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boringest actor ever?

posted 4 years ago by filmgeek99 (657)
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Okay, I'll admit I've never actually sat down and watched The Killing, but from all the films I've seen this guy in, I can honestly say he's the boringest actor I've ever seen.

He's got this overly serious, wannabe tough guy, one-note performance streak in him always. It's like he thinks not smiling and whispering all your lines equals intensity somehow. The only role I can see him play convincingly off the top of my head, is as a beer chugging, football watching, stay-at-home wife beater. That'd be his one way ticket to winning an Oscar if there ever was one.

Does anyone actually like this guy?

[–] Esterhowse (468) 4 years ago

Check out the Killing. He is great in that show.

What movies did you see him in? The Altered Carbon shit show or the Suicide Squad shit?

[–] exithereplease (3553) 4 years ago

I have no idea who he is.

[–] SickSpazmoid (845) 4 years ago

He never changes his voice, demeanor or expression. Never shows emotion. When he delivers his lines, he is often looking at the floor.

And because of all this I say that he is a cool weirdo and I actually may watch The Suicide Squad reboot to see the perfect duo in action, that is Kinnaman and Cena. They should be casting them together in more movies.

[–] Keelai (34973) a month ago

He's really good in For All Mankind.

[–] Tam87 (1259) a month ago

He's no different to all the other mediocre actors around right now.

The only actors worth watching today are those that were established in the 70s, 80s & 90s. There's a real dearth of talent since then, which is going to catch up big time when that class all retire and we're left with all these dull actors.

[–] filmgeek99 (657) a month ago

I think there's still plenty of great actors out there just waiting for their big break, the real problem is the quality of scripts they're given these days. Had if the 70's and 80's were as creatively bankrupt as Hollywood is today, I doubt folks like Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford would've gone very far.

[–] Tam87 (1259) a month ago

the real problem is the quality of scripts they're given these days

I think the same thing that applies to the actors also applies to writers and directors as well. If I'm watching a good film nowadays, I know that the people behind the camera who made it started out sometime in the 70s-90s.

Now that there's been an active push in recent years to remove writers and directors because they're white men, you will pretty much see a dark age in film.

I doubt folks like Clint Eastwood and Harrison Ford would've gone very far.

Good films are predicated on four main factors - good storyline, good leading actors, good director, good script. They don't work if you remove one of them, they're all linked.