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To: Perdogg
The premise of the list is erroneous. There's nothing wrong with actors playing to type. I don't think that makes them bad actors.

I think Bill Murray is very funny, and I like his more recent stuff, which is a little darker and drier. I loved him in Lost in Translation. Perfect role for him. And he was great in Groundhog day.

I like Jack Nicholson too. No one else could have starred in The Shining and pulled it off like that. I like him in his early work, too. Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, and one of my favorite movies--Chinatown.

I like Clooney, too. He was very good in Up in the Air. I loved Intolerable Cruelty. He was perfectly ridiculous in Oh Brother Where Art Thou.

And if you prize versatility, how can you not like Meryl Streep? She's not in the kind of movies I like, but surely she is capable of taking on very different parts. She was very good with Clint in that what's it called movie.

109 posted on 11/20/2011 10:01:52 AM PST by Huck (LIBERTY is the object.)
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To: Huck

One of Nicholson’s best movies is The Last Detail by Hal Ashby.


129 posted on 11/20/2011 10:18:40 AM PST by Third Person
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To: Huck

I never liked Clooney until “Up in the Air.” I thought he was amazing in that, reminded me of the “old days” actors.


189 posted on 11/20/2011 11:16:29 AM PST by Borax Queen
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To: Huck

Up in the Air? UGH UGH and UGH.


344 posted on 11/22/2011 7:43:29 AM PST by mojitojoe (SCOTUS.... think about that when you decide to sit home and pout because your candidate didn't win)
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To: Huck
Did you know they were considering another actor for The Shining but he was too crazy?

Robin Williams.

Robert Deniro was also up for it.

348 posted on 11/22/2011 7:48:11 AM PST by b9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_hd23sdf4CE)
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