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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by blackjack21(m): 7:36pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:I'm talking about Scott Adkins. And seriously, WWE fighters are all along actors and not martial artist. So it doesn't compare. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by armadeo(m): 7:38pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
Nickshrapnel: He was the frog guy in the first xmen I think. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by kendrick93(m): 7:44pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:I mean i wouldn't call Dave a fantastic actor.... The Rock knows what works for him and sticks to it |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nickshrapnel: 7:45pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
armadeo:He was the stunt double for Deadpool in wolverine origins |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by kendrick93(m): 7:50pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
SalomonKane:Batman needs fresh ideas... Batman is a skilled martial fighter but I don't think any of the movies has done enough justice to that.... The closest we got was Ben affleck version which was why most fans insist he was the perfect batman realistically.... Nolan trilogy while great was terrible in fight choreography... Adkins would have been a very good candidate for this role 1 Like |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 8:06pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
voltron14:I had no idea! Just read up on him now. 2 Likes |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 8:08pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
kendrick93:I have never found the Rock wanting in any of his roles and somehow has avoided been typecast as the guy with the mean face, loud voice and big muscles. Dave is not bad. He is able to emote and connect with audiences, something Stephen was never able to achieve (at least with me) |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by kendrick93(m): 8:12pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
Ishilove:He's pretty much the Hero saving the day in every movie.... He hardly ever plays the villainous roles..... |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by SalomonKane: 8:30pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
kendrick93:well you have a point. Don't forget Batman has dual personality. He's a playboy and a vigilante. While I feel Adkins can match Batman's martial art skill, I honestly don't think he can come close to Bruce Wayne's playboy theatrics. I really believe it'll be hard to find a human being on this earth who can readily combine both role into one, effortlessly. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by mekaprime: 9:32pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
DandeNumeruno: My guy forget that thing, asides martial arts movies, your guy would suck horribly in any other genre. Just imagine Adkins in a Comedy, Drama or Romance movie, even as a voice actor, he'd suck horribly. Just imagine these scenarios and tell yourself the gospel truth. And you can't really compare him to statham. Adkins is very rigid with his act, he carries out all his act with so much seriousness & tension. Statham on the other hand is always very flexible with his act. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by JeromeBlack: 9:54pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
kendrick93: Arrant nonsense. Ben Affleck is the perfect batman? Fat batman? Also, the fight with Bane in the dark knight rises was both physically and psychologically deep. The only thing I agree with you is that Scott Adkins could be a batman. He has an angry face worthy of apathy and darkness- that is the true essence of batman. That is why i loved Christian Bale as batman |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by JeromeBlack: 9:57pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
mekaprime: Can Statham do romance movies? He can only act as a hardman with funny lines. Batman movies are action movies with a lot of brooding from batman himself. That is Adkins forte 1 Like |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by CapedBaldy: 9:58pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
finally saw joker. not bad I actually liked it. it's not for everyone though. I rate it 7/10 2 Likes
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by mekaprime: 10:45pm On Feb 23, 2020 |
JeromeBlack: As regards the bolded, that's not the point. The comparison between both actors are as regards the flexibility with which they act. Thanks for pointing out that Statham acts as a hardman with funny lines, that's called flexibility, irrespective of him playing the role of a hard man, he knows when to induce comic relief with his funny lines. while Adkins is all damn serious all the time. Adkins can be the stunt man that plays Batman, am sure ok with that. But as for Bruce Wayne, am sorry sire, he can never be Bruce Wayne. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 1:27am On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime: niche actors like adkins rarely deviate from martial art, they stick to what they know. he can play a villain or an anti hero. he's well suited for such roles. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 1:28am On Feb 24, 2020 |
kendrick93: thank you! adkins is well suited to play batman. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 1:30am On Feb 24, 2020 |
JeromeBlack: exactly! jason statham only ever plays a hard man with the occasionally funny lies. he knows his strong points and acts accordingly. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 1:45am On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime: jason is not flexible bro. flexibility is when you have range to delve into other genre that are not your niche and do them very well. jason is not that guy. he only ever plays a villain or anti hero, the sort of role someone like adkins will thrive in too. they are the same kind of actors, the only difference is jason has access to better scripts that brings out his best attributes, while adkins only have access to cheesy scripts synonymous with b flicks. just waka go online and you'll see numerous articles by movie nerds wondering why adkins hasn't played batman yet. he's perfect for that role, it's his forte. just watch this video. the montage starts at 04:09.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbnSykhV8I if you still think he can't play batman after watching this, then you're just keen on being a hater. rumour has it that if ben affleck had turned down the batman role in SUPERMAN VS BATMAN, WB would have offered adkins the role. i remember when people used to say henry cavill can't act (just because he was a b-lister), now his haters have all gone mute. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 2:07am On Feb 24, 2020 |
SalomonKane: adkins will play bruce wayne very well, playing bruce wayne is the easy part of being batman. anyone can be bruce wayne, just be suave and arrogant, and you're good to go. being the cape crusader is the hard part, and am of the opinion that adkins will take the role to the next level. 1 Like |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by JeromeBlack: 3:23am On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime: Does Batman do funny lines? Christian Bale's batman hardly ever joked throughout the Dark knight trilogy. Batman never jokes in the cartoons. You must give a reason why Scot Adkins cant be Batman. As for Statham, being a hardman with funny lines doesn't mean flexibility. Even the rock does it. Even Baptista and John Cena do it. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by kendrick93(m): 7:49am On Feb 24, 2020 |
JeromeBlack:Christian Bale batman was weak and those fight choreography were terrible.... especially in Dark knight rises, that last battle.... Movie felt rushed. Nolan while a great director, but action scenes isn't his greatest strength... |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Kaycee7(m): 8:41am On Feb 24, 2020 |
Ishilove:Well, The Rock and Batista already had preliminary acting experience from WWE so I guess that helped them transition to acting. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by mekaprime: 12:37pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
DandeNumeruno: Adkins has the Batman kinda physique, his fighting skills are very good, but the honest truth is that Adkins can't act sh.it. Acting goes beyond reading or reciting some script. Well, before you come up with the "Adkins has a brooding personality" , being Batman goes beyond having just a brooding personality. A good act requires character building( at this point, the actors original personality, ceases to exist, what exists is the character which he has given life to), amazing empathetic cognitive orientation, lively dialogue etc. Why is Bale considered the best Batman ever? Well with Bale, he becomes the character in toto, from his facial expressions, his gestures, his dialogues, his body movement, you literally feel what he feels. You feel the darkness within him, his pains, his anguish, beneath his smile, you see the sadness & regrets, the responsibility. Before Affleck was cast for Batman vs Superman, Adkins was called in for an audition for the role of the caped crusader, guess what? It ended there & he wasn't chosen. So why wasn't he chosen? or wasn't he given a better script at the audition yet again? Another opportunity comes yet again, yet he wasn't called for an audition talk more of been chosen. So again, why wasn't he chosen this time?. I'll be glad if you can give me a different answer. If Adkins were to be Batman, he'd have been, some years back and not now. Now that every studio, every director is itching to get their hands on the Oscars & you're seriously suggesting they cast Adkins, That's quite laughable. And with the amount of success DC currently has, they'll want to stay on top, thus, they'd always go for best of the best and nothing more. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by mekaprime: 12:43pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
DandeNumeruno: You're still mixing things up here, by Funny lines, i wasn't referring to Batman, everybody knows the caped crusader doesn't joke a bit. By flexibility, in relation to the two actors, I wasn't referring to flexibility as regards genre, i mean striking a balance between seriousness & humor. You said that he can act because he's always solid in every movie you've seen in him, well, if it's martial arts movies, i kinda concur. But what really shocked me was the other lady said, & I quote Adkins has not been on a good romance movie. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Ishilove: 1:57pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime:Heh. I don't see Scott acting in a romance movie |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 2:08pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime:bro you can't make orange juice from a lemon. you can only make lemonade from a lemon. basically, you play the hand you're dealt. give an actor a cheesy script with cheesy dialogue and they will act accordingly, give them a meaningful script with meaningful script, ditto. an actor is only as good as a screenplay. all this epistle about "empathetic cognitive orientation...." doesn't apply to a b movie script with basic plot lines, cheesy dialogue and martial art as a principal. also. not everyone must become a method actor to be classified as a great actor bro. basing adkins acting prowess on mediocre scripts of b movies is hilarious asf. it's like saying a cow cannot run fast because it's fat, but we all know the average cow can run faster than a human. don't you think it's wiser to let adkins prove himself in the big leagues first before judging him? don't make me laugh abeg ![]() ![]() mekaprime:what the hell is this lol. bro lemme tell you something, if you put Christian bale in a "b" flick, he will give a sort of performance that will make you question his talent. why? one answer - SCRIPT. a script/screenplay plays a huge part on how an actor will perform. a well grounded script encourages a grounded performance, and this is where a talented actor really shines. adkins is a diamond in the rough. give him a grounded script and a role like batman, and any talented director will extract a monumental performance from him. mekaprime: huge lie bro. where the hell did you hear that ![]() he never officially auditioned for the role, besides, WB has already contracted ben affleck as their batman after the dismal box office performance of both BvS and JL, WB announced that it's looking for a younger batman for the future. adkins is 43 years so this effectively eliminated him from auditioning for the role. very unfortunate because he was one of fan favorites to land the role prior to the WB's announcement. this is what actually happened not your fallacious version. mekaprime: mehn am really surprised at you! you talk like an amateur. aren't you supposed to be the movie man ![]() @the bolded, christian bale happened. christopher nolan wanted a method actor and personally auditioned bale himself. he wanted to create his own idea of batman and gotham city, and felt that an immersive actor like bale will suit these ideas. @the second bolded, go for the best of the best you said, and yet DC plucked an unproven b list pretty face and gave her her own movie. (spoiler alert...the movie bombed.) bro... ![]() ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 2:09pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
mekaprime: bro only the best of of best can afford to freestyle/go off script and not mess up a dialogue chain, but mostly, actors stick to the script. if the script an actor is given has funny lines, of course they will say them. that's the way it is. i cannot stress this enough--- an actor is only as good as a script. jason has funny lines because the script has funny lines. it doesn't make him flexible, it endears his character to the audience tho. give adkins similar script and he will have funny lines too. ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nickshrapnel: 2:49pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
DandeNumeruno:
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Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 3:06pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
Nickshrapnel:this is how people fail exams. they don't read properly. ![]() i know he auditioned, i posted his audition video this morning ffs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynbnSykhV8I i said he didn't audition OFFICIALLY. meaning he didn't audition in the traditional sense (face to face audition) like mekaprime implied. |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Nickshrapnel: 3:38pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
DandeNumeruno:You said WB had already contracted Affleck before Scott’s audition which contradicts the screenshot I posted ![]() |
Re: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by DandeNumeruno(m): 3:53pm On Feb 24, 2020 |
Nickshrapnel: read this and maybe you'll understand why ben affleck was WB primary choice. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-warner-bros-picked-ben-affleck-to-play-batman-2013-8 |
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