Movies Modern actors don't know how to act, they are actors playing actors not characters

[PBAC]

I find myself being less and less impressed by modern acting. I feel like every note worthy actor isn't acting for the movie or role but they are acting to win an Oscar nomination. Just looking at the trailer for Alien Romulus everything is so stilted, clean and flat. Thinking back to the original Alien franchies it was gritty, the characters were alive with personality and displayed on screen flaws such as sweat and stress. I don't think I've seen an actual performing character since Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest.



Oscar level acting is stilted


B movie action flick from the 90s displays more character


original predator. limited dialogue all reaction shots, grttiness


prey bear fight scene where they try ti make it gritty yet somehow the character remains perfectly clean and he facial expression makes her seem mildly miffed. She's lying on the ground being hunted by a bear and she looks like she just got woken up suddenly

 

[TheChance]

B-movie?

 

[LEWIS540]

Things every generation ever has said for 10:

Things were better when I was younger.

 

[PBAC]

Things every generation ever has said for 10:

Things were better when I was younger.

Compare the reaction to the first intro to the Predator to Prey. A hardened veteran displays more fear after glimpsing the Predator than some random native American chick does seeing the fully exposed Predator body slamming a bear.

 

[LEWIS540]

Compare the reaction to the first intro to the Predator to Prey. A hardened veteran displays more fear after glimpsing the Predator than some random native American chick does seeing the fully exposed Predator body slamming a bear.

 

[milliniar]

I agree many younger actors are still over shadowed by the older "last generation" actors. But Tom Holland and Barry Keough come to mind for younger talented actors.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[Friendly Farmer]

I agree. Bad writing and terrible acting go hand in hand today. The 70s porn have much greater artistic value than today's blockbusters.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

the entire industry is pretty terrible right now, most of the work is formulaic and dumb, you don't really need great actors for the slop we're getting.

 

[Cole train]

Actors lacking charisma is words i would use

Guy playing oppenheimer can act around arnold anyday but arnold is so charismatic hes a lot more memorable and funner to watch

 

[Natural Order]

A second layer of theatre. Almost 4th wall shit. Fascinating stuff.

The advent of persona!

 

[chrisdiaz]

You show oppenheimer which by all accounts was a great movie and performances by all around then say there hasnt been good acting since the 70's. Then you call Die hard 3 a B-movie. Your opinion is lousy and you should feel shame for making this thread. Go look at DiCaprio in anything hes done the last 15 years, dude can act as good or better than almost anyone.

If you made a more grounded argument that CGI has ruined the response a real human would have, I would agree with you. There are plenty of well acted movies coming out all the time, they just arent blockbusters anymore.

 

[BB in Crazy!!!!]

Plenty of modern actors know how to act. Your nitpicking, especially with the Oscar bait movies.

But I will agree, too many movies the actors are too clean, hair and makeup too well done. Not every movie, but more than should be.

 

[PBAC]

You show oppenheimer which by all accounts was a great movie and performances by all around then say there hasnt been good acting since the 70's. Then you call Die hard 3 a B-movie. Your opinion is lousy and you should feel shame for making this thread. Go look at DiCaprio in anything hes done the last 15 years, dude can act as good or better than almost anyone.

If you made a more grounded argument that CGI has ruined the response a real human would have, I would agree with you. There are plenty of well acted movies coming out all the time, they just arent blockbusters anymoreI had a

I had a response but forgot DH2 existed

but yeah it expanded on the premise and was made for a follow-up. It was an action flick x2 made for people who just wanted to see tropes inserted into a movie.

 

[IIIIIIII]

there are good actors today, but in general i kind of do agree that the acting was better pre 2000's. i don't know why, it could be that the actors are just as good today, and that the writing has been terrible with very dumb plots. actors felt more raw back then.

 

[drblackula]

I mean it's the same with writing. They're so scared of being offensive their always defensive so everything feels forced with no reactions and the dialogue doesn't sound like anything near reality.

Actual creative freedom would let a lot of these actors actually perform the craft but we won't be getting that until some big names in their generation (and the last 2) can stand up to it.

 

[gonads20]

I kind of agree. I feel like actors now tend to over act or react to everything. Also, everyone looks perfect in every seen.

 

[Berserker13]

A lot of the good writers went into gaming

 

[Yoricks Wisdom]

Three words:

Daniel Day Lewis

 

[blaseblase]

Compare the reaction to the first intro to the Predator to Prey. A hardened veteran displays more fear after glimpsing the Predator than some random native American chick does seeing the fully exposed Predator body slamming a bear.

You pulled that one out of your ass dude. She shows way more emotion than robot Arnold.