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Binary Logic posted:
Don't want to derail about one specific movie, but I disagree about Man of Tai Chi. I thought Reeves' affect worked in that the character seems to have become somewhat bored with the underground fighting world. It shows in his fighting style too, it feels like he's bored of it all. Each move is deliberate and powerful, but he looks pissed off to even have to exert himself.
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R. Mute posted:I think there are a lot of very talented actors who just aren't able to show us their full ability. Channing Tatum comes to mind recently. I'm sure there were people in his camp that argued against playing the kind of character he does in 21/22 Jump Street, and probably some at the studio that didn't want to cast him in it. Turns out he can be pretty drat funny when you give him a chance, but he could have gone an entire mediocre career without ever showing that(his career will probably still be mediocre but at least he's branched out a little bit).
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Jun 9, 2014 20:27
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Zesty Mordant posted:Very true. Transformation can take a lot of effort, especially in walking the line between sincere portrayal and parody, but have some of these otherwise talented actors walk into a Starbucks in a scene in these or any other movies, and they'll be standing around lifting paper cups to their lips and tilting them back, nodding while they chat, and for most of them you'll be thinking, "That cup isn't full of anything. There's nothing in it. Look how quickly and thoughtlessly they move it around. It's empty. They're holding an empty cup and trying to make us think it's not empty. But it is" I've never looked into it but I always assumed Brad Pitt started the habit he has of eating in a lot of scenes because it is something to do that is real, and it forces him into a rhythm that comes close to actual speech patterns.
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