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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 14, 2021 19:02:31 GMT
Joseph Gordon Levitt is interesting, because he was always someone I was never quite sure if he was just a solid actor or if he was potentially a generational talent. I think time has shown he's closer to the former than the latter, but there was a freewheeling intensity to his work for a period where you wondered if he had the potential to be a truly major film talent along the lines of his 10 Things I Hate About You co-star, Heath Ledger.
I was impressed by him in things like Looper, where he was doing things to mimic the mannerisms of a younger Bruce Willis, and it made me wonder if he had that transformative talent like Ledger, but it never really materialised. To me Levitt was a solid young actor, who unfortunately probably got caught up too much in being overly mannered as a performer (not that there's anything wrong with that per-say), trying to do accents and voices, that were a turnoff for many moviegoers. The public never really caught on to him, and he's sort of disappeared in mainstream projects altogether, outside of small cameos in Rian Johnson movies, and supporting roles. Ultimately, I think he was just one of the actors who got pushed too far, too soon, and it resulted in a lot of underperforming / outright flops in a row, which is a shame, as I do quite like him. His recent film 7500 in fact, was probably the kind of role / performance, I think he should have been doing more of from the start, instead of jumping right headfirst into mindreading biopics.
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 15, 2021 2:24:27 GMT
Jessica Chastain. Not only is she in a ton of shit films lately, her wokeness is embarrassing.
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Post by Barbie on Jun 20, 2021 1:12:40 GMT
Are there any actors you used to like, love, or even admire and now you just don't, or you even hate now?? Go. I'll start: I liked Samuel L. Jackson as an actor. I used to think he had a cool personality and talent, now as I am older, seeing some of his interviews and his attitude, I see him as an incredibly arrogant and deeply insecure person who thinks to be a way better and more versatile actor than he actually is. Also a huge hypocrite, he once said how winning Oscars is not important to him and he doesn't care about campaigning, and then as soon as he had an opportunity, he was shamelessly campaigning everywhere for The Hateful Eight. So that's my pick. I also found his comments about black American actors vs. black British actors to be incredibly ignorant and dismissive of the racism black Brits face. It's like he thinks only black people in America are oppressed
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