I agree I believe silence of the lambs was better. I believe cape fear is close. But yes that was a career defining performance by Hopkins and I think he also deserved it actually. I think De Niro was still great in cape fear though. He showed his versatility off imo. But I do believe de niro should've won for taxi driver, deer hunter, king of comedy(just saw that recently) and mean streets. How him and Keitel weren't even nominated for mean streets blows my mind. I guess you could make an argument for some of his other performances as well. Any other great Anthony Hopkins movies you guys suggest?
Agreed on
Taxi Driver and especially
The King of Comedy which is his best performance imo. I disagree on both
Mean Streets and
Deer Hunter though, i thought Jack Lemmon was a deserving winner in 1973 and i would also pick Pacino for
Serpico above it. Jon Voight also deserved his Oscar imo, i watched
Coming Home recently and while i didn't really like it i thought Voight was excellent.
