Anyone else not like his acting style?

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he is from England i see how you get the "Shakespeare " mannerism idea.
You said it though he is not a method actor yet you compare him to one, also it all depends on perception, for example i thought he was great in "shindlers list" he played a violent Nazi,where as Brando could never play a Nazi and be taken serious, same for Deniro etc.

well, when I meant by method acting was completely turning into the character to the point of an unrecognizable facade. Ralphs acting seems to be static to that one particular 'style'.

Daniel Day Lewis is an example of a method actor who completely changes his mannerisms, vocals, body posture, way of speaking, etc. for his roles. yet despite also being a Theater veteran of sorts, this theatrical style doesn't resonate on film. he can simply adapt to the role without relying on his theatrical background.

with RF, he gives off this Shakespearean air to all his roles. Even in Schindler's List, I kept saying to myself this guy must've been good in Theater before hitting the big screen. little did I know at the time that I was right.

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well, when I meant by method acting was completely turning into the character to the point of an unrecognizable facade

if you are referring to Deniro or Brando, i always see them in every movie,most do thats why they are so popular, Daniel Day Lewis stands alone! - can we really call that method acting lol he goes to extremes, as does Christian Bale.
i see what you are saying RF does scream theater actor! so does his brother,i believe he was in Shakespeare in love.

Yes, both Ralph and Joseph have obviously cultivated all the virtues of "classical" acting. While I think there's much to be said for the opposite style -- i.e. "Method" -- I personally prefer classical and feel that if an actor takes the classical approach he or she can be even more versatile with regard to repertoire. I mean, who would you rather see in an movie set during Elizabethan times -- Robert De Niro or one of the Fiennes brothers? Ralph and Joseph are also convincing in modern dress roles -- yet I have a hard time imagining Dustin Hoffman being persuasive in, say, a powdered wig.

My point is that not all movies are set in the Elizabethan times. Not all of his roles need that theatrical style. Daniel Day Lewis is someone who's adept at both theater AND losing himself to the character without that formal, static Theatrical manner. I think Method acting works best for film moreso than 'Classical'. Theatricality should not be synonymous with versatility or realism. It works great for epic Fantasy and Anglo-Historical films...but anything else and it stands out quite oddly.

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Neither Fiennes or Brando are Method actors. Hardly anyone is. Maybe Sean Penn or Micky Rourke but that's it in this day and age.

Watching In Bruge, I would 100% say he is natural. He's truthful and speaks with clarity. He's not a mumbler which Brando is usually credited with making so popular in film. which I fall somewhere on the fence about.

Pentrazemine: Honestly, I don't know what you mean by "that formal, static Theatrical manner." I don't have any trouble "believing" Ralph Fiennes in relatively modern-dress roles like Michael Berg in THE READER or Charles Van Doren in QUIZ SHOW, nor Joseph Fiennes in SPRING-1941. Your post seems to suggest that they and other British actors are stilted or melodramatic -- and I just don't see it. You also make it sound as though theatre acting is somehow opposed to "losing" onself "to [in?] the character," which I don't think is true either. In short, I simply don't agree that Ralph's, Joseph's, or any other current British actor's style "stands out quite oddly" in modern dress roles. I guess I'm just not seeing what you're seeing.