Is there currently a better actor than Daniel Day Lewis?

"He must have thought it was white boy day. It ain't white boy day, is it?"

 

I believe he turned it down because he wanted to make his role more comical (I guess along the lines of Independence Day, Wild Wild West, etc), but the Wachowski's didn't budge. If it were more 'jokey' it would've took the movie down a notch imho.

 

I AM AN FBI AGENT!

 

That's one of my favorite movies of all time - and he played that part to perfection.

Btw, the Tom Hanks movie list reminds me of why I don't like him anymore.
I don't care how good you are, you have to leave them wanting more - I'm freaking sick of Tom Hanks' face, voice, and schtick.

That goes double for Peyton Manning.

 

i wouldve laughed at this 10 years ago....

 

Well if that's the reason why he turned it down, then good. You're talking about a post-apocalyptic world where humans are forced to live deep underground for fear of being hunted by the very machines they created...and you want to make your role lighthearted?

 

[Charlie Rose with Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson]

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Wow 5 pages and not mention of this guy:



He may be a jerk in real life but the man can flat out act on screen. 3 straight Oscar nominations from 1999 to 2001 for The Insider, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. Would have won back to back if the Academy hadn't decided to rob him even though his movie ABM won in all other categories.

 

You might want to look a couple of pages back...

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=141232&page=4&pp=20

 

Try post #13.

 

Daniel Day-Lewis is a Hall of Fame actor. But there are many more accessible actors at work today. Old timers like Deniro and Pacino are obvious candidates for Best Living Actor. Out of the younger generation I would point to DiCaprio (Growing Pains FTW) and, recently Christian Bale, as great/accessible actors. My personal favorite and the one i would point to as the best in his generate, over DDL, would be Edward Norton.

 

The last thing I remember enjoying Oldman in was The Contender. Has he done anything very recently?

 

The Batman movies

 

-Denzel Washington
-Leonardo DiCaprio
-Christian Bale

Heath Ledger would have been a classic if he still would live many more years.

 

Watched this past Friday, "The Bucket List" and Jack Nicholson, as usual, gave a great performance, justifying my faith in him as one of the greatest actors ever. However, I left that movie with the conclusion that Morgan Freeman is the greatest actor living today and it really isn't close, IMO.

 

I have been told by numerous people that is a must see movie. Any comments?

 

If you don't know, you betta ask somebody!

 

If you are a fan of either Nicholson or Freeman or both, then you have to see it. It was directed by Rob Reiner and his movies are always good, IMO. The movie had some funny moments in it but also sad ones, too. It was just an overall very well-acted and directed movie.