Daniel Day-Lewis
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rspear61 — 18 years ago(December 21, 2007 06:45 AM)
I came here to post my admiration for DDL and figured this post is the best place to put it. I was mesmerized by his performance in Gangs, but having never seen him before that, figured he was just one of those long time stage actors no one had ever seen before. However, watching the trailers for Blood, I realized this guy is amazing. Therefore, when I was channel surfing and came across In the name of the Father, and saw his name in the info section, I watched and was again struck by what an amazing actor this guy is. The range of emotions that he goes through, best seen in the jury trial at the endvery impressive acting. At first, I thought he was a type cast actor, but there is enough different emotions at work in Gangs and Father, that I was wrong.
Given a life time of movies, he will become one of the greatest actorsMarlon Brando, step aside.
Now to go rent Left Foot and see what everyone is talking about.
"We're going to need a bigger boat" -
Kinematico — 18 years ago(January 13, 2008 07:38 PM)
Daniel Day-Lewis gave the perfomance of his life in this movie. He is wonderful as Gerry Conlon.
I dunno what the academy members were smoking when they gave the Academy Award to Tom Hanks instead of Daniel.
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NINtangerine — 18 years ago(January 15, 2008 10:32 PM)
I agree with what everyone's been saying. I also think this was probably his best performance, better than My Left Foot. But, it should be noted that I haven't seen There Will Be Blood yet. In any event, he definately deserved that Oscar instead of Tom Hanks
I am Jack's broken heart -
fnord68 — 18 years ago(February 17, 2008 02:07 PM)
it is an amazing performance and DDL is,for my money,the best screen actor working.There is nobody better and very few who are even in the same league.
as to the poster who felt there were a cartoonish element to his performance in GANGS,I feel DDL is so fearless as to pitch a performance on the very edge of parody and yet,to me,it never tilted over into unbelievability.
I Think if one were to watch all his performances back to back you would see the sheer range of this guy is astonishing.I cant wait to see TWBB.I'm sure it will be another performance of rare intensity and power. -
rice-1 — 18 years ago(March 01, 2008 02:06 PM)
I haven't seen TWBB, yet some of the clips from the fim and certainly some of the main critics in the UK ie the Daily Mail, have pointed to yet another masterclass of over acting.
I saw DDL play Romeo on stage when he was touring with a schools production back in the early 80's as an unknown - I remember we all commented on the over the top performance, liberally sprinkled with the 'snot and spit' style of acting which some critics take for reality.
to daniel who lives down the road from here in wicklow.. 'sometomes less is more' -
rice-1 — 15 years ago(July 12, 2010 04:17 PM)
thanks for that - I am interested to hear that he didnt enjoy playing Romeo, he did look very uncomfortable at the time.
I have seen TWBB and hated it and put it firmly into the 'bad' DDL list. He really does need a director to reign him in doesnt he, something which didnt happen in GONY neither.
I do like him in the more underrated Boxer and have to admit that Last of the Mohicans is fun although he does do a terrible accent - "stay aloive, Oi will foind you" -
ltochtenhagen — 18 years ago(February 18, 2008 02:24 PM)
While I'm a fan of both Hanks and Day-Lewis, I personally feel Day-Lewis should have won for ITNOTF. Hanks was good in Philadelphia, but he's delivered far better performances since then (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Saving Private ryan, Cast Away, Charlie Wilson's War) and I feel he was awarded too early. While Day-Lewis was excellent in MLF, I must admit to feeling that Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July should have won (might have helped steer him into better movies), but that's just me.
Out of all the nominations ITNOTF received, I feel it should have won:
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor (though I'm torn on who was better: Pete in this or Ralph in Schindler's Listvery tough call) -
savejets — 18 years ago(March 13, 2008 09:17 PM)
I come to IMDB.com several times a week to see if DDL has anything on the menu. I can't wait for this man to pick his next role. Total man-crush on this guy. Best actor in movies todaymaybe ever.
Many of you have stated that Tom Hanks beating him out for the 1993 Best Actor prize is a major oversight. But, the cold hard fact is Hanks played a dying AIDS patient-at a time when the disease was still VERY relevant-and the Academy was not going to overlook that. In my opinion the more unforgivable infraction was Adrien Brody winning over him in 2002. Bill The Butcher has already gone down in film history as one of the screens great villans. Brody played a forgettable role in an equally forgettable film.
With his win last month for the TWBB the Academy has (at least a little bit) made up for 2002. -
oscarstegland — 12 years ago(April 29, 2013 01:25 PM)
Granted, I haven't seen Gangs of New York, but calling Adrien Brody's performance forgettable makes me think you know more about DDL than acting.
His performance in TWBB is quite showy and nearly over-the-top (although I believe the character calls for it) as some people on here say. Most people seem to say the same thing about his performance in Gangs (showy). Generally the Academy enjoys showy roles (ie. Bale winning for The Fighter and Wahlberg being a sidenote) and generally showy roles can convince anyone with little to no knowledge about acting that what they're seeing is, in fact, good acting.
When all is right and well though, the Academy sometimes choose to award performances that show great depth but not by being blatantly complex. Brody's performance in The Pianist is exactly that. Restraint is massive part of acting which most people don't seem to understand. Frankly, I haven't seen a better performance from Jamie Foxx than Django. Why? Because he wasn't his usual slippery-tongued loud-mouthed self.
This isn't meant to come off as demeaning in any way, I just call it the way I see it. Brody in The Pianist is sheer brilliance. You may not like the film, but faulting the acting is plain WRONG.