 John the OFM  | 18 Jul 2009 4:44 p.m. PST |
I wish that actors would just stop … acting.
You know what I mean. The whispering and shouting.
The leaning over and shrieking.
The things that get you A+ in Acting School.
The things that have actors "acting" in ways that ordinary people in those circumstances do not. |
| kyoteblue | 18 Jul 2009 4:55 p.m. PST |
John the OFM remember your own First Rule of Hollywood… |
| Space Monkey | 18 Jul 2009 5:03 p.m. PST |
Thespians vs. actors… I don't mind actors but thespians are very annoying. |
| raducci | 18 Jul 2009 6:53 p.m. PST |
Some of my best friends are thespians and once you get over the sensible shoes, they are OK. |
| Last Hussar | 18 Jul 2009 6:57 p.m. PST |
Have you been to Thesbos? |
| adub74 | 18 Jul 2009 8:52 p.m. PST |
Do people not whisper or shout in Pennsylvania? Must be an Amish thing. Down here in Texas, we do both. |
| britishlinescarlet2 | 19 Jul 2009 1:23 a.m. PST |
I don't mind…I just wish they would turn down the background music/effects/general noise so that I could hear what the actors are saying. Pete |
| Streitax | 19 Jul 2009 8:16 a.m. PST |
AMEN to that brother!!!! It seems the sound folks are at war with the writers and impose their own editing with background noise. |
| andygamer | 19 Jul 2009 10:21 a.m. PST |
You're out of order, John the OFM! You're out of order! Your whole freakin' post is out of order!! |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 20 Jul 2009 12:04 a.m. PST |
Not quite the same thing, but it reminds me of Sir Lawrence Olivier's supposed advice to Dustin Hoffman when he was 'immersing himself' in a character using the 'method acting' technique. 'My dear boy, why don't you try acting instead?' Sadly, i think you are right and overacting has become terribly fashionable. Pacino is possibly the #1 exponent. |
| Tom Bryant | 07 Sep 2009 10:38 p.m. PST |
I have to agree John. You sometimes wonder if these folks didn't watch one too many Star Trek episodes and get some of their training from Willaim Shatner. No…that's not right. They don't…fill their lines…with pregnant…pauses… Seriously I don't know who taught these folks that overacting sells a picture or TV show. For me it's a sure sign of schlock. I could agree about Pacino, except for the fact that he's intermittent with it. And when he doesn't overdo it he's good. |
| Azantihighlightning | 09 Sep 2009 4:47 p.m. PST |
I think much of it depends on the role, the script, the intention of the film and of course the intention of the director. Some directors have to take reponsability for many a bad performance, I know I have done. But their are many times when an actor has no one to blame but themselves. |
| John the OFM | 09 Sep 2009 8:25 p.m. PST |
Jack Bauer is particularly annoying. |
| Azantihighlightning | 11 Sep 2009 11:44 a.m. PST |
No argument from me there…. He is up there with Horatio Kane for pure cheese….. |
| JackWhite | 15 Sep 2009 12:48 p.m. PST |
I'm exactly the opposite. The shouting and whispering are dramatic, and that's what movie-making is really all about. The latest Batman would have been much ado about nothing without the drama of The Joker's character. I don't like a lot of movies today, because everybody is just too matter of fact. They have no sense of the absurd.
They don't laugh outloud or show any emotion about anything. It's all stare straight ahead with a straight line across the bottom of their faces. Boring, Boring, Boring. Even the squirrel in Over the Hedge had a little grin on his face and was humming a jaunty tune after having his morning coffee. As Sherlock Holmes told Watson: The features were given to man so that he could show his emotions, and yours (Watson's) are faithful companions. Give me more emotion, more shouting, more whispering, more laughing. More, more, more, I say. JW |
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