Better filmography #15 James Franco vs. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

[BeyonceParticipant Joined: Jun 29th, 2013 Topics: 125 Posts: 1261 View Predictions]

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vs.

James has:

Milk
James Dean
127 Hours
Lovelace
Homefront
This Is The End
Flyboys
Oz: The Great and The Powerful

etc.

Joseph has:

The Lookout
Brick
Inception
500 Days of Summer
Looper
Manic
Don Jon

etc.

(01) Mia Wasikowska vs. Carey Mulligan
(02) Brad Pitt vs. Leonardo DiCaprio
(03) Scarlet Johansson vs. Keira Knightley
(04) Robert De Niro vs. Al Pacino
(05) Cary Grant vs. Bette Davis
(06) Ryan Gosling vs. Mark Ruffalo
(07) Meryl Streep vs. Jessica Lange
(08) Nicole Kidman vs. Tom Cruise
(09) Kathy Bates vs. Anjelica Huston
(10) Ben Affleck vs. Matt Damon
(11) Vivien Leigh vs. Katherine Hepburn
(12) Christian Bale vs. Kate Winslet
(13) Sean Penn vs. Will Smith
(14) Anne Hathaway vs. Kirsten Dunst

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[drenjaParticipant Joined: Nov 15th, 2011 Topics: 2 Posts: 369 View Predictions]

#174199

Franco has some good performances and he can be good if he is given right material but for every good perfromance and good film we get few paasable/bad ones so i think that Lewit who might not have performance as good as Franco in “127 hours” is more consitant in chosing what he is doing so il go with him cause of that.

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 108 Posts: 14550 View Predictions]

#174200

These guys are fairly even imo, with James and “Howl” and Joseph, who was deserving of consideration with “The Lookout.”

I’m guessing that JGL wins this poll just based on image and perception, since sometimes, Franco doesnt do himself many favours in this area.

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[AMGParticipant Joined: Sep 20th, 2012 Topics: 154 Posts: 3844 View Predictions]

#174201

The only decent Franco performance is 127 Hours. And only a couple of decent films. 

JGL has had many more – most importantly (500) Days of Summer.  

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[NoéParticipant Joined: Feb 20th, 2014 Topics: 19 Posts: 2677 View Predictions]

#174202

Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Easy. His best performance to date is in ‘Mysterious Skin’, followed by ‘(500) Days of Summer’ and ’50/50′. Also he has an impressive run of good choices and diverse roles. Even with the somehow failure of ‘Don Jon’, as a filmmaker also beats James. And what I think is most definitive, his career and filmography is ascending, while Franco’s going down.

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[KyleBaileyParticipant Joined: Nov 15th, 2013 Topics: 283 Posts: 7458 View Predictions]

#174203

As much as I love both of these men, Levitt has very rarely made a bad movie or given a bad performance. I think his only dud was Sin City 2 that I have seen. Franco has made a couple of duds but also has a bunch of great movies 

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[Emmys2011Participant Joined: Aug 29th, 2011 Topics: 12 Posts: 1615 View Predictions]

#174204

The person doing these should make the objective clearer: do we choose based on who we think is the better actor or who has the better filmography…..

Given the title, I vote based on the filmography, but everyone seems to get it wrong and vote based on acting.
Maybe change the title of the thread? or people should be more objective…

Best filmography: JG-L by far
Best actor: Franco can be really good, but ogten takes on awful roles and phones it in, or worse. JGL is much more consistent, even if he hasn´t given an oscar worthy performance yet. Just give him time…

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[babypookParticipant Joined: Nov 4th, 2010 Topics: 108 Posts: 14550 View Predictions]

#174205

Well, it has many shades. A filmography is made better by a ‘better’ actor. Imagine Paris Hilton playing Tilda’s part in Snowpiercer, or Megan Fox headlining Still Alice. Whose filmography shall we choose here?

I’d say that human nature generally votes for the person overall. Even if there are ‘rules’, our votes are going to be subjective.

jmho

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[JunkMember Joined: Jul 2nd, 2011 Topics: 4 Posts: 1412 View Predictions]

#174206

I’m biased on this. JGL’s face is the most annoying thing in the universe for me. So I’ll go with Franco.

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[Ahiru77Member Joined: Mar 27th, 2014 Topics: 0 Posts: 14 View Predictions]

#174208

Y’all picked Deniro over Pacino?! 
Pacino was winning Emmys when Deniro was busy doing Sandler movies. You guys are crazy.

Anyway, Joseph easily.  

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[Halo_InsiderParticipant Joined: Jul 3rd, 2011 Topics: 59 Posts: 4244 View Predictions]

#174209

Y’all picked Deniro over Pacino?! 
Pacino was winning Emmys when Deniro was busy doing Sandler movies. You guys are crazy.

Anyway, Joseph easily.  

Haha, as I recall, it was Pacino doing a movie with Adam Sandler.

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[Boidiva02Participant Joined: May 24th, 2011 Topics: 180 Posts: 3491 View Predictions]

#174210

I’m with the majority here. JLG I think has the better resume.    I like Franco but his resume is too inconsistent and has too may Seth Rogen/Judd Apatow movies on it.

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[Pieman1994Participant Joined: Nov 14th, 2010 Topics: 4 Posts: 1734 View Predictions]

#174211

I maintain that Franco is the better, clearly more versatile actor, and more ambitious artist. With that in mind, looking at their respective filmographies, Levitt’s is easily far stronger than Franco’s. So, Levitt.

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[AlishaMember Joined: Oct 11th, 2014 Topics: 1 Posts: 879 View Predictions]

#174212

JGL by far! hes a better actor as well

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[BeyonceParticipant Joined: Jun 29th, 2013 Topics: 125 Posts: 1261 View Predictions]

#174213

The person doing these should make the objective clearer: do we choose based on who we think is the better actor or who has the better filmography…..

Given the title, I vote based on the filmography, but everyone seems to get it wrong and vote based on acting.
Maybe change the title of the thread? or people should be more objective…

Best filmography: JG-L by far
Best actor: Franco can be really good, but ogten takes on awful roles and phones it in, or worse. JGL is much more consistent, even if he hasn´t given an oscar worthy performance yet. Just give him time…

I have already said in the last thread that we are rating filmographies, but if you want to take other things into consideration it’s a free country

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