At 7/14/09 07:54 AM, Charon wrote:
i think that he does a good job of the stuff he is in but i hate the characters he plays. a good actor in my opinion is someone who could go for any role and ace it, and truthfully i dont know off the top of my head any actor that i would class as awesome.
I'd like to see him play a mentally deranged role where he doesnt fall back to his current acting style, and saying that has made me think of someone Brad pitt is an awesome actor, stuff like 12 monkeys and fight club then to something like mr and mrs smith all totally different roles pulled off so well, and edward norten american history x, fight club again, red dragon remake, the illusionist all examples of mixing it up whereas shia falls into the same roles everytime
also his whiny voice and general appearance anger the fuck outta me
I agree that his style is somewhat limited, but it doesn't make him bad at the roles he's in. Although, he does do some quite different roles, for some examples: Holes, Indy 4, Nausicaa English Dub, etc. Ok, I know the last one was just voice acting, but he did pull it off very well,and I actually liked Indy 4, because I chose to see it as a tribute to the Indy series rather than a sequal, which was how it was meant to be viewed.
Anyway, I agree that there are far better actors out there, but that doesn't mean that he is awful.