Christian Bale & Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Christian Bale & Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise - Interview with the Vampire
Jamie Foxx & Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained (even though i think generally Leo is a hammy, overactor)
Christian Bale & Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Christian Bale & Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise - Interview with the Vampire
Jamie Foxx & Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained (even though i think generally Leo is a hammy, overactor)
No. The correct answer to that one is Kirsten Dunst.
Jessica Chastain - The Help (i loathe Octavia's oscar win for a role she was pretty much playing herself, but with a maid's uniform,)
Laura Linney - The life of david gale
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Barbara Hershey and Mila Kunis - Black Swan (I loathe Natalie portman's oscar win as well and both these ladies were more deserving but snubbed by the oscars)
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago (Renee is on par with her)
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore - The Hours (much better than Nicole Kidman who won the oscar for best actress despite having the least screentime than any of the three women who starred in it)
Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy
Natalie Portman - Closer
Angelina Jolie and Brittany Murphy - Girl Interrupted (despite only being in the film for about 10/15 minutes, Brittany gives the second best performance in the film)
Lesley Manville - Another Year
Amy Adams - Junebug
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne - Les Miserables
Mo'Nique - Precious (on par with Gabourey Sidibe)
Amanda Seyfried - Mean Girls and Jennifer's Body
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect
Tom Cruise - Rock of ages
Tim Curry - The Rocky horror picture show
Jean Hagan - Singing in the rain
Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
James Franco - Springbreakers
In the original Stepford Wives, Paula Prentiss (as the extrovert best friend) totally stole the show from Katharine Ross.
In Mary, Queen of Scots, Glenda Jackson's turn as Elizabeth I was a tour de force in comparison to the more natural (but boring, in terms of the larger than life style of a historical epic) Vanessa Redgrave.
Rex Harrison was far more interesting as Caesar than Elizabeth Taylor or Richard Burton as Cleopatra and Antony. The film died with Caesar.
I would say that Anthony Hopkins stole the show as Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, but Jodie Foster was so great in the role of Clarice that she actually held her own and they were neck-a-neck in terms of dominating the movie.
Marlon Brando pretty much made himself the most memorable character in the first Godfather movie.
In the original Stepford Wives, Paula Prentiss (as the extrovert best friend) totally stole the show from Katharine Ross.
In Mary, Queen of Scots, Glenda Jackson's turn as Elizabeth I was a tour de force in comparison to the more natural (but boring, in terms of the larger than life style of a historical epic) Vanessa Redgrave.
Rex Harrison was far more interesting as Caesar than Elizabeth Taylor or Richard Burton as Cleopatra and Antony. The film died with Caesar.
I would say that Anthony Hopkins stole the show as Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, but Jodie Foster was so great in the role of Clarice that she actually held her own and they were neck-a-neck in terms of dominating the movie.
Marlon Brando pretty much made himself the most memorable character in the first Godfather movie.
Neither were supporting, and both won and were nominated in all the lead actor/actress categories. Although Hopkins's screentime runs at around 30 minutes, maybe a little less, he is still considered the lead as his character is the driving force behind the plot and Clarice's search for Buffalo Bill.
Neither were supporting, and both won and were nominated in all the lead actor/actress categories. Although Hopkins's screentime runs at around 30 minutes, maybe a little less, he is still considered the lead as his character is the driving force behind the plot and Clarice's search for Buffalo Bill.
samuel l jackson - pulp fiction
mark wahlberg - the departed
tommy lee jones - the fugitive
christian bale - the fighter
hugo weaving - the matrix
gene hackman - the unforgiven
christoph waltz - inglorious basterds
JK simmons - spiderman
He was great in True Romance, although personally I think Hopper and Walken stole it in their scene. Even though Hopper had most of the dialogue and delivered it perfectly, Walken's reactions were priceless, so they both deserve equal credit imo.
Sean Connery in The Untouchables. Like Joe Pesci and Christopher Waltz for Goodfellas, Inglorious Basterds (films where the main lead did not win anything) won best supporting actor award.
I loved Cary Grant, particularly in the Hitchcock roles but Nigel Bruce as Beaky was even more memorable in Suspicion. A little typecast but played the role brilliantly.
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Christian Bale & Anne Hathaway - The Dark Knight Rises
Brad Pitt & Tom Cruise - Interview with the Vampire
Jamie Foxx & Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained (even though i think generally Leo is a hammy, overactor)
No. The correct answer to that one is Kirsten Dunst.
And the other two prequels by Hayden Christensen and his pouty American soap teenager acting Anakin.
Not that I dissagree, but that's a debate for another thread...and I ain't going near it!
Jessica Chastain - The Help (i loathe Octavia's oscar win for a role she was pretty much playing herself, but with a maid's uniform,)
Laura Linney - The life of david gale
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Barbara Hershey and Mila Kunis - Black Swan (I loathe Natalie portman's oscar win as well and both these ladies were more deserving but snubbed by the oscars)
Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago (Renee is on par with her)
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore - The Hours (much better than Nicole Kidman who won the oscar for best actress despite having the least screentime than any of the three women who starred in it)
Nicole Kidman - The Paperboy
Natalie Portman - Closer
Angelina Jolie and Brittany Murphy - Girl Interrupted (despite only being in the film for about 10/15 minutes, Brittany gives the second best performance in the film)
Lesley Manville - Another Year
Amy Adams - Junebug
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Anne Hathaway and Eddie Redmayne - Les Miserables
Mo'Nique - Precious (on par with Gabourey Sidibe)
Amanda Seyfried - Mean Girls and Jennifer's Body
Rebel Wilson - Pitch Perfect
Tom Cruise - Rock of ages
Tim Curry - The Rocky horror picture show
Jean Hagan - Singing in the rain
Toni Collette - The Sixth Sense
James Franco - Springbreakers
Oh, yes forgot about Kirsten Dunst, her and Tom Cruise for me knocked it out of the park in that movie especially in their scenes with one another.
In Mary, Queen of Scots, Glenda Jackson's turn as Elizabeth I was a tour de force in comparison to the more natural (but boring, in terms of the larger than life style of a historical epic) Vanessa Redgrave.
Rex Harrison was far more interesting as Caesar than Elizabeth Taylor or Richard Burton as Cleopatra and Antony. The film died with Caesar.
I would say that Anthony Hopkins stole the show as Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, but Jodie Foster was so great in the role of Clarice that she actually held her own and they were neck-a-neck in terms of dominating the movie.
Marlon Brando pretty much made himself the most memorable character in the first Godfather movie.
Neither were supporting, and both won and were nominated in all the lead actor/actress categories. Although Hopkins's screentime runs at around 30 minutes, maybe a little less, he is still considered the lead as his character is the driving force behind the plot and Clarice's search for Buffalo Bill.
His screen time only totalled 16 minutes.
Joe Pesci - Goodfellas
mark wahlberg - the departed
tommy lee jones - the fugitive
christian bale - the fighter
hugo weaving - the matrix
gene hackman - the unforgiven
christoph waltz - inglorious basterds
JK simmons - spiderman
Same for Avenger's Assemble for those two. Wonder if it is like that in Thor: the Dark World too? (Not seen it yet).
Yup, same with The Dark World - Loki steals the show.
He was great in True Romance, although personally I think Hopper and Walken stole it in their scene. Even though Hopper had most of the dialogue and delivered it perfectly, Walken's reactions were priceless, so they both deserve equal credit imo.