Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 5, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 Hot take - Tom Hardy is not a very good actor and was outshone in his best film by Charlize Theron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 He's a very good actor, he just seems to choose/get rubbish films. Fury Road is a moot point because that was a director's film rather than an actor's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 He's a bit like one of those wrestlers who can be very good with the right opponent but as soon as you partner them up against someone who won't lead them they drop off massively. His Bane voice was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Oh Christ, that bloody Batman film... I went to see it as a favour and almost lost the will to live. It vies with the Matrix as the most overrated piece of shit in living memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 5, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 23 minutes ago, Brewster McCloud said: He's a very good actor, he just seems to choose/get rubbish films. Fury Road is a moot point because that was a director's film rather than an actor's. It's not a moot point at all. The acting clearly played a huge part in Fury Road, especially from Theron and Nicholas Hoult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Really? I saw it at the cinema and I remember it was very loud and very exciting, and I liked the guy playing metal guitar, and the big baddie in control of the war boys, but I can't remember anything about Theron's character, although I only saw it that one time. It wasn't a film I admired for the acting, but if you did then cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted October 5, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 Tom Hardy is an odd one. I think he can be a great actor, in certain films. He's excellent in Locke and Dunkirk. But at times I find him completely off-putting. His performance alone stopped me watching Peaky Blinders. Everytime he appeared he took me completely out of the scene. And I didn't like his performance in the few episodes of Taboo I watched either. Either way, I do find him to be one of the most overracted actors of this generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 5, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 I think Locke is the only time I've really been convinced by him. I thought he was dreadful in Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted October 5, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 In Legend I couldn't help but shake the feeling that he was playing Ronnie Kray as Angelos Epithemiou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 More like Peter O'Hanrahanrahan from The Day Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted October 5, 2018 Moderators Share Posted October 5, 2018 Hardy's nothing special. I started a post to that effect this morning before Devon's hot take but got distracted before I could finish it, and I agree with his sentiment totally. He's been alright in some things but I really don't get the hype. That interview that's been doing the rounds where he trashed Venom whilst doing promo for it really revealed how far his perception of himself as an artist is from the reality of the work that he does. He needs to get off his high horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) Have you seen Bronson? Nothing special indeed.. come on now. I haven't seen Venom and I have no intention of doing so, but it sounds from what he's said that it could have been a much better film. From the reviews I've read, and given the fact that every reviewer that I trust remarks upon the fact that the editing is horrible, he has every right to "trash" the film. Or, should actors always sell the films they're in, lest they be accused of being on a high horse? Edited October 5, 2018 by Brewster McCloud missing "n" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Tom Hardy doing a voice is as necessary as Tom Cruise running. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewster McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Look, he's a good actor. This is a very silly conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted October 5, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Brewster McCloud said: Have you seen Bronson? Nothing special indeed.. come on now. I haven't seen Venom and I have no intention of doing so, but it sounds from what he's said that it could have been a much better film. From the reviews I've read, and given the fact that every reviewer that I trust remarks upon the fact that the editing is horrible, he has every right to "trash" the film. Or, should actors always sell the films they're in, lest they be accused of being on a high horse? He's been paid a fair few million dollars to make that film, he owes the studio and director the courtesy of publicising it properly and then citing issues with it after it's finished its commercial run. Also, since when is people having a different opinion from you a 'silly conversation'? Edited October 5, 2018 by Devon Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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