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    Good acting (film) thread - open competition

    right: antithesis to the ongoing (and excellent thread). Male and female. Any language. But it has to be seconded.

    Actors who dont get the credit; actors who get some, but not enough; actors who are overrated in every other film but THE one... you know the drill. (doesnt matter whether they have won an award or not, just a specific part, that they got overlooked for)

    Top 128 get through, lots of time, do it, you know you want to.

    I start:
    Michael York - Cabaret. The only film where he ever looked unsure of himself.

    Julia Stiles - 10 Things I hate About You. Perfect.

    Matthew Broderick - Torch Song Trilogy - perfect as the little boy not-so-lost.

    Over to you...

    #2
    Good acting (film) thread - open competition

    Rock stars who quietly surprise you by being quite good in something: David Bowie in The Prestige.

    People who are slightly better than the star turn in a movie: Tommy Lee Jones matching Javier Bardem and probably being more than that in No Country For Old Men.

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      #3
      Good acting (film) thread - open competition

      I second Tommy Lee Jones. (He was also rather good in Men in Black)

      Javier Bardem got credit and cant be included.

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        #4
        Good acting (film) thread - open competition

        I must admit to a soft spot for Tom Bell - in pretty much everything he ever did. Nearly always very well-measured and rarely overstated.

        I think he used to live locally because he came in the public library where I used to work a few times, with his partner. The first time I saw him, I thought "Ohmygod it's 'Seedy Eric' (the nickname he gave the character) - I'm going to punch him!" so incandescent with rage was I over the convincing-ness of his performance as the molesting creep in 'Wish You Were Here'. Thus, I guess it's got to be that as my nomination for a single role. Maybe not his best, but the one that sticks in my mind.

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          #5
          Good acting (film) thread - open competition

          Ewan Bremner in Trainspotting, far more interesting than his namesake.

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            #6
            Good acting (film) thread - open competition

            He played Renton in the original stage version of the book, y'know.

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              #7
              Good acting (film) thread - open competition

              Robert Duvall isn't exactly underrated, but I don't think it's always appreciated how much better he was than absolutely every other member of the cast in The Godfather. Which is pretty stiff competition.

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                #8
                Good acting (film) thread - open competition

                I'd second that. I'd also forward a bit of respect to Ben Affleck's turn as George 'Superman' Reeves in Hollywoodland.

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