Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Road Warrior (A) on December 16, 2008 at 08:47:20

In Reply to: RE: Clive Owen and Crowe, absolutely - DARN posted by Harmonia on December 15, 2008 at 23:11:26

Fiirst, great post. And point taken on the "generation gap" between Brando and Hackman, Caine, Duvall etc...

I initially questioned including Hoffman on the basis of vesatility, but as I ran over his ouvre (how could I have left Tootsie off?? Senior moment?), I thought about the power he brought to the gangster in Confidence, the ultimate sleazeball Ratso in Midnight Cowboy, the confusion of Benjamin Bratt in The Graduate, the inevitable recidivism he brought to the hard con Going Straight, and found plenty enuf versatility to warrant inclusion. And yes, his character in Rainman was fascinating, but once was plenty enuf... \\

As far as Tommy Lee Jones, hos work in The Executioners Song, In The Valley of Elah, No Country..., Lonesome Dove, etc. warrant inclusion IMHO. Still going strong in his early(?) 60s with his last two as good as anything he's done. A bit one dimensional perhaps, but man, does he ever nail that dimension.




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