Performances: #85 - 81.

85. VIVIEN LEIGH (Gone With the Wind)



Moody and demanding, but somehow irresistable- Scarlett O'Hara. Sure, she's not the highest on the list, but she's overrated anyway. (I could tell she was acting at some parts, folks. Just because it's an old movie...) Anyway, Leigh did bring herself into the limelight as the first super-bitch in this role.

Clip from 'GONE WITH THE WIND': Breaking the Vase



84. KIM NOVAK (Vertigo)



Playing two roles (!!!!), Novak is perfect at breaking Jimmy Stewart's heart.... twice.... as Madeline Elster and Judy Barton. It isn't until the ending when Novak's acting gets REALLY good, but I won't say anything else.

83. JAMES STEWART (Vertigo)



Stewart is finally spot-on with his role as John Ferguson in Hitchcock's classic. Opposite Novak (see above), Stewart is extremely believeable, always showing us John and never James. Plus, he can fake his vertigo quite well.


Clip from 'VERTIGO': Diner Scene


82. OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND (Gone With the Wind)



One of the strong GWTW performers, De Havilland is Scarlett's cousin, Melanie Hamilton who steals her beau and instantly headlines Scarlett's hate list. However, De Havilland makes Melanie kind-hearted, strong, independant, and utterly convincing all the way through the 15-hour film. (Tee hee.)

81. EMMA THOMPSON (Sense and Sensibility)


Doing double duty (Acting? And writing? Insane.), Thompson not only writes a beautiful performance but portrays a beautiful one as well. Whether it's her constant determination, or her shy facial expressions around Hugh Grant (!!!!....wait. No.), Thompson EARNED her Oscar nomination.

Performances: #90 - 86

90. MERYL STREEP (Out of Africa)



Donning an accent (!!!), Streep makes Karen Blixen an utterly confident and believable woman. Easily the best actor of the film, Streep justly earned this Oscar nomination.

89. ELLEN DeGENERES (Finding Nemo)



The only voice-over performance on the list, DeGeneres instantly made Dory a pop culture icon. Her wit and humor easily becomes the most memorable thing about the cute little movie.

Clip from 'FINDING NEMO': Speaking Whale




88. TERI GARR (Tootsie)



Another Oscar-nominated performance, and another just earn. In possibly my favorite Garr performance of Sandy Lester, TOOTSIE has way more of a plot behind it when narcotic Sandy learns her boyfriend beat her out in an audition- as a woman. Hilarious, to say the least.

87. JESSICA LANGE (Tootsie)



The other star supporting player and Oscar winner is Miss Lange, who plays Julie Nichols. Her warmth and comfort to Dorothy (Dustin Hoffman) is magically changed to discomfort and confusion as she learns the truth. A fine performance.

86. TOM HANKS (Big)



All right, you caught me: it's 80's day. Hanks' claim-to-fame as Josh Baskin, a 12-year-old stuck in an adult's body, is beautifully played. Hanks's facial expresses are genius, literally as child-like as a 12-year-old's should be.... a worthy nomination, and even a win in my book.

Clip from 'BIG': Heart and Soul

Performances: #95- 91

95. ALAN ARKIN (Little Miss Sunshine)



Hilarious and uplifting, Arkin gives heroin-addict Grandpa depth and feeling with...shall we say...limited screen time. Worthy of an Oscar, just not in 2006. (Definitely of the nominees... Eddie Murphy my ass.)

94. ANNETTE BENING (American Beauty)



Finely frantic and simply narcotic.... a worthy nomination as Carolyn Burnham. She's like a trainwreck. Absolutely emotionally disturbed, yet somehow I found myself rooting for her.

93. NAOMI WATTS (King Kong)



Watts is breath-taking as Ann Darrow. Her eyes sparkle with confusion, love, and determination all throughout the 3 hour fest- - an astonishing feat, considering she emoted to a greenscreen.

92. JESSE L. MARTIN (Rent)



Law and Order regular Martin brings a great feeling of sensitivity in the role of rambunctious Tom Collins. His anarchist-driven mind and love for Angel drive the supporting characters all the way till the end.

91. WILSON JERMAINE HEREDIA (Rent)



Can't seperate Collins & Angel, can ya? Heredia is fantastic as the eccentric drag queen Angel Dumott Schunard and utterly heartbreaking as an AIDS-victim. Deprived of an Oscar nomination, to say the least.

Clip From 'RENT': Today 4 U.



More tomorrow.

Performances #100 - 96

100. BERT LAHR (The Wizard of Oz)



As the Cowardly Lion, Lahr brings warmth in his humor in a rather serious movie, and also makes us, oddly, feel sympathetic to the King of the Forest.

99. TONI COLLETTE (The Hours)


Although she isn't onscreen very long, Collette brings amazing depth into Kitty Barlowe, easily surpassing all of her other supporting counterparts in this already-amazing cast.

98. TIM BLAKE NELSON (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)



Heartbreaking and delightfully dim-witted, Delmar is portrayed seemlessly by character actor Nelson. His lines and manorisms steal every scene of this pitch-perfect film.

97. ALLY SHEEDY (The Breakfast Club)



Extremely odd, to the point of creepiness, yet somehow always entertaining and fun - this describes Allison Reynolds easily. The "Nymphomaniac" scene not only showcases excellent dialogue but crowns Sheedy as a true "basket case."

96. EWAN McGREGOR (Moulin Rouge!)



A suprise performance from McGregor is the second heart of the film as Christian - next to love interest, Kidman. Hideously over-looked around award season, McGregor is funny, heartbreaking, commanding- and most importantly, beliveable.


More tomorrow!

Finished!

My List of My Top 100 Performances is Finally complete. I'll reveal them to you a bit at a time, leading to the #1 performance on July 7th for Pizzi's blogathon. (!!!!!!!!!)

So, to start off, here is the list of #101- 200 that were included but will not get special attention.

101. ED HARRIS (The Hours)
102. EILEEN BRENNAN (Clue)
103. BRUCE WILLIS (The Sixth Sense)
104. JIM BROADBENT (Moulin Rouge!)
105. PARKER POSEY (Best in Show)
106. ROBIN WILLIAMS (Dead Poets Society)
107. HUGH JACKMAN (The Fountain)
108. NICOLE KIDMAN (The Others)
109. TOPOL (Fiddler on the Roof)
110. OLYMPIA DUKAKIS (Moonstruck)

111. RITA MORENO (West Side Story)
112. DENNIS QUAID (Far From Heaven)
113. GRACE KELLY (Rear Window)
114. JAMIE FOXX (Ray)
115. HELENA BONHAM CARTER (Big Fish)
116. HALEY JOEL OSMENT (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
117. MIRANDA RICHARDSON (The Hours)
118. JOHN TURTURRO (O Brother, Where Art Thou?)
119. WES BENTLEY (American Beauty)
120. EWAN McGREGOR (Big Fish)

121. WILL FERRELL (Stranger Than Fiction)
122. MATTHEW BRODERICK (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
123. CHRISTOPHER GUEST (Waiting For Guffman)
124. CLIVE OWEN (Children of Men)
125. MICHELLE YEOH (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
126. GREG KINNEAR (As Good as it Gets)
127. ZIYI ZHANG (House of Flying Daggers)
128. GEOFFREY RUSH (Pirates of the Caribbean series)
129. THOMAS HADEN CHURCH (Sideways)
130. DIANNE WIEST (Edward Scissorhands)

131. RENEE ZELLWEGER (Chicago)
132. VIRGINIA MADSEN (A Prairie Home Companion)
133. KEVIN KLINE (A Prairie Home Companion)
134. MORGAN FREEMAN (Million Dollar Baby)
135. GONG LI (Memoirs of a Geisha)
136. JAMES STEWART (Rear Window)
137. JOHN BELUSHI (The Blues Brothers)
138. DAN AYKROYD (The Blues Brothers)
139. NATALIE PORTMAN (Garden State)
140. ROSARIO DAWSON (Rent)

141. RICHARD DREYFUSS (Mr. Holland's Opus)
142. PAM FERRIS (Children of Men)
143. KATE WINSLET (Finding Neverland)
144. RACHEL McADAMS (Mean Girls)
145. MATT DILLON (Crash)
146. DAVID STRAITHARN (Good Night, and Good Luck.)
147. JOHNNY DEPP (Finding Neverland)
148. ROBERT DE NIRO (Meet the Parents)
149. RADHA MITCHELL (Melinda and Melinda)
150. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR (Melinda and Melinda)

151. KATE WINSLET (Titanic)
152. REGINA KING (Ray)
153. JULIE ANDREWS (The Sound of Music)
154. GENE WILDER (Young Frankenstein)
155. PAUL BETTANY (A Beautiful Mind)
156. FRANCES O'CONNOR (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
157. JUDD NELSON (The Breakfast Club)
158. ALAN RUCK (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
159. THORA BIRCH (American Beauty)
160. PAUL DANO (Little Miss Sunshine)

161. CHOW YUN-FAT (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
162. ROBERTO BENIGNI (Life is Beautiful)
163. NICOLAS CAGE (Moonstruck)
164. MICHAEL PENA (Crash)
165. SEAN PENN (Sweet and Lowdown)
166. LEONARDO DiCAPRIO (The Aviator)
167. CATE BLANCHETT (The Aviator)
168. WILL SMITH (The Pursuit of Happyness)
169. REESE WITHERSPOON (Walk the Line)
170. MICHAEL SHEEN (The Queen)

171. SOPHIE OKONEDO (Hotel Rwanda)
172. DENNIS HAYSBERT (Far From Heaven)
173. MANDY PATINKIN (The Princess Bride)
174. ED HARRIS (The Truman Show)
175. TAKESHI KANESHIRO (House of Flying Daggers)
176. DON CHEADLE (Crash)
177. TILDA SWINTON (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
178. STEVE MARTIN (Little Shop of Horrors)
179. JAMES EARL JONES (Field of Dreams)
180. ADAM SANDLER (Reign Over Me)

181. KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES (Whale Rider)
182. DON CHEADLE (Reign Over Me)
183. JOHNNY DEPP (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
184. MERYL STREEP (A Prairie Home Companion)
185. CHRISTIAN BALE (The Prestige)
186. HUGH JACKMAN (The Prestige)
187. GENE WILDER (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
188. MOLLY RINGWALD (The Breakfast Club)
189. PETER GRAVES (Airplane!)
190. LESLIE NIELSON (The Naked Gun series)

191. WINONA RYDER (Edward Scissorhands)
192. RICHARD GERE (Chicago)
193. FRED WILLARD (Best in Show)
194. SHELLEY WINTERS (The Poseidon Adventure)
195. STOCKARD CHANNING (Grease)
196. RUPERT EVERETT (My Best Friend's Wedding)
197. RALPH FIENNES (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
198. REESE WITHERSPOON (Legally Blonde)
199. PETER BOYLE (Young Frankenstein)
200. CLORIS LEACHMAN (Young Frankenstein)


Whew! All right, now you can comment.

To keep yourself busy,

Here's My Top 100 Films as of this date. Don't criticize, I know I need to see a butt-load more films. But I think my Top 35 is good- it's all my 10/10's, so why should it be bad?

1. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
   
   
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
3. The Hours (2002)
4. Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) (2001)
5. Big Fish (2003)
6. American Beauty (1999)
7. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
8. Airplane! (1980)
9. Clue (1985)
10. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
11. In America (2003)
12. Psycho (1960)
13. The Sixth Sense (1999)
14. O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)
15. The Breakfast Club (1985)
16. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
17. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
18. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
19. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) (2000)
20. The Truman Show (1998)
21. Groundhog Day (1993)
22. The Apartment (1960)
23. As Good as it Gets (1997)
24. Titanic (1997)
25. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
26. Waiting for Guffman (1997)
27. Children of Men (2006)
28. Chicago (2002)
29. House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (2004)
    
    
30. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
31. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
32. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
33. Forrest Gump (1994)
34. Office Space (1999)
35. Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995)

36.Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1997)

37.Pan’s Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006)

38.Everything is Illuminated (2005)

39.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

40.Sideways (2004)

41.Closer (2004)

42.Beauty and the Beast (1991)

43.Gone With the Wind (1939)

44.Big (1988)

45.Castle in the Sky (Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta) (1986)

46.Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)

47.Tootsie (1982)

48.The Princess Bride (1987)

49.Citizen Kane (1941)

50.Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

51.Corpse Bride (2005)

52.Sense and Sensibility (1995)

53.Vertigo (1958)

54.Pieces of April (2003)

55.Finding Nemo (2003)

56.The New World (2005)

57.The Fountain (2006)

58.The Others (2001)

59.West Side Story (1961)

60.Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

61.Moonstruck (1987)

62.Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

63.Young Frankenstein (1974)

64.Out of Africa (1985)

65.The Blues Brothers (1980)

66.Back to the Future (1985)

67.Dead Poets Society (1989)

68.Garden State (2004)

69.Rent (2005)

70.The Prestige (2006)

71.Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) (2005)

72.Far From Heaven (2002)

73.King Kong (2005)

74.The Lion King (1994)

75.Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1993)

76.Best in Show (2000)

77.The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) (2003)

78.The Cider House Rules (1999)

79.Hotel Rwanda (2004)

80.A Christmas Story (1984)

81.White Oleander (2002)

82.Chicken Run (2000)

83.A Beautiful Mind (2001)

84.Finding Neverland (2004)

85.American Graffiti (1973)

86.The Incredibles (2004)

87.Empire of the Sun (1987)

88.Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

89.The Birds (1963)

90.Pinocchio (1940)

91.What About Bob (1991)

92.Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) (1997)

93.Meet the Parents (2000)

94.Aladdin (1992)

95.Field of Dreams (1989)

96.The Sound of Music (1965)

97.Rear Window (1954)

98.Ray (2004)

99.Crash (2005)

100. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)

Comments welcome.

So, um.

I kinda jumped on the bandwagon with this one. Yep, I finally got a blog!

So, this will basically be all of my random lists, reviews, anything movie related - don't want to bore anybody with any personal and random teenage angst crap. Stick around and I'll post my Top _____ (100? 150? I don't even know yet.) Favorite Performances.