xp i wasnt needed, it turns out
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:02 (eight months ago) link
that's a fair assessment calz, though maybe perversely I think the slight miscasting is part of why I like Cruise in Edge? he's certainly not irreplaceable in the role though
I've always liked Hunter a lot, but I confess to finding her surprisingly dull on Succession. I'd be open to hearing why anyone would prefer Jodie Foster though--has Foster ever done funny?
do we think Jesse Eisenberg is a good actor? I wouldn't say he's bad (and we're nowhere near the Bar), but I never look forward to watching him in anything
― rob, Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:05 (eight months ago) link
i thought holly hunter was ok playing a little softwr than usial in field of dreams but it turns out ofc that she didnt
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:06 (eight months ago) link
he's fine playing the on-the-spectrum sociopath in The Social Network
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:06 (eight months ago) link
xp eisenberg is amusing, deft but extremely limited, agreed nowhere near bar but i absolutely understand why "i dont want to see him in that" might be a thing
i think he has very very good awkward timing tho, which isnt a common talent
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:07 (eight months ago) link
that one about karate masculinity was good but hes maybe the worst thing in it, once youve seen his "im nasally furious" trick once its essentially played out
i like him better in straight comedy roles
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:08 (eight months ago) link
He was tolerable in Zombieland, although he benefited from a good script and a strong cast that kind of left him in the dust.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:08 (eight months ago) link
if Woody Allen movies were still a thing, we'd learn to hate Eisenberg
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:08 (eight months ago) link
yeah a faur and true statement
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:09 (eight months ago) link
Holly Hunter on many days is in fact my favourite actor. Love her in everything
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:10 (eight months ago) link
has Foster ever done funny?
good in maverick fwiw
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:11 (eight months ago) link
Holly Hunter and Robert Forster are the two actors that top my “I’d watch them in anything” list, I think
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:23 (eight months ago) link
basically anyone named to suggest an interest in trees really
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:23 (eight months ago) link
There are many actors I thought I hated until I saw something that just made them click: Nicole Kidman in To Die For, Matt Damon in Ripley. Now I love them both
Not the case with Sam Neill tho. Never seen him act well. Love watching Adjani act circles around him in Possession (tho tbf this felt like part of the film’s thesis)
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:29 (eight months ago) link
what do we think of (the late) Tom Wilkinson?
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:29 (eight months ago) link
xp Yeah, I enjoyed Event Horizon but that was despite, not because of, Neill. Same for Jurassic Park, which should have been his star turn.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:31 (eight months ago) link
not sure Possession can be used to draw any conclusions about acting chops
― emishi sun hack (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:31 (eight months ago) link
xp I loved him in The Full Monty.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:32 (eight months ago) link
I have a general fondness for Wilkinson without really remembering why, but also a general unease recalling his American accent
― rob, Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:38 (eight months ago) link
the lord help us the man is still warm lads
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:39 (eight months ago) link
sam neill is perfect as sam neill in jurassic park but hes a good deal better than that in hunt for wilderpeople
Wilkinson is amazing in Michael Clayton.
I think it would have been great if at some point in either of the Jack Reacher movies someone had quoted Road House to Cruise: "I thought you'd be bigger."
Matt Damon is really good in a whole lot of stuff — the first Bourne movie, The Good Shepherd, plenty more if I gave it some thought.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:40 (eight months ago) link
He was even good in his brief appearance in Interstellar.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:44 (eight months ago) link
I like Wilkinson, loved him in Michael Clayton but that’s exactly my favourite kind of George Clooney movie
My actor uncle has at least twice gone off over dinner about how much he loathes Michael Douglas— but a large part of that is informed by his adulation for Kirk
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:44 (eight months ago) link
id swap woodface kirk all day for michael tbh bit that could be his style mixed with how he was cast back then
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:47 (eight months ago) link
Ya. I don’t mind Michael, but I loved The War Of The Roses and Romancing The Stone as a kid
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:50 (eight months ago) link
TS: Lloyd vs. Jeff
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:51 (eight months ago) link
Michael Douglas has this tick where he sighs to get him through what he thinks is a difficult line. Annoying as hell. A bit like Julia Roberts (whom I like!) and her throat-clearing thing.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:52 (eight months ago) link
xp Jeff, but I’m the worlds biggest Fisher King stan
T/S: Amanda Plummer vs Holly Hunter
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:55 (eight months ago) link
jeff all day! i think hes been brilliant across a lot of roles for a long long time
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:57 (eight months ago) link
we might think holly hunter gnawed her way through amanda plummers alternative career tbh?
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 17:58 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, I was kind of kidding about that, just thinking about actor fathers and actor sons. I honestly can't think of a thing that Lloyd Bridges was in. Something about scuba diving?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:00 (eight months ago) link
Airplane!
― 1980 Jackanory spinoff (Matt #2), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:03 (eight months ago) link
jimbeaux picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:07 (eight months ago) link
Something about scuba diving?
Sea Hunt!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:10 (eight months ago) link
I always get Jeff Bridges and Jeff Daniels confused
James Garner and James Coburn also
Just from the names, I always have to look up which is which
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:11 (eight months ago) link
High Noon!
― The Italian Yob (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:12 (eight months ago) link
Lloyd probably spent longer playing spoofs of the hero persona than he did playing the hero
― emishi sun hack (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:17 (eight months ago) link
Back on topic, today I cannot think of a worse actor than Jared Leto. Surely he’s adjacent to Bloom County
― he’s an adventurer (derogatory) (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:22 (eight months ago) link
i always think hes unfairly criticised tbh hes a weird fellow who works pretty well as a weird fellow
thing he was in lately with denzel and remi malek he was perfect
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:30 (eight months ago) link
Again it's a surplus of ideas (in this case nearly all bad) that's the issue there
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 30 December 2023 18:50 (eight months ago) link
Leto's presence in a movie is an instant deal-breaker for me.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Saturday, 30 December 2023 19:42 (eight months ago) link
just sat through a legolas monologue
the bar is if anything undersold itt
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:11 (eight months ago) link
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― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 30 December 2023 20:36 (eight months ago) link
Acting on film isn’t really acting, there’s no such thing as bad acting, you just point the camera at someone pretty or funny-looking and that does most of the work, Robert bresson was right
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 31 December 2023 15:55 (eight months ago) link
Acting is when an Australian does an American accent
Acting is all in the eyes.
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― jmm, Sunday, 31 December 2023 16:12 (eight months ago) link
silby a stór u are rarely wrong-wrong wrong but on this occasion alas
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Sunday, 31 December 2023 19:37 (eight months ago) link
My dumb opinion is indefensible but it’s mine
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Sunday, 31 December 2023 23:00 (eight months ago) link
Surely John Wayne should be on the shortlist for this.
― Marcel, Monday, 1 January 2024 10:54 (eight months ago) link