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Charlize over-acted on a certain scene


I can't stand the scene where she finds out the Green Place is now a nasty swamp. She's in shock I get it, but it was silly to have her drop her prosthetic and then yell. The director thought the over-acting scene would convey more emotion? LOL.

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Look, she's someone who's used to dealing with her feelings by hitting and shooting things. And there she was with nothing to punch or shoot, so...

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Well, now, you couldn't possibly expect a scene in which - say - your protagonist bemusedly winds up a music box mechanism, its tinny, childish rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" clearly reminding him of better, happier days... right up until the moment he comes dangerously close to allowing himself to feel, when his defenses come right back up, and he pockets it while continuing to dispassionately loot the corpses of the men he has just killed.

Every moment you waste with such superfluous "intelligently written character development" nonsense is a moment in which nothing is exploding, don't you know.

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