1. Joan of arcadia
2.amercan gun
3. girl next door
4. strong medicene
5. just freinds

-TeeJay

We HOPE we get to see deleted Pete on the TI DVD.

Oh yes, we do!
I couldn't bear another DVD frustration ... :fedup:

As for needing a CM Annonymous, I thought that's what this message board was. 

Deb

now because there are so many things i have yet to see due to them not being released ill have to update this.. eventually and make it a top ten:P
im so excited for : fanboys.. graduation.. the edcuation of charlie banks.. and omg infestation looks halarious.. ohh and everything else coming up far to many to list.. fo shizzle my nizzle:)

OKAY and before i forget Joanof Arcadia is not listed there.. WHY you ask.. i have only seen 3 episodes now.. yes im a joa virgin:O but yes its on five nights a week so ive started:D:D tommorow=boat episode.. yes!

-TeeJay

Deb

#1: Miracles
Yes, this is my top performance, it even tops American Gun. He just does the kid Travis so torturous that it rips my heart out every time. Don't think I've ever seen a performance that made me cringe as much as this did and still does every time I rewatch it.

#2: American Gun
That's my number two, following Miracles very closely. We all know why. DAVIDNEEDSAHUG! That meltdown was just damn near brilliant. Is there any scene where we see him and he doesn't have tears in his eyes?

#3: Just Friends
Ah, I know, you're gonna go: What???!! now, right? I didn't want to watch this movie for such a long time because I was sure I would not like it. Well, I don't like the movie that much, but I just LOVE Chris in it. And this is about performances and not the movie. And his performance was just hilarious and wonderful. Deb said recently she loved his gorgeous rubber face. That's what it is, he can do so many funny grimaces and it's always spot-on. In Deb's words: Chris is the most adorable horndog ever.

#4: Joan of Arcadia
Sweet Adam. Don't we all love him? Don't we all want our own Adam at home we can hug to death? No character has been played into  my heart and got stuck there as much and as long as Adam has. And writing fan fiction has never been so much fun. If I had to name one scene that has stuck with me expecially, it would have to be the break-up scene from T&E. No question. Never have I agonized about something on TV as much as I did about that episode and that scene.

#5: Huff
This character James was just so different, it was both refreshing and surprising watching Chris portraying a character that you don't want to hug to death or who's not some horny comedic jerk, as much as I love those. You thought he can't pull off playing a bad guy? Oh yes, he so can!

It's so hard to put his performances into any sort of order that makes sense, because I loved him as Eli, Miles, Cody and Marc too. But I guess the five above are my very favorites.

-TeeJay

Girls, let's move this over to the JoA section. Click here to go there: Trial & Error discussion

Thanks for opening the new thread, Tina. I wanted to have a place where we can share our Top 5 Performances. We can talk about Trial&Error in the JoA Section.

Deb

To go back to something we talked about a little while ago; saying that Chris's performance in Trial & Error is all about the confession scene is kind of like saying Haley Osment's performance in The Sixth Sense is only about the "I see dead people" scene.  It just doesn't go far enough with the praise.

Oh God, so true. The airbrush scene, that's what I first thought about when you mentioned the guilt. Plus the one in the bookstore, where he goes in and almost breaks down crying in Joan's arms. That scene alone inspired me to write "'Til It's Gone".

Also, the scene in the mock trial room that precedes the break-up scene--that's so powerful. How Adam just sits there and is being verbally crushed by Joan. So heartbreaking. Make my gut wrench every time. And how Joan is standing there with the single tear running down her face. So so powerful. Man, I could sing praise about this episode for pages. No wonder it makes me want to write one fan fiction after the next.

Girls, let's move this over to the JoA section. Click here to go there: Trial & Error discussion

-TeeJay

I feel the need to say something about this.  Yes, that scene is stunning.  Absolutely stunning.  It damn-near killed me the first time I saw it.  But there's so much more to his work in that ep.  It's not just about that one scene.  When I watch it, I find myself knocked out by how we don't know what's going on with Adam for the longest time, but we know something is terribly, terribly wrong.  The guilt is on him like a crushing weight.  Witness the scene where Joan gives him the airbrush pen.  And what about the scene in the bookstore where he's trying so hard to make everything just be all right again?  And the scene with she-who-will-remain-nameless.  So sordid and painful.  God, how gut-wrenching is this whole thing?

To go back to something we talked about a little while ago; saying that Chris's performance in Trial & Error is all about the confession scene is kind of like saying Haley Osment's performance in The Sixth Sense is only about the "I see dead people" scene.  It just doesn't go far enough with the praise.

Deb