I think he was a joy to watch.
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I think he was a joy to watch.
SonicMegaDrive
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Loved Christopher Waltz in Django. Stole the show, for me.
Very likeable, lots of charisma, charm. Fit the character quite well.
You'll have to explain how you could find a performance that charasmatic to be a bore. That makes no sense to me. Waltz was phenomenal.
Of course people do. I thought he was absolutely magnetic.
RukusProvider
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Waltz and Sam L were the best things about django
In the best supp actor category? Nobody really.
lol.
So who would you have voted for?
TrumanBurbank
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I don't get Joaquin Phoenix.
He seems perfectly fine and normal On Letterman and On Conan but then all the other times I see him he seems deranged.
He seems perfectly fine and normal On Letterman and On Conan but then all the other times I see him he seems deranged.
He was great.
I'm not seeing where everyone is getting Landa and Schultz being the same character. Like, one is a villain who is always out for himself and the other is a moral paragon.
Sure, Waltz has some similarities in his acting (the way he speaks and how he interacts with the main characters), but you can tell that Landa is a much more vicious, conniving character while Schultz is a friendlier, gentler guy. I feel like some of the key scenes in the latter half of Django Unchained really showcase the differences between the two performances, especially
. Schultz was also a much more low key character than Landa. While both characters are somewhat whimsical in the way they act, I could not see Schultz pulling a "that's a BINGO!" or prove as menacing as Landa did in pretty much all of his scenes.
It's like those people who claim that Bill the Butcher and Daniel Plainview are the same character, except only a slight bit more understandable.
Sure, Waltz has some similarities in his acting (the way he speaks and how he interacts with the main characters), but you can tell that Landa is a much more vicious, conniving character while Schultz is a friendlier, gentler guy. I feel like some of the key scenes in the latter half of Django Unchained really showcase the differences between the two performances, especially
his breakdown after seeing the slave torn apart by dogs
It's like those people who claim that Bill the Butcher and Daniel Plainview are the same character, except only a slight bit more understandable.
I'm Still Here sequel?
MMBosstones86
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dude was great, what movie were you watching?
Are there more Phoenix gifs besides this one?
ahahaha. what point is that taken? Him not winning?
Samuel L Jackson was the best thing about Django Unchained, by far. It's an absolute travesty that he wasn't nominated, let alone given the award.
This is why i love JLaw:
http://youtu.be/69rgQlmG6Qc
http://youtu.be/69rgQlmG6Qc
Phire Phox
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His name being called during the best actor nominations
This was the moment when Meryl Streep was announcing his name.
pulga
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The fuck? Just watched Django again last night, Waltz is the best thing in that movie.
TrumanBurbank
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Waltz, Dicaprio and Jackson were godlike in that movie.
It was like having 3 Heath Ledger Joker performances in one movie.
Are there more Phoenix gifs besides this one?
Fucking awesome
It's just GAF hyperbole. At some point in history, someone on GAF has called every great movie performance in history dull, boring, unoriginal, phoned in, overrated, etc.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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Waltz plays the same role in both movies because he has the same accent in both.
This passes for intelligent commentary on NeoGAF.
This passes for intelligent commentary on NeoGAF.
According to GAF, an actor isn't acting unless they dramatically change everything from their appearance, to the way they talk.
Man she is awesome, and some of those reporters are assholes and asked the dumbest questions ever.
Meus Renaissance
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Christoph Waltz is such an articulate man and seemingly humble man. I'm thrilled that he won.
Charles Foster Kane
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Hmm..
So good. Joaquin also had it.
Hmm..
All of them. At the same time.
Hmm..
Who is the second guy!? I must know this!
Nah, some performances are unquestionable and have remained as such. Waltz's performance in Django Unchained was definitely great, but I stop short at calling it distinctive or worthy of awards, and rightfully so IMO.
Charles Foster Kane
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Me too!
Also saw more dudes with long hair than I usually see
Those guys were great in Die Hard.
He plays the same role because QT wrote Schultz almost the exact same as Landa. They are two sides of the same coin, and Waltz played them as such.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Well that is different from calling it boring. A lot of great performances miss nominations altogether if they happen to be in a movie that never made it to wide release. When you are limited to 5 spots, to fill with actors from a few hundred movies each year, there is plenty of room for debate on who should have been nominated/who should have won.
That said, I don't think I have seen a single performance in the past decade go un-shit on by at least a couple people on GAF. I'm sure that, if I tried hard enough, I could find a post on GAF saying Al Pachino sucked in the Godfather. It's the rule of the internet.
justin theroux
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My GF and I both thought Stewart looked coked out.
Lol I thought the same guy won 3 times, hahaAlso saw more dudes with long hair than I usually see
Does she just have massive stage freight or something :/
Charles Foster Kane
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She looked quite miserable.
Gracias
And some actors had their performances hampered by a shitty script. You shouldn't have to make excuses for an Academy Award winning performance. The fact of the matter is, Waltz has won two Best Supporting Actor awards for basically putting in carbon copy performances. I don't mind nominating him for the performance, but to nominate him over Samuel L. Jackson or Leonardo DiCaprio, who gave performances that were distinctive, transformative and brilliant, and then to give him the award over people like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones and Philip Seymour Hoffman, was a complete travesty IMO.
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