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[mansoor1980]

i mean look at this

 

[The Cockatrice]

You don't need amazing acting skills when you have masterclass charm.

 

[Ikutachi]

You don't need amazing acting skills when you have masterclass charm.

 

[ArtemisClydeFrog]

I don't know but I lost a ton of money on that Sugar Bowl disaster of his. What a bloody shambles that was. You could smell the stink all the way back in bloody Wales.

 

[mansoor1980]

in contrast garey busy had the charm and acting talent

 

[AnotherOne]

Why specifically him? There's a fuckton of actors/actresses that can't act.

 

[mansoor1980]

Why specifically him? There's a fuckton of actors/actresses that can't act.

why not? need video links of said actors/actresses

 

[Ivory Blood]

Idk he was pretty good in Cyberpunk and John Wick. Especially Cyberpunk.

 

[mansoor1980]

Idk he was pretty good in Cyberpunk and John Wick. Especially Cyberpunk.

havent played CB , john wick is a decent series , thing is the dude has limited acting range

 

[Reality Czar]

Like a lot of actors, he is good at being who he is. There are plenty of actors that have just as limited range. They like to go on about "sinking into roles" and stuff but most actors are hired for who they are.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Keanu has the compacity to act, give him Matrix or John Wick and you have millions of sales.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

You don't need amazing acting skills when you have masterclass charm.

Damn right.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

Keanu Reeves plays "Keanu Reeves". He doesn't act - people just go to see him. There are a lot of movie stars like that. Now don't get me wrong, they do have a handful of exceptional roles but for the most part you are going to know exactly what you get with them.

Not everyone is Daniel Day Lewis.

 

[quickwhips]

I think the lake house shows he is a great actor.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[johntown]

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[BigBooper]

If you don't like it, build your own movie studio and act in your own movies.

 

[mansoor1980]

If you don't like it, build your own movie studio and act in your own movies.

so if i dont like it i am not allowed to criticise ?

 

[mansoor1980]

its like he cant open his mouth properly

 

[GymWolf]

I don't even know why this guy is so loved...

I guess that just being a decent guy in hollywood is enough to make people love him.

The only thing i know is that he was fucking horrible in cyberpunk...

 

[BigBooper]

so if i dont like it i am not allow to criticise ?

Sure, go for it. It's just weird to watch people jack off to hate. PS. I was joking.

 

[mansoor1980]

I don't even know why this guy is so loved...

I guess that just being a decent guy in hollywood is enough to make people love him.

The only thing i know is that he was fucking horrible in cyberpunk...

wat? neogaf opinion is that he is great in cyber punk but just not given much time

 

[Raven117]

No sir, OP. No sir. If you can't appreciate Keanu for what he does and what he brings to roles, then you need to reevaluate your life.

Im sure he would readily say he isn't an Oscar worthy actor, but that doesn't mean you can't get a total kick out of him and his performances in a tongue in cheek, little campy, little serious, little awesomely-bad, way.

 

[mansoor1980]

Sure, go for it. It's just weird to watch people jack off to hate. PS. I was joking.

if there is ever a fallout4 movie in the future then keeanu reeves wud make a pretty good synthetic.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

He's got a weird acting style for sure, but Keanu Reeves seems most "natural" when he's talking with other actors and directors.

It's a bit dated now, but he produced a cool documentary called Side by Side (2012) about movies being increasingly filmed digitally. He has conversations with a bunch of different, good directors(except Lena Dunham lol) and gets them to open up about how cameras were changing. Anyway, it's pretty good. The whole thing is on YouTube.

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[GymWolf]

wat? neogaf opinion is that he is great in cyber punk but just not given much time

The character is kinda cool but his VA is mediocre at best.

Horrible may be an exageration but i cringed every time he opened his mouth.

 

[Mossybrew]

The character is kinda cool but his VA is mediocre at best.

Horrible may be an exageration but i cringed every time he opened his mouth.

The character is a cringey douchebag and Keanu was just horribly miscast.

 

[Dacon]

I enjoyed him in Devil's Advocate.

 

[The Pleasure]

Because the art of acting is an excellent adventure. Unless you're Canadian. Then it's a bogus journey.

 

[Ballthyrm]

You don't need to know how to act to be a movie star.
That's kind of cool when you think about it.

You can be bad at the skill you've been hired and still make it.
I guess it's not the only job like that, I would put Senator or a Representative at the top of that list

 

[SirKicksalot]

Can barely modulate his voice.

I love his Dracula performance. At the dinner table when Gary Oldman is all WHAARLGHGBGBHRHGH with that sword, Keanu's contrasting catatonia unironically enhances the kino.

 

[MrS]

because somebody keeps taking his breath

 

[Space Runaway]

His voice and inflection are stuck in "dude!" mode no matter how hard he tries to shake it. It's kind of magical in a strange way though. =P

 

[The Hamburglar]

Watch knock knock he’s great in that

 

[Pumpkin Seeds]

You are stuck in an abandoned movie theatre.

Before you lay two tables, films piled atop both. You must choose one table.

The first table is every Oscar winner of the past 12 years. The other table is a bunch of Keanu Reeves and Nic Cage movies.

The choice is easy.

 

[mansoor1980]

His voice and inflection are stuck in "dude!" mode no matter how hard he tries to shake it. It's kind of magical in a strange way though. =P

he shud stick to comedies

 

[mansoor1980]

Watch knock knock he’s great in that

seen that , entertaining movie

 

[a multicultural team of v]

You are stuck in an abandoned movie theatre.

Before you lay two tables, films piled atop both. You must choose one table.

The first table is every Oscar winner of the past 12 years. The other table is a bunch of Keanu Reeves and Nic Cage movies.

The choice is easy.

in a fair and just world those would be the same table

 

[T8SC]

Yeah? Well he's taller.

 

[mansoor1980]

Yeah? Well he's taller.

keanu vs the tall lady

 

[QSD]

Keanu Reeves plays "Keanu Reeves". He doesn't act - people just go to see him. There are a lot of movie stars like that. Now don't get me wrong, they do have a handful of exceptional roles but for the most part you are going to know exactly what you get with them.

Not everyone is Daniel Day Lewis.

This is basically it. Keanu fall in the same category as Arnold

 

[jason10mm]

Poor guy can barely move now. Watching him in "Replica" was like watching an 80 year old man wracked with arthritis shuffle around a set. No idea what drugs/editing they use to get him fluid for John Wick.

 

[Halo is Back]

You don't need amazing acting skills when you have masterclass charm.

 

[SJRB]

He's extremely likable so people just ignore his garbage acting.

 

[bender]

Why can't you act like Keanu has acting chops?

 

[mansoor1980]

Why can't you act like Keanu has acting chops?

ok u got me

 

[DeepEnigma]

I mean, he acted like a pretty damn good hitman, and trained really hard for the role. Dude is a great shooter with tight mechanics now.

 

[mansoor1980]

I mean, he acted like a pretty damn good hitman, and trained really hard for the role. Dude is a great shooter with tight mechanics now.

clever