In Reply to: "I don't think we have one........." posted by afilado on December 16, 2009 at 12:20:42:
very different from great acting. Hirsch has no gravitas, no weight. Compare him to Kaas. No comparison. If they were boxers, H would be a welterweight and Kaas a heavyweight.
Disagreement, which is healthy, on "Brothers." I found it very good. It's very difficult to deal with the deepest of emotional issues, which Bier consistently does, and not degenerate into maudlin melodrama.
I'd say Sean Penn is a good American actor but, for some time, he's suffered a bit from "Pacinoitis." Gosling? One good role as that addicted public school teacher so it's a bit early to say. That, as I recall, was very good. But he seems.... boyish. That's my major gripe with young American actors (Clooney doesn't fit the argument, nor does Keener). Depp, Pitt, Hirsch, Gosling, Maguire, Gyllendall, Afflack (the younger) all look like boy-men.
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Follow Ups
- Your list, except for Cooper, is filled with personalities which I find - tinear 12:57:07 12/16/09 (21)
- LOL! I listed Hirsch because I thought.... - afilado 15:20:07 12/16/09 (20)
- You're as right about my opinion of Hirsch as you are about all the rest. - tinear 13:04:07 12/17/09 (0)
- Afilado, I said "young actors." For goodness' sake. But I am happy - tinear 08:10:12 12/17/09 (18)
- "Young actors"...... - afilado 09:26:06 12/17/09 (16)
- The Danes I mentioned are 30s NOW but they made the movies - tinear 10:42:27 12/17/09 (15)
- All these ........ - afilado 14:58:41 12/17/09 (0)
- Don't mean to be unfair....... - afilado 12:14:35 12/17/09 (13)
- Age: well, one cannot speak meaningfully of - tinear 12:55:27 12/17/09 (6)
- Wrong on so many of your own .... - afilado 14:13:30 12/17/09 (5)
- I spelled out "cutesie" by defining their elements in two American actors, - tinear 14:58:48 12/17/09 (4)
- Disappointing performance, Tin - afilado 15:30:53 12/17/09 (3)
- Afilado, I think we need to co-counsel. - tinear 16:33:51 12/17/09 (2)
- LOL! Legal or psychological? nt. - afilado 19:12:45 12/17/09 (1)
- Social. It's been "the thing" here in Eugene for ages. Usually, it's counter-culture - tinear 19:33:04 12/17/09 (0)
- RE: Don't mean to be unfair....... - sjb 12:36:20 12/17/09 (5)
- At some point, you should post a disclaimer saying you have to stand up for all these - tinear 13:00:45 12/17/09 (4)
- LOL. - sjb 16:25:26 12/17/09 (3)
- Well, don't be obtuse. If you have a problem with an Outside issue, - tinear 19:30:40 12/17/09 (2)
- Speaking of obtuse - sjb 00:27:50 12/18/09 (1)
- It's piling on with nothing to add and you linked an "Outside" post. Keep digging - tinear 07:51:30 12/18/09 (0)
- Sadly, I omitted Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, and Morgan - tinear 08:21:04 12/17/09 (0)