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Orlando Bloom's cringeworthy acting.


How does he have a career?






- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

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Thank you! I thought his accent was god awful. Plus his emotions were a joke, "I'm fine." Somebody could have played this role and made the movie interesting, or make the character enjoyable. I watched it and wondered, couldn't they have waited for the actor they wanted? The shoe subplot was pointless as well, and so was the suicide attempt. By the time he meets Claire it's all but forgotten. Nothing worth watching again, and Orlando Bloom is the main reason.

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Oh brother. Another veteran of the community stage deems a highly successful actor to be "cringeworthy". Thank you master thespian for the potent words from on high.

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HAHAHAHA... I was thinking the same thing.

As an actor myself, I can honestly say that his acting was superb.

Someone once told me that if an actor makes you feel, then they did a good job.

His scene towards the end when he's in the car and crying? I lose it every time and while everyone is hounding him during the house meeting.

The point of his character through most of the movie was that he was supposed to be so lost and numb that he didn't HAVE an emotional response to anything that was valid until the END when he opened up...

If you didn't get this, then you missed the whole movie.

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Amen to your response. Great movie if you didn't get it you missed the whole point if the movie .

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The song did the work not his horrible acting. He made me feel like they should have cast a better actor. If you're going to make Garden State 2 then do it right.






- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

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I'm not even remotely close to being an Orlando Bloom fan, but this was the best performance I've seen him give. Not only was the character well-written (It's Cameron Crowe, come on!) but Bloom's performance felt very honest and touching.

Sadly, he hasn't come close to matching this performance in another movie.

"You're Chocolate Chip Charlie!"

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So what drugs were you on when you watched this movie? Because I was sober and he was awful.





- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

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Thank you again! The *beep* is wrong with these people. This was just "Garden State Again," with it's "wise" dialogue. Oh it's so deep. Who would've thought that to get through death, you have to live. Thanks Cameron Crowe for interpreting what most fortune cookies tell you once you open them.

You know who this movie should have followed? The couple who were getting married. I really wished they just panned the camera over there the rest of the way.

Not to mention I really wanted to see this, but I was suckered by the trailer. The whole time I was wondering why I hadn't given up after the first thirty minutes. It wasted my time, and the OP's time. The rest of you don't value time, obviously.

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An example of someone who didn't get the point.
It wasn't about getting through death by living.
It was simply about living.
There is a difference between existing and living. Orlando's character was always doing what he was supposed to do and when failure came it was like his life was over. A life he never really lived fully. He couldn't even afford to do a simple road trip with his dad. I think at the end the choice to find Claire was less about finding love AND more about the choice to truly live.
He could have very well went back to the "fiasco" but instead he chose a different path. A path not planned and concrete, but simply something he wanted to do.
That's life. Living and dreaming and do what you want to do. Not falling into the routine and whining when life *beep* on you ever so often.
You missed the point big time, and there sir is where we see the main difference between those who enjoyed the movie and didn't.

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I agree. I am not an Orlando Bloom fan...hated his character in the Pirates movie, he was ehhh as Legalos but the character didn't involve much real acting as he only really had a few one-liners. I never saw Troy so can't base an opinion on that. Anyhoo, this is the only movie I have seen where I thought he gave a fairly decent performance.

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He was cringeworthy when he was shouting "DID I MISS 60B?!" in the car. I think that was a combination of bad writing and bad acting.

It's an ordinary high school day. Except that it's not.

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Orlando Bloom just isn't good at playing an American.

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

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Not a trained actor unlike many fine English actors

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He doesnt.

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