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• All the top actors and actresses have bailed - wushuliu 13:23:49 07/16/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Harrison Ford posted by TomD on July 11, 2009 at 08:25:54

  for either television or foreign films or commercials (in the space of 30 min. you see/hear Jeff Bridges, Spacey, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman, Aaron Echkart)

  Remember when an up and comer got a lot of buzz and then you'd watch their career build? Or the older actors gracefully slid into scene-stealing supporting roles? Not anymore.

  What happened to Ryan Gosling, Ed Norton, McConnaughey(sp?), etc. And these are the relatively new guys who when they started showed massive talent: Gosling broke out too late and is stalled. Norton opts for diversifying and indie work w/ the occasional big paycheck (very suprised he was cast for Hulk to be honest), and McConnaughey gave in and is cashing in on his looks and chick flicks. The only reason I think Damon survived is because of the Baldwin quote below.

  Ford is very good at what he does. He knows his limitations. But it's not about craft anymore.

  Alec Baldwin summed it up best on Inside the Actor's Studio: It's not about how well you act now, it's how fit you are.

  And he's dead right.

  
  

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• RE: Harrison Ford - eppis1 18:21:56 07/11/09 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Harrison Ford posted by TomD on July 11, 2009 at 08:25:54

  I think he'd could do no wrong until after "Fugitive," 1993. He's been solid, but in generally less than excellent films since then. I'll always like him, though it would take a raft of spectacular reviews to get me to spend 11 bucks on a Ford nowadays.
  

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• "Mosquito Coast?" He's a star and not much of an actor. nt - tinear 17:08:50 07/11/09 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: Harrison Ford posted by TomD on July 11, 2009 at 08:25:54

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  • RE: The Witness was his best... - patrickU 12:10:44 07/12/09 (2)
    In Reply to: RE: "Mosquito Coast?" He's a star and not much of an actor. nt posted by tinear on July 11, 2009 at 17:08:50

    I may think.
    

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    • Good one! nt - tinear 10:21:50 07/13/09 (1)
      In Reply to: RE: The Witness was his best... posted by patrickU on July 12, 2009 at 12:10:44

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      • RE: Blade Runner, was also a fine one. nt - patrickU 08:28:54 07/15/09 (0)
        In Reply to: RE: Good one! nt posted by tinear on July 13, 2009 at 10:21:50

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  • Truly not much of an actor but his latest effort "Crossing Over" got some decent reviews. - sjb 17:28:36 07/11/09 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: "Mosquito Coast?" He's a star and not much of an actor. nt posted by tinear on July 11, 2009 at 17:08:50

    In general though he was much better suited to the early Indiana Jones and Star Wars roles than anything that followed.
    
    "The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
    
    

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