Actor duel: Harrison Ford or Robert Redford
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Topic: Actor duel: Harrison Ford or Robert Redford
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Actor duel: Harrison Ford or Robert Redford
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 08:20
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I am planning a dual ground of the well savoured and experienced. A series of pairing the post-Brando/Dean/Monroe/Newman generation, the names whom were the heroes of th 70s and 80s. The so i will pair Di Niro, Duvall, Nicholsen, Eastwood, M Sheen, Al Pachino, Caan, Hackmam, Hoffmann, Freeman, Streep,Close, etc Now it is whos your favored Harrison Ford vs Robert Redford... two legends and prime actors of many roles and preformances. -------------  
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 08:25
| both are fine in their own right |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 08:26
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 14:59
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I've never found Redford's acting to be at all compelling. Ford. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 16:00
I can't believe that a Harrison Ford 'Top 10' list did not include 1985 "Witness". My pick is Harrison Ford. |
Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 16:15
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Ford...but that might be due to his films in general than acting. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 16:50
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Probably Ford. Redford had some interesting movies in the late 60s/early 70s (Sundance Kd, Jeremiah Johnson, The Hot Rock, The Sting), but most of his films I find inifinitely boring. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 16:55
You're right. It's witless not to include Witness in a Harrison Ford Top 10 list.  |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 30 2023 at 23:41
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One have to give Redford kreddit for being and avid indipendent film suppoeter, he have dared to go the anti-Hollywood route, on supporting and producing films that are not main stream. "Since founding the nonprofit Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah, in 1981, Redford has been deeply involved with independent film.[4] Through its various workshop programs and popular film festival, Sundance has provided much-needed support for independent filmmakers. In 1995, Redford signed a deal with Showtime to start a 24-hour cable television channel devoted to airing independent films. The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996." -------------
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 31 2023 at 04:49
Hi, Agreed. In
many ways, Harrison Ford has been simply a part of the machine that
brings in money for the studios. At least, one can not criticize Robert
Redford, for having created one of the most valuable and important
showcases for Independent Film, in America, specially ... where
"independent" usually means, you won't last long and will be absorbed by
the machine sooner or later. Robert Redford,
for me, has more in him about film making and its value, than Harrison
Ford, although I would think that this comparison is not as well
intended as it was designed. I have enjoyed a lot of Harrison Ford
films, as well, and though Robert's films might not be as interesting or
well liked, there is something in his work that will be appreciated in
time, but the fact that the time and place DEMANDS action is a problem
for a film maker like Robert that prefers the details and the subtleties
that make film valuable. Not to mention his love for independent film
making, where ... you learn a lot more about film making than any school
could possibly try to help you with ... hint ... they won't ... is why
you rarely see a USC graduate present his/her film here! I
think it takes character, and I don't mean that in an acting way ... a
certain depth, that I am not sure that Harrison Ford has really embraced
in many of his films ... although he is very good in some, when
properly directed. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 31 2023 at 06:40
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Both amongst my faves, but Robert also made films... and I don't like Harrison 's involvement in SW and Indiana Jones blockbusters. However, Witness is awesome, so are his Bladerunners and Fugitive... and the awesome Frantic (from Polanski) So Redford instead of Ford , but by a hair only
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: March 31 2023 at 11:10
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^ I subscribe to this. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 22 2023 at 11:23
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I love Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, i love the novella and love both the DiCaprio version and Redford version, but i love Redfords golden mane. Hes have that aura as Peter O'Toole had in Larwence -------------
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Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 22 2023 at 13:40
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Harrison Ford is an entertainer, Robert Redford is a man with a mission. I much prefer Mr. Redford for the morality/politics behind his film choices. Plus, before Shrinking, I never thought much of Mr. Ford as an actor despite the praise his contemporaries, peers, and younger co-stars lavish upon him. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: April 23 2023 at 11:26
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Well, I dont consider Harrison Ford a great actor. And his films are often commercial action-movies. (Sometimes they are great, ok - and Blade Runer is a masterpiece). In my opinion, Robert Redford has much more depth as a actor, and has starred in important films that have gone down in the history of cinema. So, there is no contest, Redford wins.
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: April 24 2023 at 14:53
I see now. I totally agree. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 03:47
just as much a disgrace of an omission: ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 15 2023 at 10:38
| On occasion, Redford annoyed me. |