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Daniel Day Lewis is amazing

posted 16 years ago by NCurran1987
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There was a Daniel Day Lewis season on a while ago due to the release of "There Will be Blood" and it started showing loads of his films. I watched Gangs of New York first and thought he was amazing in it. Then I watched this and was like "Huh?, is that the same person at all?" He's the best actor around I think. I hadn't watched his films since I was young and I loved him then now I think he's even better with now that I'm older. What a guy.

Banker: You can't go to south africa?
Riggs: Why?
Banker: Because your black!

[–] NCurran1987 16 years ago

So no one else seems to think he's amazing then? That's it I'm telling.

Banker: You can't go to south africa?
Riggs: Why?
Banker: Because your black!

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[–] balehead88 16 years ago

if you look the word "actor" in the dictionary, you'll see his name next to it.

[–] Dudley_Dawson 15 years ago

I like your sig line. Everytime I drive by this art supplies store called "Blick's Art Supplies" I always think of that guy.

I havent' seen this but heard it's pretty good if you like DDL

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/

[–] StarrySkyWaltz 16 years ago

Daniel Day Lewis was so immersed into this character that I hardly recognized him. He did an excellent job.

[–] Esmacious 16 years ago

Agreed, he is amazing.

Didn't he nearly retire from acting a few years ago (before Gangs of New York) to work as a cobbler in Italy? Just as well he didn't stay there...

He was brilliant in In the Name of the Father too (years ago).

[–] irlandesa 16 years ago

Yes, he's fantastic - Eleeenor Laveeeesh! Brilliant!

[–] Hag_Sibylle 15 years ago

I agree completely, he is amazing, but then he is in absolutely every role he's ever played.

Now this one is particularly remarkable because it would take an extraordinary actor to make one of the most beautiful men of the last century come across so unattractive! And no, I'm not talking about the hair, the monocle, and all that - I mean the way he moves, talks, the expressions on his face... It's so good it's uncanny.

[–] ahrawrah 15 years ago

He is.

You guys should also see My Beautiful Laundrette, which he did around the same time. Not nearly as good as this movie, but campy. You could hardly believe that he's the same guy.

[–] DLD2cool-1 15 years ago

I recently watched My Beautiful Laundrette and A Room with a View back to back and if I was not familiar with the actor, I would not have known it was the same person. He is insanely brilliant.

[–] sedaris54 15 years ago

His performance in My Left Foot is his best. Just amazing, I don't know any other way to describe it.

[–] beresfordjd 14 years ago

DDL is a tool. I find him incredibly mannered and in Gangs of New York he was ham writ large- he ruined that movie for me.

[–] JacintoCupboard 9 years ago

Agreed. He is a real ham. A bigger ham than Olivier imo. Sometimes this works, as in TWBB, which is a sort of cartoon movie, but in GoNY and ARWaV he totally pulled me out of the drama his work was so forced.

For such an awarded actor he is amazingly lacking in subtlety.

[–] calmeilles 11 years ago

Indeed. My partner and I saw the, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and a BBC film called The Insurance Man (1986) within a few weeks back in 1986 and he genuinely didn't recognise DDL as being the same actor in the three parts.

[–] cbarlow-1 14 years ago

Yea he made "My Beautiful Laundrette" at almost exactly the same time. In fact they were both released on the same day I believe. This shows that he has the ability to snap in and out of character and isnt simply great because of his "method" as many believe. He stole the show in this film even though it has an great cast that all gave fantastic performances. He is just an amazingly gifted actor any which way you look at it.

[–] information_police 15 years ago

I think that the first two times I watched this movie I didn't realize it was Day-Lewis!

Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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[–] dlade-1 14 years ago

I think Day-Lewis will prove decades from now to be one of the best, if not the best, actor of his generation.

I am so psyched that Spielberg signed him to play Abraham Lincoln. Perfect. Liam Neesom might have physically worked better but DDL will bring nuances to this character that I think will blow us away.