Edward Furlong in T2 is probably one of the best Child Actors ever IMO.
Like, literally almost every child actor in almost every movie ever is awful, partially because children are mostly awful and having to watch one for two hours in order to see the rest of the movie they're in is fucking torture.
John Connor is written to be a terrible, maladjusted little shit who speaks in a fairly decent approximation of then-contemporary slang and trash talk (I am a year older than the character, and I remember what kids who were trying to sound cool sounded like between 1991 and 1994). And, to that end, he's written and performed incredibly well.
I have to have watched T2 more than a hundred times, sometimes back-to-back, and I have noticed Furlong occasionally delivering lines not as well as some grown-up actors would, but I have yet to notice anything to set him in a worse spot than literally every other child on film who isn't Daphne Keen, Haley Joel Osment, or the cast of The Goonies.
Then the poor bastard turned into... adult Edward Furlong.
TLDR; replace all child actors with CGI.
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Child actors are often really good actually, but the one in Terminator 2 isn't
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yeah.....Edward Furlong did not have a good twenties
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I just started Terminator 2, which I've never seen
Right now "Bad to the Bone" starting when Arnold puts the biker gear on is making me doubt everyone saying this is one of the peaks of action cinema
This movie is very good except for the part where I'm actively rooting for the death of John Connor
Are you watching the Director's Cut?
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There are a few child actors working now whom I don't understand how they can be that talented and charismatic at such a young age. Kids like the twins on Black-ish, or Duke on Better Things, or the youngest kid on Fresh Off the Boat - they're all a delight to watch.
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I'm watching Christmas With The Kranks now.
... fuck Christmas With The Kranks. Fuck this dark, evil, charmless, terrifying horrorshow about a suburban hellscape of Wicker Man cultist maniacs harassing a couple who dares, dares I tell you, to do a thing they want to do during Christmas and not what the White Nonsense Collective demands of them.
This movie is trying to kill my holiday cheer. It's trying to kill Christmas and I hate it.
There are a few child actors working now whom I don't understand how they can be that talented and charismatic at such a young age. Kids like the twins on Black-ish, or Duke on Better Things, or the youngest kid on Fresh Off the Boat - they're all a delight to watch.
Also pretty much all the Stranger Things kids.
You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
I have a half joking hot take about Awkwafina's song being regressive
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Yeah, the film medium with Spielberg directing at the helm will be way way kinder to RPO's story than the book. Especially if he manages to wring out some form of heart out of it.
Unless he copies the book's prose style and have the characters blurt out every reference that's in the screen.
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I just started Terminator 2, which I've never seen
Right now "Bad to the Bone" starting when Arnold puts the biker gear on is making me doubt everyone saying this is one of the peaks of action cinema
I mean
Where do you think that cliche came from
It's really hard to watch something that spawns a ton of cliches and spoofs with a straight face afterwards.
Like, the Godfather is basically unwatchable cinema to me because of 90s cartoons and spoof movies. There were no moments of dramatic tension or surprises because everything that was in the movie had been referenced or re-done in some other format that tarnished the original.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
There are a few child actors working now whom I don't understand how they can be that talented and charismatic at such a young age. Kids like the twins on Black-ish, or Duke on Better Things, or the youngest kid on Fresh Off the Boat - they're all a delight to watch.
Dafne Keen, who plays X-23 in Logan, did an amazing job.
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that awkwafina song has some good jokes in it. also, it is awful
I might like it in a few days. who can say
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Most of the kids in the It movie were good.
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Terminator 2 is Very Good
Edward Furlong in T2 is probably one of the best Child Actors ever IMO.
Like, literally almost every child actor in almost every movie ever is awful, partially because children are mostly awful and having to watch one for two hours in order to see the rest of the movie they're in is fucking torture.
John Connor is written to be a terrible, maladjusted little shit who speaks in a fairly decent approximation of then-contemporary slang and trash talk (I am a year older than the character, and I remember what kids who were trying to sound cool sounded like between 1991 and 1994). And, to that end, he's written and performed incredibly well.
I have to have watched T2 more than a hundred times, sometimes back-to-back, and I have noticed Furlong occasionally delivering lines not as well as some grown-up actors would, but I have yet to notice anything to set him in a worse spot than literally every other child on film who isn't Daphne Keen, Haley Joel Osment, or the cast of The Goonies.
Then the poor bastard turned into... adult Edward Furlong.
TLDR; replace all child actors with CGI.
Jack Black stars as a reluctant manager of a Ponzi scheme
are you referring to moi??
Are you watching the Director's Cut?
This movie is Wolfenstein as fuck and Clint Eastwood is thirsty for Nazi slaughter.
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Dual wielding two MP40s while gunning down rushing Nazis. Once the fighting starts in that movie it is basically constant to the end.
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I am desperate to see Jack Black in something actually good again
oh god, six years ago??
the d train was in 2015! it hasn't been that long!
I didn't see Goosebumps but I heard he wasn't bad in that
Also the sequel to that is out next year
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I too am excited for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
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Goosebumps was perfect
If that ends up being good I will be pleasantly surprised
I actually checked after I posted and it's currently at 84% on RT with 38 reviews??
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yo this is some good shit
... fuck Christmas With The Kranks. Fuck this dark, evil, charmless, terrifying horrorshow about a suburban hellscape of Wicker Man cultist maniacs harassing a couple who dares, dares I tell you, to do a thing they want to do during Christmas and not what the White Nonsense Collective demands of them.
This movie is trying to kill my holiday cheer. It's trying to kill Christmas and I hate it.
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Also pretty much all the Stranger Things kids.
Unless he copies the book's prose style and have the characters blurt out every reference that's in the screen.
is..is it supposed to be hella stupid
e: wait no I was wrong, "best supporting vag" is the best joke I've ever heard
I'll cop to it, I was wrong as shit
really? it was all over here like, a few years ago
Only heard his one song, and it was horrible enough for me to never want to hear anything of his ever again
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It's really hard to watch something that spawns a ton of cliches and spoofs with a straight face afterwards.
Like, the Godfather is basically unwatchable cinema to me because of 90s cartoons and spoof movies. There were no moments of dramatic tension or surprises because everything that was in the movie had been referenced or re-done in some other format that tarnished the original.
I am in for that cast
Dafne Keen, who plays X-23 in Logan, did an amazing job.
I might like it in a few days. who can say