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Post by dreamer on May 13, 2007 1:46:28 GMT
but it would have sounded more elegant in Italian.  ... but nobody would have understood anything! I would do it willingly. I've not many euro to save, but the greatest problem to resolve is the language barrier, even if you told me I can tell almost as much by his face as I can by what he's saying (because Rufus is a wonderful actor!) I'd like to understand him as well and to speak English fluently, but I can't, that is my sorrow. I'm working on my English writing here but I don't know how much I do wrong and close to me there is nobody to have conversation in English. Well ... I'm a dreamer and I'll go on to moon over to meet him one day! |
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Post by barfleur on May 13, 2007 2:17:33 GMT
Dreamer, your English is EXCELLENT! I know from experience that speaking and understanding is more difficult than writing, but you do so well!
G
xo
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Post by ukelelehip on May 13, 2007 3:41:23 GMT
I would have to say Charlie II for the same reasons as sevensisters and tinkerdog.
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Post by jemima on May 13, 2007 18:29:17 GMT
It has to be a recent role, I'd probably go for Charles for best film performance. RnR is the only time i've seen him on stage so nothing to compare it with, perhaps he'd tackle any stage role with equal zeal - but he did portray the many aspects of Jan's character and different life stages so fabulously - similar to how he handled different aspects of Charles.
you know, now I think about Amazing Grace in that context too, I'm coming to the conclusion that this is what is so fab about roof's acting - nuances and differences, all within one character, as has just been said by others here.
i'd like to pick TOTS but i think i'm biased there by how mcuh i loved him in that role, because of the sheer force of that character - but i think that role came easily to him, so i can't really class it as his best bit of acting, as such. it was just totally unusual for anyone to give him that kind of part to work with!!
MORE of that please, MORE! ;D
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Post by maxx02 on May 14, 2007 15:35:39 GMT
I actually think he improves with every role these days. It's as if something new has happened to spur him on in his career. He seems energized and excited and I love it.
It's as it should be that each new performance is better than what came before. He's growing as an artist. It's so incredibly uncommon in the film industry though not in other arts. People have a single role that resonates with them or they hammer the same nail year after year, role after role.
But then again very few people in the film industry are artists these days. Most are just people who fell into their position or were "nepotized" into it.
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Post by barfleur on May 14, 2007 18:19:38 GMT
I actually think he improves with every role these days. It's as if something new has happened to spur him on in his career. He seems energized and excited and I love it. Absolutely!!! G xo |
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Post by ree on May 15, 2007 5:17:28 GMT
I didn't see Rock'N'Roll.
I've chosen Charles II because not only did he have the
burden of being the main character, but he had to portray so
many different facets of that character's private & public life.
It must have been both challenging and exhausting, yet he was
mesmerizing throughout the entire series.
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Post by mcr5137 on May 15, 2007 22:51:59 GMT
Well I think he has given us strong performances in even the smallest roles, sometimes he is the ONLY thing that is good in a film! It's hard for me to pick a "strongest" because I find so many things he's done very remarkable. I agree with what all of you have said about Charles II, there were so many angles and so many parts of Charles' personality, both public and private, that Rufus just nailed!
But I find that same thing to be true in TOTS and T&I...........his small role in AG was HUGE! His portrayal of Agamemnon.........lots of stuff there! The coldness he has as Eric Stark in BTC, the innocence and comedy of Ross in ASF, and we've all found many things to love about Robbie Fay in AMONI.
I suppose if I absolutely HAD to choose, I'd pick Charles, for the same reason you all did, but I still say it's too hard to choose!
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Dec 2, 2008 22:58:38 GMT
I'm pretty knew to the Ru universe, so I've only seen a few of his movies, of the ones I have seen (Dark City, A Knights Tale, Tristan and Isolde, and Paris Je'T Aime) I'd have to say Dark City first, I think he pulled off the bewildered, cornered aspect rather well. I'd seen the Matrix before and believe that he puts Neo to shame...He proved that he can play a character that is both heroic and scared at the same time.
Second would have to be Tristan and Isolde, Marke was a good man throughout the movie and Ru showed a very wide range of facial expressions that conveyed the swirling emotions, especially when he found out the truth from Isolde about her and Tristan.
I would say that Adhemar was my third, but I think the writing kind of screwed him on that one, he acted the sh*t out of it, but he can only work with what is given to him and when the movie is a tween dream, the villain's role won't be that meaty...alas.
Paris was a very good role for him...just wish he could have played opposite someone other than Emily Mortimer *shudders*.
From what I've seen I would say Dark City for sure.
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Post by peach on Dec 3, 2008 2:23:46 GMT
Dreamer, your English is fine, we should all be able to write Italian as well as you write English. I'd like to add my opine on his strongest performance. I can't choose a fave film b/c he's good in just about anything, he is so truly gifted. What I can say is that I thought his performance in R&R was stupendous. Having seen it 3X all three within the first 4 rows of the stage mind you, was a treat. When I heard that it would be performed in NYC I jumped at the chance to get tickets as quickly as possible. When the strike loomed I got nervous as there was talk of it closing, that goodness it didn't. Brian Cox was good but he yelled alot, as soon as Ruf came onto the stage it was a horse of a different color. When he is on stage he commands your attention, I find this to be true as well as his screen work, there is no other word for it. His character Jan is pretty much the center of the story and he changes the most dramatically too. You can see the anguish in his eyes and the way he carries himself, especially in the 2d act. His walk is different, his manerisms, and the way he speaks is so completely believable that you are just swept up in the whole emotion of the play. I realize that's why it's called acting but he does something that not even his contemporaries can do. What a marvelous gift.
Sorry for this being so long but writing about it just brings back those performances.
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Post by tipou on Jan 3, 2009 15:41:30 GMT
He portrays Charles standing up to Parliament strongly and facing them down and his strong leadership ability during the Great Fire. Then he shows the weakness of Charles in his vulnerability to the controlling, manipulative women in his life. Charles II seems to have been a very complex man, and I think Rufus portrayed that exceptionally well. far from having seen all rufus movies yet, i have to lean towards your opinion so far. he really was given the opportunity to get into the character totally. complex indeed. and the vision of king charles, having dissolved the parliament against all odds, and so regally walking out between rows of powerful yet crushed mp's, is something that will stay with me. such utter dignity.... but i am still a fool for TOTS. just because it was sooooo d*** funny, and there so rarely is such a rich, generous, totally symbiotic screen relationship as there is between roof and the genius tiny shirley henderson. good actors do not "steal the movie" they share it with all talent involved. there was much of that sharing there. certainly hope that more producers and directors would see that scope. |
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Post by uncorked on Jan 3, 2009 20:16:48 GMT
After seeing it 5 times--I would have to say Rock-n-Roll and it makes me wonder every time I watch an episode of 11th Hour....if he is bored. NOT that he looks like he is ---he is wonderful but I just think he is so much more than this. Maybe it is just something for him to have fun with and it is something to look forward to on Thursdays
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Post by peach on Jan 4, 2009 1:16:08 GMT
Uncorked I am apt to agree with you. It's not so much the bored expression it's his demeanor. Not to take anything away from how very talented he is, the suits seem to think that they are smarter than the rest of all of us, and what we all know how gifted he is. I don't think he has any competition to speak of. I wish the producers of EH would just let him be who he is. Let him have more freedom and run with the character. He is so much better than the material he is given. I'm sticking with the show out of curiosity, plus the weekly fix of Ruf is needed at the moment (LOL). Perhaps future episodes will tell.
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Post by Terri Mac on Jan 4, 2009 2:32:42 GMT
I think it's hard to pick the strongest performance. He has been so good in so many performances. Having seen Rufus on Broadway in person, I think I'd have to say being in so close proximity to him and being able to be that close to him as he is performing, it is hard to be objective. His performance on stage was so brilliant, he was so mesmerizing as Jan that it was hard to imagine that he was "acting" on the stage, he plays the character so well that we see Jan on the stage, not Rufus playing Jan. Maxx expressed it so well. Regarding the movies, Rufus as Charles II was equally convincing that we were seeing Charles II, catching all his vulnerabliites along with all his strengths, and we were able to imagine the true person in the period, not an actor performing. Rufus definitely has the gift to "be" the character. My vote for strongest performances would have to be Charles II, then Tristan and Isolde (my favorite movie with him), then Taming of the Shrew. Also loved his performance in A Man of No Importance.
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Post by quoll on Jan 5, 2009 21:28:42 GMT
I think Terri has nailed it for me too. I got to see RnR in London and it definitely was Jan up there on the stage. I agree that Charles allowed him to display an amazing range as well, he portrayed a very complex character over a lifetime, to perfection.
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