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badseed

Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: FL

FelixC wrote:

Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Ian McKellan
Russell Crowe
Michael Redgrave
James Stewart
Daniel Day-Lewis
Martin Sheen
Jeremy Irons
John Garfield
Guy Pearce
Ray Liotta
Sterling Hayden
WC Fields
Ralph Richardson
James Franco
John Gielgud
Edward G Robinson
Orson Welles
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Christopher Plummer
Marcello Mastroianni
James Cagney
Joseph Cotten
James Caan
Peter Sellers
Jim Broadbent
Forest Whitaker
William Holden
Paul Newman
Albert Finney
Melvyn Douglas

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

Hayden

badseed wrote:

FelixC wrote:

Sterling Hayden

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

Anywho.

Yeah, I weighted lists based on size Confused

It's easiest (perhaps not fairest, but otherwise I would've gone insane).

So, like, a top 25 would have #1 being worth 25 points and #25 being worth 1. #1 on a list of 7 would be worth 7, etc...

Do it however you want, but that's the method I used.
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CA Dreamin

Gender: Male
Location: LA

badseed wrote:

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

Hayden wrote:

Yeah, I weighted lists based on size Confused

It's easiest (perhaps not fairest, but otherwise I would've gone insane).

So, like, a top 25 would have #1 being worth 25 points and #25 being worth 1. #1 on a list of 7 would be worth 7, etc...

Do it however you want, but that's the method I used.

I also used that method for the Sci-Fi and Fantasy polls. Like he said, it's not as fair, but it's way easier. Plus it encourages participants to max out their lists. But yeah for FelixC's list, which is 33 actors, I would count Oldman as 33 points and work my way down. Seriously, which is easier: using the method Hayden and I used, or coming up with a different weighting method (or FelixC naming 17 more actors)?

CA Dreamin

Gender: Male
Location: LA

badseed wrote:

More great lists. Just some thoughts:

I guess most people haven't watched many Garbo films? Kinda sad she's not on many lists. Get the box set from WB. Cost me a hundred bucks when it came out 10+ years ago but I've seen it going for cheap lately. Worth every penny. Talk about commanding the screen, she was simply the best.

Yeah it's weird. I watch a lot of classics but somehow I've eluded Garbo. According to my letterboxd, I've only seen one movie of hers (Ninotchka). Whereas I've seen 9-12 from both Hepburns, Stanwyck, and Bacall. I'll have to get on Garbo's filmography.

badseed wrote:

For all you Jennifer Lawrence fans (I'm a fan too but I'm with whoever it was who has trouble ranking young stars highly for the most part), what are your thoughts on "mother!"? I haven't got around to it yet but it seems to be getting Antichrist/A Serbian Film level ratings where it's either a masterpiece or a nonsensical disaster depending on who you ask, but absolutely nothing in between. I'm sure that means I'll love it Laughing

Haha, yeah that was me:

StreetSpirit wrote:

nobody under the age of 30 was allowed in my top 30...they need to have a bigger, more diverse body of work than exclusively young roles

But as you can see, I put Emma Stone and J-Law on my list at #32 and #43. I loved mother! One of the best movies of the year. The content is bizarre, appalling, and illogical on the surface. But remember it's Aronofsky symbolism.

FelixC

badseed wrote:

FelixC wrote:

Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Ian McKellan
Russell Crowe
Michael Redgrave
James Stewart
Daniel Day-Lewis
Martin Sheen
Jeremy Irons
John Garfield
Guy Pearce
Ray Liotta
Sterling Hayden
WC Fields
Ralph Richardson
James Franco
John Gielgud
Edward G Robinson
Orson Welles
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Christopher Plummer
Marcello Mastroianni
James Cagney
Joseph Cotten
James Caan
Peter Sellers
Jim Broadbent
Forest Whitaker
William Holden
Paul Newman
Albert Finney
Melvyn Douglas

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

I was in a hurry so that's why it was so short. I didn't know we were supposed to rank them in order. Because mine aren't in any particular order. Are we supposed to rank them in order?

hereforashortime

Gender: Male

FelixC wrote:

badseed wrote:

FelixC wrote:

Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Ian McKellan
Russell Crowe
Michael Redgrave
James Stewart
Daniel Day-Lewis
Martin Sheen
Jeremy Irons
John Garfield
Guy Pearce
Ray Liotta
Sterling Hayden
WC Fields
Ralph Richardson
James Franco
John Gielgud
Edward G Robinson
Orson Welles
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Christopher Plummer
Marcello Mastroianni
James Cagney
Joseph Cotten
James Caan
Peter Sellers
Jim Broadbent
Forest Whitaker
William Holden
Paul Newman
Albert Finney
Melvyn Douglas

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

I was in a hurry so that's why it was so short. I didn't know we were supposed to rank them in order. Because mine aren't in any particular order. Are we supposed to rank them in order?

Yeah, the order effects where they land on the final list.
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CharlieBarley

Gender: Male
Age: 48
Location: Mount Olympus

OK - My Favourite Actors

James Stewart (It's A Wonderful Life)
Richard E Grant (Withnail & I)
Daniel Day-Lewis (My Left Foot)
Charles Laughton (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame)
Marlon Brando (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest)
Robert de Niro (The Deer Hunter)
John Hurt (The Elephant Man)
Aleksandr Kaidanovsky (Stalker)
Leonardo di Caprio (The Basketball Diaries)
Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory/Young Frankenstein)
Peter Sellers (Being There/Pink Panther series)
Paul McGann (Withnail & I)
Robert Powell (Jesus of Nazareth)
Liam Neeson (Gangs of New York)
Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride)
Charlie Chaplin (City Lights)
Gary Oldman (Sid And Nancy)
Harrison Ford (Blade Runner)
Tom Hardy (Stuart: A Life Backwards)
Alistair Sim (Scrooge)
Donatas Banionis (Solaris)
Tim Robbins (Jacob's Ladder)
Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption)
Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
Bruce Willis (Die Hard)
John Travolta (Grease)
Anthony Hopkins (The Remains Of The Day)
Mark Hamill (Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back)
Terence Stamp (The Collector)
Jim Caviezel (The Passion Of The Christ)
John Mills (Ryan's Daughter)
Gene Kelly (Singin' In The Rain)
Robert Mitchum (Night Of The Hunter)
Harvey Keitel (Bad Lieutenant)
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
Robin Williams (Good Morning Vietnam)
Ethan Hawke (Before Sunrise)
Marc-Andre Grondin (C.R.A.Z.Y.)
Robbie Coltrane (On The Nose)
Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
Jon Voight (Midnight Cowboy)
Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
Tom Cruise (Risky Business)
Christian Bale (American Psycho)
John Cusack (Grosse Point Blank)
Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter)
Max von Sydow (Flash Gordon - I'm not kidding! I love him in that)
Mel Gibson (Braveheart)
Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Honourable mentions also for:

Jack Nance in Eraserhead
Al Pacino in the Godfather Trilogy
Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas/My Cousin Vinny
Billy Connolly in Mrs Brown
Gene Hackman in everything he ever did
Clint Eastwood in the Dollars Trilogy
Brian Cox in Manhunter
Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd in Trading Places
Divine in Pink Flamingos (top marks for personality but acting skills not so hot)

If I am feeling naughty I may include Divine under Best Actresses. After all he was a good female impersonator.

Last edited by CharlieBarley on 01/14/2018 19:56; edited 2 times in total

badseed

Gender: Male
Age: 35
Location: FL

hereforashortime wrote:

FelixC wrote:

badseed wrote:

FelixC wrote:

Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Ian McKellan
Russell Crowe
Michael Redgrave
James Stewart
Daniel Day-Lewis
Martin Sheen
Jeremy Irons
John Garfield
Guy Pearce
Ray Liotta
Sterling Hayden
WC Fields
Ralph Richardson
James Franco
John Gielgud
Edward G Robinson
Orson Welles
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Christopher Plummer
Marcello Mastroianni
James Cagney
Joseph Cotten
James Caan
Peter Sellers
Jim Broadbent
Forest Whitaker
William Holden
Paul Newman
Albert Finney
Melvyn Douglas

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

I was in a hurry so that's why it was so short. I didn't know we were supposed to rank them in order. Because mine aren't in any particular order. Are we supposed to rank them in order?

Yeah, the order effects where they land on the final list.

Yeah, definitely. Unless stated otherwise I assume the top name is your #1. So if you want to go back and jumble the names around a bit as well as add a few more names you're good. Like I said, I haven't calculated anything yet so no worries. Even if I do decide to get an early start counting I'll have an easy method of fixing things if anyone wants to edit their list.

StreetSpirit wrote:

Hayden wrote:

Yeah, I weighted lists based on size Confused

It's easiest (perhaps not fairest, but otherwise I would've gone insane).

So, like, a top 25 would have #1 being worth 25 points and #25 being worth 1. #1 on a list of 7 would be worth 7, etc...

Do it however you want, but that's the method I used.

I also used that method for the Sci-Fi and Fantasy polls. Like he said, it's not as fair, but it's way easier. Plus it encourages participants to max out their lists. But yeah for FelixC's list, which is 33 actors, I would count Oldman as 33 points and work my way down. Seriously, which is easier: using the method Hayden and I used, or coming up with a different weighting method (or FelixC naming 17 more actors)?

Your method is just fine. It makes the most sense logically. I'm cool with doing it that way, just thought I'd check to make sure I was doing the regular thing.

FelixC

badseed wrote:

FelixC wrote:

Gary Oldman
Marlon Brando
Ian McKellan
Russell Crowe
Michael Redgrave
James Stewart
Daniel Day-Lewis
Martin Sheen
Jeremy Irons
John Garfield
Guy Pearce
Ray Liotta
Sterling Hayden
WC Fields
Ralph Richardson
James Franco
John Gielgud
Edward G Robinson
Orson Welles
James Mason
Laurence Olivier
Christopher Plummer
Marcello Mastroianni
James Cagney
Joseph Cotten
James Caan
Peter Sellers
Jim Broadbent
Forest Whitaker
William Holden
Paul Newman
Albert Finney
Melvyn Douglas

That's a pretty short list. Not sure if it was intentional. Feel free to edit at any point if you like. If not that's cool too. Enjoy your quirky picks. Never would have expected to see WC Fields on here but he was quite good. And I really love Melvyn Douglas.

Speaking of short lists, maybe someone who's hosted before can help me understand something. Aren't the lists normally weighted based on size? If so what's the proper method for weighing? Like if I'm giving 50 points for #1 and 1 point for #50, what do I do for a top 25? 25-1? 50-26? Something else?

I'm glad I found out that we should rank them in order. I went back and re-did mine because it was nothing close to being in order.
And I finished my actors list.

I think I've only seen 3 Greta Garbo movies. And for some reason I just don't know her well enough. I liked Ninotchka and Anna Christie. And I think I've seen Camille but I don't remember it that well. I'm going to have to check her out again. I know she only has a handful of movies, so it shouldn't take too long to catch up.

Yeah, I think WC Fields was great. I enjoy him as much as anybody else I've ever seen. I was a little disappointed not to see more comedy stars on people's lists. Like Mae West, Margaret Dumont, W.C. Fields etc. But I'm glad to see a few Charlie Chaplins and Buster Keatons.

hereforashortime

Gender: Male

Favorite Actors

Robert Deniro
Tom Hanks
Jack Nicholson
Leonardo Dicaprio
Robin Williams
Christian Bale
Bill Murray
Dustin Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
James Stewart
Jim Carrey
Marlon Brando
Gary Oldman
Steve Carell
George C Scott
Michael Keaton
Brad Pitt
Matt Damon
Denzel Washington
Daniel Day-Lewis
Michael Fassbender
Al Pacino
Tom Cruise
James Dean
Ralph Fiennes
Alan Rickman
Morgan Freeman
Clint Eastwood
Edward Norton
Johnny Depp
Cary Grant
Kevin Spacey
Robert Downey Jr
Tom Hardy
Christoph Waltz
George Clooney
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
John Goodman
John Malkovich
Jeff Bridges
Mark Wahlberg
Bruce Willis
Andrew Garfield
Ryan Gosling
Peter Sellers
Heath Ledger
Sean Penn
Javier Bardem
Tommy Lee Jones
Jessie Eisenberg

Still working on the actresses list, I'll try to get that soon
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