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03-10-2007, 02:16 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
I never understood the whole thing with actors getting credit for the roles they chose. People like Johny Depp, Christina Ricci, William H Macy - whether or not you think they are good actors, most of their reputation comes from "choosing good roles". (Christina is one that I think is actually a total air-head awful actress that has somehow gotten a lot of interesting roles which makes her seem more talented than she is). WTF how [censored] hard is it to choose good roles? Someone else wrote the movie, directed it, etc. all you have to do is have enough brains to say "um, Wild Hogs, I'm not gonna do that, oh yeah Edward Scissorhands, okay I'll take that role" (and it's the agent/manager doing that anyway!).
Basically it seems like the actors are getting a lot of the credit for the movie they're in, credit which should pretty much go to the writer/director/agent/manager. 
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03-10-2007, 02:58 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
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I never understood the whole thing with actors getting credit for the roles they chose. People like Johny Depp, Christina Ricci, William H Macy - whether or not you think they are good actors, most of their reputation comes from "choosing good roles". (Christina is one that I think is actually a total air-head awful actress that has somehow gotten a lot of interesting roles which makes her seem more talented than she is). WTF how [censored] hard is it to choose good roles? Someone else wrote the movie, directed it, etc. all you have to do is have enough brains to say "um, Wild Hogs, I'm not gonna do that, oh yeah Edward Scissorhands, okay I'll take that role" (and it's the agent/manager doing that anyway!). Basically it seems like the actors are getting a lot of the credit for the movie they're in, credit which should pretty much go to the writer/director/agent/manager. [/ QUOTE ] A good/great screenplay is going to come out lousy if you put bad actors in it. The actors that last much like the agents, CE, etc are the ones who can spot great scripts and then surround themselves with talented people. A lot of agents/managers..even for major stars...don't know what the [censored] they are doing.
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#23
03-10-2007, 04:27 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
cbloom,
It can't be that easy. I would imagine there are a ton of great screenplays that don't appear so on paper. And some that appear thus, but are not. And even if you pick a great role, if the direction is crappy, and the supporting cast blows, you are going to come off looking like a tool.
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#25
03-10-2007, 07:53 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
Per IMDB, he lost all that way on a Lemon Water and Cayenne Pepper diet in which he fasted for 10 days? wtf. Maybe I'll try that.
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#27
03-10-2007, 08:55 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
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Per IMDB, he lost all that way on a Lemon Water and Cayenne Pepper diet in which he fasted for 10 days? wtf. Maybe I'll try that. [/ QUOTE ] he reportedly gained it by among other things...microwaving two pints of hagandaz choclate icea cream and drinking it like a protein shake...twice a day.
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#28
03-10-2007, 09:20 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
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cbloom, It can't be that easy. I would imagine there are a ton of great screenplays that don't appear so on paper. And some that appear thus, but are not. And even if you pick a great role, if the direction is crappy, and the supporting cast blows, you are going to come off looking like a tool. [/ QUOTE ] a bad director or cast can ruin a truly great screenplay. a bad script will never become a truly great movie, due to "great" direction or acting. It might become watchable, but never great.
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#29
03-10-2007, 09:40 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
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I think OP might have a case of Dr Phil syndrome here: saying completely obvious things while making them sound profound. [/ QUOTE ] As opposed to the Daniel Dennett syndrome: saying profound things while making them sound completely obvious. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Daniel Dennett.
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#30
03-10-2007, 10:15 PM
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Re: Jared Leto Syndrome: credit where credit is not due
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[ QUOTE ] Per IMDB, he lost all that way on a Lemon Water and Cayenne Pepper diet in which he fasted for 10 days? wtf. Maybe I'll try that. [/ QUOTE ] he reportedly gained it by among other things...microwaving two pints of hagandaz choclate icea cream and drinking it like a protein shake...twice a day. [/ QUOTE ] A recent discussion with kyleb et al decided that melted icrecream would be the best way to set daily calorie-intake records.
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