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"Is Ray Liotta A "Great" Actor?"


  

          

He delivered a great performance in what many people consider to be the greatest American film of all time, but his Filmography is a little shaky. Besides Copland, I can't think of anything else he really stood out in. What say you PTP? Are there other Ray Liotta performances worth talking about? Is GoodFellas enough to consider him among the greats?



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Is Ray Liotta A "Great" Actor? [View all] , Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Jan-17-12 10:16 AM
 
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He's outstanding in Narc.
Jan 17th 2012
1
^^^^^^^^^^
Jan 17th 2012
4
^^^^Non-fiction
Jan 17th 2012
13
Ray Liotta was in Citizen Kane?
Jan 17th 2012
2
I hedged.
Jan 17th 2012
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      RE: I hedged.
Jan 17th 2012
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      i think the coen brothers could get some of the old heads back
Jan 21st 2012
49
Nope
Jan 17th 2012
6
If consistency was the standard, you couldn't consider a lot of folk
Jan 17th 2012
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      All of those guys were pretty consistent in their primes
Jan 17th 2012
9
      "Consistent in their primes" is the whole point!
Jan 18th 2012
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           point is they had primes
Jan 18th 2012
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                This
Jan 18th 2012
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                Ray's been consistent throughout his career
Jan 18th 2012
25
      Brando ain't Italian & those guys had decade-plus long runs
Jan 17th 2012
15
Absolutely. Even in shit movies, he still does amazing work
Jan 17th 2012
7
Is this a situation of putting up numbers on a shitty team though?
Jan 17th 2012
10
      I think part of this....
Jan 17th 2012
11
      GAWD DAMN @ the Katy Perry Bikini Photos
Jan 17th 2012
12
      are we talking ACTING or THE MOVIES HE'S IN?
Jan 18th 2012
18
Watch Something Wild, if you haven't seen it yet. His 2nd best perf.
Jan 17th 2012
14
The Wordman explains why Ray Liotta is a GREAT actor
Jan 18th 2012
16
You've articulated what I was thinking. Thanks.
Jan 18th 2012
22
POAST END POAST RIGHT HERE
Jan 18th 2012
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Well, allow me to offer a counterpoint.
Jan 19th 2012
29
      Andre Dawson isn't less of a player just 'cause he's on the Cubs
Jan 19th 2012
30
           Forgetting the basics? Dude, I coach acting for a living, lol.
Jan 19th 2012
32
                ^^ Agreed. That's what I was trying to get at above...n/m
Jan 19th 2012
33
                RE: Forgetting the basics? Dude, I coach acting for a living, lol.
Jan 19th 2012
36
                     In general, that's how I feel about evaluating actors & actresses
Jan 19th 2012
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                          But here's my question then:
Jan 19th 2012
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                               Wordman's "off the top" criteria:
Jan 19th 2012
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                               I think everyone in movies should have most of these:
Jan 19th 2012
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                                    RE: I think everyone in movies should have most of these:
Jan 20th 2012
43
                                         This conversation is fascinating.
Jan 21st 2012
50
                                              Interesting epilogue
Jan 22nd 2012
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                               RE: But here's my question then:
Jan 19th 2012
40
                                    Fair enough.
Jan 19th 2012
42
                                         I got to side with Wordup, Franky Baby
Jan 20th 2012
45
Great? No. Underrated? Most definitely.
Jan 18th 2012
19
I didn't even like him in Goodfellas
Jan 18th 2012
21
^^^lives across the street from Karen
Jan 18th 2012
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      HA!
Jan 18th 2012
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      LMAO
Jan 19th 2012
28
      Lol. My, My, My, what a wonderful witty reply
Jan 19th 2012
31
      ha!
Jan 19th 2012
34
      Hilarious
Jan 19th 2012
35
      ladies and gentleman, we have a winner.
Jan 20th 2012
44
      well played
Jan 21st 2012
46
      well played
Jan 21st 2012
47
      THAT... was some high quality snarkage.
Jan 21st 2012
48
      *dead*
May 26th 2022
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RE: No, No, No
Jan 27th 2012
52
You'll read a lot of think pieces, but Wordman
May 26th 2022
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Wordman deserves to make the RIP post for Ray Liotta
May 26th 2022
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lol and I clearly hadn't yet seen Something Wild
May 26th 2022
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      I almost mentioned you by name to see if you had changed your vote.
May 31st 2022
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           I mean, I don't *disagree* with what I said up there, technically...
May 31st 2022
61
I had to check the dates on the earlier posts
May 27th 2022
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Goodfellas isn’t even the top mob movie of all time,
May 27th 2022
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lol
May 31st 2022
60
      Joker really did come in here to mention Gone with the Wind as a better
Jun 07th 2022
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I wouldn't put him above John Cusack, and Steve Martin's Hill>>>>>>>
May 31st 2022
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Great tribute from Scorsese (Swipe)
Jun 07th 2022
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He took a lotta shit roles later on for the $$$.
Jun 10th 2022
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