Fassbender is such a good actor why he is only doing terrible X-Men and Prometheus movies now. After 12 Years a Slave and Steve Jobs this guy was dominating, now all he does is trash.
shareHe'll get back on track, just having a bad stretch.
shareMaybe he needs to do tv. Serial drama on premium cable. Throw him in the GOT prequel.
shareHe might be doing the wild bunch remake!
shareI was willing to say 'Hey! Shame was a great recent movie!' only to find out it's from 2011 ((
shareHe's done some great work since then, 12 years a Slave and Steve Jobs he got two Oscars nods for those roles. Both of them excellent films. Frank is one of his greatest performances. Macbeth is one of his most underrated performances. Slow West and Trespass Agaisnt Us are another two great roles.
It's just he's stopped doing those smaller indie or serious films to do the franchise work and his more serious acting roles that he's done here or there haven't really connected.
He's probably too busy banging Alicia Vikander to want to star in lots of movies.
sharePrometheus weren't that bad. And his performance was great. The best thing about those Alien prequels.
shareEven the dislikers of those films always cite Fassbender as the best thing in those films. Even in X-Men, he's definitely nowhere near the worse things in those films. He was awesome in First class.
You could put down The Snowman and especially Assassin's Creed to him. But not every actor has great films all the time.
He's definitely gone into a slump. I just don't think he's a blockbuster type of actor. He's at his best when doing more indie personal work.
I think he's the best thing in those Prometheus films by a good distance. He was fantastic in X-Men: First Class but that film was really centered around Magneto. The others not so much so, but Future Past is probably the best X-Men film imo. Assassin's Creed just didn't work at all. The Snowman was a disaster from the get go. Dark Phoenix has got bad reviews. But to be fair to Fassbender he was signed on to do those X-Men and Alien Franchises so he had to do them.
He's done bad stuff even during his golden run, Jonah Hex, Blood Creek, The Counselor. But he needs another Hunger, Shame, Frank, Steve Jobs, Macbeth type role just to stop this lean period.