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Hopefully, Christian will return to form


He was compelling in Terminator Salvation, but since then, terribly disappointing. Big Short was awful, American Hustle was ghastly, and Exodus was appalling.
Please see my comment at Joel Edgerton.
I hope he can recapture early brilliance and illustrate his potential.
To me, his recent performance in Hustle for instance reminds one of a would-be Pacino tryhard.
Only Pacino can be Pacino.
Christian must rediscover his true self.

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What are you talking about? He was great in all 3 of those films you mentioned. The movie itself might not have been good like Exodus but his character portrayal as Moses was one of the positives from the whole thing. And his other roles in Hustle and Big Short show he can handle different ranges too. He rarely has a bad performance and/or film (i would include terminator in this).

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>Compelling in Salvation

>Big Short awful

>Exodus appalling

Talk about nonsense...

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He got nominated for the big short and American hustle, which both were huge award contenders... he's definitely still in top form

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Christian will return to form

that, he will.

Big Short was awful, American Hustle was ghastly, and Exodus was appalling.

Agreed.

He was compelling in Terminator Salvation

Tell me this isn't a joke. It was one of his worst performances.

To me, his recent performance in Hustle for instance reminds one of a would-be Pacino tryhard.


More like De Niro but I liked his performance.


Make a move, Reindeer Games..

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