Pick your favorite PSH leading role

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:02 am

I think I got most of the roles he had the most screen time with, at least the most notable ones. I'll do a supporting role poll next.

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:00 pm

synecdoche is one of my favorite movies. went with that but devil and the master were close

ric · Post by **ric** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:51 pm

have not seen a lot of these but vote goes to the master because wow holy shit what a performance for such a difficult role and had great chemistry with the other actors

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:22 pm

Yes, tough call between Synecdoche and Devil. The Master was something else but I need to see it once more to fully digest both film and performance

ian e · Post by **ian e** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:08 pm

Devil is sooo good. Went with that. The Master a close second. Have yet to watch a few of the others...

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:09 pm

master
master
he's the one that we been after

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:17 pm

a bit aside, but really looking forward to seeing him in A Most Wanted Man. He seems so money to play a LeCarre character.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:07 pm

This is really difficult. He was so good in Capote, Before the Devil..., and Synecdoche. I guess I have to go with Capote, but it could be any of these on a given day. Kind of surprised at how The Master is ahead as Joaquin Phoenix basically blew PSH off the screen, and PSH was pretty damn good.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:11 pm

synecdoche definitely my fave out of these. kinda surprised at the love it's getting in this thread. sort of assumed/remembered it being a movie that ppl generally disliked on this board

ric · Post by **ric** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:01 am

drizzle wrote:a bit aside, but really looking forward to seeing him in A Most Wanted Man. He seems so money to play a LeCarre character.

@jamrage
you probably know this more than anybody else on here but joaquin was perfect in so many ways its really beyond apt description
but the yang cannot be complete without the yin and the black area (yin) really makes the yin yang what it is as a symbol in my opinion (as strange as that opinion may be

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christian from austin · Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:05 pm

before the devil knows your dead was excruciating to watch, intentionally, which made me like it
it was like a concentrated capsule of the desperation found in the dramatic parts of fargo or parts of blood simple

Rabbi Jihadovich · Post by **Rabbi Jihadovich** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:20 pm

voted for Capote based on the quality of the performance rather than the movie.
I didn't see the master yet.

christian from austin · Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:58 pm

well then youre not allowed to vote then. please leave the thread

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 1:12 pm

Haven't seen Pirate Radio, but DEVIL is the only one of these other movies that I thought was even above average. Not saying he was personally bad in 'em, but his track record of movies as a leading man kinda fucking sucks, despite him mostly doing good work in them.

After the eulogizing hoo-ha I think he'll eventually be remembered for what he was: firmly and comfortably in the conversation for best character actor of his generation. Nothing wrong with that.

unclebengi · Post by **unclebengi** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:26 am

I thought I was gonna be the only one that picked Love Liza but I see a couple more have trickled in. I honestly need to re-watch a bunch of these, my opinion could be swayed because it's been a while on a lot of them. I realized I don't have a ton of his movies in my collection because he isn't in a lot of movies that have been released on blu-ray.

Love Liza is the one that always sticks with me though. That role, that character. I can't imagine anyone else coming close to the way he played that role from all sides. It's hard watch, but god damn he's incredible.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:07 am

PopeyeJones wrote:Haven't seen Pirate Radio, but DEVIL is the only one of these other movies that I thought was even above average. Not saying he was personally bad in 'em, but his track record of movies as a leading man kinda fucking sucks, despite him mostly doing good work in them.

After the eulogizing hoo-ha I think he'll eventually be remembered for what he was: firmly and comfortably in the conversation for best character actor of his generation. Nothing wrong with that.

the master & synecdoche, new york in particular will have followings for a long time to come
i can understand a movie like the savages not being you're thing.. but it was pretty great.