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O.k., it's just my opinion. I don't see Ben as a bad man (like Charlie Princess). For me he is a predator. A man, who is fully conscious of his superior strength and intelligence. Like an elegant Jaguar. The others are a pack of hyenas. It's not the perfect appearance, it's his aura/charisma. You will laugh (or not), but I have the same feeling at Ed Hoffman. His voice is pure predator. Hear it with headphones and you know what I mean. Like you, becks, I don't like bad or dangerous men, but I confess, that I love predators

Sorry, can't resist. I think, you're right. Ben is definitely a amoral man, but at the same time he is also a very moral person. I stand by my comparison with the predator. He doesn't care, what happens with him. Maybe I can say, he reacts instinctively. He kills men, because it's in this moment "necessary". Not because it means something to him. Ben isn't a member of the community. He is a uninvolved observer of human emotions. I think too, that Ben feels no guilt and certainly no fear. He is the son of parents, who were probably not very "popular" in the town. He will have learned to fight very early. Abandoned with 8 by his mother like an annoying piece of furniture. Then presumably been in a children's home in a country, where only the right of the strongest counts. An eye for an eye. Living in a town of that time - without any kind of law or security. It seems as he has seen a lot of from people caused pain. The massacre of Indians. Civil War. Ben is doing everything that nobody can see behind his facade. I think, he is deeply lonely. Much more intelligent than anyone else. An artist. Disgusted by the cowardly and self-righteous immoral behavior of others and always concerned, that no woman will ever get again emotionally too close. And yet almost childlike envious of Dan and his struggle for the love and respect of his son. I know it's silly, but Ben touched me. I find him much more trustworthy / honest than the rest.
Russell has done a fantastic job with this role. I think, he has never looked better or was more charming, but what me always knocks down, are the fine nuances in his voice and his eyes. Chapeau.

I love Robin Hood too, but his performance here is another league. Sorry Robin.

When I do the screencaps, I see the movie scene by scene and hear it with headphones. This is much more intense, than to see it only once in the cinema. I can hear, when Ben is lying. Still my favorite scene, when he asks Green Eyes and she says no. His look says more than thousand words. Heartbreaking. What other actor is soooo good?

And to any award. Are you really interested to see him in the same league as George Clooney or Brad Pitt? Sorry, I think, he is light years better. Since Cinderella Man counts for me only my own goose bump factor.