Daniel Day-Lewis vs Gary Oldman

[Guestx]

Both guys are known for their chameleon-like ability to disappear into roles and become the character they are playing.

For Day-Lewis, we see this in movies like Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York, Lincoln and There Will Be Blood. With Oldman, you just need to compare his performances between such films as JFK, True Romance, The Fifth Element and The Dark Knight.

But who is the superior thespian? Or, at least, which do you prefer?

What say you Sherdog?

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[BisexualMMA]

The ability of actors like DDL to carry an entire movie on their shoulders is sorely underappreciated. They are both great actors, but Oldman is punctuation in most of his films. DDL is the sentence.

 

[Guestx]

The ability of actors like DDL to carry an entire movie on their shoulders is sorely underappreciated. They are both great actors, but Oldman is punctuation in most of his films. DDL is the sentence.

I've never thought about it, but now that you mention it I guess Oldman never really is the leading man.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Going to have to vote Oldman by default. I've somehow never seen a single movie with DDL by some strange set of circumstances.

 

[minute bull]

These two are so overrated here that this thread is gonna get pregnant and can't nobody decide who the father is.

 

[BisexualMMA]

I've never thought about it, but now that you mention it I guess Oldman never really is the leading man.

Oldman is great, but a lot of the characters that he's remembered for don't really have arcs. Mason Verger, Drexl, bad guys from The Professional, Air Force One and The Fifth Elements, Lt. Gordon, etc.

 

[whougonnacall]

Ddl is the one with all the oscars right? ...so it Kinda awnsers itself
The mans a freak method actor whos been in some fucking all time classics
Oldmans been good in some great films yeah but not on the same level as the ddl


Ooh and as this is sherdog in a fight ddl whups....as part of method acting for 'the boxer' he trained to the point barry maguigian said he could be a decent pro fighter

 

[RoryFan]

Oldman has been fucking terrible recently. Robocop and Planet of the Apes were shameful.

 

[BisexualMMA]

Oldman has been fucking terrible recently. Robocop and Planet of the Apes were shameful.

Those are perhaps the two most nondescript performances he has given. Though I thought Planet of the Apes was a reasonably good movie.

 

[RoryFan]

Those are perhaps the two most nondescript performances he has given. Though I thought Planet of the Apes was a reasonably good movie.

Yeah I mean they didn't give him much to work with but why sign up to do shit like that? surely he can't need the money that badly.

 

[Pwent]

hate threads like this

a few months ago people on here started appreciating oldman because hes underrated in hollywood, since hes a character actor who never gets leading roles. then everyone hops on board until he becomes overrated

there is no way he can compare to DDL, who not only can be both a character actor AND a leading man, and one of the very few actors who can do both at the same time

oldman can be zany, unrealistic supporting characters and disappear into them

DDL can do that AND make characters like bill the butcher seem realistic and carry scenes

oldman has never been able to carry a film like "There Will be Blood" off the sheer force of his performance alone

 

[Pwent]

Oldman is great, but a lot of the characters that he's remembered for don't really have arcs. Mason Verger, Drexl, bad guys from The Professional, Air Force One and The Fifth Elements, Lt. Gordon, etc.

because hes a character actor

character acting doesnt require as much subtlety or complexity

basically oldman has a short amount of time to portray an eccentric character and make the audience understand that character within a scene. there is more freedom to "overact" since he only has like 40 seconds to get the point across that his character is an evil space businessman villain guy or drug dealer villain

a leading man has to subtly show development throughout the course of the movie, while giving the audience enough that they can follow his emotions/thoughts/development, without giving too much away and staying grounded in reality/believability

DDL is one of the few living actors who can do both simultaneously

 

[HelloJapan]

The ability of actors like DDL to carry an entire movie on their shoulders is sorely underappreciated. They are both great actors, but Oldman is punctuation in most of his films. DDL is the sentence.

Thank you for the perfect summation to my thoughts.

 

[Jon Stark]

DDL by a country mile. He's got the hardware to prove it.

 

[Jon Stark]

These two are so overrated here that this thread is gonna get pregnant and can't nobody decide who the father is.

Lmfao

 

[ChucksGlassJaw]

Thread sucks, tbh.

 

[Guestx]

Go to bed with Oldman winning. Wake up with DDL dominating.

 

[minute bull]

The ability of actors like DDL to carry an entire movie on their shoulders is sorely underappreciated. They are both great actors, but Oldman is punctuation in most of his films. DDL is the sentence.

I put it another way.

Gary Oldman can't carry a film. And Daniel Day-Lewis can't carry a film I'm willing to watch. He unbalances a film because he cannot operate below 11. Often he's more like 88.8 or over 9000.

Yeah I mean they didn't give him much to work with but why sign up to do shit like that? surely he can't need the money that badly.

Don't watch CRIMINAL. He's hilariously bad in it.

Gary Oldman's focus is no longer acting but being there for his young kids. His acting made him absent the first go-round, so he wants to do it right this time. Momentarily, post-TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, he thought he had more leverage than he in fact does but circumstances have dictated otherwise.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Game over folks.