Mt. Rushmore of acting

[hammersavage]

With the deal of Paul Newman, my friend and I were discussing who would be on the Mount Rushmore if it had actors busts on it. I concluded that 3 were absolute locks for me.

http://susanmernit.com/blog/images/brando.gif

http://www.nofenders.net/uploaded_images/Paul-Newman-734301.jpg

http://www.all-pictures-photos.com/thumbs/jack-nicholson/jack-nicholson-008.jpg

For the last one he said Pacino. I said

http://www.baltlantis.com/public/deniro.jpg


I think that's pretty solid. All icons, all great actors. Anyone wanna challenge me on this?

[PhishHead]

Michael Caine
Jack Lemmon
James Stewart
Gene Hackman

way too many to name just 4.

[Knowledged_one]

This is a tough one - going only with actors from my time frame of watching movies

DeNiro
Pacino
Nicholson
Russell Crow/Brad Pitt/Harrison Ford/Depp/DiCaprio

The last spot is a tough one you could make a case for either of the last five

[hammersavage]

Michael Caine
Jack Lemmon
James Stewart
Gene Hackman

way too many to name just 4.

Thats the point.

I love the James Stewart pick. He was right on the cusp for me.

[burrben]

i agree with hammersavage

[Freakshow]

meryl streep?

[hammersavage]

i agree with hammersavage

That's why you'd be on the Mt. Rushmore of .net posters.

And Meryl Streep opens up an entire other discussion. We could include actresses and directors as well but then the decision get really impossible.

Or you could do 1 actor, 1 actress, 1 director, and 1 writer/producer. That's a neverending argument.

[A.J.]

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[Knowledged_one]

Shit delete the last one from my list and go with everyones real american hero and freemason

The Duke John Wayne

[WampusCrandle]

paul newman
cary grant
marlon brando
james stewart

(possibly Charles Chaplin, but i went with james stewart)

[Kaci Jo]

Charlie Chaplin
Marlon Brando
Cary Grant
John Wayne

[epo]

Marlon Brando
Jack Lemmon
Paul Newman
Sidney Poitier

Lock it up!

[Friday]

fuck men.

Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Katherine Hepburn

[Knowledged_one]

fuck men.

Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Katherine Hepburn

In my opinion those four couldnt hold the top 4 of anyone elses lists jocks

[Kaci Jo]

fuck men.

Meryl Streep, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Katherine Hepburn

Fuck men? Which ones? I personally would do Cary Grant and Paul Newman.

[epo]

In my opinion those four couldnt hold the top 4 of anyone elses lists jocks

I'll glad say that Ingrid Bergman destroys John Wayne. The man was a damned caricature.

[Knowledged_one]

I'll glad say that Ingrid Bergman destroys John Wayne. The man was a damned caricature.

Just curious but a caricature of what?

[epo]

Just curious but a caricature of what?

Himself. John Wayne never played a character other than John Wayne.

[Knowledged_one]

Himself. John Wayne never played a character other than John Wayne.

Please clarify that still doesnt make sense

[epo]

Please clarify that still doesnt make sense

John Wayne was not an actor with range, John Wayne played the "persona" of John Wayne in all of his films. This caused him to clearly become a caricature of himself in not only his acting, but in the imagery that the American film public has of him.

The legend of John Wayne the "great actor" is a farce.

[Knowledged_one]

John Wayne was not an actor with range, John Wayne played the "persona" of John Wayne in all of his films. This caused him to clearly become a caricature of himself in not only his acting, but in the imagery that the American film public has of him.

The legend of John Wayne the "great actor" is a farce.

Can i ask what John Wayne movies you have seen?

[epo]

Can i ask what John Wayne movies you have seen?

You seriously want me to prove my John Wayne chops? Let's put it this way, John Wayne is my dad's favorite actor and I've seen too many of his movies throughout the years. The mere fact that I know what "The Wings of Eagles" is about should tell you everything you need to know.

I'm not listing John Wayne movies as quite frankly it's embarassing how popular he is for the quality of movies he made.

[Knowledged_one]

You seriously want me to prove my John Wayne chops? Let's put it this way, John Wayne is my dad's favorite actor and I've seen too many of his movies throughout the years. The mere fact that I know what "The Wings of Eagles" is about should tell you everything you need to know.

I'm not listing John Wayne movies as quite frankly it's embarassing how popular he is for the quality of movies he made.

Look im not trying to be a dick im curious as to your answers thats all. As John Wayne was my dads favorite actor as well (we arent brothers are we?) i grew up watching a lot of John Wayne movies as well. Its true he did a specific genre of movies that was popular at the time. However, he made very good movies such as The Searchers, The Quiet Man, Big Jake, The Hell Fighters, the Sands of Iwo Jima (and in all of these movies he played different roles) etc etc that he was very good in

But to call him a farce because he was cast as the leading man in the genre of movies popular at the time is a ridiculous statement. The guy was a hero to generations for the roles he played and the job he did portraying these characters as heroes.

IMO he far and away trumps Sidney Poitier who made a few good movies and you call him a legend?

[JPMNICK]

i think someone has a little mancrush on John Wayne

[grlNIN]

This question might be biased due to generational gaps.

[Knowledged_one]

i think someone has a little mancrush on John Wayne

Well he did record a spoken word album: John Wayne why I love America

Plus he was the Duke

[Doctor Manhattan]

Bill Murray
Jason Schwartzman
Brian Cox
Seymour Cassel

[Knowledged_one]

Ron Jeremy
Long Dong Silver
Peter North
Jenna Jameson

[razorboy]

Laurence Olivier, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart and Marlon Brando. Robert Mitchum is a close runner-up.

[Freakshow]

Anthony Hopkins? Peter O'Toole? Alec Guinness?

[fezident]

Jodie Foster's face belongs on the Mt.

Jack Nicholson and his retarded indoor sunglasses, does NOT belong up there. He's not acting. He's not an actor. He's just "Jack". I give him no love.

[MacVittie]

Coen Brother's Mt. Rushmore:

John Turturro
John Goodman
Frances McDormand
Steve Buscemi

it's much easier to do it this way

[Freakshow]

Coen Brother's Mt. Rushmore:

John Turturro
John Goodman
Frances McDormand
Steve Buscemi

it's much easier to do it this way

Jon Polito?

Hey, I'm not messing with your special lady.

[foodcourtdruide]

With the deal of Paul Newman, my friend and I were discussing who would be on the Mount Rushmore if it had actors busts on it. I concluded that 3 were absolute locks for me.

http://susanmernit.com/blog/images/brando.gif

http://www.nofenders.net/uploaded_images/Paul-Newman-734301.jpg

http://www.all-pictures-photos.com/thumbs/jack-nicholson/jack-nicholson-008.jpg

For the last one he said Pacino. I said

http://www.baltlantis.com/public/deniro.jpg


I think that's pretty solid. All icons, all great actors. Anyone wanna challenge me on this?

How does anyone put Pacino over DeNiro? Go movie for movie between the two, it's not even CLOSE.

[razorboy]

How does anyone put Pacino over DeNiro? Go movie for movie between the two, it's not even CLOSE.

Whatever. They're both ridiculously overrated.

[hammersavage]

He argued that he was THE star of the greatest film of all time. Plus a bunch of other great work.

[MacVittie]

Jon Polito?

Hey, I'm not messing with your special lady.

I considered it, but if you're going to put Polito on, you have to take someone off.

[Fezticle98]

Any list not containing Brando is wrong.

Any list containing John Wayne blows.

[Knowledged_one]

Any list not containing Brando is wrong.

Any list containing John Wayne blows.

Thats quite possible, but nobody blows like your mom

[Knowledged_one]

I hope you know i was clearly joking with that comment

And i said in my first response its movies since i started watching movies, and in the movies i have seen of Brando hes a fat turd and acted horribly and like a diva

And its pretty wrong to say peoples opinions are wrong thats just asinine

[torker]

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[Freakshow]

Ron just said Meryl Streep is the best actor of her generation, male or female...

[Snoogans]

Mt Rushmore of Acting:

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