I love Philip Seymour Hoffman
It's true. He could very well be my favorite contemporary actor. Philip Seymour Hoffman has been in a gazillion movies, and always seems to inhabit his characters completely. I've seen him be hilarious (Along Came Polly, Punch Drunk Love, The Big Lebowski), heartbreaking (Boogie Nights, Owning Mahoney, Love Liza), and hip (Almost Famous, The Talented Mr. Ripley) in turns. No matter what part he plays, it seems like the character becomes him, instead of him becoming the character (I'm really wondering about the grammatical correctness of that sentence). Even when he is a peripheral character, like in Magnolia, he manages to do more with it than some of the main characters. I can't wait to see Capote, just to see what he did with it.
posted by erin | 10:15 AM
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He's one of Eric's favorite actors, too, but I can't stand him. Ironically, it's probably because he's such a powerful actor and I've seen him play assholes too often.
(Although, now that you mention it, I do like him in The Big L. I just tend to forget it's him.)
Hey, his new movie looks awesome! Good trailer. Thanks for the link. It's the typewriter, it makes me want to see the movie--and the narrator's line:
"It's the book I was always meant to write."
Well, I can tell you what he did with it - he ACED it, nailed it, got an Oscar nomination for it, and if he doesn't take the Oscar home something is wrong in Hollywood! Fascinating movie, extraordinary acting, great depth in character development (made easier by Truman's own outrageous behavior which was always publicized). Watching the real Truman was always a treat!
This is the first time I have ever seen this actor act, so I came to the film with no previously conceived notions about his abilities. I give him an A++
:)))
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