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Malkovich really bad playing blind...!?


This movie is playing right now on tv. I am not really watching it, just letting it play in the background, but whenever I see John Malkovich on screen he seems to be either playing blind very badly or maybe he is just pretending to be blind? Seems really odd. He looks around corners, moves fast at times but then at other times he tumbles around a lot. Can anyone clarify? Is he just pretending or is he really doing such a bad job? But at times he is apparently alone and still plays blind.

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Perhaps you're a slow-witted Spaniard (who disparages Americans but is obsessed with American movies, music, etc.), but I never noticed this kind of thing about Malkovich.


Really? You are going to start trolling around my forum posts. Hey, it's not my fault you have no sense of humor, but I didn't expect you to be so immature. I am no spaniard, I love American movies, music, etc, but I am far from obsessed with them. I also love Malkovich, I just don't think he did a great job in this one. Turns out you are slow-witted after all. The irony!

Oh, and you obviously haven't seen this movie.

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Really? You are going to start trolling around my forum posts. Hey, it's not my fault you have no sense of humor, but I didn't expect you to be so immature. I am no spaniard, I love American movies, music, etc, but I am far from obsessed with them. I also love Malkovich, I just don't think he did a great job in this one. Turns out you are slow-witted after all. The irony!

Oh, and you obviously haven't seen this movie.

You make disparaging remarks about Americans but spend your time and money watching our movies and falling in love American movie stars. Americans like John Malkovich look down at people like that.

What kind of slow-witted fool disparages Americans but spends money and time watching American movies and falling in love with American stars? I guess there is a place for dimwits like that to live: Spain.

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Disparaging remarks in your imagination. I am sorry you didn't get the joke. Had to explain it to you and all. So who is the dimwit here? And a racist too, to boot apparently.

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Looking at this two years later, but I just happened to see the film again last night. I can't figure out what the OP's problem was. Every blind person is different. Malkovich nailed it, as far as I'm concerned. There's also differences between someone born blind and someone who was once sighted and loses it. Think about it...
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I just didn't think he made a very good job. It just didn't convince me, if it convinced you, then good for you.

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I too thought he nailed it. Loved him and the little girl getting out of the house when the storm hit.

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Not all blind persons are totally blind. Many can visually detect shadows and light. It's a common misperception that all blind persons see only darkness and nothing else; it's true of some but not of others. So Mr. Will may not be among the "seeing darkness only" category, and may sometimes rely on whatever vision he has left, however minimal, to avoid stumbling over or running into things.

In any case, the OP's complaint is both unique (no one else has or will make it IMHO) and at best a very minor one.

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He's was nominated for his part so he must have done a pretty good job by most people's standards. Maybe you just don't know how to distinguish good acting from bad acting.

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You're crazy! He did a very good job portraying a blind person! And I suppose that YOU could do better? What a joke!

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No way. The man was brilliant in this role!

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Lived near the Braille Institute in Los Angeles and interacted with blind people regularly. At traffic signals, in super markets, etc.

There are many variations in their behavior. As another person pointed out, some can see light and shadows but not much else. Their eyes do look at you if you speak because they can see a shadow. Those that are completely blind tend to use their ears to pick up a great deal of information about what's going on around them and have much different body language than John M's character in "Places in the Heart".

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