Kevin Bacon's Performance.
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The_Angry_Critic — 16 years ago(November 02, 2009 04:08 AM)
Always thought the two most memorable evil characters performances that struck a chord with me were Ralph Fienes in "Schindler's List" and Tim Roth in "Rob Roy"; not sure how I forgotten Bacon's performance in this oneespecially when he makes the kids eat off the floor.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(September 03, 2020 06:10 AM)
exactly, he's so scary and convincing and intimidating in that scene. in mean this guy is scary. he's so in character in this film. and he's so versatile.
you watch him in this and then you watch him in the big picture and you realize he has a lot of range as an actor. those characters are completely different in every way and he plays both characters perfectly and so powerfully.
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RoryOshea — 16 years ago(April 03, 2010 09:49 AM)
I agree he was amazing in thisdefinitely his best performance.but one thing bugged me: his accent changes severely several times. He goes from New Yorker to Surfer Dude to redneck (later years).
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Moondrop_C — 15 years ago(June 09, 2010 04:14 PM)
Almost a year later
Kevin Bacon seems to be good at playing the role of the bad/sadistic guy.
Sleepers, The River Wild, Hollow Man, White Water Summer.
Also not too bad at playing the good guy. As fluffy as they are, I also liked him in The Air Up There and, of course, Footloose. -
Pandjy — 15 years ago(June 22, 2010 01:48 PM)
Today, as I watched the movie, I thought "Boy, no one really gives Kevin Bacon the credit he deserves." I was lost in his performance.
His and the others in the movie - I love when I can get lost in a story, the bonus is when an actor can draw me in. To have the entire cast pull me into the movie was fantastic.
I'm just shy that way -
RyanOReily23 — 15 years ago(July 08, 2010 12:25 PM)
finally, i find a thread that praises bacon and not slam him. kevin is one of the best actors in the world. his style and deversity are incredible. however, i feel that while this was one of his best preformances; his absolute best without a doubt, was in fact Murder in the First with Gary Oldman and Christian Slater, but yet again.he got nothing for it.
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ddhddh — 15 years ago(July 10, 2010 10:59 PM)
I came to this thread to point out KB's brilliant performance in Murder in the First, a good but not great movie. Since you have beaten me to it I will just add my agreement with your opinions of that role and of his talents in general.
He is consistently good, or better, and can make an otherwise mediocre movie, such as this one, watchable. He has quite a few roles in good to excellent movies as well. Mystic River and Tremors come to mind. But you already mentioned diversity didn't you? -
RyanOReily23 — 15 years ago(July 11, 2010 03:34 PM)
yea i did, and i'll do it again. kevin's done horror, action, childeren's drama, even comendy. all of it.
to go from 'he said, she said' and 'she's having a baby' to 'flatliners' and 'tremors' to 'River Wild and 'Murder in the first' not to mention 'White water summer' 'lemon sky' and 'the air up there'. he's one of the most diverse actors in the world. and you said it best. kevin can be in a mediocre film and turn it into a good or even great film just by his preformance. -
lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(September 03, 2020 06:13 AM)
there it is. i just talked about this. he never gets the acting accolades really. but most wrong is he never gets talked about as one of the best actors of the '80s and '90s from anyone in hollywood and he never gets talked about as a great actor from anyone in hollywood.
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TheFatDruidofNacyl — 15 years ago(July 30, 2010 09:20 PM)
I think Kevin Bacon plays such a good bad guy. He has done it in a few movies. It's like how great Anthony Hopkins does as the bad guy.
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