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Jim wont fix it
08-23-2007, 04:16 PM
I enjoy his funny hand flourishing, please list some good films he's in so I can go watch them...
Yeti
08-23-2007, 04:22 PM
When he was 1st starting out he was in Basquiat.
trailerprincess
08-23-2007, 04:49 PM
I think he's amazing in 21 grams, I don't recall any hand flourishes but it's definitely worth watching
mikizee
08-23-2007, 07:02 PM
Why, Fear and Loathing of course!
RaZoRbLaDe KiSs
08-23-2007, 07:06 PM
I always get Benicio confused with Guillermo del Toro when I see thier names. I dunno much about Benicio but Guillermo is one of the best directors out there in my eyes.
checkyourprez
08-23-2007, 08:52 PM
snatch-a must

sin city

the italian job (maaybe?)
TimDoolan
08-23-2007, 10:21 PM
Why, Fear and Loathing of course!

YEAH!

Ahh! Ahh! Don't put that thing on me! Aaah! Aaah! Aaah! [hangs up]
beastieangel01
08-24-2007, 03:05 AM
WAY OF THE GUN
abcdefz
08-24-2007, 08:38 AM
Traffic
Otis Driftwood
08-24-2007, 10:04 AM
Traffic bored me to death, but that's not BdT's fault. (n)
A Scanner Darkly
abcdefz
08-24-2007, 10:12 AM
Traffic's far and away the best movie he's been in so far.

He was Bogart in that, too. (y)
hpdrifter
08-24-2007, 10:50 AM
Way of the Gun was like my ultimate fantasy, except I wouldn't want to be pregnant. :o Juliette Lewis was way lucky to get cast in that film. I would have paid to play that role and get manhandled by Ryan and Benicio.

I love Benicio but I think he gets over the top sometimes with his acting and way of the gun is a very good example. He does these little things with the lines which I'm sure he thinks make them seem organic but really just take you out of the moment.

Traffic is a good example of him giving subtlety a try.

He's a little over the top on 21 Grams but it somehow works.

In Usual Suspects it worked because he wasn't the focal point of the movie and had little screen time.

All in all, I usually enjoy his work.
abcdefz
08-24-2007, 11:02 AM
...can't believe nobody's mentioned Excessive Baggage.
hpdrifter
08-24-2007, 11:17 AM
Excess Baggage.

And I didn't think that was worth mentioning.

I haven't even seen it.
abcdefz
08-24-2007, 11:18 AM
Me neither. I was kinda joking, though I guess that's not fair -- it could be good, for all I know.
beastiegirrl101
08-24-2007, 12:21 PM
Swimming with Sharks....man he was so young in that film!
abcdefz
08-24-2007, 12:25 PM
Guppies. I think he was a guppy.
cookiepuss
08-24-2007, 05:07 PM
Excess Baggage.

And I didn't think that was worth mentioning.

I haven't even seen it.

it wasn't worth mentioning. terrible movie. shitty script. I think Alicia Silverstone was trying to get her own production company off the ground with that flick and it did not work.(n)
Lyman Zerga
08-24-2007, 08:40 PM
Traffic bored me to death, but that's not BdT's fault. (n)
A Scanner Darkly

yeah it wasnt too thrilling