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Post by WarrenPeace on Oct 24, 2019 8:11:52 GMT
My god he is a terrible, terrible actor. One of the worst.
I just watched him in All the Money in the World and saw just how wooden and unnatural he really is.
Acting legend Christopher Plummer just shined like a diamond while Mark was as dull as grey in their scenes together.
No emotion at all and always furrows his brow.
Anyone else feel this way about Mark Wall-Bore?
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Post by ck100 on Oct 24, 2019 8:54:18 GMT
He's good in The Departed.
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Post by jcush on Oct 24, 2019 9:04:42 GMT
I think in general he's fine. Not a great actor by any means, but not terrible either. I do think he's very good in Boogie Nights and The Departed though.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 24, 2019 9:07:00 GMT
I think he is ok.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 24, 2019 9:29:37 GMT
It's not just you.
All the Money in the World really demonstrates how poor he is. Williams and Plummer are so good but Marky Mark drags the quality down in spades.
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 24, 2019 9:37:41 GMT
That comment is a good example of misusing the 'bad acting' comment as while Mark Whalberg is nothing special in the acting dept, he's far from truly bad at acting as he's got enough of a overall presence to where he's generally passable and is fairly good, or at least good enough, in certain roles like The Departed (2006) etc. sure, he might not have much range but his general presence keeps him out of the truly bad range at the very least even though I suspect if he's placed in certain roles he will look worse than usual but as long as someone casts him in certain roles that are more in his wheel-house he won't even be close to truly bad like you claim.
so in general... when I see someone make a claim about 'bad acting' I tend to not take it too seriously since it's often not true especially when people mention someone who's fairly well known etc.
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Post by jcush on Oct 25, 2019 4:04:57 GMT
I think in general he's fine. Not a great actor by any means, but not terrible either. I do think he's very good in Boogie Nights and The Departed though. Porn actors are bad actors to begin with but shouldn't a guy playing a porn actor not act like he is still making the porn when he has his clothes on and away from the set? I don't think he does. He plays the character arc very well in Boogie Nights.
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Post by movielover on Oct 25, 2019 4:15:08 GMT
He's great in Boogie Nights and The Basketball Diaries
He's also pretty funny in I Heart Huckabees.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 25, 2019 4:33:30 GMT
He is far from a terrible actor.
He is good when he is cast well and directed well, mediocre when he is working with less talented directors or is very miscast. He tends to be very bland in action movies.
It is no coincidence that his 2 best performances are in The Departed and Boogie Nights. There are very few directors who are as good at directing actors as Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Post by ck100 on Oct 25, 2019 4:36:57 GMT
He must fall into a category of actors/actresses that can only do good work when paired with the right director and script.
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