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You even had Jackie Gleason surprising people in The Hustler back in 1961. But then again, Gleason was always more of a comic actor than a true "comedian." Don Rickles went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and I think you can see that even in his stand up or talk show performances. Jim...

The earlier Sandler stuff is truly juvenile and silly and not for everyone (inc. me.) Uncut and Punch Drunk are not comedies but well made dramatic movies that he stars in as an actor. The Longest Yard remake is somewhere in the middle. It's hardly entertainment for The New Yorker crowd. I'm...

The original is total fave of mine and I even wrote a paper about it in film school. But Burt R being in it gives it credibility. It's also really funny. It plays way more than a remake than a typical "Adam Sandler comedy."

Robert will be unhappy that we've hijacked this thread but I just want to say that my Sandler guilty pleasure is the remake of The Longest Yard.

an aside - Have you seen Sandler in the Safdie Bros. film Uncut Gems ? It's really good. Very 70s cinema vibe.

Get Paul's book. brilliantly researched and written and details the entire ordeal. Being Sam Peckinpah was not easy. And even flawed as it is, it has a handful of -at least to me -moments of astounding power and emotion. And Dylan wrote one of his greatest songs for it (one of these scenes...

Bo Hopkins wouldn't have communicated what Peckinpah was going for. He was a good character actor but not the co-lead of this film. He's too "big. He isn't a subtle presence. " Peckinpah originally wanted Malcolm McDowell but he wasn't available. Kristofferson was liked by James Coburn and I...

Everyone is hammy in that film! I love it for that reason. It starts at a high pitch of Scorsese hysteria and never stops. It wouldn't be as good without Jack and without that true Boston native Ray Winstone. Ha.

Shemp Howard would have been an amazing Dolly ! And arguably easier on the eyes (and ears) than Miss Channing.

Shemp could be very, very funny. He wasn't Curly but he had his own gifts. He's a cult figure for a reason. His style ages way better than many "goden age" comics.

You haven't seen the musical HAMILTON ? PS - re: Mickey Rooney , bad taste is bad taste, and offensive is offensive, even if at the time of it's release it was acceptable to make jokes like that . I saw the film when younger and laiughed, but realize now that the entire culture of casting...

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Yes, and that Robert DeNiro guy was so over the top in Raging Bull. So unlikable. Can't believe the Academy rewarded such an abhorrent character and performance. Ha.

I beg to differ. I'll agree with the number 1 film on this list and it's a Batman movie! https://superheroes.theringer.com/

I think Hulce is supposed to be anachronistic in every sense. He's a modern presence in a period film. I think it's exactly what Milos wanted. He's a subversive, libidinous, impulsive genius and I think the shadow of punk rockers informed his portrayal.

Not that I recall. Creativity thrives on limitations and in the moment inspiration. However Coppola He's always been "big." It's the pictures that have gotten small.

I seriously dislike his performance in the otherwise perfectly cast THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.

Agree 1000% esp. Brando's instincts as an actor. That monologue all done in close up. An unbroken close up does what a dozen actors could do with their full bodies. Even the Dennis Hopper character says about Kurtz, "...and a voice...a voice." Coppola and Brando was magic and they knew it.

you 're entited to your opinion but I don't think any actor on the planet - past or present - could have delivered Kurtz's lines with more heart and impact than Brando did in AN. His first appearance is a TRIUMPH of cinema. No one else has the presence. And that voice .... It's also totally...

1000% agree that they were "too old" but but it works magically. Not sure if it work the other way around as in hiring younger actors and then aging them throughout.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Naked Spur, Winchester 73....

The Chase isn't ruined by one performance. It's simply one of those films - flawed on many levels, poorly conceived film for a myriad reasons probably starting at a disconnect between the director's ambitions and what he was able to do. It certainly aimed high and did try and tackle a lot of...

not a great movie.

But does he RUIN the whole movie ? Pulp Fiction is hardly ruined by his scene (I actually get a kick out him in Django-his demise is pure Yosemite Sam.)

i actually thought of this earlier. i know its borderline heretical according to some posters.

Harvey Keitel in Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ. Not a great movie btw. but still marred.