He knew he was not Clark Gable. He used what he had. Perfectly.

It does indeed.

I think he just has the face of a complete Jack Nicholson and we're the ones who were conditioned to perceive that as maniacal by his roles

Did you just give us a truth bomb? What if we can't handle the truth? :P I have been waiting to make that film reference.

Very subjective... but IMHO Nickson looks sane when he is taking a normal photograph. But because he was (he has retired) such a great actor is able to animate his normal face into insanity or rage depending on the situation called for in the given movie.

When I was little I would ask my mom why my dad was on the cover for The Shining and she'd be like "that's not your dad, that's Jack Nicholson, he's in this movie." But it never made sense because he looked exactly like my dad so I'd just ask again and again 😂

I can be that crazy! Just hide my X-men comics or Stephen King books.

True

​@@generalobiwankenobi8265 Stephen King is the worst writer I have ever read

Don't know, but I've met a few people who know Jack and he's apparently a very chill person in real life.

Low, he is retired and plays golf.

maybe all his acting has helped him vent anger and he is actually much more relaxed than the average man.

He also smokes a ton of weed

Heck he did EVERY drug known to science including LSD. Idk if he still used anybody form of substance now

YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wh-wh-what the fuck are ya talkin about? Have you SEEN Dog Day Afternoon?

Robert De Niro: the art of repeating.

Hoo-Ah!

Rodzilla kinda but in a enjoyable way

I never thought of that before...

@@fourhorsemenmechanix757 I know. Pretty cool when you think about it that way

His chameleon eyes help too 😁 I have them as well

So art redirecting perception.

latent conditioning.

Fuck nurse ratchet she deserved it

Georgia Clunis it was justified. Lol.

😂😂😂

Nurse Ratchet likes to be in power, she subconsciously uses the patients' illnesses against them in order to maintain that feeling of power. *Her main goal should be to help them heal.* Billy was healing. He's been a scared, insecure little boy all his life. Never would think he could have a family and do good in this world. He was gaining confidence, for the first time in his life, it's a breakthrough and that first time is usually associated with a ton of optimism since it's a new thing! Nurse Ratchet recognizes that and like the justifiably most hated female character in film history she crushes his confidence and happiness and drags him down to square 1... His best chance at healing, crushed because she wanted to feel the power of control again. And you wanna sit there and imply that choking her isn't justified? You literally make me sick.

@@mastereppsreturns6586 okay maybe your ending was a little bit much. But everything else. Totally agree with. Love the movie. Next time I suggest you just make sure to think that maybe not everyone is familiar with Jack Nicholson's work. Or maybe he hasn't seen that movie before. Because reading the end of your comment made me sick.👌

Who has ever written off Jack Nicholson as a one-trick pony? I think most, if not all, people recognize him as a great actor and give him his dues.

A lot of people accuse him of just playing himself in every role.

siennajohanna He doesn't 'play himself', he *brings* himself, or parts of, to each role.

The only people who write him off as a one trick pony are those who've only ever watched The Shining and Batman. His big iconic roles in which he plays psychos. He's done much much more. Compare him in the Chinatown. Watch Five Easy Pieces. A Few Good Men. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's. The Pledge. All different. All genuine. All great acting.

Nicholson's performance in The Last Detail is so underrated..

A *SHINING* idol? I see what you did there....

He truly is. I wished, though, that the beautifully impotent, prostrate anger that he shows in About Schmidt would have been included here. When he tries to assault a guy and can't even collect himself enough to make his hands into fists but instead slaps the guy. That truly shows range, compared to the extremely potent, fierce anger that he's more well known for.

If only we’d have the same experience you had here!!!

That’s so cool! What’d he say?

@@allys744 he said "Here's Johny, it's not funny"

Master Epps Returns The moment where he says “Wendy, Darling” was phenomenal.

"Why don't you start right now and get the fuck out of here"

Matt - Yes! That ONE line freaked me out. It was so mocking, so petulant, so condescending...you knew then that she was FUCKED 😆

You can’t handle distracting me!

well all actors or actresses are character actors unless they do a documentary on themselfs :P

Maybe the greatest?

You clearly havent seen 7 samurais

Javier Bardem

@@stephenr80 Toshiro Mifune- what an amazing actor. I love him too. But, I think Nicholson is greater.

Walton Goggins

Whaat? Haven't you seen Nicholas Cage?

Not enough comments recognize this. He oozes charisma & confidence.

Do you have a short clip link of that scene, because I can't recall which one you're talking about

@@d3athblad3 After him and Wendy argue while Danny is in bed and he storms out. Just before the ballroom scene.

He wasnt looking at the camera. He was looking into dannys room

Clay Mann Five Easy Pieces!

Chinatown.

Here's Johnny!

The Last Detail

@@ApocalypseLater8 any recommendations that are on netflix

Thats why Nicolas Cage kidnaped he.

He is astounding

Bluebucket Must be where he sharpens his toolset lol

Oh, so every Lakers game? ;)

you cut yourself on that edge

frequently

Bluebucket lately

Reminds me of my dad

Did you do it

me too....

Imdb

This is coming so late! But the ones I recognized are Chinatown, the departed, the last detail, the shining, as good as it gets, about Schmidt, a few good men, the shooting, and one flew over the cuckoos nest. Hope this helps!

That's pretty much exactly what I just did!

one of the few youtube channels left i would do this for

Yep, same here, and it did not disappoint.

Hope you don't work as a midwife

Johnny Bedini 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I'm a simple man. I see Community, I like.

Storytellers Community fans unite !!!

Six seasons and a movie.

Everything here is so perfect, from Nicholson to community but most importantly the video of Cage losing saved my life, it’s beautiful, thank you

MattVideo Productions Trevor is basically Jack Nicholson as a game character

MattVideo Productions Nah it’s over-acted to the point of it just being really tiring imo

I get angry every time the game changes away from the Jack Torrance outfit without me asking for it.

@Grym I do not think Trevor can make the audience feel that anger. Trevor is showing his fury with his actions, it's instant. It's like a sudden gunshot. Yes you will be afraid but only as long as you hear the gunshot. Nicholson's anger is like a volcano. You can hear it boilling. You don't see any body movements. You feel the tension and know it's going to errupt. It's that fear of when it's going to burst. That's why Trevor will never reach that level. He is giving it all in just a moment while Nicholson is making you tense and more tense until he explodes and you get paralyzed. A good example is Psycho (Nicholson) vs Conjuring (Trevor). While the conjuring will scare you all the time for dumb reasons, The Shining will start breaking you piece by piece until it goes full berserk and makes you terrified.

Takis Dimarelos but psycho isnt scary.

Yours, not mine.

So what your saying is that the best way to reach honesty is to ... *introduce chaos?*

Great comment. If we will give an anger more attention, maybe we can see what lies underneath it. As well said in this video - anger is only a thin layer over something bigger and often complicated. We fear anger of others and ourselves, but we should stop it only if it becoming violence. Otherwise we should listen.

I agree, anger is the most honest, but at least in my experience it's more about the situation than the person, though it can't help but reveal something about the person. Just have to know how to separate the two.

Samuel Wallace no, I just feel a certain honesty from someone when they show their wrath. I'm being too subjective here. LOL sorry

Jim Carrey is a very good sugestion

_[scream of fear intensifies]_

I'm Very Angry It's Not Butter!!

Then Christopher Walken as "Master of the Awesomely Weird"

Then Tommy Wiseau's "Mastor of Terrible Movies"

despite all his rage, he's still just Nicolas Cage

Леся Пономарева Nicholas Cage + Tommy Wiseau = Ass-Spam ... I should have known it would come to this.

I lol'd

@@PeterGriffin-in5ut *gray

Only one of them didn't crash their career straight into the dumpster

wait... wich one?

he should do a video on Jim Carrey and his humor

That would be Jim, sadly.

Jim Carrey is also a lot creepier.

Haha. I think he was actually was trying to lift the faucet pedestal in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. ... Unless you are aware of this and just made joke, thenI feel stupid

Hanged himself with a lean and 5 words What an actor

Jessup's anger was all he had. That's what made the movie better than the play. In the play he had evidence that Jessup was lying. In the movie he knew Jessup was lying but he had no evidence, he just had to "put him on the stand and get it out of him, somehow."

Brilliant acting and directing , don't care for Meat Head or Cruise,,,but Jack is an Icon...

Tom Cruise shouldn't be allowed in the same time zone as Nicholson. He'd never make a pimple on Jack's ass!

@@geraldgreenfield5808 Tom Cruise is a great actor.

Cindy KNOWS Kaptain Kristain too.

Kaptain K is the real deal.

Im gonna have to check him out

you should check lessons from the screenplay

Also don't forget Every Frame a Painting

I'm almost certain they based his body language and look from Nicholson's performances.

They did

Crassius Curio They based the look off of the voice actor who played Trevor.

You can even get that outfit and look like him from The Shining

YES!!!!!!

Madelyn Palmentieri Also watch nerdwriter's video on Anthony Hopkins' acting in Westworld. I really appreciated the mastery of emotions Hopkins possesses after that.

Mutilated Baby Wellll, that’s a bit rude, don’t you think?

The use of capitals and proper punctuation eludes you, doesn't it? Sad.

@@eknaap8800 Well I understood what she sais. Not all people are as "good" in English as you are, professor.

*said

Ira Glick lol

Ira Glick That's not anger. That's just shtick.

WE'RE BREAKING THE CONDITIONING

Somebody needs to do a break down on Alex Jones. Hahaha

Alex Jones isn't a master of anger, because he doesn't master his own anger. When he gets wound up he's a frothing maniac. The difference is that Jones just has a lot of volume, but Nicholson has nuance.

She said in her book that he was remarkably charming & kind with women.

woops. sounds like you will probably never get a kevin spacey video... hah

Anger isn't always honest. Sometimes it's very much a desperate attempt to be as dishonest as possible.

I've never felt that way, @@shotgun6X . I've always felt anger is un-adulterated non-filtered truth.

@@jong9379 lmao

Nah siths are calm and etc

@@user-yw2qz4fp9f But pretty much all sith lords have a great seething anger underneath that calm mask. Jack would be as good as anybody at portraying that. His role in A Few Good Men does this quite well at points.

No, god nooo. Not in that Disney shite.

Yes yes yes yes yes yes

Oooh all kinds of yes to this.

Jim Knopf lol, all that anger put on layers over his face over the years huh?!

It`s like looking in any curently young actors future ...

Nicholson was a notorious pussy hound back in the day.

he just gave no fucks lmao

him, Marlon and Pachino were pussy magnets!

Moiiike M Probably got an award for best English student.