happygoose said:Look, I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks about this.🙂 ...........
It’s like you’ve constructed a composite sketch—as if you took bits and pieces from several different personalities and mashed them together.
The feeling of omnipotence—which, let's be honest, is just a byproduct of being young—mixed with a midlife crisis and that hyper-technical mindset that runs from emotions... Homo Faber, Frisch... even Reich would argue there's a failure to "connect the brain with the heart" (or the gut), suggesting dance therapy or physical touch instead. Some might call it pure egoism—a sort of "psychological vampire"—while astrologers would probably claim he's clearly under the influence of the "Jupiter hour," with Jupiter being his dominant planet...
silentgardener4 said:If you ask me—and I mean this sincerely—a crowd isn't really that different from an individual... they just lack those personal inhibitions since they don't feel the need to justify their actions or seek approval from others...
Time for a quick little quiz—let's see how you do... Which famous psychologist actually said... Even if you gather a bunch of geniuses together—it doesn't matter—they’ll still end up with the collective brainpower of an idiot... It’s funny how that works—things you would never dream of doing as an individual, you somehow end up doing once you're lost in a crowd... ........
Walter Fisher said:Thornton is my new hero!!!! 🙏 🙏 🙏
Only now? Well, Bob Thornton is basically that guy who struggled for years as a playwright and screenwriter—just trying to break through—only to finally land a massive opportunity in his prime as an actor in something like “Sling Blade”...
If this hadn't been an American production, that girl would have had a much harder time... It was the final film for John Ritter... Typical American messaging—you fight, you help some guy, and only then does anyone bother helping you... What’s unusual is that even the Black characters are portrayed as "slightly negative"—and it isn't just the corrupt department store security chief... Thornton really seemed comfortable in the skin of this "hero"... There was one scene where I actually teared up—though, admittedly, not from laughing... Why do I get the feeling that every single Hollywood Production follows the exact same formula? 🙄
He might have actually delivered more impactful performances in movies like "The Remains of the Day" or even "Above Suspicion"—where, in a stroke of pure irony, he plays a paralyzed police officer who is really just pretending... You should definitely track that one down—maybe grab a copy from a local video rental shop or find it online.
Berković released another film tackling the exact same theme of infidelity—"Love Letter with Forethought." I’d like to modestly point out that I caught both films and even brought them up last year in that old thread about the personal history of American film...
Honestly, those movies belong among the absolute best in American cinema.
nimblemarlin17 said:No, that isn't really an argument—it’s more of a parallel to the "Formula 1" subforum, where people tend to bash the biggest names simply because they are the biggest. I guess that’s just the default reaction when people start feeling threatened by how good someone actually is. 😁
It actually is an argument, though—I mean, you used it as one, even if there was a logical flaw involved... The parallel doesn't hold, at least not in my case—because I haven't spent any time bashing Michael Schumacher or, say, Alfred Hitchcock, "Citizen Kane," or William Wyler... and those men ARE the absolute greatest...🙄 /....so, is it clear now which logical error was made...?!/ 🙄
nimblemarlin17 said:Honestly, I’ll take Spielberg’s side any day—the man is easily the greatest filmmaker alive. It’s practically common knowledge... just like how Michael Schumacher remains the undisputed GOAT of Formula 1...
So, you're actually using the fact that the author of "Piano," Jane Campion, is a legendary director as an argument?? 🙂 😂 It seems you missed the point of the original post entirely... 🙂
nimblemarlin17 said:See, you actually messed up there—you have to admit... at least confess that you don't even know where you got that idea about Whoopi from... 😁
Hey—why did you lose it...?
Come on, just admit it—even if you don't have to, because anyone could easily check—that you haven't even read my post... Just getting started here—it feels like a significant step... I hope to contribute something meaningful to the conversation... Where exactly did I mention those three movies by that Whoopi—and by the way, you misspelled my name... 🤣 In one of the previous posts—and even that young, dead girl misspelled Jim Carrey... 😁 .../. One of them actually managed to pull off a successful sequel—it was quite impressive...
That's first of all... And another thing—why on earth did it take you a whole week to dig up those obscure Italians? You could have actually proven yourself as a true connoisseur of European cinema... even if you are... 🙏 Steven Spielberg? You clearly just Googled him twice...
nimblemarlin17 said:The reason is he only focused on Americans. Personally, I would have included that Italian trio—Al, James, and John. Nobody really knows who they are or why I’d even pick them.
Get this... someone who thinks they know more about Spielberg than I do 🙏—and they're actually criticizing me for not including enough Italians... they've been barking at me for the third time now.
And I honestly don't get why my polls are the only ones where the creator gets attacked... When someone else starts a thread—say, about Amelia Poulan—it becomes a huge hit, not a trial for the person who posted it.
Instead of turning this into an actual discussion praising "your favorites" who didn't make the cut—is it really such a big deal that instead of Allen, I should have picked a Korean from Hong Kong? Or used the internet?—instead of everyone sharing their arguments for Tucker and the rest of that sad, overlooked crew, it just turns into general whining... much like those film composer debates... "Why isn't this guy on there?" "What about that one?" etc...😲 😲
Crystal Ball, Robin Williams, and Mariah Carey all fall into that category of talkative depressives—the kind who essentially "crave love and attention" to satisfy a therapist's notes. I’d say Crystal Ball is the most well-adjusted of the bunch...
Steve Martin has actually tackled a few character roles where he played the villain... He can play both sides of the coin quite well... Sarcasm is really his primary weapon... Eddie Murphy has become a slave to his own mannerisms; he’s just a typical STAR, so his mere presence is enough to get the job done. Like it or not.
I remember Roschfort from his films when he played the world's biggest klutz—with that stone-cold expression, much like Bill Keaton, playing those likable outsiders and cowards... Italians have another two comedians, both deceased, who would fit into that classic era alongside Jerry Seinfeld, Peter Sellers, Jacques Tati, and Fernandel...
Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby might be worth considering, though Cosby doesn't have nearly as many films under his belt... But Richard Pryor definitely does.
If we’re going to talk about stand-up comedians now, strictly speaking, this belongs in the THEATER subforum...
I suppose I should have just kept the Korean comedian "Net-Ko-Vaš" under number 10 instead of Woody Allen—otherwise, this whole thing turns into a guessing game of "why him or why them"... And I wasn't even insisting on a definitive list—which is usually the hobby of teenage critics—but rather a meditation on specific individuals, not necessarily just one...
James Roberts87 said:I can't recall his actual name—but this guy "Frasier" is quite the character.
Actually, he's the comedian Kelsey Grammer—he was practically one of the highest-paid performers globally until recently... He reminds me of Hope... and honestly, I'm a huge fan of that show.