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Up until recently I'd only ever seen him in SlingBlade ("Some folks call it a Kaiser blade...") which I thought was an awesome movie.

I've just finished watching Fargo and loved it.

He's actually plays a good role doesn't he.

A mate's loaned me "The Man Who Wasn't There" which we're going to watch later tonight. Am I going to be disappointed...?

In reply to ThunderCat:

No, his performance in The Man Who Wasn't There is sublime. The film overall isn't QUITE up to scratch, a bit flat, but still good. His performance transcends it a little.


He is great fun as the mechanic in Oliver Stone's "U-Turn" as well

In reply to Blue Straggler:
Just watched it. I'm a little bit underwhelmed by the movie, but still liking Billy Bob.

In reply to ThunderCat:

IMO his best Oscar performance was either in "Bad Santa" or "A simple plan".

It's 50/50 tbh!

In reply to Padraig:



My spider sense isn't with it tonight Pad....I can't tell whether you're being serious or sarcastic...I bet one of these is an absolute turkey...

Maybe I'll check on IMDB / rotten tomatoes...

In reply to ThunderCat:

I thought he was brill in Fargo. It was a role that did him justice. And Fargo was, in my estimation, also a great (if somewhat singular) series.

In reply to Removed User:


I think Lorne Malvo is up there alongside Anton Chigur as 'best bad guy ever'

In reply to Removed User:

I'd have a look at Slingblade, if you haven't already.

In reply to ThunderCat:


Yes that's kinda what I meant (and said....or tried to...)

In reply to Padraig:

He was a bit cartoony in A Simple Plan, perfectly good performance but very clichéd stuff and arguably a bit of a rehash of Carl from Sling Blade.

Best bit of acting in A Simple Plan was a single scene toward the end, from Bridget Fonda (who didn't really have much to do throughout the rest of the film), ranting about what could have been.

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Simple Plan -some naive country boys try to steal mob money - must be a rip off of you know what

In reply to Tom Valentine:

Nah, the fact that it's in a different location, and there's three of them and they are all far more bumbling and clueless, exonerates it from that charge

In reply to ThunderCat:

Bad Santa is a masterpiece!

In reply to Chris Sansum:


Agree

In reply to ThunderCat:
I first came across him in Monster Ball, (but Halle Berry's talents distracted me from BBT performance as Hank Grotowski.

In reply to Jim C:

In which film did he "just stand there and bleed"?

In reply to Tom Valentine:
According to my friend ( Google)

Tombstone

In reply to ThunderCat:

I thought he was great in Fargo.

The series was much, much better than the film too!

In reply to Jim C:

You may go now.