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There are two schools of acting...

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mkuller

In Reply to: RE: Hollywood to Mickey Rourke: You didn't suffer enough! posted by ElDragon on February 23, 2009 at 07:26:52

...in one, the actor disappears and becomes the character. Each part and performance are very different. Sean Penn.

In the other, the actor plays a version of himself and is similar in all of his parts. Mickey Rourke.

The Academy tends to reward the first group. Had Sean Penn not turned in the performance he did in Milk, Mickey would have had a good chance this year.

It's not about suffering,it's about acting.

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The Rourke of "Body Heat," or, "9 1/2 Weeks," is very different. Personally, I - tinear 16:38:34 02/23/09 (1)
think actors with incredibly strong persona, like Penn, don't do well when they attempt roles very different from what you know is their personality. We tend to see the artifice and think, "Wow, that must have been very hard!"
With good character actors, we are only aware of the character.
Streep is another example.
I think Penn and Streep should just stick to what obviously are their larger-than-life personalities.
- "9 1/2 Weeks" was 22 years ago... - mkuller 21:27:57 02/23/09 (0)
  ...I'll bet even John Wayne acted differently in his first film than in his last.
  Rourke had the potential to be a good actor.
  But "The Wrestler" is what he's become. Seems pretty much like him.
  
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RE: There are two schools of acting... - grantv 09:40:29 02/23/09 (0)
Yep. I have a hard time stomaching when an actor gets an award or accolades for continually playing the same role.
From the movies I've seen (haven't seen Milk) Penn generally does a fairly convincing job IMO. As for Rourke I'm not sure, as I haven't seen a movie of his for years. But maybe he fits the bill of a one trick pony.
IMO the academy should ONLY reward the first group. After all it is about ACTING....
If they ever make a movie role about a boring engineering manager at a boring steel shop they should get me to play the role, I've been doing it for 20+ years. Then maybe I could get an Oscar. :)
Well done! n/t - Awe-d-o-file 09:33:01 02/23/09 (0)
Question "Authority", the mainstream media sucks - Go Independent and hold BOTH parties accountable instead of just the other guys!

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