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Official Great Works Draft (3 Viewers)

TidesofWar said:
A bit too olden for most of my picks, but I own a copy and often sit with a drinkl and lose myself in the landscape waiting for the impending storm, or not....................

35.08 - View of Toledo - Painting - El Greco, 1609

Link to View of Painting

From Don Gray

El Greco's (1541-1614) "View of Toledo," (c. 1600) is resonant, pregnant with meaning and poetic force like a landscape and sky darkened at the advent of storm. Related to Van Gogh's "Starry Night" in its transcendence, it is unlike it in that the essential dynamic fulfillment of Van Gogh's painting is here superseded by threat and mystery. Both, however, can be termed Romantic, Expressionist paintings with charged emotional atmospheres and sinuous compositions.

Lines of river, city walls and rooftops in El Greco, twist and loop back upon themselves like the advances and reverses of life itself, working from the bottom center of the picture two-thirds of the way to the top, where a spire and bluntly rectangular building (spiritual versus earthly power?) vie for connection with the sky (it seems a city of bones, silver, faintly luminescent, more like tombs and headstones in a distant cemetery than a place where humans dwell; perhaps it is an artist's comment on the center of the Inquisition in Spain).

This sky, nearly as famous as Van Gogh's, is dark with the ominousness of God, electric, shot with light emerging from the darkness, whereas the Dutchman's is more positive, a whirling, yin-yang abstraction of the majesty and power of God. Irregular clouds angularly spark the sky, two major shapes left and right flanking central darkness, vying like the two buildings for dominance of the storm, the night.

El Greco's painting in its entirety seems a statement of the poetry, divinity – and travail – of life, a metaphor of the spirituality and mystery of life on earth, the immense earth. The tiny human beings that inhabit it are like the nearly invisible human specks in the Spanish painter's river, dwarfed by the fathomless immensity of the universe itself, partaking of the waters of life, the essential mystery, caught in its flow, caught in time, moving swiftly and inevitably toward an unknown destiny.
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:thumbup: Another solid choice, been waiting for this one to go. You guys are making it tough.

I haven't done too much with rankings beyond the top ten so I have no idea where it will fall.

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Just remember that the 60th ranked painting will be a masterpiece. Having fun with the research and writeups, though.

 
36.18

The Knights by Aristophanes (play)

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A classic comedy which was extremely controversial with Aristophanes attacking Cleon with scathing satire. My classical comedy class re-wrote and performed a modern day version and was a lot of fun. I played Cleon actually.

I WILL DEAFEN YOU WITH MY YELLS!!

 
timschochet said:
36.17 Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (non-fiction)

Given that we live in a society that is primarily Christian, primarily Protestant, it is hard to argue against this book as being one of the most influential ever written.

Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native French in 1541, with the definitive editions appearing in 1559 (Latin) and in 1560 (French).

The book was written as an introductory textbook on the Protestant faith for those with some learning already and covered a broad range of theological topics from the doctrines of church and sacraments to justification by faith alone and Christian liberty, and it vigorously attacked the teachings of those Calvin considered unorthodox, particularly Roman Catholicism to which Calvin says he had been "strongly devoted" before his conversion to Protestantism. The over-arching theme of the book – and Calvin's greatest theological legacy – is the idea of God's total sovereignty, particularly in salvation and election.
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Just remember, you were predestined to write those words since before the garden.
 
36.19 - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era - James M. McPherson - Non-fiction Book

IMO, there are two definitive works on the Civil War. BL took one a little bit ago and now I take this one. I really wanted to get one on my team and BL made the decision which one to get easy for me.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War published in 1988 by James M. McPherson. Writing for the The New York Times, historian Hugh Brogan described it as "...the best one-volume treatment of its subject I have ever come across. It may actually be the best ever published."

Amazon

 
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36.18

The Knights by Aristophanes (play)

full text

A classic comedy which was extremely controversial with Aristophanes attacking Cleon with scathing satire. My classical comedy class re-wrote and performed a modern day version and was a lot of fun. I played Cleon actually.

^^^ Critics still speak in hushed tones laced with awe about that performance

I WILL DEAFEN YOU WITH MY YELLS!!
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rodg12 said:
36.19 - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era - James M. McPherson - Non-fiction Book

IMO, there are two definitive works on the Civil War. BL took one a little bit ago and now I take this one. I really wanted to get one on my team and BL made the decision which one to get easy for me.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War published in 1988 by James M. McPherson. Writing for the The New York Times, historian Hugh Brogan described it as "...the best one-volume treatment of its subject I have ever come across. It may actually be the best ever published."

Amazon
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First place I always send folks who want to know more about the ACW. Good beach read.
 
Abrantes said:
Fennis said:
Abrantes said:
36.15 Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Play)

Keeping absurdity alive and well for the second play in a row. In the absence of one of the Bard's plays (what does he know, anyway), I'll just steal a handful of his characters from another one of my favorite plays. It does an incredible job of presenting a different perspective on established characters, and for my money, tackles existential issues with much more finesse than most of the more highly-regarded plays with similar aspirations. Never gets too heavy-handed or somber for its own good.
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Good pick, also on my list, I almost took it last round. Pretty good movie version too.
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Yeah, I've heard mostly good things about the movie, although I've only seen bits and pieces.However, looking it up on IMDB, I came across a listing for the 2009 film Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead! :thumbdown:

Check out the synopsis:

Julian Marsh is an out of work ladies' man who lands a job directing a bizarre adaptation of Hamlet. After casting his best friend and his ex-girlfriend in the show, Julian finds himself in the middle of a two thousand year old conspiracy that explains the connection between Shakespeare, the Holy Grail and some seriously sexy vampires. It turns out that the play was actually written by a master vampire name Theo Horace and it's up to Julian to recover the Grail in order to reverse the vampire's curse...If only being undead wasn't so much God-damned fun!

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36.13 - Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie - Novel

Forget The Satanic Verses - this was better, and I have even read it :thumbdown:

As I saw once somewhere - "Respect The Indian" :thumbdown:

From the Omnipotent wikki and their write-up..............

Midnight's Children is a 1981 work of postcolonial literature about India by Salman Rushdie.

Midnight's Children won both the 1981 Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the same year. It was awarded the "Booker of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in 1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and 40th anniversary.[1][2] Midnight's Children is also the only Indian novel on Time's list of the 100 best English-language novels since its founding in 1923.[3]

Midnight’s Children was awarded the 1981 Booker Prize, the English Speaking Union Literary Award, and it was awarded the James Tait Prize. It also was awarded the Best Of The Booker prize twice, in 1993 and 2008 (this was an award given out by the Booker committee to celebrate the 25th and 40th anniversary of the award).[2]

PLOT

Midnight's Children is a loose allegory for events in India both before and, primarily, after the independence and partition of India, which took place at midnight on 15 August 1947. The protagonist and narrator of the story is Saleem Sinai, a telepath with an extraordinary nose. The novel is divided into three books.

Midnight's Children tells the story of the Sinai family and the earlier events leading up to India's Independence and Partition, connecting the two lines both literally and allegorically. The central protagonist, Saleem Sinai, is born at the exact moment that India becomes independent. He later discovers that all children born in India between 12 AM and 1 AM on August 15, 1947, are imbued with special telepathic powers. Saleem thus attempts to use these powers to convene the eponymous children. The convention, or Midnight Children's Conference, is in many ways reflective of the issues India faced in its early statehood concerning the cultural, linguistic, religious, and political differences faced by such a vastly diverse nation. Saleem acts as a telepathic conduit, bringing hundreds of geographically disparate children into contact while also attempting to discover the meaning of their shared gifts. In particular, those children born closest to the stroke of midnight wield more powerful gifts than the others. Shiva and Parvati-the-witch are two of these children with notable gifts and roles in Saleem's story.

Meanwhile, Saleem must also contend with his personal trajectory. His biological family is active in this, as they begin a number of migrations and endure the numerous wars which plague the subcontinent. During this period he also suffers amnesia until he enters a quasi-mythological exile in the jungle of Sundarban, where he is re-endowed with his memory. In doing so, he reconnects with his childhood friends. Saleem later becomes involved with the Indira Gandhi-proclaimed Emergency and her son Sanjay's "cleansing" of the Jama Masjid slum. For a time Saleem is held as a political prisoner; these passages contain scathing criticisms of Indira Gandhi's overreach during the Emergency as well as what Rushdie seems to see as a personal lust for power bordering on godhood. The Emergency signals the end of the potency of the Midnight Children, and there is little left for Saleem to do but pick up the few pieces of his life he may still find and write the chronicle that encompasses both his personal history and that of his still-young nation; a chronicle written for his son, who, like his father, is both chained and supernaturally endowed by history.

THEMES

The technique of magical realism finds liberal expression throughout the novel and is crucial to constructing the parallel to the country's history. [4] Nicholas Stewart in his essay, "Magic realism in relation to the post-colonial and Midnight's Children," argues that the "narrative framework of Midnight's Children consists of a tale -- comprising his life story -- which Saleem Sinai recounts orally to his wife-to-be Padma. This self-referential narrative (within a single paragraph Saleem refers to himself in the first person: 'And I, wishing upon myself the curse of Nadir Khan.' 'I tell you,' Saleem cried, 'it is true. ...') recalls indigenous Indian culture, particularly the similarly orally recounted in Arabian Nights. The events in Rushdie's text also parallel the magical nature of the narratives recounted in Arabian Nights (consider the attempt to electrocute Saleem at the latrine (p.353), or his journey in the 'basket of invisibility' (p.383))."[4] He also notes that, "the narrative comprises and compresses Indian cultural history. 'Once upon a time,' Saleem muses, 'there were Radha and Krishna, and Rama and Sita, and Laila and Majnun; also (because we are not unaffected by the West) Romeo and Juliet, and Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn," (259). Stewart (citing Hutcheon) suggests that Midnight's Children chronologically entwines characters from both India and the West, "with post-colonial Indian history to examine both the effect of these indigenous and non-indigenous cultures on the Indian mind and in the light of Indian independence."[4]
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What's so great about Battle Cry of Freedom is that it gives a terrific overview of all of the incidents that led up to the Civil War- from Dred Scott to the campaign and election of Abe Lincoln, to the decisions to secede- a host of drama. This is the only thing missing from Shelby Foote's magnificent work, which except for beginning with a brief bio on Jeff Davis, starts with Fort Sumter.

 
37.01 Invention - Zoo

The first modern zoo, established particularly for scientific and educational purposes according to its founders, was the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes as part of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris (1793). The Paris Ménagerie was the first genuinely scientifically-oriented garden, the first one to be directed by a naturalist, and it can thus lay a legitimate claim to be the first modern zoo.[3] It was, significantly, laid out like a picturesque park — a semblance of Nature emphasized by Rousseau — while the buildings themselves housed caged animals as if in museum display cabinets. From the beginning it was open to the public and allowed the most renowned natural scientists of their time — among them Georges Cuvier, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, La Cépède and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck — the possibility to study exotic animals
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rod- google site clarification, Blood Meridian is listed as an album, please switch to Novel whenever u got time gb, you're the best.

 
Follow up on James McPherson:

He published a small book that I believe is still in paperback print called For Cause and Comrades. It is such a powerful work. I don't think I can improve on this review:

It is to this question--why did they fight --that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country."

McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war.
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Just an amazing perspective on the mindset of the soldiers who fought on both sides. Anybody who has ever visited a National Military Battlefield Park from the ACW asks themselves the same questions - you look across the fields that men marched across under a hail of minie balls and wonder how did they ever do that? This book helps you understand some of the answers.

 
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rodg12 said:
36.19 - Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era - James M. McPherson - Non-fiction Book

IMO, there are two definitive works on the Civil War. BL took one a little bit ago and now I take this one. I really wanted to get one on my team and BL made the decision which one to get easy for me.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War published in 1988 by James M. McPherson. Writing for the The New York Times, historian Hugh Brogan described it as "...the best one-volume treatment of its subject I have ever come across. It may actually be the best ever published."

Amazon
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awesome book.
 
timschochet said:
Anyone ever been to the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco where Kerouac and his buddies hung out? Cool place.
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Yep.Cool story...my B.I.L. was in there one day abut 30 years ago...he came around the corner, and nearly bumped into Bob Dylan. He was totally stupefied - dude totally worships him. He stammered something idiotic like "You're...you're"

Dylan stared back several seconds without blinking, then finally leaned over and whispered "Yep...I'm me", then walked out.

 
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37.02 - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt - Painting

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ETA: With this I take another Painting whose whereabouts are unknown to pair with my pick of Dr. Gachet. This painting was stolen in 1990 in what is considered the biggest art theft in US history.

 
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The Civil War Discussion, and talk of the bravery and battlefield visits enticed me to add this story, which is relevant in some ways, perhaps................

There are some events that just become indelibly imprinted in our memories. Gettysburg National Park is a place that stirs deep emotions, due to the extreme valour exhibited,and great personal sacrifices of the heroes that struggled there. For those that truly experience it, I believe it gives you a piece of itself, to carry with you forever onward. It was the mid-1980s, and I, with my girl of the moment, were driving to Boston from Tuscaloosa. With the carefree joys that accompany 20 somethings with a bit of money, a lot of time, and a world to explore, we decided to make several stops along the way. But no stop had the impact of our two days at Gettysburg National Park.We were finishing our visit to the site of the bloodiest battle in American History, which saw 50,000 killed, wounded, or missing. Walking into the entrance to Evergreen Cemetery, (pictured as is above, as it was after the battle at the bottom) we were approached in the mists of an early summers morn by an older, smallish man. He was exiting The Cemetery, clad in a Navy Coat and Hat that read "USS Norfolk."As if he had been seeking us feverishly for hours, he made a beeline in our direction. Perhaps he was just in need of human interaction, because we noted he was weeping as he walked, the tears flowing down his cheeks.Stopping in front of us, I can still see him shaking his head and then looking us in the eye, and saying in a Northeastern accent..... "Why did they do it"??I would like to say that I experienced a brainstorm resulting in my uttering a statement of staggering cosmic wisdom, but as happens sometimes when we need them most, words utterly failed me. So we all stood there looking at each other, shaking our heads at what we could not explain, when my girl hugged him.The former Sailor returned the hug, then straightened himself and reached out to shake my hand. He then said "God Bless You", and walked down the hill at a steady pace.I have since oft thought of his question, and our meeting. Odd that such a quick encounter, with a man who spoke only eight words, could have such a lasting impact on me. And I think I may have found my answer to his question of........."Why did they do it"??Maybe, in part, because some 120 years later, two fresh faced, naive college students, full of hope and unbridled dreams, lacking in worry, would chance into an old Navy Veteran in that hallowed place. Despite living thousands of miles apart, and being separated in age by roughly half a century, three people whose ancestors were likely on different sides of that conflict, shared unity, compassion, and sadness together as Americans. In retrospect, perhaps my inability to find proper words was fitting and right. I think now they would have just tarnished the moment.But I do have one regret.When that weeping old Navy Vet extended his hand, I wish now I had given him a hug as well.
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37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]

 
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rodg12 said:
37.02 - The Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt - Painting

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ETA: With this I take another Painting whose whereabouts are unknown to pair with my pick of Dr. Gachet. This painting was stolen in 1990 in what is considered the biggest art theft in US history.
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Don't Look at Me :unsure:
 
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37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]
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I don't believe you made this choice. Wow.neither this film, nor the acting performance you have chosen, was on my radar. It still isn't.

 
timschochet said:
' said:
37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]
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I don't believe you made this choice. Wow.neither this film, nor the acting performance you have chosen, was on my radar. It still isn't.
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I thought it had you at "Dreamboat"
 
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37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]
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[seinfeld barber]That Johnny-a-Depp he make-a me cry.[/seinfeld barber]Depp nails this part and did an awesome job, in a masterpiece of a movie. I don't think its the best Depp performance, but its up there. Great actor, cool pick

 
37.04 The Red and the Black (Novel)

Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black), subtitle Chronique du XIXe siécle ("Chronicle of the 19th century"), is an historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. It is often cited as the first realist novel. The title has been translated into English variously as Scarlet and Black, Red and Black and The Red and the Black. It is set in the period from the end of September,1826 to the end of July,1831, and relates a young man's attempts to rise above his plebeian birth through a combination of talent, hard work, deception and hypocrisy, only to find himself betrayed by his own passions.

First read it in college, and enjoyed it very much. I'm a little surprised it wasn't taken earlier.

Crime and Punishment

The Trial

Dead Souls

The Red and The Black

Thatguy's got a fine list of novels, but I think I can compete favorably...

 
timschochet said:
' said:
37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]
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I don't believe you made this choice. Wow.neither this film, nor the acting performance you have chosen, was on my radar. It still isn't.
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reallllly?? this is pretty much Johnny's best role in a lot of people's eyes including my own. Id say it definitely belongs in this thread.
 
Chiwawa said:
MisfitBlondes' Pick

36.07 Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean (Acting Performance)

At the first read-through, Depp surprised the cast and crew by portraying the character in an off-kilter manner. After researching 18th century pirates, Depp compared them to modern rock stars and decided to base his performance on Keith Richards. Verbinski and Bruckheimer had confidence in Depp, partly because Orlando Bloom would be playing the traditional Errol Flynn-type character. Depp also improvised the film's final line, "Now, bring me that horizon.", which is the writer's favorite line. Disney executives were initially confused by Depp's performance, asking him whether the character was drunk or gay. Michael Eisner even proclaimed while watching rushes, "He's ruining the film!" Depp responded, "Look, these are the choices I made. You know my work. So either trust me or give me the boot." Many industry insiders also questioned Depp's casting, as he was an unconventional actor not known for working within the traditional studio system.

Depp's performance was highly acclaimed by film critics. Alan Morrison found it "Gloriously over-the-top... In terms of physical precision and verbal delivery, it's a master-class in comedy acting." Roger Ebert also found his performance "original in its every atom. There has never been a pirate, or for that matter a human being, like this in any other movie....his behavior shows a lifetime of rehearsal." Ebert also praised Depp for drawing away from the way the character was written. Although he disliked the film, critic Kenneth Turan enjoyed Depp's performance, but Mark Kermode wrote it was some of Depp's "worst work to date... under [director Gore Verbinski]'s slack direction Depp defaults to an untrammelled showiness not seen since the sub-Buster Keaton antics of Benny & Joon." Depp won a Screen Actor's Guild award for his performance, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, the first in his career. Film School Rejects argued that because of the film, Depp became as much a movie star as he was a character actor.
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Johnny Depp's turn as Jack Sparrow, a pirate if played by Keith Richards, is the most entertaining performance of the year, and perhaps the best swashbuckler since Errol Flynn. Depp has said that he chose to play Sparrow as a Rolling Stone because Pirates are themselves rock stars: Long-haired rebels pillaging the establishment, turning a life of travel into an extended sex romp—at least that explains Depp's mascara. Sparrow is a bit swishy, but he's certainly athletic enough to command a stage—he's the star slinking around the stage, seducing and commanding the crowd. Essentially, that's what a captain of a sea crew does. Jack Sparrow is completely full of ####, but the sort of #### that gets one out of a tight spot and unites men for a cause of greatness. A guy this slimy must always be looking for a way out, and Depp highlights this in his eyes that seem all the brighter by the eye make-up. Depp understands what made Flynn's pirates successful, and used an analogy to create the most fun character in American movies this year—this should not, but will be, forgotten at awards time.
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There'll be no living with her after this.Johnny Depp turned a one-off performance into a Disney franchise that was both adored by critics and the masses. Given that is usually an either/or and because of the hands on approach he took in developing this brilliant character, this performance deserves seriously high rankings in the acting performance category.
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37.03

Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands acting performance

I love this film, and Johnny is a dreamboat as well as one of my favorite actors and this is his best one IMO. He may not say much but he pulls off a role maybe no one else could do the same way he did it. I gotta admit, I teared up a little when I first saw the flick. LEAVE EDWARD ALONE!!! Just cuz he's different than you doesn't mean you can treat him like that..[/chriscrocker]
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one of his best, but certainly not the best.
 
Ok, I'm out until Sunday night. Krista has the keys. I'm sending her two picks, if they are taken she will skip me until I return.

 
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31.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

32.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

33.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

34.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

35.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

35.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

35.12 - Mister CIA

36.06 - Bob Lee Swagger (timed out)

36.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

36.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

36.16 - Doug B (autoskip)

37.05 - Doug B (autoskip)

37.06 - Abrantes (autoskip)

37.07 - BobbyLayne

37.08 - Tides of War

37.09 - Big Rocks

37.10 - Thatguy (autoskip)

37.11 - El Floppo (autoskip if not here in first 15)

37.12 - Team CIA (autoskip)

37.13 - Uncle Humuna

37.14 - MisfitBlondes

37.15 - Bob Lee Swagger

37.16 - Scott Norwood

 
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