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Best actor performance ?

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' started by DarthPlagueis, Dec 17, 2015.

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THE best performance of the movie in your opinion ? ( new cast only )

  1. Adam Driver

    36 vote(s)
    54.5%
  2. Daisy Ridley

    25 vote(s)
    37.9%
  3. John Boyega

    5 vote(s)
    7.6%
  4. Oscar Isaac

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. DarthPlagueis

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    I was personnally impressed by Adam Driver's performance. Without the mask, he looks very young, even childish, but at the same time he looks damn evil, conflicted.

    Definitely my best surprise for this movie !
     
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    I was quite worried about Boyega and Ridley before but they both nailed it. I think best performance is by Ridley but I liked all the acting in the movie. No actor acted bad.
     
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    Ridley, Driver, Isaac, and Boyega, in that order. I loved the old gang, added huge emotional weight. But new cast stole the show :) exactly how I wanted it to be. I thought Issac nailed his lines, such a natural cool guy.

    Every single time Driver in on screen, it's powerful and striking. He's excellent.
     
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    The acting from the new Big 4 was spot on (yes, I count Adam Driver for OBVIOUS reasons: his portrayal of Kylo Ren was spectacular!). My favourite performance was from Daisy though. What a character. From the get go, you care about her. She displays a great array of different emotions in such an expressive way. Wow, just wow. I am overall very impressed by all of them. Kudos to JJ and the casting crew!
     
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    I thought all the cast did a great job, but the most impressive performance for me has got to be Adam Driver's performance as Kylo Ren. He was just so crazy, and intimidating, but at the same time you can see this guy is conflicted, and is trying to fight the light. Just, wow! What an amazing, complex performance. Can't wait to see where they take his character in Episodes VIII and IX.
     
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    Driver was absolutely ace. He portrayed Kylo brilliantly, showing the conflict and both the passion and determination of the character.

    Ridley was probably the pick of the bunch. Amazes me that this is her first proper film role. And WHAT a role. She is well on her way to being my new favourite SW character.

    Nobody had a bad performance, not one person. People seem to be criticising Lupita, but I don't understand that, her character was fine to me.
     
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    I am so excited to see this! Tomorrow at twelve my entire family will be seeing this!

    Curious, would you say that kylo ren is one of the best villians in starwas now? Or is going to be?
     
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    Happy to see all the love for Driver's Kylo. THIS is how Anakin should have been portrayed (with more exposition and backstory). But to be honest: all of the newcomers did a terrific job. And it should come as no surprise, given my avatar, that I consider Ridley to be the star of the new Star Wars era (to come). Holy hell, that girl is beautiful.
     
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    Daisy Ridley. I think she deserves to be nominated for awards. She was able to show me who her character was without even speaking.
     
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    He's not your typical kind of vilain. To me that was a good thing. I'm not a huge Darth Vader fan, but Kylo definitely did it for me.
     
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    I can't imagine anyone else playing Finn but John Boyega. He made that character feel like it was written for him.
     
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    Yeah, he's definitely one of the best villains. Not quite up there with Vader just yet, but I'd say he's a worthy successor.
     
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    Also, for what little there was of him, I loved Oscar Isaac as Poe. I really hope his role is more prominent now Han has passed on.

    He is definitely the new Han Solo for this trilogy.
     
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    in this order : Ridley - Driver - Boyega - Isaac
    but what really got me, i said it before : that 5 second close up of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker blows it all away. in those eyes u see 35 years of pain.
    Hamill can nail so much in just that single shot. brilliant actor, always was and will be amazing in the next one.
     
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    Driver.
     
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    Driver as Kylo was standout, Daisy and John were excellent (credit to John for doing the whole thing in an American accent, and Daisy for a lot of the wordless acting she used to great effect ). What I saw of Issac I liked but a bit more development would have been nice, I'm looking forward to seeing how the bromance develops between him and Finn. Ford as Han was good and the anger/sadness he portrayed at the loss metaphorically of his son was captivating. Hux and Phasma seem like they could be good characters but we didn't get much for them to show off with, other than Gleeson's rabid speech to the assembled FO troops (showing just a hint of madness)

    All in all the cast were great with none of them letting us down, even a little.
     
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    Daisy and John were best of newcomers. BB-8 is excellent droid. Adam didn't impress me as I wanted, but then I start thinking about him - he was good)

    Agreed
     
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    Daisy is the star of the force awakens. So cool

    I also think Boyega where great.

    Super cast and a good movie.
     
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    I agree also Rey delivered, big time.
     
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    It wasn't Lupita, per se, but the way it was executed, could have been MUCH BETTER .
     
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