Comments by "Serai3" (@Serai3) on "The Best Acting Performances of the Decade | Screen Test | The New York Times" video.

  1. +oldnbaschool Maybe because this was about these people's opinions, and not some popularity contest? You think?
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  2. I agree with Firth. Kevin Bacon's performance in The Woodsman was incredible. The delicacy with which he handled that character was awe-inspiring. He really got me to feel bad for him, not as a criminal, but as a person trying to be good when nobody believes he can be. The conversation he has with the little girl in the park near the end is truly heart-breaking. I would also put up Ralph Fiennes in The Constant Gardener. Very, very subtle work, as always. The scene where the character learns his wife has died is one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen. The guy is a master.
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  3. +Collin Workman If you just want your own opinions parroted back at you, there are plenty of lazy Top Ten lists you can watch. This video is about what THESE PEOPLE think is the best. If you're so sure actors "never" choose "the best", then why do you waste your time listening to their opinions?
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  4. Collin Workman In YOUR opinion.  Is it really so hard to understand that different people are going to have different opinions?  and that yours is not the one that gets to say what's "best" for everyone?  Really, it's not.  You only get to say what's "best" for YOU.  Everyone else gets to say what's "best" for THEM.  These actors were asked what THEY thought were the best performances, and they answered.  You'd answer differently?  Fine.  But YOU are not the person being asked. Get it now?  or is that too complicated?
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  5. Collin Workman You still don't get it.  YOU WEREN'T ASKED.  You're not a member of the Academy, and the Oscars are not for YOU.  It's a TRADE show, these are TRADE awards, given by practitioners of a trade to other practitioners.  It's SHOWN to the public because it's a great publicity thing for the film industry, but it is not FOR us in any way.  The Oscars were being given out BEFORE the public was ever allowed to view the ceremonies, you know.  The SHOW is for the audience - the AWARDS are for the people being honored and the people honoring them.  They have nothing to do with the public.  This is about the opinions that people IN the film industry have about each other.  You don't agree with them?  Fine.  But if you're going to talk about them being "wrong", you may as well go watch something else, because THERE IS NO WRONG.  There is only difference of opinion.  You won't ever get that through your head, because you think you're right about what's "best" and EVERYONE IN THE WORLD SHOULD LISTEN TO YOU.  Because you know better than everyone. Good luck with that.
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  6. Porque Well, since you have no idea what good comedic acting is, your little opinion isn't worth anything.  So run along, Sparky - I'm sure another Dumb and Dumber movie will be along shortly to amuse you.
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