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Re: FYC: Surprising Performance
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2008, 10:06:36 AM »
Samuel L. Jackson in Jumper
James Franco in Pineapple Express
Danny McBride in Pineapple Express

What about Craig Robinson?  That guy is amazing.  Not just here but on The Office and Knocked Up, where his small part as the club bouncer was the film's biggest laugh.

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Re: FYC: Surprising Performance
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2008, 10:13:30 AM »
What about Craig Robinson?  That guy is amazing. 

He's just ok in Pineapple.
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Re: FYC: Surprising Performance
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2008, 11:07:33 AM »
What about Craig Robinson?  That guy is amazing. 

He's just ok in Pineapple.

Next time I see it i'll have to bring a pad to write down all the great lines for that category.

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Re: FYC: Surprising Performance
« Reply #23 on: August 05, 2008, 05:56:15 PM »
Amy Sedaris in Snow Angels

I loathed Strangers with Candy but she is terrific in Snow Angels.

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Re: FYC: Surprising Performance
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2008, 08:46:20 AM »
i see three separate plugs for snow angels in your last post, you should be paid for this stuff

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Re: FYC: Most Surprising Performance
« Reply #25 on: August 14, 2008, 06:56:15 PM »
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Re: FYC: Most Surprising Performance
« Reply #26 on: August 14, 2008, 07:08:13 PM »
Is Collin Ferell already there?
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Re: FYC: Most Surprising Performance
« Reply #27 on: August 14, 2008, 07:19:41 PM »
"It's a fool who looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart"

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Re: FYC: Most Surprising Performance
« Reply #28 on: August 14, 2008, 07:20:47 PM »
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Re: FYC: Most Surprising Performance
« Reply #29 on: August 17, 2008, 07:39:08 PM »
Ok, hear me out, because I know this is going to be a tough sell.  There's this line in The Office, where Michael Scott tells the camera, "Daddy is the best actor there is, daddy is Meryl Streep."  Well, I want to submit Meryl Streep's performance in Mamma Mia!.  Yes, I realize that we don't expect anything but absolutely professionalism and superiority from good old Meryl, but she still managed to surprise me.  She sings quite a bit in A Prairie Home Companion, but something about seeing her in this musical that seemed fresh and awesome.  She puts so much into each musical performance, and she is clearly head-and-shoulders above the rest of the case, even though others are quite good as well.  Everything about the "Mamma Mia!" rooftop sequence is fun and full of energy, and when she has her big moment with "The Winner Takes it All," it's the emotional center of the whole film.  When she is doing the musical numbers, the director doesn't cut away from her very often, instead keeping the camera right on her in long take shots.  The director has Meryl Streep giving a great performance, and he's smart to not distract from that with excessive cuts.  So for all those reasons, but mostly for how well she portrays emotion in those musical scenes. 
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