5 Off The Top Of My Head - The Clooney

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Today is George Clooney's 47th birthday. If one were going to choose five of his greatest performances, I ask you, would one need to look any further than Batman & Robin? No, one would not. Ahh, but Tilda already made that joke for me. Hard to believe that movie only came out 10 years ago - how far his career has come since then, eh? One decade of hard work and he's Mr. Sets The World On Fire With His Charm.

To be honest, I was a little tired of George for a bit last year... and then Michael Clayton came out, and he gave what I consider his best performance ever. And now I am under his spell anew. Happy birthday, George! Keep up the good work.

And his five finest performances, I say...


Michael Clayton, Michael Clayton

"You're not going to be one of these people
who goes through life wondering why shit keeps falling
out of the sky around them. I know that. I know it. OK?"

Chris Kelvin, Solaris

"I woke up and you were here."

Bob Barnes, Syriana

"Innocent until investigated? That's nice.
It's got a nice ring to it. Bet you've worn some miles
on old sayings like that. Gives the listener the sense
of the law being written as it's spoken."

Jack Foley, Out of Sight

"You'd be surprised about what you can get,
if you ask for it the right way."

Seth Gecko, From Dusk Til Dawn

"Mr. .44 makes a noise.
You ask a question, Mr. 44 answers it."

I don't want to hear a word about that last choice! Some of you might say Three Kings or Ocean's Eleven, Good Night and Good Luck or O Brother, Where Art Thou? or Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (and do let me know your picks in the comments!)... no, his role in Dusk is why he has a career, as far as I'm concerned. That sexy tattoo that went up his neck, his general bad-assery... I'd like to be holed up with Seth Gecko in a endless maze of underground caverns swarming with stripper vampires, is all I'm sayin.

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