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I'll go first. Mine is that I can't stand the Deadpool movies. They are self aware and self referential to an obnoxious degree. It's like being continually reminded that I am in a movie. I swear the success of that movie has directly lead to every blockbuster having to have a joke every 30 seconds

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[-] Labotomized@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago

Films where I don’t recognize a single actor among the whole crew are almost always better than ones where I’ve seen such and such actor in other movies. Just more immersive. And even if they’re not the best actors I’d much prefer that over whatever the hell Chris Prat or Tom Cruise or Leo D are up to.

[-] ValiantDust@feddit.de 48 points 1 year ago

I knew being faceblind must have some benefit. I often only realise I know an actor when I see their name in the credits. Then again it can take me half a movie to realise there are two men with dark hair, a beard and glasses, so I wouldn't entirety recommend it.

[-] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

en again it can take me half a movie to realise there are two men with dark hair, a beard and glasses

I’m not face blind, but this is the reason I never watched another Mission Impossible movie after the first one: Every single male in that movie looked identical to me, and I couldn’t follow any of the plot line(s?), as I never knew who was doing what to whom. I can only imagine how annoying it must be when that’s the norm.

[-] fireweed@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Regardless how you feel about "woke Hollywood injecting forced diversity into films," it's really helped the issue of telling all the good-looking white people apart.

[-] EatBeans@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

My experience watching The Departed while almost entirely sober felt like a face blindness simulator. I was baffled when one of the characters that had been killed came back and none of the other characters acknowledged it. Cool movie but so confusing.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I'm somewhat faceblind but great at voices. There's no escape. It also totally ruins a lot of animated shows and movies because a very small number of voice actors get a majority of the work.

[-] Eylrid@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

So many well known actors play themselves playing the character.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Brand/name recognition + marketing.

It's part of the blockbuster model, which does everything it can to reduce risk. Before the 70s, studios would go bust when an expensive movie flopped. Studios became very risk averse, especially for the expensive stuff. So they make a sequel to a movie that's done well, or a plot similar to that of a movie that's previously done well, based on an intellectual property that sold well in another medium(comic, book, tv-show, ...), in a genre that's previously done well with audiences, starring actors people previously liked, preferably very attractive actors so that audiences like looking at them, pushed by a saturation marketing campaign that gets as many people to watch it on the opening weekend as possible, so that if it sucks they can't tell their friends not to go and see it. It's like McDonalds. It's not the best meal you'll ever eat, but you know what you're getting, so you won't have wasted two hours or your life, or shit yourself after eating it.

Also, video killed the radio star. It's rare to be incredibly beautiful. It's rare to be incredibly talented. It's incredibly rare to be both. If you have to pick one, pick the incredibly beautiful actor, who looks good on posters and in promotional material. Acting isn't that hard. Even a pretty moron can be a passable actor.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Tom Cruise has employees rewrite movies he'll be in to make his part more, and more in his style.

He has more acting range and ability than so many other actors

[-] eightpix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is basically what I told people when I started to watch some of the most amazing international and documentary cinema in the early 00s. Ciudade de Deus, La Cité d'enfants Perdus, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, La Vita è Bella, Der Untergang, Lola Rennt, 올드 보이, Mononoke Hime, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Whale Rider. Documentaries by Adam Curtis or Errol Morris. So many people just don't know.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Especially when there are a few examples of amazing actors that you can know and still sometimes struggle to recognize them in their characters. Like Gary Oldman, and ... uh... OK well I'm not in a movie headspace, but he's not the only one!

Tons of lesser names that play great side/background characters and it's hard to tell, too, so I totally agree others need chances at lead characters.

Those are the actors I'm never tired of because their characters are almost always unique characters.

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

True to an extent, there are a few famous actors out there who are genuinely good at taking on different roles and immersing you in the character. A great example is Jim Carrey. Obviously I know Ace Ventura and Truman Burbanks are the same person, but it doesn't feel like that when you're watching them. They might share similar qualities, but they're clearly different characters.

[-] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Anthony Hopkins is a better example IMO. Or goddamn Gary Oldman...

[-] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know who Chris Pratt sold his soul to to get voice actor work, but I'm hating it and now hoping he disappears like 90% of the 2000's actors.

[-] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

If it’s an actor with a mansion then I know they didn’t spend enough on the actual movie

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