Actors that make a movie a must see?

**mordred** · 24-07-2009, 09:44 PM

I was just reading over the actors that ruin a movie thread and thinking about actors I really dislike. I'm wondering if anyone had actors they would like to see even if they knew nothing about the story line of the film.

Male:
Daniel Defoe and John Malkovich are two of my favorites

Female:
I'm having trouble thinking of females.

**Loy Toy** · 24-07-2009, 09:49 PM

Male: Jack Nicholson.

Female: Jodie Foster.

**somtamslap** · 24-07-2009, 09:50 PM

Denzel Washington

Originally Posted by mordred

I'm having trouble thinking of females.

Yeh, you don't really look at the cast after a porn flick do you

**patsycat** · 24-07-2009, 10:00 PM

I like Sean Penn and for female Charleze Theron

**Rattanaburi** · 24-07-2009, 10:06 PM

Living...
Tom Hanks

I like Paul Giamatti, Will Smith, Clint Eastwood and Kevin Spacey's movies usually too.

Jim Carrey (for comedy of course but lately he hasn't done anything great)

Dead...

James Stewart
Audrey Hepburn (absolutely lovely)

**crazy dog** · 24-07-2009, 10:15 PM

Johnny Depp

**Muadib** · 24-07-2009, 10:28 PM

Jessica Alba - just cause she's hot

Angelina Jolie - see above

Uma Thurman - see above

Morgan Freeman - great actor

**slackula** · 24-07-2009, 10:36 PM

Old style: Burt Lancaster

New style: Micheal Douglas, Leo DiCaprio (sp?), Al Pacino, Daniel Craig, Sasha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Colm Meaney, Johnny Depp (I met him in the Viper Lounge years ago)

Michael Gambon gets a special mention because of Layer Cake.

**slackula** · 24-07-2009, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by Muadib

Morgan Freeman - great actor

This too

**melvbot** · 24-07-2009, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by mordred

John Malkovich

Jeez is this a troll? Hes got to be one of the crappiest actors around.

I dont think theres a particular actor that I would watch a movie simply because he/she was in it.
I tend to watch movies blindly by the director or writer rather than actor.

**lysander** · 24-07-2009, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by mordred

I was just reading over the actors that ruin a movie thread and thinking about actors I really dislike. I'm wondering if anyone had actors they would like to see even if they knew nothing about the story line of the film.

Male:
Daniel Defoe and John Malkovich are two of my favorites

Do you mean Willem Dafoe? (Daniel Defoe died in 1731).

**lysander** · 24-07-2009, 11:05 PM

Brian Cox

**Jet Gorgon** · 25-07-2009, 03:40 AM

Mr Feeman (usually, sometimes he's miscast), Marlon Brando, Alan Rickman, Depp, Joseph Fiennes
Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Cher, Cate Blanchette
Malkovitch is an a*hole. I saw him in a play in London once and he was not only crap, he stormed off the stage at curtain, miffed because a prop door wouldn't open -- um, it's called improvise. One of the best plays I ever saw was our uni's production of Sheridan's The Rivals. Several missed lines and gaffes by the younger actors, but the seniors swooped in to save the day and made the play even funnier than it is.

**November Rain** · 25-07-2009, 07:05 AM

Agree with Denz and Morgan Freeman. I like Laurence Fishburne, too.

Old style: Lauren, Marilyn, Audrey, Katherine Hepburn
Bogart, James Dean (not many to choose from), Marlon Brando

**The Fresh Prince** · 25-07-2009, 07:11 AM

Agree I like Denz but there was that movie where he got paid just as much to portrait a guy lying in a hospital bed solving crimes. It really pissed me off that he could get that from a lying down in a bed for three months but I suppose I should be congratulating him.

**November Rain** · 25-07-2009, 07:22 AM

^ The Bone Collector? Yeah, but at least you got eye candy in the shape of Angie. Not sure of her acting or her personal morals, but she sure is gorgeous.

**mordred** · 25-07-2009, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Denzel Washington

Originally Posted by mordred

I'm having trouble thinking of females.

Yeh, you don't really look at the cast after a porn flick do you

Sure I do. You have to look at the cast so you can find them again.

No, I just can't think of females that have had a long career of playing a variety of roles.

**mordred** · 25-07-2009, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by lysander

Originally Posted by mordred

I was just reading over the actors that ruin a movie thread and thinking about actors I really dislike. I'm wondering if anyone had actors they would like to see even if they knew nothing about the story line of the film.

Male:
Daniel Defoe and John Malkovich are two of my favorites

Do you mean Willem Dafoe? (Daniel Defoe died in 1731).

I actually meant Daniel Day Lewis, but I get those names mixed up all the time. Willem Dafoe is great too.

**slackula** · 25-07-2009, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by mordred

No, I just can't think of females that have had a long career of playing a variety of roles.

Kathy Bates and Anette Benning come to mind.

**Attilla the Hen** · 25-07-2009, 10:45 AM

Nobody has mentioned Edward Norton yet. A great actor.

**mordred** · 25-07-2009, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by slackula

Originally Posted by mordred

No, I just can't think of females that have had a long career of playing a variety of roles.

Kathy Bates and Anette Benning come to mind.

I really liked Kathy Bates in Misery and in her role in At Play in the Fields of the Lord, but I'm not that familiar with any of her other roles. Anette Benning? Can't think of any great roles she's had. If you can suggest anything I'll take a look. I'm a bit of a movie nut.

Ed Norton is also awesome as someone else suggested.

**mordred** · 25-07-2009, 11:02 AM

A great role for Malkovich...Of Mice and Men

**Attilla the Hen** · 25-07-2009, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by mordred

Anette Benning? Can't think of any great roles she's had. If you can suggest anything I'll take a look. I'm a bit of a movie nut.

American Beauty. Great film.

**slackula** · 25-07-2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by mordred

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

That is one of the most under-rated movies ever imho. It's a great film that almost nobody seems to have seen.*

My comment about Benning was more in answer to the "long career of playing a variety of roles" comment. Even apart from the aforementioned American Beauty she has a solid body of work and never seems to be "off" in anything she does.

*Plus it's got Daryl Hannah's tits in it as a bonus*

**Fuzzy Bob** · 25-07-2009, 12:06 PM

Alistair Sim, Alec Guinness (Not star wars)

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