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• See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see - tinear 17:39:05 04/04/06 (6)
  In Reply to: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? posted by PdL on April 4, 2006 at 10:52:23:

  three of the best performances by a male lead in the past 50 years.
  Mystic River was flawed but his performance was believable. That howl from the street as his daughter's death became apparent... nightmarishly great.
  Similarly, 21 Grams showed Sean could play a character adrift. I think you may be blaming Penn for some of the films' shortcomings. The performances in both films I found excellent (Del Toro, Watts, etc.).
  
  

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  • Re: See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see - PdL 00:30:14 04/05/06 (4)
    In Reply to: See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see posted by tinear on April 4, 2006 at 17:39:05:

    IMHO Penn's best work: At Close Range, Bad Boys, Falcon & Snowman, Dead Man Walking and Carlito's way.

    Mystic River - his performance was not convincing but was over the top. In the scence you referred to I found Penn's acting to be much too forced. Very much to my surprise, the best acting in MR was done by Tim Robbins.

    21 Grams - solid performances by Watts & Benico and a marginal performance by Penn. Penn has played the adrift character (very well) a few times, however I didn't think he pulled it off in 21G. I concur that the movie had many shortcomings. I don't attribute my dislike of that film solely to Penn, but as his character occupied about 1/3 of 21G, its impossible for me to not recogonize his poor performance as one of major flaws.
    
    

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    • Carlito's Way, the lawyer. That was the worst overacting in recent - Duilawyer 21:12:52 04/07/06 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see posted by PdL on April 5, 2006 at 00:30:14:

      memory. Terrible
      
      

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      • Overacting? You spent a lot a time around coke heads? - PdL 16:53:07 04/08/06 (0)
        In Reply to: Carlito's Way, the lawyer. That was the worst overacting in recent posted by Duilawyer on April 7, 2006 at 21:12:52:

        Its pretty tough to be over the top when portraying a practicing cocaine addict. Perhaps it is the lawyer role that you take issue with?
        
        

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    • Hey, we agree on his best and that's pretty good. You expressed - tinear 05:25:49 04/05/06 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see posted by PdL on April 5, 2006 at 00:30:14:

      yourself so well that, even though we disagree, I can understand your view. Robbins is an underrated performer. He doesn't get many rolls, does he? I wonder if he's spent much of his career lining up directing gigs or preparing himself for it?
      
      

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      • Re: Hey, we agree on his best and that's pretty good. You expressed - PdL 14:55:34 04/05/06 (0)
        In Reply to: Hey, we agree on his best and that's pretty good. You expressed posted by tinear on April 5, 2006 at 05:25:49:

        Yes, although I have only seen a couple of movies w/ Robbins, I have always been pleasantly surprised by the quality of his performances. He doesn't seem to be in many movies of late - does he do a lot of directing?
        
        

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  • Re: Agreed (nt) - Jeff Starrs 00:07:16 04/05/06 (0)
    In Reply to: See Dead Man Walking, At Close Range, and Bad Boys and you'll see posted by tinear on April 4, 2006 at 17:39:05:

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• Re: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? - patrickU 11:57:11 04/04/06 (6)
  In Reply to: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? posted by PdL on April 4, 2006 at 10:52:23:

  Mystic River & Up to the Villa & Sweet and Lowdown & The Thin Red line were not a bad show.
  Yes it was a kind of Constant Gardener turning even sourer, lacking continuty, intelligence a bad bad film.
  
  

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  • If you meant Penn was in "Thin Red Line," you're wrong. He was in - tinear 17:35:15 04/04/06 (4)
    In Reply to: Re: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? posted by patrickU on April 4, 2006 at 11:57:11:

    Casualties of War.
    
    

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    • He was in Thin Red Line too. nt - sjb 23:25:56 04/04/06 (2)
      In Reply to: If you meant Penn was in "Thin Red Line," you're wrong. He was in posted by tinear on April 4, 2006 at 17:35:15:

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      "Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"
      
      

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      • You're right. Show's how bad that movie was. nt - tinear 12:50:35 04/05/06 (1)
        In Reply to: He was in Thin Red Line too. nt posted by sjb on April 4, 2006 at 23:25:56:

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        • Re: You're right. Show's how bad my memory was. nt - patrickU 04:23:19 04/08/06 (0)
          In Reply to: You're right. Show's how bad that movie was. nt posted by tinear on April 5, 2006 at 12:50:35:

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    • Re: If you meant Penn was in "Thin Red Line," you're wrong. He was in - PdL 17:41:04 04/04/06 (0)
      In Reply to: If you meant Penn was in "Thin Red Line," you're wrong. He was in posted by tinear on April 4, 2006 at 17:35:15:

      ... Casualty is most apt

      
      
      

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  • Re: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? - PdL 17:24:49 04/04/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: What do you expect with Penn having such a predominate role? posted by patrickU on April 4, 2006 at 11:57:11:

    I thought Penn was great in Falcon & The Snowman, State of Grace and Carlito's Way. But I thought he was awful in 21 Grams and Mystic River.

    Interesting - I liked the Constant Gardener, but with Penn in there I may very well not have.
    
    

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