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Thursday 25 February 2016

Top 5 Hollywood Dons ;/

1. Christian Bale
I first saw him in Reign of Fire, a bad film but made watchable only because of Christian. I then caught Equilibrium, remembering Bale, and again enjoyed the film. When Harsh Times came out, that was it, I saw the poster and knew it was gonna be good! And it was better than even I imagined xD Except for the somewhat sad ending, but I won't spoil it for potential viewers reading. The Machinist, Batman, Terminator Salvation, American Psycho and now The Big Short! He's the top don for me hehe! Even went back and saw the film of when he was little kid lol Empire of The Sun xD

Is it anything to do that he from UK like me? Well, maybe, maybe I subconsciously saw that and it affected me. Anyway I have somewhat lived life with Christian, going back and watching Empire of The Sun, Christian was in Japan as a little kid, which reminded me of my half-japanese roots. In Harsh Times, he is very much basically a latin guy (my other half!). First saw Reign of Fire maybe 10 or 11 years ago? Long time. And when I was watching The Big Short a few weeks ago in the cinema there was a scene where he was listening to a song by Darkest Hour one of my favourite metal bands, but not many people have heard of them. Some sort of fate going on? I'd like to believe!

2. Leonardo DiCaprio
The Departed! The hook film that made me an insta-fan xD But after that he didn't disappoint me as he ruled in a bunch of other films: Blood Diamond, Gangs of New York, The Basketball Diaries, The Wolf of Wallstreet and recently The Revenant which I went to see last week!

3. Willem Dafoe
I saw The Last Temptation of Christ recently, that and his somewhat similar role & performance in Platoon (I think) cements Dafoe's inclusion in this list. Other good films he's acted in are Born on the 4th July and Spiderman. I must also note here that his name is mentioned to great effect in one of my favourite rap songs by Goretex, a track called 'Momentary Lapse of Reason' ;0

4. Robert DeNiro
The true Don? Many people would say so. When you watch Taxi Driver... well no words necessary really! "Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man..." when you heard Rob utter these words at the beginning of Taxi Driver (and you're a kind of young, lonely guy watching yourself, let's say, as I kinda was) it hits you, and you know you want to keep watching and will probably, hopefully, enjoy this film very much. And I did.

And then of course, Goodfellas, Casino, The Deerhunter, I even liked him in his original Mean Streets. And to be honest I can even catch Meet The Fockers on tv and enjoy it!

5. Keanu Reeves

hellz yes, how I could not include Neo The One in my list? You'll notice I went for the lesser known Street Kings though, in chosen picture. Yes The Matrix, and Keanu in said film, was stunning but what about his other stuff? If you haven't seen Street Kings (by one of my favourite directors David Ayer, who did Harsh Times too!) and are a fan of Keanu you need to check that! Also who can forget the iconic Bill & Ted and Point Break xD

Runners-Up
Bruce Willis very close between him and Reeves. John McClane, 12 Monkeys and his boxer role in Pulp Fiction means he is #1 runner-up!
Al Pacino ooh another close one
Arnold Swartzenegger hasta la vista baby xD
Aaron Paul, newbie but this guy has potential for me!
Brad Pitt, Fight Club was wow, also his crazy guy role in 12 Monkeys. Anything else? Meh.
Jim Carrey, ok a comedy actor but I had to include this guy!
Tom Hardy

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