who is the better actor?

[blizz]

tommy lee jones or daniel day lewis?

this debate was going on at work last night...what do yall think?

[Barbarian]

Daniel Day Lewis.....not even close.

[Barbarian]

Your must be located in SA for a discussion like this to even take place. Homer.

[atxrocker]

Daniel Day Lewis.....not even close.

[Slinkyman]

lewis by far

[lefty]

DDL by far

[johngateswhiteley]

...whatever, its very close. i think the mainstream movies in Tommy Lee Jones filmography skews perception. i give the slight edge to Daniel Day Lewis, but its pretty close.

[fatsack]

but Tommy Lee Jones can take him in a "who's the bigger genuine asshole" contest easily.

[JoeChalupa]

Tommy Lee Jones, but that is just me.

[thispego]

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Daniel Day Lewis wins

[BigBeezie]

Daniel Day Lewis is very talented... The guy can just act.

[cornbread]

Tommy Lee Jones is really good at playing that one character.

[midgetonadonkey]

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Daniel Day Lewis wins

You forgot this one.

http://www.screenweek.it/weblog/multimedia/posts/2007/08/TommyLeeJones_TwoFace.jpg

Daniel Day Lewis is Jordan and Tommy Lee Jones is Dominick.

[thispego]

You forgot this one.

http://www.screenweek.it/weblog/multimedia/posts/2007/08/TommyLeeJones_TwoFace.jpg

Daniel Day Lewis is Jordan and Tommy Lee Jones is Dominick.
i thought he was pretty good as two face

[Barbarian]

Tommy Lee Jones, but that is just me.

You are right.....JUST YOU.

[CuckingFunt]

Daniel Day Lewis is grossly over-the-top in every single performance. It can work in films that are suitably "epic" (Gangs of New York, There Will be Blood, etc.), but can be painful to watch in others.

Tommy Lee Jones has had his share of over-the-top performances (including Dwight McCluskey in Natural Born Killers, which was a performance/film that I actually liked) and has been in some absolutely craptastic films, but is much more capable of being subtle and believable.

[JoeChalupa]

You are right.....JUST YOU.

I concur. I did like Lewis in The Last of the Mohicans though.
But Tommy does have an Oscar so buh.

[Borosai]

I like Tommy Lee Jones - he's a good actor, and plays his parts well. But he usually plays Tommy Lee Jones in every movie (that I've seen, of course). Daniel Day Lewis actually plays different roles/characters, and does them quite well.

So, I'd go with DDL on this one.

[blizz]

Your must be located in SA for a discussion like this to even take place. Homer.
Homer? Me? I wasn't even the one in the discussion at work...I over heard it, and my choice was DDL...so...fuck you and have a nice day :toast

[SpursWoman]

but Tommy Lee Jones can take him in a "who's the bigger genuine asshole" contest easily.

:tu


But I love Men in Black. :nerd

[Barbarian]

Daniel Day Lewis is grossly over-the-top in every single performance. It can work in films that are suitably "epic" (Gangs of New York, There Will be Blood, etc.), but can be painful to watch in others.

Tommy Lee Jones has had his share of over-the-top performances (including Dwight McCluskey in Natural Born Killers, which was a performance/film that I actually liked) and has been in some absolutely craptastic films, but is much more capable of being subtle and believable.

You obviously haven't seen much of Lewis' work.

[exstatic]

Tommy Lee Jones is really good at playing that one character.
+1 He's got the range of a Daisy air rifle. That's not to say that I don't enjoy his movies, he's just always the same guy.

[CuckingFunt]

You obviously haven't seen much of Lewis' work.I have, actually, I just obviously have a different view of his skill/mannerisms as an actor than you do.

That's kind of the beauty of personal opinion.

[TheTruth]

DDL plays over top when characters are written to be over the top. The Gangs and Blood roles were over the top characters in the books they were written for. DDL has by far more range, but Jones has done great work in the past.

Jones is a dick and a half. Don't ever approach the old fucker at central market.

[peewee's lovechild]

This shouldn't even be a conversation.

Lewis is in a class of his own.

[mrsmaalox]

Well obviously DDL is a greater "artist". Unfortunately any of his films past "My Beautiful Laundrette" or "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" are just too hard for me to sit thru. And as far as Tommy Lee Jones goes, well let's just say, I'd watch "Men in Black", "Blue Sky" or even "Coal Miner's Daughter" any time over "Last of the Mohicans" or "Gangs of New York". It must have something to do with a short attention span!

[peewee's lovechild]

Daniel Day Lewis is grossly over-the-top in every single performance. It can work in films that are suitably "epic" (Gangs of New York, There Will be Blood, etc.), but can be painful to watch in others.

Tommy Lee Jones has had his share of over-the-top performances (including Dwight McCluskey in Natural Born Killers, which was a performance/film that I actually liked) and has been in some absolutely craptastic films, but is much more capable of being subtle and believable.


You seriously can not believe this.

Lewis can act circles around Jones any day of the week.

It's not even close.

Lewis = Lawerence Olivier (sp)
Jones = Don Knots

[peewee's lovechild]

Well obviously DDL is a greater "artist". Unfortunately any of his films past "My Beautiful Laundrette" or "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" are just too hard for me to sit thru. And as far as Tommy Lee Jones goes, well let's just say, I'd watch "Men in Black", "Blue Sky" or even "Coal Miner's Daughter" any time over "Last of the Mohicans" or "Gangs of New York". It must have something to do with a short attention span!

It has more to do with you wanting to be baby fed. Most people can't appreciate movies like Gangs or Mohicans because they are constantly being bombarded by visual imagery.

Having to see "acting" for what it is can be too much for some people.

[mrsmaalox]

It has more to do with you wanting to be baby fed. Most people can't appreciate movies like Gangs or Mohicans because they are constantly being bombarded by visual imagery.

Having to see "acting" for what it is can be too much for some people.

I don't agree. I don't need to be baby-fed anything. I need something to "attract" me and if at that moment I don't feel the attraction, it's not my thing. I think if you read my first sentence and see the 2 DDL movies I do like, I am quite capable of seeing "acting" for what it is.

[Opinionater]

I have, actually, I just obviously have a different view of his skill/mannerisms as an actor than you do.

That's kind of the beauty of personal opinion.

IMHO, this entire thread is a matter of opinion. Personally I enjoy Tommy Lee Jones's movies better and I may be wrong but I think Tommy's movies have been more successful and can name far more Tommy Lee Jones movies than I can of, uh....oh yeah, Dan Day lewis.

[Heath Ledger]

I think i would have more credibility than anyoneont this topic it's clearly Tommy Lee Jones.

[marini martini]

IMHO, this entire thread is a matter of opinion. Personally I enjoy Tommy Lee Jones's movies better and I may be wrong but I think Tommy's movies have been more successful and can name far more Tommy Lee Jones movies than I can of, uh....oh yeah, Dan Day lewis.

Me Too :toast

[CuckingFunt]

You seriously can not believe this.

Lewis can act circles around Jones any day of the week.

It's not even close.

Lewis = Lawerence Olivier (sp)
Jones = Don KnotsThey're two completely different styles of acting, and I happen to prefer Jones' style. That's not to say that I don't appreciate Daniel Day Lewis' talent, I do (in fact, in a very crowded and well deserving Oscar category this year, it's Lewis that I'm pulling for), but I don't think that it's inherently better than Tommy Lee Jones'.

Ultimately, however, their method/technique is so vastly different that their skill is really almost impossible to compare. Taking the age difference out of the equation, Tommy Lee Jones could never have played any of Lewis' roles as good as Lewis did, and Daniel Day Lewis could never have played any of Jones' roles as good as Jones did.

And, yes, I seriously CAN believe this.

[DoubtingThomas]

They're two completely different styles of acting, and I happen to prefer Jones' style. That's not to say that I don't appreciate Daniel Day Lewis' talent, I do (in fact, in a very crowded and well deserving Oscar category this year, it's Lewis that I'm pulling for), but I don't think that it's inherently better than Tommy Lee Jones'.

Ultimately, however, their method/technique is so vastly different that their skill is really almost impossible to compare. Taking the age difference out of the equation, Tommy Lee Jones could never have played any of Lewis' roles as good as Lewis did, and Daniel Day Lewis could never have played any of Jones' roles as good as Jones did.

And, yes, I seriously CAN believe this.

And so can I.

[Twisted_Dawg]

Daniel Day Lewis is grossly over-the-top in every single performance. It can work in films that are suitably "epic" (Gangs of New York, There Will be Blood, etc.), but can be painful to watch in others.

Tommy Lee Jones has had his share of over-the-top performances (including Dwight McCluskey in Natural Born Killers, which was a performance/film that I actually liked) and has been in some absolutely craptastic films, but is much more capable of being subtle and believable.

...Craptastic?? I like that!

[L.I.T]

DDL has a tendency to take on characters that are written to play larger than life; so I agree that his performances can be over-the-top. But he makes those characters come alive and be believable; as opposed to caricatures of a type.

Tommy Lee Jones excels at laconic characters; much like Gary Cooper and Clint Eastwood.

DDL, though, for me creates characters. When I think of Gangs of New York, I think "Damn that Bill the Butcher was a fucking bastard", not man DDL really was a bastard. But, with TLJ's movies I tend to go: "Man, Tommy Lee Jones was pretty good in The Fugitive". DDL wins because I think of his characters and not the actor.

Oh, and Exhibit A in over-the-top, playing the same character constantly, histrionics is Sean Penn.

[JoeChalupa]

Sean Penn is damn good actor.

[mrsmaalox]

Sean Penn is damn good actor.
Decent director too.

[703 Spurz]

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Daniel Day Lewis wins

Doesn't this dickweed usually just play police officers?