Not sure Giamatti can carry the lead in a major film. -- Rhinotainment

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 18:40:16 07/25/06 Tue
Author: Silk
Subject: Not sure Giamatti can carry the lead in a major film.
In reply to: Rocket 's message, "The Lady in the Water" on 07:41:08 07/24/06 Mon

I like Giamatti, but at best he seems a supporting actor - i.e. to Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man. He was good in Sideways with Thomas Haden-Church, but suited the small-budget, subdued type of film that was.

I've actually equated actors to wrestlers in terms of stature - you have your jobbers, your mid-carders, and your main eventers. You cannont expect anybody but a main eventer to carry a mainstream commercial film. It just doesn't work.

Obviously, mid-carders can evolve into main eventers. Every now and then, they'll be pushed up into that echelon and be given their shot. You'll see them in a number of movies in a short period of time. Whether they take with audiences determines whether they become legitimate main eventers or go back to the mid-card.

Anyway, Giamatti's a midcarder. That's something M. Night Shyamalan should've realized. He's cast main eventers in all his other films - i.e. Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson, William Hurt, etc., and with no disrespect to Giamatti, that sort of star-power can occasionally help gloss over creative plotholes.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Replies:

Giamatti was not the problem -- Dog of War, 06:19:15 07/26/06 Wed
- Agreed -- Rocket, 11:52:55 07/26/06 Wed