thegreekdog wrote:I've given you my three favorite actors. What more do you want? I will not acknowledge that acting in and of itself is something to cherish and celebrate. As far as I'm concerned, filmmakers put whomever is most attractive in a movie and if that movie does well, that attractive person stars in additional movies. When that attractive person becomes less attractive, he or she stars in additional movies pending their relative popularity (see, e.g. Robert Deniro or Al Pacino).
I would rather have a great script and some random people off the street as actors than a shitty script and great actors.
My "shooting questions in all directions" is not meant to obfuscate my position; rather, it's meant to convince you that acting is not something to be celebrated. Acting is merely a means to tell a story in a different medium than the written word.
I can think of a lot of other ways to say the same thing, but I'm concerned you will accuse me of jumping around too much and not address anything I've typed.
But let's take your Sam Worthington example. What movies was Sam Worthington in? Avatar. It was a blockbuster celebrated for what exactly? Acting? No. Visual effects? Yes. Writing? Yes.
What movies was Sam Worthington in after Avatar? Was it Catch Me if You Can or Gangs of New York or The Departed? Because those were DiCaprio's movies after Titanic (with some shitty exceptions). And those were great marxing movies. And not because of DiCaprio... because of the story and the writing.
Let's try another tactic (at the risk of you accusing me of channging the subject) - name five movies that are poorly written but well acted.
The Postman - Crappy movie but Kevin Costner does a good performance.
The two Lara Croft movies - Films made of games rarely have good scripts. And these are awful! All compensated by Angelina Jolies acting.
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal skull - Piss poor script! Aliens with crystal skulls who if you look into them will make you manic. Harrison Ford was the sole reason it wasn't a complete failure.
The two Johnny English movies - Again poor scripts but Rowan Atkinson does what he does best and saves the movies.
I don't know what you were trying to get at with making me name these. That there are
no good acting performances without a good script? That's ridicolous!
What more do I want? I want you to admit you have no good reason to dislike Leonardo di Caprio based on acting skill! You may not like his style and that's fine but don't try to justify your dislike of him with that he's not talented. Because anyone with the least bit of movie know how can clearly see that he has.
Do you have anything against actors because most of them are good looking? Is that what it is? Jealousy?
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:50 am