"You're tearing me APART!" JAMES DEAN Poll

I haven't seen any of the three of them in at least 15 years, but I remember liking Giant the most.

Eden > Rebel >>>> Giant

I was disappointed with the way East of Eden adapted the book.

Thought this was going to be about "The Room".

rebel

A faithful version of EofE would've been 6-8 hours long (like that forgotten TV miniseries in the '80s?).

He was a surprisingly great old drunk in Giant.

Rebel easily for me.

Giant.

Rebel.

Why don't I own this?

Rebel has an all-time great title.

unfortunately it is an all-time terrible film

I should really get around to seeing Giant one of these days tho

Kazan retro coming up, isn't it, Morbs?

Shakey, you dum... I was working at the radio station once when some other volunteer was going on and on about what a weak, "dated" melodrama Rw/oaC was, and my response was yeah, except for all the other ones.

Yes JR, next weekend.

even as a teenager, the implication that the reason Dean is so messed up is because his cowardly dad won't stand up to his nagging mom struck me as a) completely regressive and b) ridiculous. like really if only Mr. Magoo would BE A MAN James would be a-okay like all the other teenagers. duh.

Thought this was going to be about "The Room".

LIIIIISA!

Hahahah I admit I thought the same thing when I saw the title.

I only ever saw Giant back in the day when they showed it on WABC-7 in three consecutive nightly installments, which, what with the commercials and the catchup to the previous installments, ended up taking six hours of broadcast time. Not ideal conditions, although it did work okay for Some Like It Hot.

if only Mr. Magoo would BE A MAN

Compare with the Simon Oakland psychologist at the end of Psycho.

Are we voting for the films or Jimmy's performance in the films?

If the latter, "Rebel"

yes, it's a Dean poll, his performance. Giant is pretty easily the worst film.

Don't know, I can't actually remember much about him in "East of Eden"

well, his dad is Raymond Massey, who doesn't wear an apron.

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A bad actor -- I never got his rep.

Monty Clift could do everything Dean could, and was beautiful to boot.

Jimmy was pretty easy on the eyes, too!

My favorite performance in Giant is Liz Taylor's. She's aged well, and her acting honors the makeup.

Monty Clift could do everything Dean could, and was beautiful to boot.

Yeah, seriously.

i only knew the 'youre tearin me apart' quote from the adventures of ford fairlane. ive even seen 'rebel' im pretty sure but that scene had never been memorable 2 me and i didnt know it was an iconic thing

agree on the monty clift point

fuck this guy imo

In the words of Sean Penn: "He was a guy who died. He made a couple of movies."

lol sean penn

"The Room", yeah.

Sounds like what Yogi Berra said about Steve McQueen.

Rebel is the best of the three, Giant is the worst. BUT he basically carries Giant with his supporting role, so I'll go with it as it shows how good he really was.

i only knew the 'youre tearin me apart' quote from the adventures of ford fairlane.

saddest post evah

Wacky seeing this poll as I finally watched Giant last night.

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In high school, I woulda been in any kinda threesome w/ Sal Mineo.

wait how old r u???

not a contemporary of Sal Mineo. I think you may be reading something extra into this?

Have we seen this little gem yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqNDWEwP92o

man Giant sucks. can’t believe anyone would care about this movie if it wasn’t for the James Dean factor, and he isn’t particularly good in it

though he’s still much better than Rock Hudson

A bad actor -- I never got his rep.

― Roman Polanski now sleeps in prison. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn),

I get the rep lol. He does odd little things in East of Eden: rubbing his face against a post, hopping down some steps with hands in his pocket to get people's attention. He's not playing a character: he's using tricks and mannerisms to substitute for a character. But he's arresting, no questio.