Does he ever actually use his acting?
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speeder-985-717588 — 10 years ago(March 11, 2016 05:18 PM)
All the movies people mentioned pretty much feature a typical Harrison Ford character. He's not a character actor, he's a personality actor. But he does it well. The closest he ever came to branching out? Maybe his one scene in Apocalypse Now..but that might have just been the glasses.
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PseudoFilmCritic — 9 years ago(April 14, 2016 03:54 PM)
Not sure what you mean by thatFord is possibly not being himself at all. he could be acting, you just don't see it. And he has not always been grumpy, not that often at all. Hark back to Coppola's The Conversation; Heroes with henry Winkler, Mosquito Coast for sure. There are many others - even a Wall St. type in Working Girl.
Jerry at the Movies
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sandra-49597 — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 05:05 AM)
I actually think Han Solo is among his best performances - he created a character that is arguably different than many of his other roles. Han is not grumpy, he is buoyant, charming, devil-may-care, very, very different than Deckard or Kimble or Book from Witness, even different from Indy (all excellent performances, btw), and probably different than Harrison himself. We all adore Han, the performance is top notch, unforgettable.
There is a reason why Han Solo is legendary character, and to a lesser extent, Indiana Jones too. Ford created them and his acting is there, seamless and perfect, but this doesn't mean non-existent. Han Solo is his best role and he should be have given some award for acting in that. -
degree7 — 4 years ago(February 27, 2022 11:54 PM)
Ditto on Mosquito Coast. He had a pretty decent Russian accent in U-571. Also Witness was his only Oscar nomination I believe. There was a time when he put effort into his acting before he turned into a perpetually stoned stroke victim.