Was I the only one that thought the leads acting wasn't bad?
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Bunuel_Fassbinder_Pasolini — 11 years ago(July 18, 2014 03:50 PM)
Commentary? Which DVD/BD edition has a commentary track? Lack was/is an actor, he had several film credits prior to 'Scanners'. Granted his main "career" has been as a painter, though that shouldn't diminish his film work in any way.
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kaskait — 11 years ago(June 11, 2014 07:52 AM)
It was bad. It was very bad. He broke suspension of disbelief every time he was on screen and unfortunately that was the whole damn film.
The other people were very good actors so that made the film slightly workable but he killed whatever buzz they managed to build.
He was awkward, hyper aware of the camera, had a careless attitude and just sucked the air out of the room in general. -
kaskait — 11 years ago(June 11, 2014 08:32 AM)
ACTING. It was and is possible for an actor to act the part of a vagrant/mental patient, be believable and exude some charisma.
This man had nothing going for him. He was just shoved in front of a camera and he recited the script.
Why Cronenberg shot his own film down, not to mention insulted the professional actors involved is beyond my comprehension. -
totokeke — 11 years ago(July 17, 2014 10:53 AM)
The leads were fine. O'Neill had a severely underwritten role but did her best to bring some urgency to it. The knockout is Ironside of course, he had the look and attitude and a lot of subtlety. Cronenberg isn't really a good director of actors in my opinion, he apparently asks them to bring a lot to the table, sometimes they can (Samantha Eggar, Genvieve Bujould, Deborah Harry, Patricia Arquette mostly women now that I think about it) and sometimes they just don't (James Woods not a good performance, but a landmark film).
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Druff — 11 years ago(July 18, 2014 10:35 AM)
He wasn't just dull, his dialogue delivery was stilted and awkward. Not in a "I'm a mentally unstable outcast from society" way, just in a "I've somewhat memorized the script and now I'm going to try to speak my lines of dialogue" way. No need to struggle to justify it with nonsensical reasons. He simply had no acting talent. But I'm sure he's a swell guy once you get to know him. It's OK, the movie was not hinging on whether or not he could act. Scanners kicks ass regardless.
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ShiloWallace — 11 years ago(August 01, 2014 08:12 PM)
There's a lot of dialogue re-recording throughout so that hinders the performances of everyone, but it's especially hard on Lack. His voice almost hovers on its own in the mix, yet I still enjoyed his performance. So much of the role is grounded in his expressions so it works in that respect.
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