Comments on: Best of the 2000s: The 25 Best Film Performances http://tangledupinwires.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-2000s-the-25-best-film-performances/ A blog for the media generation. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:10:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Weekly Best Of: 2000-2009 Oscar Winners « Tangled Up In Wires http://tangledupinwires.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-2000s-the-25-best-film-performances/#comment-302 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:33:38 +0000 http://tangledupinwires.com/?p=279#comment-302 [...] There Will Be Blood Not just the best actor of 2007, but the best performance of the decade if these yahoos are to be believed, there isn’t much left to say about Day-Lewis’ bravura performance, [...]

]]> By: Best of the 2000s: The 25 Best Films « Tangled Up In Wires http://tangledupinwires.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-2000s-the-25-best-film-performances/#comment-38 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:30:29 +0000 http://tangledupinwires.com/?p=279#comment-38 [...] he populates the cast with low-key, naturalistic actors like Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, and David Strathairn, whose deadpan work as Edward R. Murrow went beyond a mere impression. Similarities to more recent [...]

]]> By: Adam Smith http://tangledupinwires.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-2000s-the-25-best-film-performances/#comment-36 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:46:00 +0000 http://tangledupinwires.com/?p=279#comment-36 Oh, and another thing. I appreciate the love for Anne Hathaway–it’s one hell of a performance. But, personally, hers wasn’t even the best lead actress performance of that year–for that, I have to give props to one Miss Sally Hawkins.

]]> By: Adam Smith http://tangledupinwires.com/2009/12/07/best-of-the-2000s-the-25-best-film-performances/#comment-35 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:37:32 +0000 http://tangledupinwires.com/?p=279#comment-35 Two initial thoughts:

1) Thank you for having the guts to praise Sean Penn’s career-best work in Mystic River. In this day and age, it’s all too easy to smirk at it, particularly the now infamous “IS THAT MY DAUGHTER IN THERE?!?!?!?!” But the fact of the matter is that it’s easy to take any image from a tragedy (which is exactly what Mystic River is) out of context and it probably looks silly. And the performance as a whole is one of the highlights of the decade, no question.

2) I find your lack of Mickey Rourke disturbing.

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