JCC Terrible actor dies, JC creates a thread. Talented actor dies, no thread. Explain yourselves.

i was just reminded of this:

 

Oh yeah, I forgot he was in MI:III. In that one he mounts Tom Cruise and then gets rammed to death by incoming traffic.

 

It was 3. The best one.

 

Ghost Protocol was the best one!

 

I didn't see it, but didn't it have @duende's favourite Jeremy Renner in it?

 

Yes Jimmy Runners was in it!

 

Mission Impossible 3's high point is Hoffman being the only character that isn't an action figure. That movie is a mess, and his performance is one of the few redeeming features it has.

 

Oh like we can tell anyone apart around here anyway

 

Also I think he called him Jammy Runners.

 

After being constantly reminded of movies he was in, both acclaimed movies and popular movies, that I'd forgotten about, I just went to IMDB.

Here's what I pulled out of his filmography as being notable:

Leap of Faith
Scent of a Woman
Nobody's Fool
Twister
Boogie Nights
The Big Lebowski
Happiness
Patch Adams
Magnolia
The Talented Mr. Ripley
State & Main
Almost Famous
Punch-Drunk Love
Red Dragon
25th Hour
Cold Mountain
Empire Falls
Capote
Mission: Impossible III
The Savages
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Charlie Wilson's War
Doubt
The Ides of March
Moneyball
The Master
A Late Quartet
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

I mean, Jesus. They run the gamut from astoundingly great classics to godawful; from art-house films to mass-market blockbusters; from tiny roles to star turns; but of the ones I've actually seen, I haven't seen a bad performance from him. In the bad films, he was the best thing in them; well, that was often true of the good films too. But those are the ones that I've seen or are notable for whatever reason or that I want to see. That's a lot. Twenty-eight out of sixty-three. That's not a bad run.

 

from the dead pool thread

Almost Famous is one of my favorite films, packed with great performances, but he absolutely owns every scene he's in.

 

How could you have missed "The Boat That Rocked"? He was great in it, and it was such a fun film.

 

I agree with Maria on this issue.

 

everyone is shocked.

 

get a room

 

I almost put The Boat that Rocked on there, but it seemed that it didn't get very good reviews and about the only time I hear anybody bring it up is when they're trying to convince someone that no, Love Actually wasn't the last movie Curtis directed prior to About Time. I didn't see it.

 

The Boat That Rocked is one of my favourite movies (objectively ). It's light years ahead of About Time, which is confused at best. You have to like Richard Curtis movies, sure, but TBTR is one that doesn't simply fall back on "love is great". Love is great, of course... but it's so refreshing to see Curtis painting his world onto a broader canvas. Magnificent ensemble cast, so many story lines (none of which feel compressed) - funny, tragic, moving, silly - and most of all it's a fantastic tribute to the music, fashions and competing attitudes of the 1960s (such a watershed decade). It's a terrible shame that no Beatles music was included in the film. I guess that was a rights issue, but the film does pay homage to the band in one of the best. deleted scenes. evar.

 

I know I know, but give me points for trying at least!

 

No. Stop.

 

PSH was also very good in Charlie Wilson's War and deserved the nomination for supporting actor. It wouldn't have been that watchable a movie without him.

 

i liked jeremy rannis in american hustle. i liked jeremy rannis in hurt lockers. that is about it.

 

Our local FOX affiliate is even dumber than most at times, yes...

 

What about The Town?