He was a good-looking young man here but sure didn't age well. What the hell happened? Who hit him with the ugly stick? Then again, on the bright side, he became a much better actor when he didn't have looks to fall back on anymore. His acting here was embarrassing. Not that any of the others were that much better.
shareYou're right about Jack's acting. I just love people who say things like "you can tell he's a great actor just waiting to happen". What bull! He sucked! lol.
shareYes,he was a very handsome lad back then!!As for the acting,it was intentional from everyone to be silly, so as to be funny..!at least,i think so
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pacino,nicholson,deniro,hanks in a movie by scorcese,written by tarantino...am i asking too much?
You're right about Jack's acting. I just love people who say things like "you can tell he's a great actor just waiting to happen". What bull! He sucked! lol.
<He was a good-looking young man here but sure didn't age well. What the hell happened? Who hit him with the ugly stick?>
An element of truth, even at that young age, in what Boris Karloff said when the Nicholson character said he was Peter Lorre's son....."Yes, I can see a strange resemblance".
And i was really petrified when i realized it was Jack!!!!!!!!
pacino,nicholson,deniro,hanks in a movie by scorcese,written by tarantino...am i asking too much?
Hanks is not in the same acting calibre as Pacino, De Niro and Nicholson.....IMO he's a lame actor and should have not been cast as Robert Langdon in Angels and Demons and Da Vinci Code...he's good in Forrest Gump and the voice of Woody in TS3.....
shareHanks is always a reason for me to avoid watching a film, same with Michael Douglas.
sharelol Me too, armagezon. When they show his name I was like, "Whaaat???" LOL I've never been good at recognizing people though. My sister would have noticed it was him, but I suck. lol
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I disagree that anyone's acting here was "embarrassing." Karloff, Price, and Lorre did what they could with a strangely amateurish film. (I thought The Comedy of Terrors with Price and Lorre was much better.) Nicholson didn't show much evidence of the great actor he would become, but it was a limited role; I feel similar about Johnny Depp in the original Nightmare On Elm Street. I did think Nicholson was pretty funny in his small role in Little Shop of Horrors from 1960, playing the masochistic dental patient (later depicted by Bill Murray in the musical). But his brow-arching greatness wouldn't become evident till later.
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I looked much better 47 years ago, and I'm sure you did also.
Agree. When I first saw him on the screen, I thought "This young man really looked like the traditional Disney prince. Wonder what became of him ?"
And it turned out to be Nicholson, of all people!
Life sure is full of surprises.
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"The Raven (1963) is a comedy-horror - so not only is Jack acting "silly" but so are Karloff, Price and Lorre - it's a COMEDY! You want to see just how good young Jack can act? Watch "The Terror (1963)" and "The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)"
As far as looks good go - "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" - it's all a matter of personal taste (and there is no accounting for personal taste).... In my opinion Jack was good looking then and is very handsome today! (Just my personal taste).
Boris Karloff is ruggedly handsome to me! Vincent Price is suavely handsome! And Peter Lorre is a cutie!! Ah but I LOVE the horror - so naturally I'm attracted to these actors. <3
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In Corman pictures, Nicholson did often tend to be so goofy as to verge on insufferable (and in Little Shop Of Horrors he was way past that point), but even in the more serious acting gigs he did before Easy Rider changed everything, it's almost impossible to see the actor who would emerge only a few years down the line.
The other three greats were far from embarrassing, however, even though Price practically doing a parody of himself (that's, like, triple ham right there) can take a while to get used to. And Peter Lorre is the film's main asset with his infinitely amusing performance.
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