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Spinal
09-05-2013, 11:12 PM
I give you an actor.

You tell me which movie contains their best performance. You get one vote.

Discussion might happen.

After a day or so, the votes are counted. I announce the winning performance.

We then move on to somebody else.

Previous decisions:
Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
Kate Winslet - Heavenly Creatures
Toshiro Mifune - Throne of Blood
Meryl Streep - Adaptation

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MICHAEL KEATON

What's my best performance?
Raiders
09-05-2013, 11:37 PM
Love him, but he's more steady and reliable than ever delivering a sensational performance. The obvious answer seems Beetlejuice, though he was really good in Live from Baghdad and still the best Batman/Bruce Wayne.

I guess I'll go with Beetlejuice​.
Ezee E
09-05-2013, 11:38 PM
AWESOME.

It's not his best performance, but I recommend Keaton fans to check out his very underseen Game 6 with Robert Downey Jr.

I think it's his wild approach to BEETLEJUICE that makes the movie, and ultimately, is his best performance as well. I watched a few scenes from that, and forgot how fun that movie is.
Winston*
09-05-2013, 11:51 PM
Special mention goes to his hilariously at odds with the film performance in Much Ado About Nothing.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82dYxF3sA8o

But, yeah it's got to be Beetlejuice.
EyesWideOpen
09-05-2013, 11:59 PM
He's been awful in pretty much everything I've seen him in except for Beetlejuice which he was great in.
Watashi
09-06-2013, 12:01 AM
He's been awful in pretty much everything I've seen him in except for Beetlejuice which he was great in.

So you've seen nothing from him?

Hell, he even gives a good performance in Multiplicity.
EyesWideOpen
09-06-2013, 12:09 AM
I've seen Batman, Batman Returns, Multiplicity, Jackie Brown, White Noise and The Other Guys.
EyesWideOpen
09-06-2013, 12:15 AM
I'll keep an open mind though maybe he'll blow me away in Robocop or Need for Speed his next two movies.
Spinal
09-06-2013, 12:32 AM
I really wanted to make an argument for Pacific Heights. But I'll go with the crowd.

Beetle Juice
Kurosawa Fan
09-06-2013, 12:43 AM
I really wanted to make an argument for Pacific Heights. But I'll go with the crowd.

Beetle Juice

I was torn between these two and his brief cameo in Out of Sight. I can't in good conscience vote against Beetlejuice.
Skitch
09-06-2013, 02:00 AM
I really like him in Beetlejuice, but I'm gonna throw a vote to Jackie Brown.
number8
09-06-2013, 03:30 AM
It's a toss up between Live from Baghdad and Game 6, really.

What the hell, Beetlejuice.
Grouchy
09-06-2013, 03:47 AM
Beetlejuice. All his performances are good but, yeah, no contest.

He's even awesome waving off paparazzi:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBuHcLBK5Eo
MadMan
09-06-2013, 07:45 AM
I haven't seen enough of his movies, but I would gladly throw out a vote for the 1989 Batman.

Mostly because of this scene:


http://youtu.be/9OufCgFZCyU

You wanna get nuts? LET'S GET NUTS!
Skitch
09-06-2013, 11:47 AM
Wow he was really nice to that paparazzi.
bac0n
09-06-2013, 02:58 PM
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! BEETLEJUICE!

Dammit didn't work.

What the hell, I'll go with Beetlejuice.
number8
09-06-2013, 03:09 PM
Wow he was really nice to that paparazzi.

He's smart. A paparazzis' job is to get footage of you freaking out or being a dick. Guys like these are used to shouting out questions and getting sarcasm or no replies or hostility, so when Keaton kept answering the questions honestly, the guy got flustered, repeated questions, and asked nonsensical things.
Fezzik
09-06-2013, 05:48 PM
I tried to come up with some off the wall, obscure one, but I can't fight the wave. It's Beetlejuice by a country mile.
MadMan
09-06-2013, 07:13 PM
He's smart. A paparazzis' job is to get footage of you freaking out or being a dick. Guys like these are used to shouting out questions and getting sarcasm or no replies or hostility, so when Keaton kept answering the questions honestly, the guy got flustered, repeated questions, and asked nonsensical things.Heh yeah. I liked that. "Assflack."
chrisnu
09-07-2013, 12:43 AM
Beetlejuice
ledfloyd
09-07-2013, 04:11 AM
Game 6
Dead & Messed Up
09-07-2013, 05:43 PM
I didn't really like Beetlejuice, and I thought his characters was annoying. But as much as it rubbed me the wrong way, the annoying factor at least felt calculated, and his commitment was impressive.

The only other thing I've really loved him in was The Other Guys, so I guess Beetlejuice.
Ivan Drago
09-08-2013, 05:49 AM
Jack Frost.






Kidding. The 1989 Batman movie.
EyesWideOpen
09-08-2013, 01:58 PM
We have four of the greats and then Michael Keaton. I like how you're switching it up. Who's next Eric Roberts?
Dukefrukem
09-08-2013, 02:42 PM
Beetlejuice
Scar
09-08-2013, 09:26 PM
​Beetlejuice
Spinal
09-09-2013, 02:53 AM
Match Cut says that my best performance is ...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v696/joel_harmon/beetlejuice2_zps5d34d8ba.jpg
BEETLEJUICE
Qrazy
09-11-2013, 06:52 AM
Did anyone see the new Larry David film Clear History? Just watching it now and Michael Keaton is giving a pretty solid against type performance.
MadMan
09-14-2013, 08:47 AM
I didn't really like Beetlejuice, and I thought his characters was annoying. But as much as it rubbed me the wrong way, the annoying factor at least felt calculated, and his commitment was impressive.

The only other thing I've really loved him in was The Other Guys, so I guess Beetlejuice.I can't believe I forgot about The Other Guys. He was hilarious in that movie. "Captain don't want no scrubs."