Borderline Painful to Watch

I have got to agree with you absolutely. I am so sick of people who praise this film as artistic and having deep meaning. To be honest, I think this film was more fictional than the superhero characters present in the film. There was no attempt made to show the 'actual' personal issues of the people in the documentary. For example, we are told of the fairytale story of the Hulk as moving on from the streets to an apartment but there is an absence of emotional response from being rejected by the people.
This is just my opinion and perhaps others may feel differently. Whatever it may be, this film lacked storyline even though it is a documentary and there is not enough in the film that would appeal to the general public. Personally, I got the feeling that this film was used a promotional bedrock for the 'superheros' and probably to attract producers to use these actors for their film!

You sound like an aspiring actor who gave up. Bitter.

These people are just living their lives, following their dreams. Success doesn't equal happiness, but being able to pursue your goals on your own terms.

Their gigs remind me of my former job as a telemarketer - dealing with almost universal negative reactions. But these guys are making some money, staying (mostly) out of trouble, not hurting anyone, and bringing some character to an otherwise STUPID and WORTHLESS city full of fakes of every kind.

In this documentary - at least the four individuals portrayed come across at honest.

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I agree with a lot of what you said. The only problem I have is what you have to say about "The Hulk". You shouldn't feel embarrassed for him, because he's not embarrassing. He struck me as a real guy, trying to better his life. I mean, he has a less-than stellar job right now, but who hasn't had a job they hated?

Also, you can't hate on the guy for having bad teeth. Maybe his parents didn't have money for braces. How teeth grow isn't always the easiest thing to control without cash to throw at the problem.

I do agree with you, that he is not acting whenever he's in that Hulk costume, he's just posing for pictures, he's not putting on the persona of The Hulk.

Last thing, I'm sure to someone like you, and maybe all of us, moving from a back alley/back of a restaurant into a crappy apartment doesn't seem like a whole lot, but I'd bet someone who was homeless for any period of time would think otherwise. Do we know what it's like to be homeless? No. So we don't know what it's like making a move like that.

He and Wonder Woman were the highlights of this documentary, the other two idiots were just crazy as hell.

"The Hulk. Wow. I think I was most embarrassed for him. Those teeth, oh my."

He was the only one in the film that actually got a callback and a credited SAG acting gig with those bad teeth.


"And what importance does he hold, being completely covered by a costume and thinking he is "acting"?"

He mentioned that he was bummed that the Hulk gig wasn't acting, but at least kept him off the streets.

"His visit to where he used to sleep homeless...he acts like he is visiting something of long ago, and he has since "made it"....to a mattress on an unfurnished apartment."

4 years homeless sleeping on the street, and now into a clean apartment with utilities is a form of "making it". It may not seem like much to you, but I'm sure it is quite a profound change for him.

It was so painful that I couldn't even stand to watch pasts the first 10 minutes or so. Hope those people being filmed at least got some money or work out of being portrayed as such pathetic losers.

i agree mostly, but i thought superman was interesting. there some really interesting things about him, maybe not an actor, maybe kind of weird, but i can't put my finger on it, he's a character.

but man, yeah wonder woman, she was good.

to the OP, i'm not sure if i'm presenting an argument against your post because i feel bad for them, or because i don't agree with you at all, but i think the idea of this film was not to scrutinize the faults of these people, be it personality traits or appearance, i think the this film was made to shed light on how tough life can be for those aspiring to get into this idea of "hollywood" that they've manifested. most importantly, and what i take issue with the most your vain and almost disgusting approach. there are a lot of ugly people in showbusiness, there are a lot of people with bad noses, grey hair, bad teeth and so on, while it may be tougher to break into the industry as a less attractive person, it's by no means impossible. what i think the film was showing was that none of them really have the acting chops to excel, and what you either failed to realize, or failed to mention was that however bad their teeth, or attractive one of them was, they were street performers because they aren't good enough actors to be on stage or on film.

i think the point of the film was to give a story to the people we've all seen and thought nothing of. i admit there were parts of this that were hard to watch, but there was redemption for all of them, as far as i was concerned, if anything, it showed that there really isn't an accurate measure of triumph because in the end, closing a sale and making $25k in commission is the same as landing a gig in a terrible kung fu movie, it just depends on perspective. these people, however meager the lives they're living, were, in my estimation, happy on some level, albeit seemingly delusional, happy none the less. who are you, or who am i to tell them they're wasting time or that they're not important? they make people smile every day, and to me, that's a success, even if it's just glorified panhandling.