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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

Yeah, but take two actors like Dennis Hopper or James Gandolfini (both excellent at playing the meanie), and then compare them to the most violent scenes in Fight Club. Norton lives off an already poor script and fails to overturn it into something good, and in American History X he lives off a good script and that's about it. Both the actors that I have mentioned could have turned those movies into something great, at Norton's age.

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i dont know about gandolfini's range though-- before the sopranos, he had been forgettable. norton is more of a... hm an anglo saxon, his emotional expression is quite restrained-- has more of a stiff face, tight lips, wooden expression. but that's cultural-- not everybody can play some hot blooded don juan. so he was very good in the painted veil, where he plays this very stiff british doctor/public servant-- his intensity is more restrained, he doesn't move his hands when he speaks. of course pair him against marlon brando and he's going to lose big. he's still a good actor though, does his job well, but yeah he's no dennis hopper, eh.