Is method acting really all it's cracked up to be?

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Is method acting really all it's cracked up to be?
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+ Steve	Jul 7 2018, 06:01 PM Post #1
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	Some of the best performances in a movie ever certainly go to method actors...but do you think the method is really worth it or even makes the performance better? Specifically I'm talking about people who land more on the extreme side of things, rather than just anyone who can vaguely be claimed to be a method actor for like one thing they did to prepare for a role. Personally I'm not inclined to believe it does all that much, since actors can give amazing performances without doing it at all. I feel like it really just depends on the actor and the role written for them, rather than how in to it they are. Take Jared Leto as The Joker in Suicide Squad. Dude went f*ing nuts, he was sending used condoms and bullets to co-stars, he was utterly absorbed in to the character. And it was one of the worst renditions of Joker out there. But it's not that he's incapable as an actor, he's been in some fantastic movies like Requiem For A Dream. Which I'd say is true of every method actor, they have their good performances and their bad like any other actor. Would Daniel Day Louis be a terrible actor if he didn't do this? Somehow I doubt it. Hilariously as I was just about to mention Sir Anthony Hopkins, wasn't sure if he was a method actor or not. Here's what he has to say: Quote: "There's no such thing. Well, you can do it if you want, but I don't go along with being called 'Mr. Hitchcock.' I think that's a lot of crap. I just don't understand that. If actors want to do that, fine. If they want to be miserable, that's up to them. I'm not interested. It's a job. I do the job. I'm certainly not going to make my life miserable just to be a character." https://www.inquisitr.com/406732/anthony-hopkins-on-method-actors-what-a-pain-in-the-a/ I feel like ultimately it's not pointless exactly but not necessary, Hopkins is a prime example. He sails in to pretty much any role and gives a great performance, even when he barely gives a s* like with the Transformers series. There aren't many performances of his you could reasonably call "Bad" that aren't the fault of awful material. More colourful words from Hopkins: Quote: It's so boring. I've been with actors like that and they're a pain in the a, they really are. They're unpleasant to work with and I don't think they're always that good either. I'm just not convinced it's really worth it because put it this way, you can take a s*ty, awful role like Jar Jar Binks and give it to any actor on the planet. No matter how much they method act and get in to it, still going to be an awful character. Or you can take a great character and make an awful actor play them, get them to method act. Will it become a stellar role? Could Jai Courtney pull off being The Don by method acting? You can even take a great role and a great actor and it can still backfire completely. Aside from getting fat, thin or buff to play a particular role I don't think method acting is all it's cracked up to be. It just seems kinda detrimental to the actor themselves and the people around them, despite how impressive their dedication is.
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Billa	Jul 7 2018, 06:48 PM Post #2
Thala na Gethu! Posts: 4,218 Group: Member Member #7,273 Joined: February 3, 2012 Favourite Anime Nothin What Browser do you use? Nothin Favourite Manga Nothin	Leto's case came off stemmijg from the character itself Joker's character baggage was made legendary by late Heath Ledger in Dark Knight (2008). Its near impossible for anyone to surpass Heath's performance & its natural for Leto's portrayal to come into criticism regardless how good he'd act As casual fan, I'd say lack of material for Leto to work with in Suicide Squad was to be blamed. And I believe truck load of scenes with the Joker were cut-out. Plus, the execution from competent director is what elevates the output (splendid methodical acting + soulful soundtrack + great screenplay/storyboarding) Method acting alone cant save a film as you mentioned: Anthony Hopkins. I may add Gary Oldman. He's such a legendary actor & his varied portrayal of characters going back as far as 80's makes me wonder why he's not utilized more Christian Bale is another great method actor. But his films hardly boasts entertainment value. As dedicated performer who puts his heart & soul into his craft, dude's one hell of an aggressive method actor. What baffles me is his choices of films that highlights or relies only on his acting, rather than a wholesome film. Edward Norton falls into similar category. I feel guys like John Travolta, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise were few guys that managed to find balance between methodical acting & larger-than-life portrayal on-screen



+ Steve	Jul 7 2018, 08:05 PM Post #3
Greetings. I will be your waifu this season. Posts: 19,471 Group: Legend Member #5,710 Joined: February 7, 2011 Gender Male Country United Kingdom Favourite Anime Hunter x Hunter(2011) What Browser do you use? Mozilla Firefox Favourite Manga Berserk all day erry day	I think even with the cut scenes added in his character wouldn't really have been compelling enough. Maybe that boils down to Heath's portrayal being impossible to live up to but I still feel like that's a point towards method acting not really being superior, it might work for a particular actor I guess. I feel like the line is just between ones talent and the material and that method acting doesn't really add to it. Gary Oldman is certainly incredible, you almost never even notice it's him in a movie but is method acting really to thank for that or is it him as an actor? I'd say the latter. I doubt you could take a s* actor or a s* role and use method acting to come out with a superior character. Hayden Christensen could have method acted Anakin Skywalker for 11 centuries and all the lines he had would still have been terrible. Similarly you could cast him as Batman in the Nolan trilogy and I doubt any amount of method acting would have helped him deliver as good a performance as Bale. Seems like it's kind of dangerous to act this way and y'know, now that I look at this list I notice how many of those like Heath Ledger and Robin Williams have committed suicide or suffer from depression etc etc Common issues I know but I can see how this method of acting would make one miserable, it definitely f*ed Heath Ledger up. Just...is it worth it? It's odd to me that people aren't questioning that. All buzz about method acting is "Woah! That dude is doing totally crazy stuff to prepare!" rather than wondering hey, why is this person totally destroying their psyche and/or their body for an act...? Their choice of course but again look how many of those publicly show they have severe mental health issues. Marlon Brando half ate himself to death, not necessarily because of his acting since he seemed to have a troubled life but still, a consideration. Edited by Steve**, Jul 7 2018, 08:06 PM.
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