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[nilchance]

Snitched from poisontaster: Comment here and I will give you ten actors and ten actresses. Then post the list in your LiveJournal with your favorite film(s) of theirs.

Actors

Quentin Tarantino: hands-down, From Dusk til Dawn. God, he was terrifying.
Vin Diesel: Chronicles of Riddick. He killed a dude with a teacup!
Jeremy Sisto: Hideaway. The movie itself was pretty bad, but he was so uterus-clenchingly gorgeous. Long skinny legs! Messy curly hair! There's a reason he's who I picture when writing early AKB!Jeff/Jeremy.
Seth Rogen: Monsters vs Aliens. BOB!
Tom Hanks: You've Got Mail. (Man, I love that movie. LOFF.)
Dwayne Johnson: the Rundown. UNF.
Joaquin Phoenix: Clay Pigeons.
Ben Stiller: Zoolander. "You can read minds?"
Samuel L. Jackson: Die Hard 3. Zeus!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Yeah, realizing that I haven't seen a lot of his movies... GI Joe. The 5 minutes in which he was allowed to be hot.

Actresses

Catherine Zeta-Jones: Chicago. She was amazing, but perhaps not so much so as Queen Latifah.
Dakota Fanning: Push. I loved Cassie and her badassery.
Whoopi Goldberg: Sister Act. I watched that tape until it broke when I was a kid.
Mary Steenburgen: okay, so apparently I have never seen even one of her films. Fail, me.
Julia Roberts: Flatliners. OMG I LOVE THAT MOVIE.
Minnie Driver: Phantom of the Opera. "Where's my doggie, bring my doggie, bye bye."
Christina Ricci: Addams Family Values. "I'll be the victim!" "All your life."
Uma Thurman: Kill Bill 2. I mean SRSLY.
Janeane Garofalo: Dogma. I wanted a movie about her character.
Joan Allen: Manhunter! oh yes.

So, you know, ask me for names and you shall receive.

Comments

[poisontaster]

I'm going to have to school you on some JGL. Mysterious Skin and The Lookout, in particular.

You've never even seen Parenthood or the 3rd Back to the Future movie?? I haven't seen a lot of Mary Steenburgen movies, but those were so big!

Have you ever seen The Contender? Best Joan Allen movie EVER. She is such a badass in it. But a very feminine one.

[nilchance]

I would happily be schooled in JGL.

Nope. I think it's because I live under a rock. I haven't seen a lot of "big" films, really.

Nope, haven't seen it, but I'll keep an eye out! I also loved her in the Bourne movie. Unf, she was scorching in that.

[poisontaster]

Yeah, Joan Allen is just all kinds of awesome, period. She pwns everything she does.

[gblvr]

I'm commenting!

[nilchance]

Actors:
Owen Wilson
Bruce Willis
Robert Downey Jr
Justin Long
Bruce Campbell
Al Pacino
Will Smith
Andy Garcia
LL Cool J
Christian Bale

Actress:
Helen Mirren
Emma Thompson
Queen Latifah
Lucy Liu
Selma Hayek
Cher
Anne Hathaway
Zoe Saldana
Penelope Cruz
Kate Hudson

[arliss]

Mary Steenburgen--Cross Creek. An oft-revisited favorite, with bonus Alfre Woodard, Peter Coyote, Dana Hill, and Rip Torn in what's probably my favorite of his roles. A romanticized bio of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings during the period she was writing The Yearling. Lots of things to love, including a languid look at pre-Disney, pre-NASA Florida.

[mumblemutter]

Vin Diesel: Chronicles of Riddick. He killed a dude with a teacup!

OMG Yes, this absolutely. Although The Fast and The Furious comes a close second for me. But Riddick though. Epic awesome.

And names please! Danke!

...why don't I have a Vin Diesel icon?

[nilchance]

Men:
Nic Cage
Paul Bettany
Chris Rock
Jackie Chan
Bruce Willis
George Clooney
Michael Douglas
Antonio Banderas
Johnny Depp
Paul Walker

Women:
Halle Berry
Lena Olin
Liv Tyler
Rosario Dawson
Jamie Lee Curtis
Sigourney Weaver
Angelina Jolie
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Gina Torres

[poisontaster]

Also, I feel a little shocked about the whole "You've Got Mail" thing. Not judgy, just surprised.

[nilchance.livejournal.com]

See, there's a lot I find problematic about that movie, to say the least (starting with the big business vs little business, man vs woman nature of the larger plot arc) but I watched it a lot with Mom, it was one of her faves, and it was a movie about love like mine and T's. It was one of the first "you can find love on the 'net and not get eaten alive by a serial killer!" films.

[poisontaster]

*nods* That makes a lot of sense.

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Oooh, me! I would like to do this meme.

Also Addams Family Values, yes! That movie was one of the best parts of my teen years and left me with a lifelong love for Christina Ricci. :D

[beanside.livejournal.com]

Do want!

Do me, baby!

[vambrace.livejournal.com]

I'm game.

[realpestilence.livejournal.com]

Joaquin Phoenix is amazing. Have you ever seen 8MM?

If you haven't, I'd not suggest watching it in a low/depressive mood-it's dark, stark, grim, and extremely well-acted, along the emotional tones of Seven. He co-stars with Nicholas Cage. Not a movie I'd watch repeatedly, as it's sad; but in terms of craft, well worth seeing.

[bkm5191.livejournal.com]

Quentin Tarantino: hands-down, From Dusk til Dawn. God, he was terrifying. I agree. He was so wrong and fucked up and George watched over him anyway!

"I'll be the victim!" "All your life." I think that line all the time about people around me.