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All I remember about this movie is Clooney's Fake Acting

posted 15 years ago by vure999
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That's right.. the only thing I remember about this movie is always realising how fake, schmaltzy and smug Clooney's acting was. I remember seeing him at the wheel and pretending to wrestle with the steering and he looked like he was tryign so hard to appear heroic and tough that he failed miserably.

He is one horrible actor who should never appear on the screen. He is just an overconfident arrogant unpleasant man.

Actually, now that I think of it, the first time i saw him in that medical drama i thought he was the most vogus doctor I had ever seen. He was tryig to act like a James Bond in a hospital, which is totally inappropriate. He tries the same attitude in every movie I have seen him in and boy is it annoying.

What do you think of George Clooney?

[–] AlienAutopsy 15 years ago

Liked him in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" but never thought much of him otherwise. Never went out of my way watch his movies and the ones I did watch were very forgettable for the most part. Hated the first Ocean movie so much I refused to watch the others in spite of the fact that I think Brad Pitt is Effing great (for the most part).

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[–] vure999 15 years ago

are you joking? are you saying he looked and acted as if he was a verteran fisherman from that town under stress in a storm!??!

look beyond his smarmy face. there's nothing beyond it. all he is doing is just acting like a dopey dued pretending he knows about fishing and tough storms. the truth is, hoary fishermen veterans are much more gritteir and stocky in appearance, with much more meaningful eyes and deeper throaty voices. when they do things they do it with emotion.

clooney's performance was completely shallow.

he obviously has never studied fishermen of that genre carefully or was a completely wrong casting call.

needed to pick someone more like Clint Eastwood or that Hannibal guy.

[–] Pancho5732 15 years ago

"needed to pick someone more like Clint Eastwood or that Hannibal guy."

looooool Hannibal guy

anyway, yea, clooney was ok at best. I liked him mor when he had 10 mintues in "Thin Red Line" or during "From dusk till dawn" other than that, eh

[–] Jimmel 15 years ago

I agree, Clooney should stay off the screen. he's one of the worst actors in Hollywood. He'll probably end up working on TV eventually. He's actually a much better as a producer than an actor and should stick to that. He definitely comes across as fake in every movie I've seen him in. He looks like he's struggling to act all the time and it's painful watching him.

[–] coxm-1 15 years ago

If George Clooney is such a bad actor, why does he continue to get parts in movies?

[–] tnargskrap 15 years ago

Why does Paris Hilton get acting parts? Why does any bad actor/actress? Clooney is considered sexy by many women (and men, too, prolly). That's one answer. The fact that he's cast doesn't mean he's good.

[–] MedioSiglo 14 years ago

I thought he portrayed a gruff macho-man quite well, and his voice is quite mesmerizing.

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[–] naveron 13 years ago

Isn't all acting, by its very nature, fake?

[–] Island_Of_Ireland 13 years ago

and the difference between good acting and bad acting is that good actors make it seem real.

[–] comicman117 13 years ago

Of course Clooney is still a big star one of the biggest of the past generation. So each to of there own I suppose.

[–] miked272001 12 years ago

OP sums it up perfect- he is totally smug when he acts- he is like that in every movie. Basically he sucks. Have you ever seen 'Batman & Robin'? Check it out and watch how much he bobbles his head around lol.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 7 years ago

his funny acting in 'up in the air' is even better. so many strange facial tics to show he's really feeling deep thoughts.

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[–] Lucy9596 12 years ago

Wasn't it the other way around, Clooney suggesting Wahlberg? I think I remember something like that, I'm not sure though.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

what's up with his lumbering odd walk? it's like he just ate a bunch of taco bell & he's in need of a bathroom pronto. and a john deere hat? do they have anything to do with fishing? more of a farming & turf company.

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[–] FloridaSunshine 11 years ago

and a john deere hat? do they have anything to do with fishing? more of a farming & turf company.

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[–] bron-tay 11 years ago

Every moment Clooney was on screen I could only see him stepping off the set into some luxury trailer and eating baby potatoes with caviar and sour cream trucked in from Spago. The guy's smugness and sense of entitlement is so thick he couldn't cover it with a fireproof blanket.

It wasn't just him, but the whole film that reeked of self-importance and that oh-so-intense profundity of monumental tragedy compressed into a commonplace setting. Writing bad, directing bad, FX bad, acting bad.

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[–] miked272001 11 years ago

LOL, baby potatoes haha.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 11 years ago

baby potatoes are awesome! esp. in a chuck roast.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

had some baby potatoes for dinner last night. very good.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

baby potatoes hate must stop!

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