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In Reply to: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn posted by rhizomatic on January 15, 2004 at 08:19:47:
See, I get the same feeling of sameness in all Sean Penns roles. And I see Benny the Bull heading the same way after a spectacular start to his career. Penn always takes the same sorts of explosive and bitter roles. He does the same damn thing over and over again. Generally his movies are unpleasant and not entertaining. The synopsis of 21 Grams sure doesn't make me want to see it, however good it might be. I'll prolly see the DVD eventually, but geez, movies are an escape, no?Just because Penn is good at somber/explosive does not mean he's a great actor. He can't do romantic, he can't do likable, he can't do comedy. His rep in the business is that he's an enormous prick. Prolly why he neveer won an oscar- further proof that it's just a high school popularity contest.
Fienes as a disturbed and introverted man. After playing "The Tooth Fairy" in Red Dragon, how much of a stretch is THIS role? Another case of typecasting. I'd love to see the guy take a role as an extroverted goofy guy. Never happen.
Sure, Murray has traded on his persona for decades and it has worn thin. But that is EXACTLY what this LIT character was about. He was the right guy for the job in the same way that Penn was for 21 or Mystic.
I'm always gonna lean towards a comedic role. Comedy is always much more difficult than drama. Subtle comedy like Murray's role in LIT, especially. Ditto Billy Bob in Bad Santa. It's easier to make people feel sad than happy, but to make people feel both, it's a high wire act. These roles are easy to dismiss, but finding the bridge between comedy and pathos and not falling off of it is very hard.
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Follow Ups
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - Troy 09:07:54 01/15/04 (7)
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - Victor Khomenko 11:33:56 01/15/04 (1)
- Re: Benicio del Toro, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Penn - patrickU 12:28:26 01/15/04 (0)
- Re: Penn can't do likeable, romantic, comedic? - rico 10:02:20 01/15/04 (2)
- Likeable in Sweet and Lowdown? - Troy 12:43:31 01/15/04 (0)
- Sweet and Lowdown - rhizomatic 11:10:13 01/15/04 (0)
- Yeah, but who isn't typecast, finally? - rhizomatic 09:50:38 01/15/04 (1)
- Yep, I agree - Troy 13:01:33 01/15/04 (0)
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