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Not Bad

posted 12 years ago by crankyerma1984
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This film has a pretty weak script and I've never been much of a Jaime Kennedy fan (understatement). However, most of the supporting players are pretty high quality and Adam Copeland was damned good. I really didn't expect much from the guy but he took a pretty cliche', boring, stock character on the page and made him likeable pretty much just with his personality. The guy's got a little star quality. With a co8ple of decent scripts and a little more experience/training he could surpass Dwayne Johnson as the biggest wrestling-actor crossover star to date.

[–] imrama2002 12 years ago

He did do a good job bringing the character to life, but on reflection it could be argued the character was an extension of his own personality, as a consequence there wasn't much acting required. Let's see if he is convincing as a psychopathic killer - or, better yet, a role where he is required to play a socially awkward character - pretty much the opposite of who he seems to be in real life.

[–] crankyerma1984 12 years ago

I think you may be right. I'm not familiar with wrestlers so, I don't know the guy outside of this movie. That said, likeability and charisma are a large part of what makes someone a star. Whether he can act or just gets by on his personality doesn't enter into it too much as far as his success in film to me. I have no idea if he's going to be appearing in a lot of off Broadway productions of Eugene O'Neill plays but I do think he has whatever the 'it' is that makes people stars. He also seems to have some comic timing which is something that cannot be taught.

[–] imrama2002 12 years ago

It's true comic timing can't be taught. However, i didn't see much comic timing from him in this movie- although it might have helped if he had a decent script to work with. In mainstream films likability and charisma do go a long way, the rock is a prime example of this, but if Adam's ambition is to be seen as a good actor, then he needs to be able to play a vast array of characters(in other words have range) This is why the rock, as charismatic as he is, is unlikely to win an Oscar(a stated goal of his) Adam is a better actor than Cena, Triple H and Orton, but in all honesty that's not much of an achievement.
Although you might counter the Rock proves that you don't necessarily need to be a talented actor to be a movie "star", which is true, i just don't see Edge making it as the next big movie star either.

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