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[Saturnman]

...would that make you go see it?

I'm sometimes amazed how superficial movie actor interviews are and how, for some reason, they most often need to share that they had so much fun doing it.

I think I'd be more curious to see a flick if the actors hated each other while doing it.

 

[Dan]

The only way I could care if an actor had fun making a film is if that environment helped him or her perform better, and that's really only going to be the case in certain kinds of films anyway.

It really doesn't matter. Actors having fun has little impact on the film. After all, there have been plenty of troubled productions full of conflict that have resulted in great films, and many easy-going fun productions that have resulted in shitty films.

All that matters is the end result. I don't really care what gets it there, unless it's the senseless slaughter of puppies or something. Then I care.

 

[kumanoki]

...would that make you go see it?

I'm sometimes amazed how superficial movie actor interviews are and how, for some reason, they most often need to share that they had so much fun doing it.

I think I'd be more curious to see a flick if the actors hated each other while doing it.

Watch The Shining. Everybody on the set hated Shelley Duvall.

 

[Litigation Manuel]

Most of the time, at least from my understanding, if someone says a movie was fun to make, they're probably saying it because it's the only positive aspect there is to the movie. It will suck.

 

[mattx5]

Like Ocean's 12 :|

 

[Flynn]

less fun=better movie

This theory is backed up by the sheer awfulness of most improv.

See the film Blue in the Face for further evidence.

 

[FoneBone]

Yeah, but you're never going to see an actor say "This movie sucks, and I hated making it" in an interview... even in cases where the actor decided he/she didn't actually want to make the movie. (Yes, it's happened.)

 

[Father_Brain]

Yeah, but you're never going to see an actor say "This movie sucks, and I hated making it" in an interview... even in cases where the actor decided he/she didn't actually want to make the movie. (Yes, it's happened.)

Although they might occasionally sue to get out of making a movie, like Kim Basinger did (successfully) with Boxing Helena, and Whoopi Goldberg did (unsuccessfully) with Theodore Rex.

 

[Shazapp]

Watch Cannonball Run II. You can tell they had fun making it by watching the bloopers at the end. Doesn't change the fact that it's one of the worst movies ever made.

 

[Substance]

One criticism of acting is that an actor or actress may look bored during the film so I'm not sure why people believe that an unhappy production process would make the film more enjoyable. Ewan McGregor has been honest in calling all the repetetive Blue Screen work and interaction with digital characters, in SW prequels, both 'boring' and 'a nightmare'. And, well, it shows that there is a certain sterility in the acting. However he is clearly having a blast with a film, say, 'Down with Love', not a great film by any means, but the vibrancy is palpable.

 

[Dan]

One criticism of acting is that an actor or actress may look bored during the film so I'm not sure why people believe that an unhappy production process would make the film more enjoyable.

No one said this. I certainly didn't.

There is no direct or absolute relationship between the fun of acting and the resulting performance, let alone the resulting film. There is an argument to be made that having certain emotional environments on a set can help, but there is no firm rule for the entire industry. For instance, I don't think if the cast and crew of Schindler's List were having fun during its production we'd get a better film. A slapstick comedy? Perhaps, but the only thing that matters is what ends up on screen.

The question was whether you'd see a film because the actors had fun shooting it, and the answer is no, not because that is never benefitial to the film, but because the production steps leading to the end product won't be relevant to my view of the film.

 

[Substance]

Well, Flynn, I would hope as a joke, wrote that equation 'Less fun = Better Movie'
I wasn't trying to argue anyway, you pretty much summed it up stating there is no absolute relationship between the fun of acting and resulting film.

 

[Mike Works]

:lol

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I think I'd be more curious to see a flick if the actors hated each other while doing it.

probably any porn with Rocco in it?

 

[Flynn]

Well, Flynn, I would hope as a joke, wrote that equation 'Less fun = Better Movie'
I wasn't trying to argue anyway, you pretty much summed it up stating there is no absolute relationship between the fun of acting and resulting film.

It's half a joke.

Tension makes good art. Tumult between band members has been known to make for harder rocking.

Same goes for filmmaking and pretty much any collaborative art form.

 

[Shinobi]

Tension arguably made the Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels Ironman match the classic that it was. At the same time, Bret and Steve Austin were good friends, yet you never would've known it watching their "I Quit" match at Wrestlemania. Bottom line is, a professional will get the job done...how they feel about it is their own personal issue.

 

[FortNinety]

Most actors and actresses are cry babys. I love actors who are awesome and can admit that it's not brain surgery that they're doing.

 

[FeedMeAStrayCat]

While some of you have made valid points that if the actors have too much fun on the set, the movie suffers, that's certainly not the case with Anchorman (at least in my opinion). You can tell they had a blast on the set, and all the improv stuff is absolutely hilarious. Awesome movie. (take a look at my avatar)

 

[xsarien]

The thing is, how could you even take claims of "having fun" on a set at face value. No actor who enjoys working is going to say "I had a horrible time with each and every one of those miserable shits."

Call me cynical, but when I see a celeb hopping around, claiming that he/she had "fun" on a set to anyone with a camera or pocket tape recorder, I assume it's just part of the PR. The same kind of PR that forces people like Alan Cumming to choke whenever he's forced to say something positive about "Son of the Mask."