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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 14:45:06 GMT
Finally got around to The Old Man & the Gun this morning.   |
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Post by stephen on Apr 14, 2019 14:49:47 GMT
I don't think he's a particularly great actor, but he's been in some great movies and I don't think he's ever ruined anything by virtue of his presence in it. He's one of those guys who will do a fairly good job if you stick him in a movie -- he won't try to mug to the cameras or overwhelm anyone else. The optimal straight-man, in other words. I do wish he'd been in Barry Lyndon, though, as I think that role played to his sensibilities and it would've been a cool way to subvert expectations.
With that said, he crushed it in All Is Lost and was a lot of fun in The Old Man and the Gun, which are probably my two favorite performances of his.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 14, 2019 15:12:06 GMT
He rose to stardom in a time where there were a lot of great American actors - like 6+ in the 70s - and they were all guys who went deep into character all the time which Redford didn't ever ..........so he looked "worse".
He's a classic leading man who gets slapped around for his acting because of that and also, imo, because there was a gorgeous, better version of him as an actor - Warren Beatty. People may scoff at that but I consider him the most underrated American leading man ever and it's 4 nominations vs. 1 and that's actually right this time too - you couldn't picture Redford giving any of Beatty's 4 nodded roles or at least I couldn't...........then it gets even more complicated because the best Redford performance is not a typical one imo - it's Three Days Of The Condor which is sort of fascinating classic 70s character role and even though it was a successful picture he didn't pursue it that side of his talent/career.
In some ways he got better as an actor though as his star dimmed - All Is Lost I think really works and his effortless charm seemed well earned in some of those later roles and not you know, a by-product of his looks like it did when he was younger.
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Post by Viced on Apr 14, 2019 15:37:25 GMT
Who doesn't like Robert Redford?
He's too vanilla for me to consider him a favorite, but it's hard not to like him (as an actor, director, Sundance man... etc.).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 15:46:33 GMT
pacinoyes - Did you like him in The Candidate? I think that's my favorite of his performances.
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Post by stabcaesar on Apr 14, 2019 15:53:22 GMT
I like him fine. He was hot when he was young and he never knocked women up left and right like Eastwood did.
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 14, 2019 17:32:10 GMT
I do like him in The Candidate and that's one of a series of roles that he and Beatty could have easily swapped - along with Parallax View, 3 Days Of The Condor, Dollars/Hot Rock, Heaven Can Wait, All The President's Men - I think people forget how similar they were. They both directed, were male sex symbols, had a huge interest in politics etc.
The Candidate was directed by Michael Ritchie who is considered a journeyman director (never mentioned on here) but in that period had a keen eye for satire too - The Candidate is top drawer and timely even now political stuff and in his next movie he made a film about male middle aged despair and dread disguised it as a little kids film (The Bad News Bears) - he was quite a subversive director for that mid-70s peak-period of his.
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 14, 2019 20:05:13 GMT
Really fine actor and a better director.
The guy is the Sundance man, so big respect from me.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Apr 14, 2019 23:03:41 GMT
I do like him in The Candidate and that's one of a series of roles that he and Beatty could have easily swapped - along with Parallax View, 3 Days Of The Condor, Dollars/Hot Rock, Heaven Can Wait, All The President's Men - I think people forget how similar they were. They both directed, were male sex symbols, had a huge interest in politics etc. The Candidate was directed by Michael Ritchie who is considered a journeyman director (never mentioned on here) but in that period had a keen eye for satire too - The Candidate is top drawer and timely even now political stuff and in his next movie he made a film about male middle aged despair and dread disguised it as a little kids film (The Bad News Bears) - he was quite a subversive director for that mid-70s peak-period of his. Two big things: 1- Both Redford and Peter Boyle (especially Peter Boyle!) should have been nodded for The Candidate. 2- I FUCKING LOVE Heaven Can Wait! |
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Post by TerryMontana on Apr 15, 2019 16:05:55 GMT
I FUCKING LOVE Heaven Can Wait! +1 |
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Post by jakesully on Apr 15, 2019 20:14:29 GMT
what a question! he never played a bad guy in film, how can anyone dislike him!!! He was a bad guy in Captain America: The Winter Soldier . I dig Redford . He's been in a lot of good to great stuff over the years. Still need to see The Old Man and the Gun though. |
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Post by stabcaesar on Apr 16, 2019 3:46:58 GMT
what a question! he never played a bad guy in film, how can anyone dislike him!!! He was a bad guy in Captain America: The Winter Soldier . Well technically he did play a bank robber in The Old Man & the Gun. |
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Post by jakesully on Apr 16, 2019 7:10:32 GMT
He was a bad guy in Captain America: The Winter Soldier . Well technically he did play a bank robber in The Old Man & the Gun. Ha very true |
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Post by pupdurcs on Apr 16, 2019 7:43:11 GMT
Being a bank robber doesn't neccesarily make you a bad guy in movies. A lot of thieves or robbers are portrayed as charming or heroic rogues in films. He was already a bank robber in Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid, and he and Newman and the heroes of the film.
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Post by jakesully on Apr 16, 2019 14:48:41 GMT
He was a bad guy in Captain America: The Winter Soldier . I dig Redford . He's been in a lot of good to great stuff over the years. Still need to see The Old Man and the Gun though. i haven't seen that shyt, but mostly he never played that character in his golden years he probably did it for money... Fair enough but as far as comic book movies go , The Winter Soldier was top tier Marvel imo . It played out more like an action/political thriller than just your typical run of the mill MCU movie. Redford was a boss in it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 18:27:21 GMT
He's the only thing I remember from The Winter Soldier, has directed Quiz Show and is Sundance Kid. Yes I like him.
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Post by MsMovieStar on Apr 16, 2019 18:55:23 GMT
Oh honey, I do! I love him so much I would marry him!
According to my database his net worth is around $170 million, and he's 82 years old. His desirability score is a 92% match!
Let me when he slips into senility and wants to divorce his 62yr old wife and marry someone hot who could be his great, great grand daughter... I'm even willing to change my name to Gilda Von Günther.
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Post by countjohn on Apr 17, 2019 1:34:08 GMT
He is an okay actor, a good director, and an important "tastemaker" or whatever you want to call it thanks to the Sundance stuff.
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