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He was great in Three Days of the Condor.

When it comes to re-watchable movies Redford is right there at the top with me.

Watched The Great Waldo Pepper for the umpteenth time last week. Damn good flick. Must have been awesome seeing those old biplanes floating around the Texas sky during the filming. The making of that flick is a pretty good read on its own.

stars in my favorite movie, and directed my second favorite movie. 

oh, and butch cassidy, all the president's men, and the natural fall in my top 15 or so.  not bad.

His directorial debut with "Ordinary People" was impressive. 

He was also great as the voice of the Hudson Hornet.

On 8/10/2018 at 8:06 AM, South Austin said:

This probably belongs in the unpopular opinions thread, but I always thought Redford was overrated.  He always seems relatively flat, without a great range of emotions or character.  I like him okay, but don't think he belongs anywhere near the pantheon of great actors.

I like Redford, too, and a JJ is one of my favorite movies of all time, and several of his others are first rate. But yours is a correct thought. He wasn't a great actor. He was a more talented and handsome version of Kevin Kostner. Not a great deal of range, but he could work very well in the right role where he hit just the right note.

19 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

He learned to swim at Barton Springs. No kidding.

Yep, it's in that documentary on development in Austin -> "Unforeseen".

22 hours ago, Richard Kimball said:

He was also great as the voice of the Hudson Hornet.

not sure if serious...

It was Robert Redford Paul Newman

 

20 hours ago, DougO said:

I like Redford, too, and a JJ is one of my favorite movies of all time, and several of his others are first rate. But yours is a correct thought. He wasn't a great actor. He was a more talented and handsome version of Kevin Kostner. Not a great deal of range, but he could work very well in the right role where he hit just the right note.

This is fair.  I don't hate Redford.  I just don't revere him, and I think his movies are far better than his acting. 

And I'm okay with the Costner comparison.  He was in some of my favorite movies:  Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Fandango.  But I'm not going to say he's a great actor.

Downhill Racer, The Candidate and Brubaker are underrated.

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