Terrible as the spirit
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Allyssenn — 16 years ago(April 17, 2009 08:52 PM)
By NO means is Macht a bad actor. He's a really GOOD actor. He had little direction in "The Spirit" and Miller made some really bad choices as far as tone, pacing and script were concerned. (I'm not going to get all over the dialogue, it's "gonzo Noir" and is supposed to be throw-back to movies like "White Heat" and the old classics. Of course a largely uneducated modern audience is going to think it's "cheesy;" they don't understand it and they've never been exposed to classic film, they don't have the attention span.) My problem was with how Miller pulled focus from his lead and let Sam Jackson dominate every scene The Octopus and The Spirit had together.
And, frankly, the character is not lame, it's a classic comic hero character. He's supposed to be Everyman who got a second chance to make a difference in the world. More than that, Miller never gelled the dynamic between Octopus and Spirit. There's supposed to be menace in that relationship and that never really came out. Even though the comics were a bit campy they were written in the 1940's, of course modern audiences would see them as somewhat campy, they have no point of reference the relationship between Octopus and The Spirit was adversarial and menacing. You were never really afraid of the Octopus, but you should have been, and the action should have been framed in a way that made you, as a viewer, believe that The Spirit was the one person who could deal with him. That never came across. I blame Miller and the producers, who are supposed to know what they're doing and should have ridden herd on Miller, but obviously didn't.
Before you start whining about how bad someone's acting is, maybe you should see more than one movie that they've been in. I suggest that you see "A Love Song for Bobby Long." I think you'll agree that Macht gave an astoundingly good performance in that film.
When you write fiction, you're always looking at acting talent to pattern different characters on, so you come to appreciate it when you see it. I've been making it a point to keep an eye out for Macht's movies because I've always believed that he had really apparent talent. I'm just hoping that all the crap he's had to swallow because of "The Spirit" won't derail his career. -
Lois_Lane_ROCKS — 16 years ago(April 18, 2009 07:54 AM)
Before you start whining about how bad someone's acting is, maybe you should see more than one movie that they've been in. I suggest that you see "A Love Song for Bobby Long." I think you'll agree that Macht gave an astoundingly good performance in that film.
Absolutely!!!! He was also awesome in The Spirit considering he was doing what he was told to do and portraying the character as he was written to be.
Gabriel Macht is my top favorite actor!
He was freaking brilliant in A Love Song For Bobby Long! In fact, I came here to post a thread to see if anyone knows if it will be released to Blu-ray and then I saw that post! I couldn't believe it! He is a FANTASTIC actor. Just watch him in A Love Song For Bobby Long and American Outlaws, you'll see how great he is.
For me, Erica Durance's Lois Lane on
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Lois_Lane_ROCKS — 16 years ago(December 28, 2009 09:37 AM)
I MUST totally disagree with FIlmi3578. Have you not seen him in A Love Song For Bobby Long??? Talk about a natural at acting, OMG, he is BRILLIANT in that movie!!!
Even in American Outlaws he was a total natural, not a forced line or mannerism came from him.
Same in Whiteout!
It's a shame the director made The Spirit like he did. Gabriel Macht would have shined instead of catching so much flack for it!
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reaseltbim — 13 years ago(January 09, 2013 01:26 AM)
He is basically the reason I like the movie. He alone made me not hate the movie.
I mean, of course the movie has really hot actresses and the Sin City look is beautiful to look at but His acting is what made the movie for me.
I know the movie is silly and I know people hate it (And I can understand why) but he totally makes this for me. I loved him in the movie, I loved his costume and his hair, he was really awesome.
I'll look down, and whisper
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MrsGabrielMacht — 12 years ago(July 05, 2013 02:58 AM)
I agree The Spirit wasn't one of his best films he's ever done but regardless of how cheesy The Spirit was and how the producers and directors made that movie you can't blame Gabriel for that he was just doing what he was told. And if you seen some of Gabriel's other films he's an amazing actor, watch his show Suits it will show you that this man's an amazing actor, if you're gonna base his acting on one movie that you saw of his then that's just pathetic see a couple more of his movies before judging his acting and calling him a terrible actor. Yeah The Spirit had it's cheesy moments but for me Gabriel was the best part of the whole movie, and if Gabriel wouldn't of been in it I probably would've shut it off.