Movie review thread...
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Big Mark Wahlberg fan.
For those saying he doesn't have range
Ted, The Fighter, The Departed, Boogie Nights
Tell 'em they're dreaming.
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@jegga said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I heard something similar on a podcast about George Clooney. Basically he doesn’t have much of a range so he just picks roles within what he can do . The studios know that and fans will come to see him be a variation of basically what he usually plays.
A lot of big name actors are like that and for some reason because they're associated with successful movies, they're seen as bankable stars. So they keep getting gigs.
Philip Seymour Hoffman could act. As in genuinely different characters. Same with Gary Oldman (until he no longer cared and started ringing it in). Obviously DDL. Robin Williams could, etc.
Perhaps there are others who could but were typecast. But it's hard to watch a modern movie with Pacino or De Niro these days without wondering if you haven't seen this movie before.
I used to think Tom Cruise couldn't act, and then I saw Collateral.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I used to think Tom Cruise couldn't act, and then I saw Collateral.
I wonder if he did Scientology auditor Tom Cruise in that movie?
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
I thought Whalberg showed he had the range to do comedy when he said that he would've stopped 9/11 if he'd been on the planes.
Wouldn't have had to be on ALL the planes? Now that's range.
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Philip Seymour Hoffman could act. As in genuinely different characters.
Not for me, he was always just Philip Seymour Hoffman in every role he played (to me). The love for him as an actor always bemuses me, DDL I can understand because I think he was a truly great actor pre Gangs.
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@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Philip Seymour Hoffman could act. As in genuinely different characters.
Not for me, he was always just Philip Seymour Hoffman in every role he played (to me). The love for him as an actor always bemuses me, DDL I can understand because I think he was a truly great actor pre Gangs.
Really? Boogie Nights, Capote, Charlie Wilsons War for example.
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@antipodean no love for Tropic Thunder?
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@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean no love for Tropic Thunder?
Great movie. I'm still embarrassed to admit I didn't even identify Cruise until well into the flick
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean no love for Tropic Thunder?
Great movie. I'm still embarrassed to admit I didn't even identify Cruise until well into the flick
Tom's Les Grossman turn stole the show. Robert Downey Junior was brilliant too.
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Bones said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean no love for Tropic Thunder?
Great movie. I'm still embarrassed to admit I didn't even identify Cruise until well into the flick
Think it took me a while of thinking "man that guy's familiar". Then...
Ohhhh....I know who that is.
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@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
He must have had a great time making this film, a total unexpected departure from anything he'd ever done
When he was asked by Stiller to do the film he said yes as long as he could be bald, have fat hands and dance.
Brilliant.
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@Kirwan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@canefan said in Re: Movie review thread...:
He must have had a great time making this film, a total unexpected departure from anything he'd ever done
When he was asked by Stiller to do the film he said yes as long as he could be bald, have fat hands and dance.
Brilliant.
If I recall he had a reputation as a bit of a weirdo at that time, after jumping on Oprah's couch and a bunch of other stuff. Sort of made people seem him in a good light again
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@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@antipodean said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Philip Seymour Hoffman could act. As in genuinely different characters.
Not for me, he was always just Philip Seymour Hoffman in every role he played (to me). The love for him as an actor always bemuses me, DDL I can understand because I think he was a truly great actor pre Gangs.
Really? Boogie Nights, Capote, Charlie Wilsons War for example.
Examples of Philip Seymour Hoffman being in movies - yes.
Still just seems like PSH to me.I guess some acting techniques resonate with people and others don't, his doesn't with me. It doesn't mean I don't like his movies or his presence in them ruins them for me, I just don't think he's immersive like others do.
