Apex Mountain
Jude Law; Gwyneth Paltrow as an actor
In the discussion (8)
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- A strong case is made for Paltrow (transcribed 'Gwinterre'): she had already won the Oscar and had six commercial movies in two years. — Bill Simmons
- The category is redefined as the peak of your powers, when you had the most career options; one participant suggests her Goop business peak might be right now. — Bill Simmons
- Narrowed to acting, this film is called Apex Mountain for her, and it is called a good case. — Bill Simmons
- Jude Law absolutely is at Apex: coming out of this movie he looked like a future James Bond and the most handsome man in the world, and never topped it. — Bill Simmons
- A prediction says Law will win an Oscar around age 71 for a mediocre movie, likened to Michael Kane (as transcribed) winning for The Cider House Rules the year Law was nominated for this. — Sean Fennessey
- 1950s Italy is offered as Apex Mountain, challenged by a reference to Roberto Rossellini's films of the era, and kept as a personal pick. — Sean Fennessey
- A Hoffman case is mentioned but nobody is ready to make it. — Bill Simmons
- The director is discussed: after The English Patient he followed up successfully with this, though one participant had thought The English Patient might be his peak; he died young and his later films such as Cold Mountain and Breaking and Entering feel not fully there. — Sean Fennessey