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[–] HootinNHollerin 61 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Hollywood is so pitifully lacking any shred of risk taking or creativity.

[–] TrickDacy 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But the former wrestler The Rock is a totally versatile and talented actor tho! /s

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

People write roles for him to be that way

People aren’t paying for him to be someone else

Nothing about his acting ability

[–] TrickDacy -4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I ain't paying shit to see a brick wall make funny faces but y'all do you, I just don't get it. Moana is the only movie I can think of that his lack of acting ability wasn't distracting to me. There are plenty of people I like as people but who can't act and I wouldn't pay to see them ... Try

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

People aren’t paying for him to be someone else

I was talking about producers

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 1 points 8 months ago

The Other Guys?

[–] HootinNHollerin 1 points 8 months ago

Haha so true! I only actually liked him in that movie with marky mark where he’s a coked out body builder

[–] RGB3x3 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Watch Poor Things if you want risk taking and creativity. It was weird in the best of ways, imo.

The Lighthouse, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Infinity Pool, Beau is Afraid, the animated Spiderverse Movies, Jordan Peele's movies, Talk to Me, and definitely more I haven't seen.

There's risk taking and creativity, but they're much harder to find because they don't get the advertising budget of the standard boring action-adventure bull crap.

[–] Trae 2 points 8 months ago

Add "The Northman" to this list. It's amazing and Alexander Skarsgard is fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The Lighthouse was awesome. Love me some crazy Willem

[–] Holyhandgrenade 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Dune 2 sticks out like a lighthouse in a sea of mediocrity. One of the greatest, and boldest movies I have ever seen.

[–] CitizenKong 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You mean the third adaptation of a very popular book? Not exactly wildly original.

Still a great movie though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Not original exactly, but the 1984 version was critically panned, and most people don't even know the scifi miniseries even exists. It was said by most people to be unadaptable after those attempts. Taking the step to out that kind of money behind it is pretty bold, and it's original in that there's nothing else like it in the cinema right now, or in a while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] LemmyKnowsBest 4 points 8 months ago

I think he meant to say baldest instead of boldest.

[–] RizzRustbolt 1 points 8 months ago

Really leans into the fan fiction aspect of the original books.

[–] jose1324 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because adapting a book that is considered unadaptable isn't bold

[–] Glytch 13 points 8 months ago

This version of it is by far the best and really does the book justice, but "bold" is not a word I would use to describe the third adaptation of the same classic piece of literature.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Money does that. The more it costs - the more safe it has to be.