Hopkins is hopeless…….
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TheLittleSongbird — 16 years ago(March 01, 2010 01:12 PM)
Shadowlands he was phenomonal in, and he was even better here, but he was also brilliant in The Elephant Man. Beautiful film, and while I think John Hurt gave the performance of that film, Anthony was still great(as always)
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truehammer — 16 years ago(March 02, 2010 04:09 AM)
You could say that about any actor, how many turkeys was Brando in? Through the eighties due to a lack of fame he may have had to take roles that werent quite up to his standard but after Silence of the Lambs he was in some great movies. Howard's End, Shadowlands, The Remains of the Day, World's Fastest Indian and also the pre-Lecter Elephant Man all feature great performances by Hopkins. I'm sure there are plenty I havent seen as well.
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rockycairns — 15 years ago(April 05, 2010 08:55 PM)
He was pretty good in Hearts in Atlantis and The World's Fastest Indian, didn't he even say that he thought The World's Fastest Indian was the best thing he ever did?
I also loved him in The Bounty, that was back before Silence of the Lambs and I think it's possibly his best performance, he was so delightfully evil, over the top yet at times masterfully restrained and a little sympathetic in his role as Captain William Bligh that the fact he was overlooked for an Oscar nomintion is a disgracce
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The_White_Hotel — 9 years ago(June 24, 2016 04:38 AM)
I respectfully disagree, kobbi. Sir Hopkins is a great actor.
Sorry to be a pedant but you should really say "Sir Anthony", not "Sir Hopkins", in the case of a knighthood it is the Christian name that is attached to the title. And yes, he is a great actor although he has appeared in many mediocre to bad movies. Great in Nixon, The Road to Wellville and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
These are the only words I have, I'm stuck with them, stuck in them