How does this guy keep getting films?
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computerbunny — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 01:32 PM)
by MaskOfRain11 3 days ago (Sun Apr 24 2016 12:37:58)
IMDb member since November 2015
He's such a bad actor
Plays the same wooden character every time, how is he still getting work!?
Even for action films and the beep popcorn flicks he's actually working on, there's so many better people that could be cast
ARGHHH.
Maybe you will like Gerry in the British Mini series "The Jury", which I posted today on this subject of Gerry's acting.
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.
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computerbunny — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 06:24 AM)
by MaskOfRain11 42 minutes ago (Thu Apr 28 2016 05:30:24)
IMDb member since November 2015
I'll check it out. All this is just mu opinion anyways I've never thought if him as a good actor or a talented actor and I feel there's plenty of 2000people who can play the roles he does better than him
"I'll check it out. All this is just MY OPINION. ANYWAY, I've never thought OF him as a good actor or a talented actor, and I feel THERE ARE plenty of people who can play the roles he does better than him."
What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.
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SiriusGrande — 9 years ago(April 28, 2016 01:28 PM)
You're in good company here with this band of haters. Why they still log on just to hate on an actor they've lost favor with, for whatever reasons, is the biggest mystery yet.
I log on to see if anyone is talking about anything here. It's not my fault if the most active thread is one about Gerry being a bad actor. shrug
You seem to share my opinion that he's happier and more suited to mindless action flicks. So see? We agree.
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gfrid — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 02:15 PM)
I happen to disagree, he is multifaceted. He sings and I believe he acts very well. He is appealing to the eye as well. I am a huge fan of Gerard Butler and I will continue to be until the day I die. He plays every role to the highest of standards. He may not be the best actor in the world but I believe him to be very talented. Buy every has a right to their own opinion.
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Purrsnickety — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 03:31 PM)
Every episode I've watched of Starz 'Outlander' makes me eternally happy GB wasn't allowed anywhere near the project. Sam Heughan is the perfect Jamie. The producers and the entire cast and crew should be proud of that show. It's just magical. GB could possibly have played the dual role of Frank and Black Jack Randall but Tobias Menzies has the range to play both an evil and a good character. I'm not sure GB could have done the roles justice in the same amazing way.
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lllynch-1 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 04:26 PM)
Purrsnickety I couldn't agree more. Outlander is very well done.
As far as Butler goes, the timing was off for him anyway. He was too old to be cast as Jamie and too young to be Dougal. Frank is British - and nobody wants to hear Butler attempt any accent.
Once upon a very long time ago, the GB fans thought he'd make a good Jamie. I'm thinking he would have overdone it. -
Robyn51 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 09:01 PM)
I'll stick with Gerry and have patience and faith that he'll deliver excellence again, as some other unlikely actors have done, with an exceptional script (that he doesn't tamper with) and director. Look at Mathew M. Who knows? maybe The Headhunter's Calling will be it.
I did enjoy the first season of Outlander, especially Tobias as Black Jack, but I don't know, I like Sam and most of the cast, but I've just lost interest lately and moved on to other shows. I think it's the script or storyline or something just at the moment. Maybe I'll catch up later as it is a good production. Caught the final of Vikings and thought it was epic.
I do hope you're all up to date with Game of Thrones, otherwise I'm really in for it.
SPOILERS:
Who else is doing star jumps to see The Hound back? and who else is tipping he does great violence in the next episode after that massacre? Wow! the way he seized that axe with such purpose and will The Hound be the one to take on The Mountain? Don't suppose we'll see it this season though. They really need to get a wriggle on with this show IMO, how many more seasons are left? -
barberry2 — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 10:04 PM)
I'll stick with Gerry and have patience and faith that he'll deliver excellence again, as some other unlikely actors have done, with an exceptional script
(that he doesn't tamper with
) and director. Look at Mathew M. Who knows? maybe The Headhunter's Calling will be it.
The tampering part is crucial, Robyn. The script is award-winning, I believe. This may be his last chance to show some gravitas, imo. Will it be 'Dear Frankie'-ish or 'Love Story'-ish? Will he use restraint or overact? It could go either way, but this is the first film of his in years with potential. -
joe16vind — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 12:25 AM)
barberry2/robin
First time directors are a gamble. Williams could be the next Robert Redford, Ben Zeitlin or Carl Rinsch. Dubuque wrote the screenplay for Robert Downey jr's The Judge which I found boring, tedious/repetitive. RDJ and cast could not save this dysfunctional family drama. I'd heard how terrible it was, skipped a free screening as it was football season and caught up to it premiere night on cable. The Accountant starring Ben Affleck which Dubuque also wrote is slated for release later this year.
I've read of a few actors having input into their characters once shooting begins. Is it tampering? Some directors appreciate their notes/take while others are highly dismissive of such interaction. Some bring more than what was on the page and its reflected in their portrayal. Others follow the script as written. As a producer I'd think Butler would have a say. Whether he chooses to excerise it, remains to be seen.
Early press clippings remarked he was taking a break from his typical action roles for something more understated.
If Williams understands his material and Butler is willing to find it within himself to deliver a Johnny Donne/The Stranger performance, the film will be elevated above what is typically relegated to television. Love Storyish- I sure hope not. And having worked in cancer medicine throughout my first postgraduate
degree, I'll have a tendency to judge the scenes of cancer for accuracy in their depiction which will be grossly unfair.
I'd like to think Butler can do this. Come Fall, we will be able to see for ourselves.
annie
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barberry2 — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 12:47 AM)
Dubuque wrote the screenplay for Robert Downey jr's The Judge which I found boring, tedious/repetitive. RDJ and cast could not save this dysfunctional family drama
Couldn't disagree more. I thought it was very good, and any film that includes Vincent D'Onofrio is a winner.
I've read of a few actors having input into their characters once shooting begins. Is it tampering? Some directors appreciate their notes/take while others are highly dismissive of such interaction.
Butler's history with interfering is not impressive. (One example is 'Law Abiding Citizen', which was dramatically changed7ec from the original.) This is what Robyn and I are referencing. -
Robyn51 — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 02:00 AM)
Well, we know how Gerry, as producer, interfered with Frank Darabont's script for LAC, to the point where FD left the project. Gerry preferred to add the scenes which more or less ended up making the film like torture porn, just to get more of an audience reaction. I remember him kind of bragging about his contribution to LAC. I think I read also that he, again as producer, suggested some of the varied ultra violent acts in OHF and LHF.
As a producer, is Gerry now playing more to a lowest common denominator movie audience, reasoning that this will bring in more box office dollars? If so, I could be wrong, but I've got a feeling Gerry is more of business man now and, if this is not an artistic project for him and he does have input, he will be milking for the big bucks again with THC by pulling out all stops with the tears and melodrama. IMO poignancy and tears are something that Gerry does best, so it could just work and I always like crying along with Gerry, plus the kid has the adorable factor. That might be the only way this movie, with a kind of established main star with some audience appeal, a not so hot supporting cast and an unknown, first time director, could make some money. I remember Love Story, a cr*p movie with the absolute worst actress ever, that made a mozza at the box office in its day.
BTW, is RRuin still around? I'm missing her posts. -
barberry2 — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 08:09 AM)
Gerry preferred to add the scenes which more or less ended up making the film like
torture porn
, just to get more of an audience reaction. I remember him kind of bragging about his contribution to LAC. I think I read also that he, again as producer, suggested some of the varied ultra violent acts in OHF and LHF.
Perfect term for this genre, which GB now seems to relish, way too much. I've said before that I find his gleeful enthusiasm for sadism disturbing, and is the main reason I have no interest in his 'Fallen' films.
As a producer, is Gerry now playing more to a lowest common denominator movie audience, reasoning that this will bring in more box office dollars?
It seems that way. I prefer to believe this, though, rather than that he actually enjoys some of this garbage.
BTW, is RRuin still around? I'm missing her posts.
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joe16vind — 9 years ago(June 07, 2016 12:29 PM)
Robyn51'
I thought Kurt Zimmer wrote LAC? Was Darabont brought in as the script doctor which is typical Hollywood behaviour? if so, it would suggest there were problems with the script and the shooting script often differs from what is initially greenlit/cast from?
always thought torture porn was the term used to describe Saw and their ilk?
from what I can assauge from clippings- Darabont left mere weeks before production was set to begin due to typical creative differences.
Aintitcoolnews stated the relationship between Darabont and the studio ended ugly. I have an idea what that might mean. And as this was Butler's first foray into producing, -it was felt the film might not be able to move forward
having to scramble for a director, settling on F Gary Gray.- Based on the original concept= Butler was the DA at the center of a traumatized victim's vigilante plot. It shifted when Darabont was attached the vigilante becoming a criminal mastermind controlling the city from the confines of his cell.
When Foxx signed on the concept was altered once more shifting back to the vigilante storyline, with Foxx playing the vigilante hellbent for justice accomodating Foxx's wishes and then somewhere along the way once filming began, Butler and Foxx shifted roles ending in the final version of the released film.
re:Love Story- I so totally agree. It was stupid and embarassing. Cancer is generally used as the precipating event in so many films.
If The Headhunter's Calling is half as good as Brian's Song/ Dark Victory/Stolen Hours, Butler will have accomplished much.
Perhaps Butler is nothing more than a guilty pleasure. Someone you'd want to but not be with.
"You ain't got nothing. You got nothing to lose" Like aRolling Stone
- Based on the original concept= Butler was the DA at the center of a traumatized victim's vigilante plot. It shifted when Darabont was attached the vigilante becoming a criminal mastermind controlling the city from the confines of his cell.