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§ ita § - Dec 24, 2004 11:04:05 am PST #7365 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My father is asking me if I've heard the hype about Aviator. Which is weird, because what's he doing thinking about movies? Ray is to blame, I'm told. He was so blown out of his seat by Jamie's performance, that he's started paying more attention to not just movies, but movie press.

I've not seen Ray yet, though I mean to. I asked him how Denzel's Malcolm X and Steve Biko hadn't already awakened that interest in black actors in biopics. Denzel's not that great, he told me.

After I recovered from the shock, he explained that while he's not saying that Jamie Foxx has Denzel (or Freeman) range, but that that one individual characterisation was the best he'd ever seen.

I'm still impressed by Denzel's Malcolm, just because when Spike put in archival footage of the real Malcolm at the end of the movie, my thought was that they'd aged modern film very well (it's a beef of mine). It wasn't till the movie ended that I realised it wasn't Denzel in those scenes. I can't think of any other performance where I so totally forgot.

What biopic performances do you guys like the best?

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 24, 2004 12:55:43 pm PST #7366 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Does Ed Wood count? Because Landau's Lugosi performance may be the best I've ever seen by a male actor.

Gandalfe - Dec 24, 2004 1:06:38 pm PST #7367 of 10001

The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

If I had a bazillion dollars, and was doing a film version of King Lear, I'd cast Ben Kingsley.

DavidS - Dec 24, 2004 1:14:11 pm PST #7368 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

If I had a bazillion dollars, and was doing a film version of King Lear, I'd cast Ben Kingsley.

You'd need a midget Cordelia for him to carry in at the end.

Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 24, 2004 1:16:41 pm PST #7369 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Or just a current Hollywood actress that stands 5'4" or so but weighs 90 pounds.

Gandalfe - Dec 24, 2004 1:28:10 pm PST #7370 of 10001

The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

He's not that small - 5'8".

beekaytee - Dec 24, 2004 1:52:06 pm PST #7371 of 10001

Compassionately intolerant

Biopics?

Well. Since Robin Williams doesn't remotely resemble Patch Adams (who is a) cranktastic! and b) not particularly funny, but an inspiration none the less), I'd have to go with Sissy Spacek as The Coalminer's Daughter. Broke my heart.

Low-retta Lynn. There is a character.

While not a biopic, I loved Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.

Angus G - Dec 24, 2004 3:21:50 pm PST #7372 of 10001

Roguish Laird

I'm not much of a fan of biopics as a rule, but John Hurt in The Naked Civil Servant and Eric Bana in Chopper are both pretty fabulous.

Scrappy - Dec 24, 2004 3:24:13 pm PST #7373 of 10001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Bana is amazing in Chopper.

dcp - Dec 24, 2004 3:28:51 pm PST #7374 of 10001

The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

How about Robert Downey Jr. in Chaplin ?

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