We're finally down to it; the sixteen best performances of the '00s. Only five double-digit seedings remain -- though two #1 and two #2 seeds have gone down too. Only one man still has two performances left, the illustrious Robert Downey Jr. with Iron Man and Tropic Thunder performances still on the board. Should we call it the decade of Downey Jr.? Only one film has two actors left, none other than The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Only six lower-rated seeds slipped through last round with the biggest upset occurring when #25 Mickey Rourke's Wrestler topped #1 Russell Crowe in Gladiator. Crowe is now out of the competition as his Beautiful Mind performance fizzled out in the third round as well. Another third round victim? Daniel Day-Lewis, who couldn't sneak into the Sweet 16 with Gangs of New York or There Will Be Blood.
Many interesting pairings in the fourth round, including Batman vs. Iron Man... and the winner might have to face off against Gandalf. Yikes. Not many easy calls left, vote early and often, voting ends on Monday, September 7 at midnight PST.
Third Round Defeated #8 Ken Watanabe, The Last Samurai 87 percent - 13 percent Second Round Defeated #16 Paul Newman, Road to Perdition 80 percent - 20 percent First Round Defeated #32 Peter O'Toole, Venus 98 percent - 2 percent
Third Round Defeated #6 Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator 68 percent - 32 percent Second Round Defeated #3 Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine 58 percent - 42 percent First Round Defeated #19 Michael Sheen, The Queen 82 percent - 18 percent
Third Round Defeated #1 Russell Crowe, Gladiator 68 percent - 32 percent Second Round Defeated #9 Mark Wahlberg, The Departed 53 percent - 47 percent First Round Defeated #8 James Caviezel, The Passion of the Christ 53 percent - 47 percent
#5Elijah Wood, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Third Round Defeated #13 Jamie Foxx, Collateral 80 percent - 20 percent Second Round Defeated #12 Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby 56 percent - 44 percent First Round Defeated #28 Michael Caine, The Quiet American 67 percent - 33 percent
#6Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Third Round Defeated #3 Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood 58 percent - 42 percent Second Round Defeated #22 Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 84 percent - 16 percent First Round Defeated #27 Nicolas Cage, Adaptation 85 percent - 15 percent
Third Round Defeated #10 Russell Crowe, A Beautiful Mind 65 percent - 35 percent Second Round Defeated #18 Bill Murray, Lost in Translation 58 percent - 42 percent First Round Defeated #31 Alec Baldwin, The Cooler 75 percent - 25 percent
Third Round Defeated #8 Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 55 percent - 45 percent Second Round Defeated #1 Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby 52 percent - 48 percent First Round Defeated #17 Michael Cera, Superbad 78 percent - 22 percent
#5Ian McKellen, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Third Round Defeated #13 Matt Damon, The Bourne Identity 74 percent - 26 percent Second Round Defeated #12 Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers 81 percent - 19 percent First Round Defeated #28 Djimon Hounsou, In America 83 percent - 17 percent
Third Round Defeated #3 Jamie Foxx, Ray 67 percent - 33 percent Second Round Defeated #11 Denzel Washington, American Gangster 62 percent - 38 percent First Round Defeated #27 James McAvoy, The Last King of Scotland 73 percent - 27 percent
Third Round Defeated #15 Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York 55 percent - 45 percent Second Round Defeated #10 Leonardo DiCaprio, Catch Me if You Can 74 percent - 26 percent First Round Defeated #26 Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt 75 percent - 25 percent
Third Round Defeated #28 Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah 77 percent - 23 percent Second Round Defeated #4 Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 61 percent - 39 percent First Round Defeated #20 Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls 58 percent - 42 percent
Third Round Defeated #14 Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line 55 percent - 45 percent Second Round Defeated #11 Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino 54 percent - 46 percent First Round Defeated #27 Colin Farrell, In Bruges 68 percent - 32 percent
Third Round Defeated #2 Adrien Brody, The Pianist 53 percent - 47 percent Second Round Defeated #26 Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda 51 percent - 49 percent First Round Defeated #10 Tom Cruise, War of the Worlds 71 percent - 29 percent
Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Daughters of the Dust." A film that portrays the unique culture of the Gullah people by focusing on the extended Peazant family as its members struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Winner of Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.
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