jude law was born to play the role of lenny belardo aka the young pope.
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
Lol I saw him in the Whitney once
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
I've been neck-deep in Depression-era film over the past half a year or so and am struggling to think of anyone from that era who has been unjustly feted, as I've been pleasantly surprised that the big names have really lived up to their rep. W.C. Fields is maybe kinda terrible? I don't know if he really qualifies though because he's just a walking vaudeville act.
Not Depression-era, but I saw "Double Indemnity" recently and there's some terrible acting in that - not by the three leads I hasten to add.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
is there a "what makes acting good or bad iyo?" thread? I often find these discussions a little bewildering in terms of shared assumptions / frames of analysis
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
Can we nominate for particular subcategories of acting? There were a few scenes in that recent Kidman/Grant HBO thing (which was terrible) wherein Hugh Grant (who I'd say generally is okay and not terrible) was crying and it was maybe the worst and most embarrassing cry acting I've ever seen, really a spectacle. It was worse cry acting than I could have done. So I nominate him for worst cry actor on that basis.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Natalie Portman. Like how is it possible to be the worst actor next to a newbie Chris Hemsworth in an MCU movie? And in everything else?
worst cry acting is Claire Danes, no contest
― Roz, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
xp^that level of specificity makes more sense to me, since the exact failure to convince can be pinpointed
anyway sorry to be chin-stroking on the worst actor thread
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
there are no bad actors, there's just poor casting, bad writing and bad direction
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
Yes please break things down for those of us who are merely spectating the thread, permanently unable to develop insights into visual media in any way
Also gyac that username is incredible
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
― Roz, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:10 (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is a really odd thing 2 say
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
― rob, Tuesday, February 2, 2021 11:08 AM (thirty seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
This has always been a little confounding to me, too. I'm often like 'wait, he/she is supposed to be good? and he/she is supposed to be bad?'. The clearest criteria I can think of for good acting is if you see enough of a particular actor being just a regular everyday human (or as close as actors ever get to that state) and then see that actor portraying a convincingly different person in a given project. Or just like Isabelle Adjani in Possession where I'm like 'you are channeling something from another world rn, holy shit'.
Bad acting is like 'I don't enjoy watching you, please get off my screen'.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
no there are definitely bad actors, jude law for instance
acting is v interesting and the criteria for being good are contextual
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
jude law doesn't qualify for me. his attempt at a long island accent in vox lux is too entertaining
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:14 (three years ago) link
as with most things, driving etc.
xpost sorry old tumblr meme https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/09/claire-danes-homeland-cry-face
― Roz, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Natalie Portman is a very good nomination for this thread. She generally reaches 'third-best actor in a high school production of Our Town' levels of acting performance.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Jude Law is hot
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
I think if Uncut Gems has taught me anything it's that acting is literally easy and anyone can do it if they're directed to just say lines and be themselves
(on film anyway, on stage you have to actually act)
jude law is good sometimes, usually in bad or forgettable movies though
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:17 (three years ago) link
ive been in a couple movies and can confirm acting is easy
I think the worst actor is Tom Hanks
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
yeah I was going to mention that seeing films with "untrained" actors brings me close to Simon's "no bad acting" take
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
I also think no actor has "range" in any meaningful way
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
"The Terminal" fuck off
"Forrest Gump" a war crime
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
All shapes and sizes of Jake Gyllenhaal leave me cold.
― The Man, DeLorean (onimo), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
acting is easy otm i still think i should've gone into it if it didn't require knowing other actors
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
I watched Catch Me If You Can for the first time ever last weekend and, holy shit, Hanks has one of the worst film accents I've ever heard.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Sorry guys got a work call
Rob, pls pls contribute its a thread of opinions obv
Plax ugh no terrible opinion no more out of u ugh
Portman is an *excellent* nomination, yes
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
lol ok I'll try to think of an actor I truly dislike
― rob, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
"The Ladykillers" (2004) are you kidding me
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
The key thing to remember here is that the rules which i made up are the rules, but ~also~ that they are made up
Imagine asking natalie portman to hold those thoughts in her v pretty head?
Thats ACTING BABY
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
I like how it's ambiguous here whether the problem is that actors are not accessible to you or that you really just don't want to have to associate with them (or both)
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
I thought I might get some good ideas from this list and the actors featured made me laugh for like a full thirty seconds: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors
Spoiler: Stan Lee is #1.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
Now im actually not ilxing this evening, pls pls pls nominate only correct take from now on in this perfect thread
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Tom Hanks is a toughie inasmuch as he's been pretty good in about half the stuff he's been in and like grotesquely terrible in a lot of other stuff he's been in.
― Vladislav Bibidonurtmi (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
the only actor off the top of my head who has never ever worked for me in anything I've seen is paz de la heurta, and I can absolutely imagine her being great in the right role
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
i will never be quiet
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
yes tom hanks is truly terrible and should be killed immediately jude law is not and never will be 'hot'
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Mods
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
these are both empirically demonstrable
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Tuesday, February 2, 2021 10:22 AM (thirty-nine seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol however if you know i live in nyc... you know which one it is
once worked with a guy who acted on the side. friendly exterior, totally empty sociopath within
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
oh yeah actors are weird and have bad personal style in my experience
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
actors also somehow more self-involved over their meager achievements than poets even, heads so far up their asses that they're like mobius strips of malignant narcissism, incredible
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
sorry to any actors on ilx i am sure you are the exception that proves the rule
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
jude law is fucking hot, silby otm
"mobius strips of malignant narcissism" brad marry me
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
as the third best actor in a recent production of our town i would like to extend critical support to natalie portman
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
I haven't seen him in a while but I know a guy who's an actor and, at various times, has been a main character in a couple of long running UK TV shows and he's a pretty down-to-earth bloke, not in the least precious.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 February 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link