Your Mostest Favoritst Actor In The Whole Wide World? (21 Viewers)

[Enron]

Norton is a good actor, but he gets a bad rap because of his family connections.

 

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[Dinsdale]

It's a great performance,but there was something missing there.You know,you see Pacino in Scarface..you dont see anything missing.De Niro nailed Raging Bull,Bale nailed American Psycho,Brando nailed Godfather,Depp nailed Jack Sparrow etc..but there was something missing in Norton in American History X.

Before everyone treats me like Zlatan and Norton like Del Piero..im not underating him as an actor.He's fantastic,but he doesnt seem to have the natural charisma to nail really powerful psychotic performances IMO.More than American History X,i think he nailed Fight Club..or even The Illusionist.

But he wasn't even supposed to play a psychotic villain in that movie. The whole power of his performance was that he pulled off coming over as an intelligent, likeable guy eventhough he was a neo-nazi who brutally executed a black guy. It's the nuanced and subtly changing personality that made it so great. The guys you mentioned just play the same kind of static role thoughout the whole movie, with which is nothing wrong of course, but it's a completely different thing. Norton's character had a lot more depth imo.

 

[HelterSkelter]

Probably.But the part where he brutally executed the black guy,or scenes that require extreme 'badass-ness' is where he loses the edge IMO.

 

[Enron]

Ever seen Down In The Valley?

 

[HelterSkelter]

No.Any Good?

 

[Dinsdale]

Any good?

edit: screw you Salman.

 

[Enron]

I recommend taking a look.

 

[Dinsdale]

I will.

 

[Enron]

Indie film with a small cast and Evan Rachel Wood.

 

[Gustav]

Jeffrey Wright

 

[king Ale]

I don't get why people like Ed Norton. I don't find him very versatile. Even though he's played a number of very different roles, he doesn't really change much.
In American History X he doesn't convince me as a tough neo Nazi at all. I do like that movie though.

Probably because he wasn't a neo Nazi in half of that movie

 

[Ahmed]

Probably because he wasn't a neo Nazi in half of that movie

exactly

Norton in AHX, one of the best performances I've ever seen...

@ there was something missing

 

[swag]

exactly

Norton in AHX, one of the best performances I've ever seen...

Obviously you've never seen Tom Hanks -- only the second actor to ever win back-to-back Oscars for "Best Actor" -- excel in his most convincing portrayal of a transvestite in the TV show "Bosom Buddies":

 

[Ahmed]

his right boob just got a flat

 

[swag]

Kinda like Andy's nutsack.

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

You flagghot.

 

[Bjerknes]

Kinda like Andy's nutsack.

 

[Rollie]

Cause you are weak :evil:

Motherfucker...

exactly

Norton in AHX, one of the best performances I've ever seen...

Agree, definitely my favorite Norton role.

Obviously you've never seen Tom Hanks -- only the second actor to ever win back-to-back Oscars for "Best Actor" -- excel in his most convincing portrayal of a transvestite in the TV show "Bosom Buddies":

Dear jesus...

his right boob just got a flat

Kinda like Andy's nutsack.

 

[Nenz]

It's a great performance,but there was something missing there.You know,you see Pacino in Scarface..you dont see anything missing.De Niro nailed Raging Bull,Bale nailed American Psycho,Brando nailed Godfather,Depp nailed Jack Sparrow etc..but there was something missing in Norton in American History X.

Before everyone treats me like Zlatan and Norton like Del Piero..im not underating him as an actor.He's fantastic,but he doesnt seem to have the natural charisma to nail really powerful psychotic performances IMO.More than American History X,i think he nailed Fight Club..or even The Illusionist.

Exactly. Norton just isn't a tough guy. He can play the bad guy but only as the sly evil type, not the crazy psycho. I think American History X was so well written, especially for Ed Nortons role that interpretations of him as an actor are easily skewed after watching it. The movie was brilliant and when you're the main character in an excellently written and directed film you're probably more likely to look good.
That's not to say that the character Derek is purely a psycho, at times in the film he seems logical and benevolent which Ed Norton is able to do a great job at.

 

[Nenz]

Obviously you've never seen Tom Hanks -- only the second actor to ever win back-to-back Oscars for "Best Actor" -- excel in his most convincing portrayal of a transvestite in the TV show "Bosom Buddies":

Bosom Buddies ey? Where do I get me one of those? :eyebrows: