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  1. 02-05-2014, 02:18 AM #1
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    My Best Performance: Philip Seymour Hoffman

    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.


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  2. 02-05-2014, 02:20 AM #2
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    The Master
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
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  5. 02-05-2014, 02:50 AM #5
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    Talented Mr. Ripley.

    Barbarian - ***
    Bones and All - ***
    Tar - **


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  6. 02-05-2014, 05:22 AM #6
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    Synecdoche, New York

    But just as easily could've gone with The Master or Boogie Nights.
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  7. 02-05-2014, 11:32 AM #7
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    Those all are amazing, but I'm gonna throw one to Mission Impossible 3. His character is just kind of terrifying.

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  8. 02-05-2014, 12:45 PM #8
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    Synecdoche, New York. Still amazed that that film didn't receive more awards love.

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  10. 02-05-2014, 03:34 PM #10
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    Quote Quoting Derek (view post)
    Synecdoche, New York

    But just as easily could've gone with The Master or Boogie Nights.
    2nd this.
    Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:

    Top Gun: Maverick - 8
    Top Gun - 7
    McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
    Crimes of the Future - 8
    Videodrome - 9
    Valley Girl - 8
    Summer of '42 - 7
    In the Line of Fire - 8
    Passenger 57 - 7
    Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6


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  12. 02-05-2014, 04:49 PM #12
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    The Master. Followed closely by Lester Bangs. I know that's not one of his deepest works, but that role is so vital to such a good film, and he kills it scene by scene.
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  13. 02-05-2014, 04:55 PM #13
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    It's gotta be The Master, right?
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    25th Hour to be a contrarian/for sentimental reasons, even though The Master is probably the best.
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    Quote Quoting baby doll (view post)
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    In this vein, how about some undervalued performances?

    I thought he struck the perfect chord for his character in Doubt, and I've heard that he pretty much carried Love Liza and Owning Mahowny.
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    I was going to throw Love Liza out there, looks like Rowland kinda already did.
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    Quote Quoting Rowland (view post)
    I thought he struck the perfect chord for his character in Doubt, and I've heard that he pretty much carried Love Liza and Owning Mahowny.
    I wholeheartedly endorse Owning Mahowny. Fascinating character study.
    Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
    The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
    Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
    Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
    Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
    Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
    Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
    Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
    Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
    Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
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    Quote Quoting Spinal (view post)
    I wholeheartedly endorse Owning Mahowny. Fascinating character study.
    As do I.
    Added poignancy: PSH's character in that movie struggled with addiction.
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    Yeah, in my exceptionally learned and trustworthy opinion, Owning Mahowney is it.
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    Quote Quoting Hugh_Grant (view post)
    As do I.
    Added poignancy: PSH's character in that movie struggled with addiction.
    Same with Love Liza, which I also enjoyed.
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    Yeah, I'm voting Owning Mahoney. Fairly mediocre film, but he was amazing.
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    Quote Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
    Yeah, I'm voting Owning Mahoney. Fairly mediocre film, but he was amazing.
    I remember watching this on a whim in college and being pretty wowed over it because of his performance. I was considering it as my pick, but it's been too long since I've seen it.

    Talented Mr. Ripley was my pick because it's so much against his type, yet completely fitting at the same time.

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    The Master.
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