Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by commonjailpig@yahoo.com (A) on October 29, 2006 at 08:43:10

In Reply to: Saw the Departed last night. posted by Ross on October 29, 2006 at 07:47:26:

I really enjoyed your review and I agreed with your acute observations.

Well, except one.

I think Nicholson is an underrated actor. Everyone mentions "About Schmidt" but what about his fine performances in "The Crossing Guard", "The Pledge", and "As Good As It Gets". These are good solid performances that included nuance and timing. No "Joker" re-hash at all, in my opinion.

With all the chest beating on this page about Deniro (has he done ANYTHING good in the last ten years?) and Walken ( punching the clock for a decade now- just a parody of himself ) I always feel that actors like John Turturro, Jeff Bridges and Nicholson are overlooked or just taken for granted. Sure Walken and DeNiro have given some great performances but I don't feel a need to genuflect when I think of crap like "Showtime" or "Click"

I thought Nicholson was quite menacing in "The Departed".

Not one of the years best films...but what is?