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Just seen closer, and was wondering, is it just me, or is jude law a pretty bad actor? clive owen put him to shame.
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He was really good in Alfie, everyone slates it but i really enjoyed it, well most of it, i didnt like the ending, but I thought he was really really good in it
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I think his performance depenRAB on the role - sometimes he hits the nail on the head (Gattacca) and then sometimes he doesn't. Overall, I'd say that he has a large quantity of 'the X factor' that most big stars in Hollywood do, which is often mistaken for acting talent.
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He was good in The Talented Mr Ripley but again overshadowed by Matt Damon. He even turned up in The Aviator as Errol Flynn - a very small part!
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I watched Jude on an old Actors Studio recently and was surprised by how much high-calibre National Theatre-level stage acting he had done when young. He certainly has the training. Maybe he is trying too much too quickly.
I agree he was acted off the screen by Clive Owen in Closer. Jude was miscast and I think when he is not well-directed and he is trying to make 5 or 8 films or whatever it is in a year he is not going to be very good. Great actors choose their films and roles very carefully and then work very hard at them. They also rely 100% on directors to judge their performance and make them do it again if it is not good enough.
JL neeRAB to take better advice. But he certainly has star quality and, I think, more screen presence usually than Clive Owen.
I agree he was acted off the screen by Clive Owen in Closer. Jude was miscast and I think when he is not well-directed and he is trying to make 5 or 8 films or whatever it is in a year he is not going to be very good. Great actors choose their films and roles very carefully and then work very hard at them. They also rely 100% on directors to judge their performance and make them do it again if it is not good enough.
JL neeRAB to take better advice. But he certainly has star quality and, I think, more screen presence usually than Clive Owen.
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i dont know what the big fuss is about him
Jude's not a bad actor. British cinema audiences have been rather over-exposed to him of late, not to mention his starring role as poster boy for the gossip columns. His good looks are also likely to delay recognition of Jude as a decent character actor.
I find that his performance will be as good as those around him; for example, he coasts through Alfie, with little apparent effort (surely the sign of a talented actor in itself?), then up pops Susan Sarandon and Jude's raises his game considerably to give a truly, memorably great performance.
In Closer, I think that he held his own in what was definitely one of the more, if not the most, difficult parts. Clive Owen was amazing and shines brighter than I think anyone else did in the whole of 2004. It's unlucky for Jude that they were being "judged" as rising British stars right at the same time, in the same film. Pitched against a lesser performance in the Clive Owen role, Jude would certainly be winning more praise for his own.
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I find that his performance will be as good as those around him; for example, he coasts through Alfie, with little apparent effort (surely the sign of a talented actor in itself?), then up pops Susan Sarandon and Jude's raises his game considerably to give a truly, memorably great performance.
In Closer, I think that he held his own in what was definitely one of the more, if not the most, difficult parts. Clive Owen was amazing and shines brighter than I think anyone else did in the whole of 2004. It's unlucky for Jude that they were being "judged" as rising British stars right at the same time, in the same film. Pitched against a lesser performance in the Clive Owen role, Jude would certainly be winning more praise for his own.
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