BEST and WORST Actor in a Role of Ours?

[MacRob46]

Armand Assante as Alan Breck Stewart in a very forgettable version of Kidnapped, made for TV. A scenery chewer par excellance. Painful to watch.

 

[satx78247]

WELL SAID. = Any grown man (and that goes for some women, too) who doesn't like Mary McDonnell (portraying Stands With A Fist) just "doesn't like girls".
(CHUCKLE)

yours, satx

 

[Ringel05]

:thumbsup:

 

[Ringel05]

:thumbsup:

What the heck??!! That wasn't the image I posted!!

I posted an image of Mary Mcdonnell and now it won't let me edit it or post another. :idunno:

 

[Claude Mathis]

This is the last time I'm posting this...

Please. Let's stick to the original topic:
"Who would you say was the best and who was the worst actor in what movie roles including muzzleloaders?"

 

[thecapgunkid]

You should probably wipe the whole topic out. Most of us have gotten the laugh and the exchange out of it anyway.

 

[S.Kenton]

I liked Tom Cruise in The Last Samari, also enjoy Wes Studi and Grahm Greene in about anything they have ever done. I honestly don't have a WORST actor.

 

[Claude Mathis]

You should probably wipe the whole topic out. Most of us have gotten the laugh and the exchange out of it anyway.

Topics get visited long after you have no more interest in them.

 

[Alden]

I liked Tom Cruise in The Last Samari...

Pretty good movie actually but The Last Samurai was post-muzzle-loader:

1 Winchester 1873 "Trapper" Model
2 Winchester Model 1873
3 Colt 1860 Army Richards-Mason Conversion
4 Colt Single Action Army
5 Smith & Wesson Schofield
6 Mauser M1871/84
7 Gatling Gun

 

[nhmoose]

I'll bite

Best agree: Wes Studi as Magua

Worst Charlton Hesston in Mountain Men, he was great for our cause but a terrible actor.

 

[Rick Boylan]

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Heston once. It was at a NRA meeting at a local sportsmans club. He was up on stage talking to us about how important our fight was and then he started talking about his movies. One of the ones he talked about was Mountain Men. Some of the NCOWS guys that were in attendance were in the movie with him and presented him with a placque for his part in our 2nd Amendment fight. He remembered them and they all told us great tales of behind the scenes stories.

Anyway, as old as Chuck was, he started quoting lines from some of his movies. Some of them very long and he could still say them with such power and emotion and word for word. He was one hell of a speaker and I disagree with you, he was an old time actor. Not like the piddly punks of today who are all fluff and smoke. The old guys could speak fire and brimstone.

 

[Coot]

I thought that Heston did a good job as Long John Silver in the 1990 version of Treasure Island. :thumbsup:

 

[Captjoel]

I consider Heston to be up there as one of Hollywood's best actors. Quote from "Almost an Angel" "Don't you think that God looks a bit like Charleton Heston?"

 

[Spikebuck]

I don't know that I have one top favorite, and I'm surprised I didn't see this movie mentioned yet, but "The Patriot" is one of my all time favorites and the scene with Mel Gibson and his two young boys attacking the column of British troops to save his oldest son was, I thought, intensely done. Unrealistic, perhaps, but it certainly graphically portrayed the death and cruelties that come with any war. I know there were historical inaccuracies in the show, but overall I thought it well done and Gibson did a fine job.

Gary Busey did a great job portraying a crusty and violent old mountain man in "Into the West." I would imagine that real rondy's involved more than a few violent disagreements and fights. Whomever cast Busey in the role, who looks crazy anyway, hit the mark!

Finally, on the "good" side, Robert Pastorelli who played Timmons in Dances with Wolves. That was as masterful of an acting job as I've ever seen.

Now...I have no doubt that one of the worst acting jobs I've ever seen is the portrayal of Lee by Martin Sheen in Gettysburg. That was absolutely pitiful.

 

[Artificer]

IN order to post, your first sentence has to answer this question;

Are you old enough to( or did you)cry when Walt Disney had Davy Crockett killed at the Alamo?

I betcha that'll put everybody's opinions into context. What d'you think, gyrene?

Well, how about if you saw the movie in the theatre and watched and cried when Old Yeller was shot with a percussion rifle? Maybe some of us don't want to admit that......... but the tears came streaming down my eyes.

Gus

 

[David Snellen]

Gentlemen,
Yes, Ioan Gufford did a great job in the Horatio Hornblower series as did the captain (can't recall his name). Also It seems the Brits take a more serious view of costuming and such things than we do here.
Yes, I liked the patriot as well even though Gibson is a schmuck in real life.
I hated the Mountain men, couldn't even get through all of it. I respect Heston, but his acting was very one dimensional.
On a side note, Crossfire Trail (While I love Selleck as an actor and gun rights supporter) was awful.
David

 

[S.Kenton]

Crap.. I was thinking that was civil war era for some reason....my bad

 

[Wes/Tex]

Japanese Civil War era! :blah: :rotf:

 

[S.Kenton]

:wink:

 

[Grumpa]

I would be remiss if I did not mention Michael Caine, and "The Last Valley" - set in the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) in Germany.

Caine is "The Captain" of a group of mercenaries who fight for whichever religion pays them.

Caine has said he considered it his best film.

Though it has been many years, I remember that I enjoyed it enough to see it a few times. I may even look it up, now.