This Sounds Stupid (And Maybe It Is)
I hate it when actors have to act: for example, Catherine and I were watching an entertaining thriller called Primal Fear and the part requires Edward Norton, the alleged killer, to stutter-- some idiot wrote that in the script as part of his "character"-- and it's torture, because instead of enjoying the movie and speculating about who really did it, I'm thinking about how weird it must be for Edward Norton to have to pretend to have a speech impediment.
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You should come in one day when I write a stutter into my lesson plan.
aha! anonymous is a teacher.
or is that what he/she wants us to think?
See, when that film came out, Edward Norton wasn't very famous, so it worked. Now, looking back after a decade or more of his films, yeah, maybe it's weird. Also, the special effects of sci-fi movies in the 70's -- they suck.
so you think if i saw the movie in 1996 i might have thought that they found an actor with a stutter to play the part? it's the reason i didn't see the johnny cash movie or the ray charles movie or the recent in cold blood movie-- they were all about the acting.
Movies where the people don't act are called documentaries and not too many of those are particularly entertaining, but maybe you should rent American Movie if you don't want to watch people act.
ahhh...it all makes sense now. i also don't like movies where people have to act. i like the ones where they are acting funny or where they are being themselves...or both. i am so glad this blog has made me understand my film viewing habits. thank you dave.
I thought all actors were pretending to be other people.
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