[nutso42]

Due to my tragically limited internet access, I've begun thinking about how I can compartmentalize my visits to BEA. So here's something I want to try out, I'm calling it a Tournament Express. If anyone else is interested in trying it out, we'll nominate the usual 32, 64, or 128 nominees for the greatest film performances of all time. After the nominees are set, I'll randomize the matchups as is the norm, but then post all the matchups right in one thread. No poll, votes will be counted by you either sending a PM or posting in this thread your picks for the winner in each matchup.

For example, let's say there's eight nominees. The matchup would look like...

1a: Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood vs. Madonna in Swept Away
1b: Anthony Hopkins in the Silence of the Lambs vs. Pauly Shore in Bio-Dome
1c: Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice vs. John Travolta in Battlefield Earth
1d: Marlon Brando in the Godfather vs. Mariah Carey in Glitter

So you could either post here or PM your picks for each matchup. "1a: Day-Lewis, 1b: Hopkins, 1c: Streep, 1d: Brando"

Anybody else want to give this Tournament Express a try? It won't go faster than a standard tournament, but it will lead to less clutter in the Games forum.

So, here's the nominees so far....

Bibi Anderrsson in Persona
Christian Bale in American Psycho
Astrid Berges-Frisbey in I Origins
Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca
Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski
Gabriel Byrne in Miller's Crossing
Nicolas Cage in Adaptation
Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club
Charlie Chaplin in City Lights
John Cusack in High Fidelity
Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game
Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull
Laura Dern in Inland Empire
Faye Dunaway in Chinatown
Adele Exarchopoulos in Blue is the Warmest Color
Divine in Femme Fatale
Renee Jeanne Falconetti in La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List
Bruno Ganz in Wings of Desire
Lillian Gish in The Wind
Ryan Gosling in the Believer
Cary Grant in North By Northwest
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
Jae Hee in 3-Iron
Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark
Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
Holly Hunter in The Piano
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
Emil Jannings in The Last Laugh
Alexander Kaidanovsky in Stalker
Denis LaVant in Holy Motors
Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight
Jack Lemmon in the Apartment
Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
Peter Lorre in M
Frances McDormand in Fargo
Kyle McLachlan in Blue Velvet
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Edward Norton in Primal Fear
Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia
Joaquin Phoenix in Her
Brad Pitt in Kalifornia
Vincent Price in Basil, the Great Mouse Detective
Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove
Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Takashi Shimura in Ikiru
Anatoly Solonitsyn in Andrei Rublev
Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects
James Stewart in Harvey
James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life
Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd
Charlize Theron in Monster
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol 1
Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights
Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds
Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr
John Wayne in The Searchers
Sigourney Weaver in Aliens
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting

63 in total. ONE slot remaining.

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I like this idea

Renée Jeanne Falconetti in La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Kyle MacLachlan in Blue Velvet
Robert De Niro in Raging Bull

[ShaneSpear]

Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon
Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol I

[RockyRaccoon]

I'm down for this


Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man
Edward Norton in Primal Fear
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
Brad Pitt in Kalifornia
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[Patman360]

I realised I probably have watched f**k all films compared to most users here but heck, here are some that have left some sort of resounding effect on me.

Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds
Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights
Frances McDormand in Fargo
John Cusack in High Fidelity
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[Applerill]

Bibi Anderrsson in Persona
Christian Bale in American Psycho
Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves
Divine in Female Trouble

[JMan]

Tom Hanks in "Forrest Gump"
Michael Fassbender in "Prometheus"
Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown"
Sigourney Weaver in "Aliens"

[Mercury]

Adèle Exarchopoulos - Blue Is The Warmest Color (2013)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (2008)
Ralph Fiennes - Schindler's List (1993)
Joaquin Phoenix - Her (2013)

Those are my four. I was really tearing myself up for Julie Delpy in either Before Sunrise or Sunset, Ethan Hawke in any of the those 2 or Before Midnight, Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver, Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally, Patrocia Arquette in Boyhood, and a few others. But yeah, that lead performance in Blue Is the Warmest Color fucking owns.
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[PsychologistHD]

Alexander Kaidanovsky as Stalker in "Stalker"
Naomi Watts as Diane in "Mulholland Drive"
Anatoly Solonitsyn as Andrei Rublev in "Andrei Rublev
Bruno Ganz as Damiel in Wings of Desire
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i am the obscure music man and when i hear anything thats sold more than 2000 copies i scream wordlessly and painfully until someone changes it.

[Facetious]

Laura Dern - Inland Empire
Peter Sellers - Dr Strangelove
Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
James Stewart - It's a Wonderful Life (hoping somebody else nominates his performance in Vertigo )