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I think it was Fortress who posted something that got me thinking of this.
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Yes, they are.
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Yes
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Do they get paid ? :D
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Of course they are
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Of the creative arts, acting is bottom of the barrel.
Some are better than others, sure, but let’s be real. A majority can act competently. Witness the SCORES of actors who just leap into TV and motion pictures from ... music, grocery clerk, modelling, etc.
Some kid without one class acts alongside a “genius thespian” like DeNiro and holds his or her own just fine.
The minority is those who cannot reasonably act, given a few pointers (a matter of minutes).
Acting as some challenging “craft” or “art” is yet another Hollyweird/Joo myth. For a century they’ve presented/cultivated thespian arts as this unbelievable talent. Oscars, etc.
It’s a hype.
I took drama classes all through high school. Not one student, myself included, couldn’t achieve, to lesser and greater degrees, reasonable performance.
Sheep have bought into the myth.
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P.S. When someone says, He/She is a great actor/actress, what he/she almost always means is, I love the person playing the part (looks, mannerisms, offscreen persona, etc.), or, I love the movie/dialogue/character.
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They don't make them like they used to.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG/220px-Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG/220px-Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg/170px-Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg)
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P.P.S. I love movies. An avid watcher. And I, too, have my favourite actors.
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They don't make them like they used to.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG/220px-Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG/220px-Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg/170px-Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg)
Good role models in a tongue in cheek way and they all have at least some very interesting movies in their resume.
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They don't make them like they used to.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG/220px-Charles_Bronson_-_1966.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Sean_Connery_1971_%28cropped%29.jpg) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG/220px-Clint_Eastwood_-_1960s.JPG) (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg/170px-Charlton_Heston_-_1961_hearing.jpg)
You forgot Will ferrell
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Of the creative arts, acting is bottom of the barrel.
Some are better than others, sure, but let’s be real. A majority can act competently. Witness the SCORES of actors who just leap into TV and motion pictures from ... music, grocery clerk, modelling, etc.
Some kid without one class acts alongside a “genius thespian” like DeNiro and holds his or her own just fine.
The minority is those who cannot reasonably act, given a few pointers (a matter of minutes).
Acting as some challenging “craft” or “art” is yet another Hollyweird/Joo myth. For a century they’ve presented/cultivated thespian arts as this unbelievable talent. Oscars, etc.
It’s a hype.
I took drama classes all through high school. Not one student, myself included, couldn’t achieve, to lesser and greater degrees, reasonable performance.
Sheep have bought into the myth.
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Most of the real talent is the people behind the camera.
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Most of the real talent is the people behind the camera.
Ab-so-lutely.
Have said this countless times.
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acting used to be for slaves
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yes, actors are simply paid thought promoters.... and why are they being paid so much $$$$.....follow dat money bruh! >:(
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It's kind of ridiculous that we look to actors as role models--"we", as in, our society. Actors are nothing but dancing monkeys, paid to amuse and entertain us.
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I think it was Fortress who posted something that got me thinking of this.
Yes, and athletes, and singers, and politicians, and YouTube celebs... Most are overpaid, crybaby attention whores.
(Thanks to SJW's and Social Media).
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Big name actors make a lot of money for their employers. They are generally paid what they are worth. Some, like James Franco, produce, direct and act in indie films and rely on the film's profits for payment.
In order to be a celebrity, particularly when you have no talent, you have to be an attention whore in order to be successful. The media provides the platform and the public eats it up.
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I'm one of those individuals who has a tough time knowing if a TV actor or motion picture actor is either good or bad.
I believe that most any actor has to be pretty damn good to get a principal TV or motion picture role and I'm sure as hell not capable of telling if he or she is doing a good or bad job.
BUT ... I did see THE DISASTER ARTIST and James Franco did a damn good job playing the part of a damn bad actor, so I guess I know a little bit about who is good and who is bad .... thanks to that motion picture.
I have a number (3) of big time actors in the family whose personalities I know very well and I continue to be totally amazed when the are practicing for a motion picture role impersonating a character who is totally different than themselves.
They 'assume identities' completely different than their own.
Whenever anyone in the family has an upcoming role in one of LaLa Land's motion pictures, they practice around the house in an effort to assume the persona of the character that they will be playing on the screen ... and after three or four days of 'being someone else' the 4 year olds get upset and say, "We want our daddy back!"
I, myself, auditioned a few times ,,, but I would always end up laughing (at myself) because it was impossible for me to be anyone other than me.
And .... In my humble opinion many actors get famous mainly because the film/films in which they appeared ..... carried them.
Whom do you GetBiggers think are the bad actors who get continuous motion picture roles in Hollywood? I can't think of one.
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I think it was Fortress who posted something that got me thinking of this.
If you see the weekend box office report number$ .....the answer is no to both questions
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHH LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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If you see the weekend box office report number$ .....the answer is no to both questions
WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHH LE VRO NEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It is an industry in secular decline.
It won’t be missed.
Domestic movie theater attendance hit a 25-year low in 2017 - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/3/16844662/movie-theater-attendance-2017-low-netflix-streaming
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It is an industry in secular decline.
It won’t be missed.
Domestic movie theater attendance hit a 25-year low in 2017 - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/3/16844662/movie-theater-attendance-2017-low-netflix-streaming
The conversation is or should include why theater attendance is down.
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PRIME, I think that aticle addresses the question of lower movie-theater attendance pretty well....
'Last year’s slump in domestic ticket sales can partly be attributed to a very poor turnout during the summer blockbuster season. Theater attendance in the US and Canada during the summer months, which saw releases like Baywatch, The Mummy, and the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, hit a 25-year low, according to the LA Times. The number of tickets sold from May through Labor Day was reportedly down 16 percent from 2016.
As Bloomberg points out, there are other factors in play, too. As streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and HBO Go offer more entertainment options, theatergoers may be less likely to leave their homes to watch a movie. Ticket prices also continue to rise, even as startups like the subscription service MoviePass threaten to devalue the movie-going experience.'
But I do think that there has been an increase with regards to movie and TV production.
We took a family of four adults and thee kids to see THE GREATEST SHOWMAN and anf those theater tickets alone came to over $100.
Of course we went to one of those theaters in L.A, where meals are served directly to your seat and that was another $100 plus a BIG PLUS!
It's cheaper to stay home and cook your own popcorn where you can now project a great movie 10 ft. wide and a Bose sound system.
I think that movie theaters as we know them now will be non-existant in 5 - 6 years ...... along with all these shopping malls that have empty spaces today.
But there will always be a big demand for home-type enterainment.
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90% = unbelievable & childish acting
No more a la Sergio Leoni movies & actors like Klaus Kinsky :-\
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90% = unbelievable & childish acting
No more a la Sergio Leoni movies & actors like Klaus Kinsky :-\
There's a say that goes something like, 'those that can do, those that can't become critics'. Note: That's not exactly how it goes but the comparison works.
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IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.
You musy be quite a movie fan.
Did you read this ---------->
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From Forbes magazine here are the top 20 actors and actresses in the period mid-2016 to mid-2017. As you can see Mark Wahlberg’s at the top at $68 million and Dwayne Johnson second at $65 million.
Here's the breakdown. All figures are pre-tax:
20. Jeremy Renner: $19 million
19. Matt Damon: $21 million
18. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5 million
17. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million
16. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million
15. Emma Stone: $26 million
14. Ryan Gosling: $29 million
13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5 million
12. Tom Hanks: $31 million
11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5 million
10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5 million
9. Salman Khan: $37 million
8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38 million
7. Tom Cruise: $43 million
6. Robert Downey Jr.: $48 million
5. Jackie Chan: $49 million
4. Adam Sandler: $50.5 million
3. Vin Diesel: $54.5 million
2. Dwayne Johnson: $65 million
1. Mark Wahlberg: $68 million
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PRIME, I think that aticle addresses the question of lower movie-theater attendance pretty well....
'Last year’s slump in domestic ticket sales can partly be attributed to a very poor turnout during the summer blockbuster season. Theater attendance in the US and Canada during the summer months, which saw releases like Baywatch, The Mummy, and the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, hit a 25-year low, according to the LA Times. The number of tickets sold from May through Labor Day was reportedly down 16 percent from 2016.
As Bloomberg points out, there are other factors in play, too. As streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, and HBO Go offer more entertainment options, theatergoers may be less likely to leave their homes to watch a movie. Ticket prices also continue to rise, even as startups like the subscription service MoviePass threaten to devalue the movie-going experience.'
But I do think that there has been an increase with regards to movie and TV production.
We took a family of four adults and thee kids to see THE GREATEST SHOWMAN and anf those theater tickets alone came to over $100.
Of course we went to one of those theaters in L.A, where meals are served directly to your seat and that was another $100 plus a BIG PLUS!
It's cheaper to stay home and cook your own popcorn where you can now project a great movie 10 ft. wide and a Bose sound system.
I think that movie theaters as we know them now will be non-existant in 5 - 6 years...... along with all these shopping malls that have empty spaces today.
But there will always be a big demand for home-type enterainment.
Stunt,
You’re my movie/bodybuilding bud but ... Nope. Movie theaters aren’t going anywhere in the next 5 - 6 years. Not as long as movies like “Black Panther” and “Avengers” do over $600 million box office in the US alone, plus equally that much in movie theaters abroad. The studios and the industry are not going to walk away from that much money. Not anytime soon.
Interestingly, people have been predicting the demise of movie theaters for about, I would guess 70 years now, ever since the advent of television. So far it’s never happened and won’t for the foreseeable future.
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I always thought sports figures were overpaid. Millions to throw a football while a teacher makes 35K but it's capitalism. Players are paid what they are worth, probably the same with actors. When they stop making money for the investors they stop making the big bucks. It is what it is
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If i could pay someone 20million and make 500million I wouldnt consider them a bad investment.
Im saying that a paramedic in my country makes about 60k a year, and are "worth" more than all actors combined.
Making a living pretending to be someone else is pretty dam useless by comparison
And 99% attention whores.
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IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.
You musy be quite a movie fan.
Did you read this ---------->
Love those oldies produced by Leoni (spaghetti westerns) ,Moriccone music & Verner Herzog's :AGUIRE the Wrath of God,Fitzcarraldo, Cobra Verde,Nostferatu the Vampyre.Klaus Kinski acting is so realistic, far the best actor ever.
Unbelievable he was Wehrmacht soldier at 17 & prisoner in WW2 !.
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From Forbes magazine here are the top 20 actors and actresses in the period mid-2016 to mid-2017. As you can see Mark Wahlberg’s at the top at $68 million and Dwayne Johnson second at $65 million.
Here's the breakdown. All figures are pre-tax:
20. Jeremy Renner: $19 million
19. Matt Damon: $21 million
18. Ryan Reynolds: $21.5 million
17. Jennifer Lawrence: $24 million
16. Jennifer Aniston: $25.5 million
15. Emma Stone: $26 million
14. Ryan Gosling: $29 million
13. Samuel L. Jackson: $30.5 million
12. Tom Hanks: $31 million
11. Chris Hemsworth: $31.5 million
10. Akshay Kumar: $35.5 million
9. Salman Khan: $37 million
8. Shah Rukh Khan: $38 million
7. Tom Cruise: $43 million
6. Robert Downey Jr.: $48 million
5. Jackie Chan: $49 million
4. Adam Sandler: $50.5 million
3. Vin Diesel: $54.5 million
2. Dwayne Johnson: $65 million
1. Mark Wahlberg: $68 million
How the fuck did that fat retard Vin Diesel make $50 million?
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Breaking news, something all the Jews in Hollywood know...
ACTORS are HIGH PRICE prostitutes. Particularly actresses, but also male actors.
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Will Farell, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey fall into the attention whore category perfect...
But I dont think anyone of us would mind to switch with them though! :)
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Movie and stage actors have to fill seats in theaters/sell tickets to remain viable.
TV actors have to fill seats in front of TVs so ads can be sold. Huge sums of money are paid by advertisers to sell stuff.
It's a strange talent but some people have a weird stage or screen presence. It's a magical thing and no one can truly predict who has it.
The saying is "the camera loves them" is how it is put.
Some people are lousy actors. They overact and you can tell.
Comedians seem to usually be good actors. Often musicians make the transition to acting also.
Sports stars are usually bad actors.
Guys like Charles Bronson and Clint Eastwood just play themselves. Most big money actors play themselves over and over. Johnny Depp is the same in every film.
Lead actors are usually good looking or attractive. They have a sexual energy.
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Will Farell, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey fall into the attention whore category perfect...
But I dont think anyone of us would mind to switch with them though! :)
I like Tom Cruise, his stuff of the 80’s and 90’s are good, one of the few who has lasted for decades, prob the only one at this point
Ryan Reynolds has such a punchable face makes me want to punch a wall seeing that douchebag “act” the same roles in all his movies
The rock is so overrated beyond belief
And nowadays “YouTube” celebs get the fuck out of here
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REPS, I hope you're right about the future of movie THEATERS as I do enjoy going to see a good movie in a nice theater, but I still believe that movie theater attendance will drop dramatically within the next five years (as well as shopping malls).
Motion picture production itself will not drop because those movies shot by Hollywood, etc. studios will produce first run features for in-home viewing/entertainment allowing viewers to save a lot of capital in one year's time.
Theater ticket prices here in Vegas ran from $3 to $6 a pop just a year or two ago and now they have more than doubled (excluding early morning matinees).
They did add those lush reclining seats to justify that price but a good number of the patrons get so relaxed that they fall asleep and never see that $12 motion picture.
I hate it when things that I enjoy the most .... suddenly change. But that seems to be happening a lot these days, so I expect these movie theaters of today ... to be gone tomorrow.
I could be wrong .... and I hope I am.
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Up until perhaps five years ago, I frequently visited movie theaters. Prior to the millennium I went very often.
But prices, film offerings, increasing chocolate/shitskin attendance, and the standard of extreme loudness (bloody ridiculous) has made the whole affair mostly unattractive.
Add to this the very unsavoury Joo Hollyweird reality and celebrity fixation and Fortress stays away.
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IRON, I'm surprised that anyone on this board would know about Kinski.
You musy be quite a movie fan.
Did you read this ---------->
Kinski, along with Oscar Werner, is a legend.
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Up until perhaps five years ago, I frequently visited movie theaters. Prior to the millennium I went very often.
But prices, film offerings, increasing chocolate/shitskin attendance, and the standard of extreme loudness (bloody ridiculous) has made the whole affair mostly unattractive.
Add to this the very unsavoury Joo Hollyweird reality and celebrity fixation and Fortress stays away.
I stopped going to the theater about 15 years ago. Still watched movies frequently up until about 3 years ago. Hollywood movies are absolute shit these days. I think I watched 5 movies last year and most sucked. Series are more interesting, but greed and laziness will ruin those too within the next 5 to 10 years.
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How the fuck did that fat retard Vin Diesel make $50 million?
How did Mark go up to spot nr 1??
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If i could pay someone 20million and make 500million I wouldnt consider them a bad investment.
Im saying that a paramedic in my country makes about 60k a year, and are "worth" more than all actors combined.
Making a living pretending to be someone else is pretty dam useless by comparison
And 99% attention whores.
Do you ever go to the movies, have cable TV, Netflix or Amazon Prime? If you do you are helping to line actors pockets. It's all about profits.