Penn's performance
Did it seem a bit overcooked at times? Like he was going overboard to show he's the mean bad guy. I thought Fox's performance was great.
"My girlfriend sucked 37 d*cks!
"In a row?"
I think it was overboard.
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You got your mind right, Luke?
One of the hammiest performances I have ever seen. It's like Penn watched Dead End Kid movies all night before filming started and overdid the accent to the point where it was just absurd. How could nobody on the set tell him to hold back a bit? Just awful.
shareI posted it on here already that I think DePalma should've cast Matt Dillon in the role of Sgt. Merserve instead of Penn. I think he would've given a more believable and less over-the-top performance as compared to Penn in the film.
"Life IS pain highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something".
Yeah I think you might have a point there, the movie also suffers from just being way to depressing, it's hard too keep watching that poor girl endure such torture.
shareWell there's no question that DePalma intended this to be a fiercely anti-war film(and statement) that would greatly affect viewers in the most visceral way possible, and he more than succeeded in doing just that IMO. But yes your absolutely right about how utterly depressing and heart-wrenching it is to witness the terrifyingly senseless and tragic ordeal that the young woman is forced to go through in the film, and for it being a terribly difficult experience for the viewer to have to see and bear. I would very much think that this is the sort of film that you're either never gonna want to see again after your first viewing of it or, after seeing it once, you're certainly not going to want to revisit again for quite some time. I just simply can't imagine wanting to view this particular film on a regular basis. No way.
But I still say that Matt Dillion was tailor made for the role of Sgt. Merserve and that he would've been much more effective than Penn was in the part, especially with Penn's over-the-top performance(and speech pattern) throughout the film. I just really think that not casting someone such as Dillon for the Sgt. Merserve role was something of a missed opportunity for DePalma's film IMO.
"Life IS pain highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something".
Dillon was is and always has been an average no-mark actor. He’s terrible.
Put your fanboy feelings aside.
TheCaretaker