Movies and Actors
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kybearfuzzYesterday, a group of the guys and I went to go see the new "Total Recall" remake. I thought it was a fun movie, a few plot holes here and there, but lots of great action scenes and some good shirtlessness on the part of Colin Ferrell. While chatting online today, a friend asked me what I thought of it in comparison to the original. I said it wasn't as comical in places as the original and that the original is still probably the superior movie in terms of story.
Then I ended it with saying, "... and I'm just not a fan of Ahnold these days."
It started me thinking about movies I used to enjoy and the actors who are in them. The more I learn these days about actors, their political affiliations and views, their religious views, etc., the more I find my opinions adjusted about their acting talents. It has become harder to separate my view of the actor and my view of the role he or she plays.
Personally, I find actors like Arnold, Mel Gibson, and Tom Cruise unpleasant (and I'm being kind in the wording here). As a result, I find myself skipping any of their new movies, no matter how good they may be in their roles. When a new Tom Cruise movie gets released, I almost automatically get turned off on the idea of seeing it. In addition, I sometimes find myself no longer enjoying their older movies that I used to like watching, like Total Recall, Lethal Weapon, etc.
Does anyone else feel this way?
Then I ended it with saying, "... and I'm just not a fan of Ahnold these days."
It started me thinking about movies I used to enjoy and the actors who are in them. The more I learn these days about actors, their political affiliations and views, their religious views, etc., the more I find my opinions adjusted about their acting talents. It has become harder to separate my view of the actor and my view of the role he or she plays.
Personally, I find actors like Arnold, Mel Gibson, and Tom Cruise unpleasant (and I'm being kind in the wording here). As a result, I find myself skipping any of their new movies, no matter how good they may be in their roles. When a new Tom Cruise movie gets released, I almost automatically get turned off on the idea of seeing it. In addition, I sometimes find myself no longer enjoying their older movies that I used to like watching, like Total Recall, Lethal Weapon, etc.
Does anyone else feel this way?
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Date: 2012-08-05 11:00 pm (UTC)If I know an actor's political leanings (on my on and not through secondary sources) and those leanings are against GLBT or anything else for which I strongly advocate, I choose not to see their film or take part in their [whatever].
I do realize that there are still many other good people who do not share that person(s) leanings and deserve to make a living. I suppose before film production starts (I would hope) any studio would think about such things and carefully consider who is playing/directing/whatever their film.
Sadly, it seems to me that as of late it's not so much a case of "right v. not right" but more about the financial bottom line - and that always seems to win out with rare exception.
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Date: 2012-08-06 01:37 am (UTC)