ANTONIOS BEST WORK BY FAR - Assassins (1995) Discussion

[–] sabri400 15 years ago

I agree. I thought his performance in this film was brilliant. He made the character believable and the way he developed him was amazing. I've always thought this was the one film he totally outshone the rest of the cast in.

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[–] CaineWise 15 years ago

perhaps an inspiration for heath ledgers "joker"

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[–] CaineWise 15 years ago

rollingeyes for your sarcasm

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[–] CaineWise 15 years ago

okay, you repeated yourself.
will a explanation follow?

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[–] CaineWise 15 years ago

oww believe me... I am not the only one who sees the similarities in the gestures... :D ... and, if you want to deny that michael bain could be an inspiration for the ledger's acting then feel free to do it but as I said no need for sarcasm.

EDIT: if you need a hint for my argumantation, than compare the hairstyle of the joker from the comics, nolan's joker aaaand michael bain.
as i said... just a hint ;-)

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[–] ghostdog2041 14 years ago

Heath would never take inspiration from a Stallone film. Especially not one of his 90s films. They were all bad.

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[–] colhiffus 10 years ago

Just watched it, I was thinking the same thing. I don't know if Heath was inspired by it or not but it sure is similar.

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[–] Aggtoddy 12 years ago

I agree with Taurus, there are some similarities. Saying that maybe Ledger took some of the Crazyness from Banderas to do the Joker doesnt mean anything bad for Ledger! stunning performances in any case

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[–] nerdy88 12 years ago

lol as if ledger's joker was some kind of shakespearian or brandoesque piece of work. he was good, but it wasn't that good

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[–] thirdeye55 15 years ago

just watched this again the other day and I 100% agree. Excellent character, outshone the hell out of the rest of the characters / movie itself.

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[–] m-slovak79 14 years ago

ANTONIOS BEST WORK BY FAR

I semi-agree. mostly because he was solid in Desperado to which as far as the movies go i got it about tied with Assassins but i think if i had to name one role as his best it would be Assassins (1995) and i think he played well off Stallone's character to with Stallones being the more experienced low key kinda character where as with Banderas he played the more wild character.

i think Assassins (1995) and Desperado (1995) are his best films that he was either the lead or co-lead in.

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[–] nxgn_not_not 14 years ago

moving
I was so like WoW @ the time
wood so so so like 2 head 2 Puerto Rico
& like not just because of this

& as long as we r dreaming
how about some new work with Antonio & Clooney

Gawd

scissors 2 banjo
banjo scissoroo

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[–] johnny_amok 14 years ago

i agree with you. assassins and desperado are his best works.

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[–] koffeenkreame41-1 11 years ago

Agreed, Assassins & Desperado are definitely his best films. 10/10 for me. Banderas' Miguel Bain completely stole the film, such an awesome, crazy and badass character. I can see why some thought of Heath Ledger's Joker a bit, he was just as awesome, crazy & badass LOL. Anyway, Assassins is one of my favorite films and Banderas (along with Sly & Moore) are some of my favorite actors, loved this film. It's one of my favorites.

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

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[–] Iron_Eagle74 14 years ago

I completely agree. This was Banderas at his absolute best, and the play between him and Stallone was GREAT.

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[–] tpaxava 10 years ago

Have to agree. Banderas / Stallone were great to watch. But sadly I thought the movie took a turn for the worst when they introduced Moore's character...

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[–] briantravelman 14 years ago

I agree dude! I finaly watched the whole movie today, and I agree, this was deffinately his best movie and his best performace!!!! One of my favorite actors!

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[–] Zach126 13 years ago

Speaking of "Puss in the Boots" I loved that line in this movie where Antonio is tracking Moore & Stallone's characters & he holds up the photo of her cat & says in his thick spanish accent "Thankyou Pusseee Caaatt". LOL I often wonder if this character & his performance had any influence on him landing the role of that likable Spanish kitty in the Shrek movies.

"When this baby hit's 88 MPH, you're gonna see some serious *beep*

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[–] scabab 13 years ago

Actually I did think Banderas character was a bit like Heaths Joker.

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[–] cmp_gr 11 years ago

@ thekyles99 on Fri May 7 2010 05:45:12

Probably, I am the only one who thinks that Bandera was exaggerating, overacting, in this film. In general, I like Antonio Banderas.

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[–] Hitman187 11 years ago

Yeah, Banderas stole the movie. He was the best thing about this film. Stallone was good too, but he played the silent hit man type who didn't show much emotion. So the movie needed a crazy psychopath character to counter him. Banderas brought an exciting energy to the film due to his performance.

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