can make Kristen Stewart show talented on the screen. This guy has zero range, playing the same way in every role he is given, including his Tourette style hand/finger twitching and the predictable leaning in towards his co-star.
shareAgreed, he was awful as In batman v superman as well. Just stick to bro comedies.
shareWhile we are each allowed our own opinion, I thought that Jesse E. subtly caught the essense of Woody Allen's mannerisms in his portrayal. While it was not overt, his speech also carried the neurotic inflections the way WA would speak. I thought that perhaps Mr Allen was too old (maybe not the energy to go along with directing) to play his lead character and found a mini me. In that regard I thought that JE did a good job at playing Allen.
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mindthinkr - I totally agree. He was great. Many - if not all - of Woody's movies have a Woody character. I thought Jesse was great.
Have you seen The End of the Tour? Same acting, same mannerisms. Maybe he was channeling Allen in that role instead of Lipsky. Or maybe he just gets roles as the stereotypical NYC Jewish guy. Whatever it is, it all looks and sounds the same.
shareYou are eseentially ignoring the fact that Eisenberg plays two characters in this movie: the fumbling neophyte in the beginning and the glad-handing confidant impresario later on. He does very well with both and his manner and style change. At this point, I think you are not very observant and your opinion about acting is not to be trusted no matter how sincere it is.
shareThanks, Professor. Your feedback is tripe.
shareYou are eseentially ignoring the fact that Eisenberg plays two characters in this movie: the fumbling neophyte in the beginning and the glad-handing confidant impresario later on. He does very well with both and his manner and style change.
Thought he was great in the role!
shareI thought he's good in playing characters every chance he gets one, but please leave Lex Luthor out of this, the voice of Jesse made Lex looked like a cranky cringe worthy person.
Most people don't see the conveyance that he brought into the big screens. I'll admit, he's not legendary, but great enough to survive in the Hollywood industry.
The only thing that keeps people from saying that he's just a repetitive character in every play is that the way he talks implied many's agreements about this discussion.
P.S: He has OCDs too, and I mean a lot.
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Jesse pretty much ruined it for me.
Infact Kristin did quite decently
Carell was definitely miscast
Corey Stroll was good, though
Jesse Eisenberg is the most annoying actor.
shareHe was good with his hotel managing role and the part where he was looking for a job in hollywood. The other parts were just meh...
I could think of lots of actors who'd pull it off better . I was thinking about how Ryan Gosling would nail that role the whole time.
Kristen wasn't bad, wasn't great either.
I love steve Carell but I think he was miscast. Corey Stoll, the parents gave great performances. the others are so forgettable.
Another ignorant post. Whehter you like his acting or not, you could only possibly be referring to the first part of the movie, when he played the bumbling naive nephew. He later became the glad-handing imprassario of a nightclub confidant enough to sweep a gorgeous woman off her feet upon first meeting her. Fail.
shareNope, nope, nope. That's not it at all. His acting is just bad. I've seen enough of his roles to see he does the same things every time. I really don't think people know what RANGE is, and that it's different than depth of a character.
shareExcept that this movie proves you clueless. Your description of his portrayal does not match the second half of the movie.
shareLet me make this point clearer.
Examples of actors known for RANGE in their performances (also known as, not playing themeselves in their roles and changing their voice, intonation, prosody, appearance, etc.):
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
John Turturro
Meryl Streep
Christian Bale
Dustin Hoffman
Marlon Brando
Examples of actors that are known to play basically themselves in everything they do (even though they play in likeable films):
Owen Wilson
Tom Cruise
James Spader
Natalie Portman
So far, Jesse has not proven himself to have much range since he made it big with The Social Network. And it's not like he hasn't had opportunities with some of his roles. I could play just the audio from Adventureland, The End of the Tour, and Cafe Society, and without knowing the scene, I would not be able to tell them apart.
In your second list you seem to have overlooked James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, and an almost endless list of famous actors giving great performances from many decades of filmmaking.