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Post by Archie on Mar 8, 2019 19:22:13 GMT
Choose your poison.
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Post by DeepArcher on Mar 8, 2019 19:30:33 GMT
I've never truly understood why these two performances are so unpopular. I mean, I definitely think Ruffalo is on the weaker end of his ensemble, and his big shouty outburst scene is incredibly forced, but I don't think there's anything bad about his work in general. Bale, I honestly think is great. Maybe not the MVP of his film, that'd probably be Gosling, but Bale finds a rare comedic edge for himself that is insanely effective. He wouldn't make my personal line-up or anything, especially in such a strong year for the Supporting Actor category, but I do think that nomination was a well-warranted one for him.
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Post by stephen on Mar 8, 2019 20:15:12 GMT
"Poison" is right, as both are the utter nadirs of their respective ensembles.
If I had to pick one I prefer, it's definitely Bale, though. My biggest issue with him is that his character is largely superfluous and represents the worst of McKay's excesses. Even though he gets the ball more or less rolling, Burry serves no real purpose narratively-speaking after that, and every time the film cuts back to him, it loses crucial momentum. He needed to be folded into Gosling's character, as both serve more or less the same general purpose (and Gosling is miles better). As for the performance, it's distractingly self-aware.
Ruffalo was Simple Jack-level stuff. I honestly think we might've been sold a phony bill of goods on this guy going all the way back to the early 2000s.
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Post by akittystang on Mar 8, 2019 20:21:28 GMT
Bale.
Ruffalo was embarrassing.
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Post by Sharbs on Mar 8, 2019 20:27:11 GMT
Bale was good
Ruffalo was atrocious. He's had one good performance this decade and everything else hasn't even been serviceable and Spotlight takes the crown of his bad work rcently
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Mar 8, 2019 20:44:08 GMT
I always thought Bale was the most entertaining (i.e. least obnoxious) aspect of Big Short, so I'll take his brand of poison any day.
I could stomach Ruffalo on my first viewing but it is one of those performances that becomes increasingly difficult not to dislike the more you see it. I can ignore his affectations for the most part but his big emotional outbursts are pretty stomach-churning and in an ensemble of otherwise naturalistic performances he sticks out like a whore in church. Still, he's the only weak spot in an otherwise phenomenal cast and the only thing about an elegantly straightforward procedural social justice drama that feels in any way "affected." Spotlight is still my favorite film of 2015 and I'll stand by that until my dying day.
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Post by Zeb31 on Mar 8, 2019 20:45:17 GMT
To quote the great Cheesecake, this is like Sophie's Choice with two kids I don't want.
In all seriousness, though, Bale was just there. He serves little purpose in the story and his scenes are generally the weakest in the film, but he's not egregiously bad. Ruffalo's is legitimately one of the worst performances I've ever seen, nominated or not.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 9, 2019 2:49:23 GMT
To quote the great Cheesecake, this is like Sophie's Choice with two kids I don't want.  |
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 9, 2019 2:50:12 GMT
Bale, I suppose. He left no impression but Ruffalo is wretched.
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Post by jimmalone on Mar 10, 2019 15:05:58 GMT
Ruffalo was pretty bad in two scenes, but also good for most of the movie. So I'll take him.
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