorite roles.

i havent seen there will be blood, but to say im excited would be an understatement.

daniel day lewis all the way. boo to all you nay sayers

[Sith]

Originally Posted by mr peepers

the butcher.

my........god

ill give daniel day lewis all the credit he deserves. gangs of new york is easily in my top 5 all time favorite movies and the butcher's role is easily in my top 5 favorite roles.

i havent seen there will be blood, but to say im excited would be an understatement.

daniel day lewis all the way. boo to all you nay sayers

You need to make it a priority to see There Will Be blood, movie rules