Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote:ANy theories on why these actors go through these spells of mediocrity or plain crap movies or go through these sleep walk periods?
It seems that an actor's ebst work is in the beginning stage of their careers? Do they get less hungry, too studly, comfortable when they become more successful? Their drive is gone, but more importantly with the comfort of an actual career, their 'pain' their 'suffering' that they may need for their art is gone too?
Is it just that the acting game is so hard and an easy but big paycheque is them considering getting payback for their past dues and sacrifices?
Or do they just run out of acting tricks, freshness etc.? They have nothing new to bring to the table? Or do they just burn out, run out of energy to push themselves or take themselves to the edge anymore? The effort is gone?
Anyone? Anyone?
Let's talk about WHY we have Great Actors in Crap Movies.
I touched on this slightly in my first post. I think those reasons you gave are all relevant to one actor or another.
With Michael Caine, he says it himself - he wanted to keep his wife in jewellery so took pretty much every film that offered him a big paycheque. But he also acknowledges that the great roles are either for the younger actor or the much older one. When you get to 45/50 there's a good ten to twenty years of rather boring father figure roles before you start geting offered the King Lear type stuff.
And let's not forget good old fashioned ego - big stars, especially nowadays are what open a movie, they are the main draw. In a business where the opening weekend is pretty much all that matters a movie star knows that no matter how bad the movie their name alone will make it successful. A perfect recipe then, for a good actor not giving two shits about the quality of the material/director/co-stars.
Elitism is positing that your taste is equivalent to quality, you hate "Hamlet" does it make it "bad"? If you think so, you're one elite motherfucker.