Best Actor

**AdamGB** · 08-30-2006 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by wacko3205

Without a doubt...Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man.

Paul Giamatti as his promoter & corner man was the bomb too.

Honestly, that's one of the best boxing movies that's been made outside of Raging Bull & I honestly like Cinderella Man better due to the fact that it was a period peice that was done correctly.

Russell Crowe was good, The guy who played Max Baer was good... accurate or not, and Paul Giamatti was really good.

Enjoyed that film quiet a bit, despite hating Rennee 'Lemon lips' Zelwegger

**bigragu** · 08-30-2006 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Lyle

Eddie Murphy did a spot on Roy Jones Jr. imitation, speaking in the 3rd person, boasting and bragging and having fun....awesome film funny as F***

just saw that last week!!!! It was cool......but I would go with one or two that weren't mentioned....Million Dollar Baby....Hilary Swank or Cinderella Man...Russel Crowe both of these along with the Rocky movies I thought captured Boxing.....IMO...

**bigragu** · 08-30-2006 03:19 PM

Originally Posted by AdamGB

No De Niro lyle?

:P

Sort it out...

WIll Smith did an excellent job of playing Ali and boxing.

as far as an actor changing for a role it rates wayyyy up there.....

**Gandalf** · 08-30-2006 03:31 PM

DeNiro

**BIG H** · 08-30-2006 03:35 PM

Woody Harrelson in Play it to the Bone

**raleights** · 08-30-2006 06:06 PM

i was waiting on someone to drop the woody harrelson bomb

although no matter what role he takes I still him as micky knox from natural born killers

**Mathias** · 08-30-2006 06:32 PM

Robert De Niro

**CountryBoy** · 08-31-2006 06:30 AM

Tommy Morrison as Tommy Gunn

**amat** · 08-31-2006 07:54 AM

Toney actually made for a good Frazier in Ali even though I didn't enjoy that movie as much as you think I would (being a big Ali fan.)

I like De Niro and Russel Crowe. I think Crowe was about as good a boxerr as Braddock was to :P

Though I hated the way the gentlemen Baer was treated in that movie.