2010 Roundup - Best Actor in phoren film

Blue Valentine: Ryan Gosling
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The Social Network: Jesse Eisenberg
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Biutiful: Javier Bardem
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127 Hours: James Franco
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Shutter Island : Leonardo DiCaprio
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Get Low: Robert Duvall
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Solitary Man: Michael Douglas
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The King's Speech: Colin Firth
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Essential Killing : Vincent Gallo
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La nostra vita: Elio Germano
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True Grit: Jeff Bridges
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The American : Clooney
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Fighter: Walhberg
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Ghost writer: Mcgregor

No Voting, just catch up with the films and discuss your views.

Will do for Actress/Film and other categories next. Or someone else could do the same. Basically the idea is to make a list of films to catch up..

Inception was released during 2010 right? :roll:
paartha padam athu onnuthaan..athum illainna eppadi :mad:

IMHO, Dicaprio better in Shutter..

oh..orutharukkku oru padamthaana? okay.. ithukku ethukku IMHO ellam.. niinga sonna ketukka porom :lol:

Illeeng, naan enna sonnalum ipellam rendu default reactions:

a) Over-Peter/Purila

b) Pundithargal-in pEthals

:lol:

Naan faarthadhu: Shutter, Inception and Ghost Writer

In acting I tend to lean in favour of a role which demands more pronounced histrionics.

So Leonardar in Shutterukku oru award parcel.
Inceptionukku oru vengaLa kiNNam.

McGregor - sari vandhadhu vandhutteenga, saaptu pOnga.

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

Illeeng, naan enna sonnalum ipellam rendu default reactions:

a) Over-Peter/Purila

b) Pundithargal-in pEthals

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:lol: Ennaya sollalaye? :oops:

k_g, pliss to write.

Particularly interested in reading your assessment of Leonardars performances.

Role, script போன்ற பிண்ணிப் பிணைந்திருக்கும் விஷயங்கள்லாம் பிரித்தாய்ந்து நடிப்பை தரநிர்ணயம் செய்றதைப் பத்தி எழுதுறது நீங்க ஒண்டி தான். அதை நுட்பமான மொழிலதான் எழுத முடியும்.

In the words Sakthivel Kounder: நீங்க போறபடி போங்க, நான் கடைசீல வந்து சேர்ந்துருவேன்.

Seen only shutter island and social network from this list.. shutter island la dicaprio la nallave nadichu irrukaru :thumbsup:

Except The Ghost Writer vERa edhumE pAkkala :oops: And missed catching Biutiful at Chennai Film Fest. :cry:

ippdi oru thread inge shtart aairukkunu ippo dhaan paathen...

watched only Social Network, Shutter Island, Fighter from the list. personal favorite Bardem-oda padam paarthadhukkappram vote/opinion eluthuven...True Grit too, downloading going on...

though i dissed Shutter Island after the first watch, i could find merits in Kaappiri's perfo and the film too appealed better to me.

P_R,
Oh Gosh. Thanks. rembavE pugazhureenga. Doubt varrudhu. :lol:

Ryan Gosling in Blue Valentine - :thumbsup:

Years back I thought the boy in "The Believer" is destined for greatness. Proved right.

Williams likewise.

Great acting in an otherwise one-time-watch feature.

Also, extremely impressed by Clooney in "The American". It's the kind of performance that wouldn't be seen as 'award worthy' (the moment towards the end as he drives back to the spot is excellent), but it has such personality that it'd live for ages. Not quite Delon (Le Samourai) though.

Bridges is OK in True Grit.

I'd easily have Gosling in place of him or Jesse Eisenberg among the Oscar noms.

Either way, without having really seen both performances, Bardem should fight out with Firth.

The women category seems far more impressive this year.

Haven't seen Benning (The kids are all right), but other four (Kidman, Lawrence, Williams, and Portman) were all memorable. Would tilt towards Kidman, slightly ahead of Williams IMHO.

Ryan Reynolds in Buried.

Want to see that. Seeing that it's a minimalistic film, no wonder it's gone off the radar as against Franco's.

Firth is excellent in King's Speech. One of the best male performances this year. His and Gosling's in Blue Valentine (neglected by Academy - dimwits!) are laudable so far (I'm sure Bardem's would join the list. Saw the clip of him breaking down to his daughter. Whoa :notworthy: ). And on Speech, terrific supporting performances by Rush, Carter and Pearce.

Fighter next.

Christian Bale in Fighter :clap:

Melissa Leo equally impressive. Amy Adams very good. Wahlberg - good enough.

Pretty good feature film, but ultimately wanes in comparison to classics of the sport.

Casey Affleck in The killer inside me had acted very nice. Though his appearance gives him an extra something for such a character and I dint like the movie at all, he carried himself very finely.

But I would love to see James Franco winning something for his role (though my hopes are down). IMO he was the best this year.

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Originally Posted by kid-glove

IMHO, Dicaprio better in Shutter..

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eggjactly and the concept is also pretty complex in shutter compared to tedious nested loops in inception.

kid... sema useful thread.... seekirama indha padattha ellam cover panren...

Softie,
Yep, Inception takes so much effort to build up the inescapable labyrinth, only to break the 4th wall and jump right out of it. Jumping out of one loop to another with consummate ease takes away its joys in repeat viewing.

OTOH, Shutter builds a singular maze-like structure. Staying true to that structure, it ensures the entire runtime is dedicated to subjective poV (thereby we're always with Ted) of hitting the dead-ends until one surfaces the confines of 'reality'. It's less problematic (unlike Inception) as it redeems the character out of self-deluding (mental) charades, as against taking that leap of faith (ala Cobb) to dodge one's own sinful past & regrets.

Basically these yearly, and decade based lists/threads is to provide an "INDEX" (like Hub's main page or index of the book) for each other. Pointers to cover lost ground.