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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.

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[–] Prom_Queen_Carrie 14 years ago

He plays a guy that you would normally not care anything about and he actually adds little details that make you care for him. In that scene after the break up there is a moment where you actually feel bad for him.

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[–] Spring15 13 years ago

DDL is an amazing actor. He is so versatile! I did not even realize he played Cecil in the movie until I saw his name! It's hard to believe he is the same person that acted in Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of NY, There will be blood, In the name of the father, and so on. Each DDL performance is a masterpiece.

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[–] jmbwithcats 13 years ago

Daniel Day-Lewis is the best method actor of his generation.

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[–] kkennedy_65 13 years ago

I saw Daniel Day-Lewis in A Room With a View, and didn't see him in any of the other movies he made in the late 80's, early 90's. I went to see The Last of the Mohicans with my husband, and halfway through the movie I turned to him and whispered, "Why does this man look familiar? Where have I seen him before?" And my husband replied, "He played Cecil in A Room with a View." My jaw dropped to the floor. I couldn't believe that this was the same man who played Cecil...I was truly impressed with his acting ability, and have been ever since.

[–] rumipoet24 11 years ago

He's such flawless perfection as an actor, even now looking back, god its been 30yrs now? omg.

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[–] sirjeremy 10 years ago

Oh yes, he perfectly embodied that pompous prig Cecil, in what's still his second best career performance to date after My Left Foot. It's quite incredible he played a vastly different role in My Beautiful Laundrette that year and just as convincingly.

[–] fanaticita 10 years ago

He was excellent in this role, much better than the 2007 version of this film. Although Laurence Fox was very good in the role of Cecil in that version he didn't quite give it the personality that Lewis did. In fact there was little about the 2007 version that could measure up to the 1985 version! And I hated what the director did to the ending of the 2007 version. What an insult to the viewer.

[–] blindvias-071407 10 years ago

I love how DDL brought Cecil to life. I agree with others. He was amazing at this role.

[–] brunetti626 10 years ago

I agree - an amazing talent and also a total babe.

[–] djxb-1 9 years ago

This is the only performance of his that I didn't like. Way too hammy. The character is so ridiculous that I couldn't believe Lucy ever would have wanted to marry him.

[–] kaskait 9 years ago

I have to agree.

When it was originally released I didn't think anything of him. But now the whole performance seems like a caricature. It just screams effeminacy and "GAY, GAY...I'm probably GAY!" I think this does the character some injustice. He feels for Lucy but he doesn't realize it's more friendship than love. But I feel they all went overboard with the character because the thought we, the audience, would miss the big HINT about Cecil.

[–] Degree7 9 years ago

I did think that his pompousness and snooty attitude was rather exaggerated to the extreme, but I imagine that was more to do with the way the character was written.

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[–] PatFilm 9 years ago

It a great character performance, much overlooked but equally great by one of the all-time greats (Guinness,Laughton, Hoffman, Lewis).

And what a movie, a true gem and Ivory's finest hour.