As I said, a bit of Russel Crowe thing so if you're not a fan of his then just grin and bear it for the next post and after that it should all be okay.
I am not a fan of the topic but i was blown away by Mark Strong. I spent a lot of time staring at his character and thinking that he looked kinda vaguely familiar and only after a while did I realise that it was Mark Strong. His performance stole the movie, it was a stunning performance from him and something that should never be taken away from him. I don't know if he was good or bad, maybe a little bit of both but nonetheless he was fantastic to watch.
Russel Crowe took me a while to figure out as well. I was sitting there running through the list of actors that it could be and wondering when I was going to see Russel Crowe make a appearance in this film and all that time he was on the screen in front of me. I guess I had expected him to look younger. I love it when i have to spend time thinking about the actor because it means that they aren't being obvious about who they are. Russel wasn't the star of the show but he was fabulous alongside Leonardo Di Caprio anyway.
Di Caprio played a similar role to the one that he played in Blood Diamond, alongside Jennifer Connelly. He wasn't outstanding. The best performance that I have ever seen from him came in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and probably his best performance recently has been in The Great Gatsby. I'm not particularly convinced by him as a CIA operative and leader. He can kill people convincingly but he doesn't have that rallying leadership quality that you would look for in some of the characters that he has played. Not exceptional, but good enough from him.
The film itself was good enough overall. Films of that topic, unless they are very moving or very real (like Munich) tend to just fit along the same kinda 'it was quite good' feel and never really achieve that outstanding role that most of us want them to achieve and this was no exception.
I am not a fan of the topic but i was blown away by Mark Strong. I spent a lot of time staring at his character and thinking that he looked kinda vaguely familiar and only after a while did I realise that it was Mark Strong. His performance stole the movie, it was a stunning performance from him and something that should never be taken away from him. I don't know if he was good or bad, maybe a little bit of both but nonetheless he was fantastic to watch.
Russel Crowe took me a while to figure out as well. I was sitting there running through the list of actors that it could be and wondering when I was going to see Russel Crowe make a appearance in this film and all that time he was on the screen in front of me. I guess I had expected him to look younger. I love it when i have to spend time thinking about the actor because it means that they aren't being obvious about who they are. Russel wasn't the star of the show but he was fabulous alongside Leonardo Di Caprio anyway.
Di Caprio played a similar role to the one that he played in Blood Diamond, alongside Jennifer Connelly. He wasn't outstanding. The best performance that I have ever seen from him came in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and probably his best performance recently has been in The Great Gatsby. I'm not particularly convinced by him as a CIA operative and leader. He can kill people convincingly but he doesn't have that rallying leadership quality that you would look for in some of the characters that he has played. Not exceptional, but good enough from him.
The film itself was good enough overall. Films of that topic, unless they are very moving or very real (like Munich) tend to just fit along the same kinda 'it was quite good' feel and never really achieve that outstanding role that most of us want them to achieve and this was no exception.
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