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see you auntie
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Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo... barf
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26-Nov-2008, 1:32 AM

Triple post. Sorry.

I just read over your posts again and I didn't address (which is pretty much all I should have addressed) your point about great range = great actor.

This is where things great real subjective. Does Natalie Portman have great range? Good not great, but give it time, she's like what... 28?

I don't even know if Linney even has great range. I'll have to dwell on that. She's still a fantastic actor.

I'll have to dwell on great modern actors and get back to you. Tom Hanks definitley has range that not deniable but whether its great is really subjective.

I actually don't think Pacino has great range, but it's also not deniable that he's a great actor.

To use your example:

To me, what makes a great actor is someone who is able to stretch yourself from your usual role.  DeNiro can play a psycho in Taxidriver, a young Vito Corleone in Godfather II, Jake Lamotta in Raging Bull, and even be funny as hell in Midnight Run.

I could say Brad Pitt has great range. Don't laugh yet. He's done pychotic, method and funny. Obviously not as well as De Niro but still a similar range? That does not put him in the same league as De Niro.