James McAvoy for me. X-Men first Class, Split, Speak No Evil, even Victor Frankenstein. If MCavoy’s name is attached to it, I’m probably going to see it. Charlize Theron is next. Mad Max: Fury road, Monster, and Kubo. Old guard… she acted her heart out, but it was okay in the end. (First post)

  • classic@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I would’ve never expected to say this 17 years ago (don’t linger on that detail too long), but Robert Pattinson

    • Quicky@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If you’ve never watched The Rover, I would highly recommend it. Guy Pearce is excellent in it, but Pattinson’s performance really hit home that he can truly act.

      • classic@fedia.io
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        2 months ago

        I did. I’ll have to check, but I think I’ve seen a fatiramount of his post-twilight films. Like Radcliffe, he generally picks interesting projects, if nothing else

        Cosmopolis, Good Time, High Life, and ofc The Lighthouse being some of them

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      My wife and I go on actor kicks, and RO was one not too long ago. Might have been spurred on by seeing The Lighthouse, but then it became let’s just watch what he’s done. I won’t watch Twilight, not my jam, but my wife watches it with our daughter, who is now team whatever, I dunno. But Good Time was a great recent flick that switched me from RP to Safdie movies in general.

    • Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ah, the stigma and hatred around newly released fantasy romcoms targeted to women. Also the reinvention of the vampire that most people would probably wish had stayed in an obscure YA novel rather than become cinematic history.

      I was always team Wolf but I developed an interest in real vampire culture because of Twilight.

      Did you ever watch Remember Me? Part of me wishes I hadn’t. The unnecessary end hits like a wrecking ball

      • classic@fedia.io
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        2 months ago

        I liked Twilight 2, actually. Just happened to see it in the right moment that it worked for me. Never watched the rest of the series though

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Ed Norton is an automatic sign that even if the movie sucks, it’ll be worth watching once just for his performance.

    • TBi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Watched everything he made without question until the rookie came out. Put off watching it for years but sad I did as it’s a great show!

    • klemptor@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Oh man, I just watched The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and absolutely loved it. It was everything I wanted in a Nic Cage movie.

    • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think Nicholas Cage is a fine actor, but he’s not a great actor IMO. Especially in the last 10-20 years, I feel like he’s developed some subtlety but the roles he’s taken have all been fuckin’ weird. Mostly I like his older work like Raising Arizona, Con Air, Face/Off, etc.

      • Geetnerd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I agree.

        But he is a legitimate talent. My favorite from him is “Joe.” Check it out.

    • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      He’s shooting Madden right now, which I’m super excited to see. It’s Nic Cage as John Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis. Should be good.

  • Lumidaub@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Jodie Whittaker.

    Actually, there’s several people that I’d watch in anything (the nonsense I’ve watched specifically because of one person in it…) but she’s the current fixation and these lists tend to be populated by men.

  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Damn, I misread the title and thought I was going to see people that nobody wants to see in a movie like Jared Leto and was surprised at all the nice actors that were listed.