What’s Aged the Best?
Plummer is the closing selection, with Pacino, cinematography and the production process praised, plus a later Lindsay Krauss addendum.
In the discussion (11)
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- Pacino is praised for listening, processing information and guiding conversations naturally while pursuing an objective.
- The Godfather2 and Sea of Love are comparison performances; Denzel and theater experience inform discussion of generous screen partners.
- The Pacino–Crow combination is prized, and the movie transcribed as Boyer Raced is recalled as another strong Crow performance.
- The cinematography, Gulf imagery and inner workings of CBS are praised; the same corporate culture is reserved for aged-worst discussion.
- Plummer increasingly defines Wallace as the real broadcaster recedes from daily memory; posture, gestures and confidence matter more than a literal impression.
- The controlled smile and sip from a CBS Sports mug are admired details.
- The supporting-actor nominees are debated; Plummer deserved inclusion, while his later Beginners win is treated as career recognition and Pacino’s exclusion is criticized.
- The discussion marvels at Plummer’s late-career work and reported 1929 birth, then gives him the category.
- Lindsay Krauss is a later addition, praised as a recognizable actress and part of an unusually normal Pacino marriage.
- One speaker considers Plummer better than the supporting Oscar nominees except Jude Law, praising Law’s charisma in the Ripley role, and places Plummer at least in the top five.
- Another contribution says they would probably go with Cruise too, preserving this alternative preference separately from the Plummer/Jude Law comparison.