OH WOW, I wasn't aware that Lautner *and* Pettyfer have the same agent?! Maybe they are both brain-washed into believing they actually are The Next Big Action Heroes by that same person? Can't be coincidence, now can it, those two being the most over-rated young actors (together with Fernandez)?
Pettyfer has already been chewed up and spit out again -- wondering now if Lautner will follow that path as well.
You don't have to be much of an actor to be an action star - Schwarzenegger is the classic example. But you do need a certain presence and gravity so that the audience believes you can actually take on bad guys & defeat them. Schwarzenegger had that, and his movies (or should I say their directors) quickly learned how to highlight his good qualities & draw attention away from his deficiencies.
Lautner does not have that - at least not yet, and perhaps never will. You simply don't take him seriously enough, and it's not just because of his past movies (though they certainly don't help him out).
I'm going to make a flat prediction right now - he will win the Razzie for this movie (and for the Twilight film). It'll be either one nomination for both films (which will guarantee a landslide win) or one lead & one supporting. And perhaps he'll win in both categories . . .
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: Lautner was dually nominated as Worst Actor of 2010 for his roles in both TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE and VALENTINE'S DAY (LINK). He "lost" to one of his VALENTINE'S DAY co-stars (who was dually nominated for that film and the megaton B.O. bomb KILLERS) Ashton Kutcher (LINK).
For 2011, were Lautner to be dually nominated again, he would logically be listed in our Worst Actor (rather than Worst Supporting Actor) category for both this film and one of this year's most anticipated RAZZIE® titles, TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING WIND PART I.
Does the review quoted below mean Lautner is just unexperienced, or bad? If so, is he just bad, or so bad he's officially a bad actor in general?
Originally posted by Vits
R.T.(3-7%):"A soulless and incompetent action/thriller not even a veteran lead actor could save,let alone Taylor Lautner".
Originally posted by HeadRAZZBerry
For 2011, were Lautner to be dually nominated again, he would logically be listed in our Worst Actor (rather than Worst Supporting Actor) category for both this film and one of this year's most anticipated RAZZIE® titles, TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING WIND PART I.
I know, but my question was if it's a fact if he'll be listed as lead, or do you have to wait? Because Pattison was listed as lead too, but the year before was supporting.
RESPONSE from Head RAZZBerry: As I mentioned in a 2007 discussion on this Forum, Pattinson's role in the second TWLIGHT movie was marginalized (his character disappeared for almost half of the movie) while in ECLIPSE, Lautner and Pattinson had approximately equal screen time (as it appears they may have in BREAKING DAWN)...
Time to start clearing your shelves Lautner, there may be a golden spray-painted piece of fruit coming your way (unless of course Captain OTT gets his hands on it first)...
You see in this filmmaking world there's two types of people my friend. Those with the knowledge of film and those who think they do but really don't.
The only thing that Lautner fans (or fans of Twilight in general) have to be thankful for is that Abduction did better than a Jason Statham film with a higher production budget -- Why the hell does Statham keep getting lead roles when his movies never make any money?!?
You don't have to be much of an actor to be an action star - Schwarzenegger is the classic example. But you do need a certain presence and gravity so that the audience believes you can actually take on bad guys & defeat them. Schwarzenegger had that, and his movies (or should I say their directors) quickly learned how to highlight his good qualities & draw attention away from his deficiencies.
Lautner does not have that - at least not yet, and perhaps never will. You simply don't take him seriously enough, and it's not just because of his past movies (though they certainly don't help him out).
Exactly! It was mentioned why Jason Statham is a lead in action movies. Because #1. He has the right look. #2. He has just enough acting/charisma and fighting skills for a director to use within the context of an action movie. Lautner has neither of these qualities. He can't act his way out of a wet paper bag, and even with the ripped body that he has, he still looks like a high schooler. Statham has a tough guy appeal and he will beat the living day lights out of everyone around him, and that's why he's the current day action hero. That and getting the torch passed to him by Stallone in "The Expendables" doesn't hurt either, but then again, that's not saying much of him as a dramatic actor.
"People say 'It's all about the story’. When you're making tentpole films, bull$hit." -Andy Hendrickson (Disney Animation Studios' Chief Technical Officer)
Schwarzenegger has more talent than people give him credit for. In the right role, he was spectacular. He made an absolutely chilling villain in The Terminator and he was an awesome, very likable hero in T2. Lautner has played the same role his entire career and will play the same role through the rest of his (probably short) career. Once his looks are gone, there is nothing to keep him in the spotlight. If he had his same level of talent and looked like Yul Brynner, do you think we would ever have heard of him? Of course not!
Originally posted by DistinguishedFlyer
You don't have to be much of an actor to be an action star - Schwarzenegger is the classic example. But you do need a certain presence and gravity so that the audience believes you can actually take on bad guys & defeat them. Schwarzenegger had that, and his movies (or should I say their directors) quickly learned how to highlight his good qualities & draw attention away from his deficiencies.
Lautner does not have that - at least not yet, and perhaps never will. You simply don't take him seriously enough, and it's not just because of his past movies (though they certainly don't help him out).
I'm going to make a flat prediction right now - he will win the Razzie for this movie (and for the Twilight film). It'll be either one nomination for both films (which will guarantee a landslide win) or one lead & one supporting. And perhaps he'll win in both categories . . .
Schwarzenegger also has more talent than people give him credit for. In the right role he was spectacular. He made an absolutely chilling villain in The Terminator and he was an awesome very likable hero in T2. Lautner has played the same role his entire career and will play the same role through the rest of his probably short career. Once the looks are gone, there is nothing to keep him in the spotlight. If he had the same level of talent and looked like Yul Brenner do you think we would have heard of him? Of course not!
Schwarzenegger has more talent than people give him credit for. In the right role, he was spectacular. He made an absolutely chilling villain in The Terminator and he was an awesome, very likable hero in T2.
But that plays back to what a GOOD director who knows how to properly use Ar-nold can do. James Cameron saw that Arnold worked best as a big, menacing figure who barely ever speaks, and that is why it worked so well in the "Terminator" movies. Just have Arnold walking around with anger or a blank expression on his, and the few times that he does speak, make it catchy. It worked for Arnold, but it doesn't work for every single person who appears in an action movie, especially when they are a teenager with barely any talent.
"People say 'It's all about the story’. When you're making tentpole films, bull$hit." -Andy Hendrickson (Disney Animation Studios' Chief Technical Officer)
Can anyone who's seen this answer a question: Does Lautner know in the film that he's adopted? It was bugging me because I thought he was Native American, while Maria Bello and Jason Isaacs are white.
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: I think I read in a review that he first learns he was adopted at the beginning of the film...
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I agree. Not even a director who had the talent of Hitchcock, Spielberg, and Welles all infused into him could make an actor like Lautner look good!
Originally posted by SuperTeenTopia
Originally posted by Lord Naseby
Schwarzenegger has more talent than people give him credit for. In the right role, he was spectacular. He made an absolutely chilling villain in The Terminator and he was an awesome, very likable hero in T2.
But that plays back to what a GOOD director who knows how to properly use Ar-nold can do. James Cameron saw that Arnold worked best as a big, menacing figure who barely ever speaks, and that is why it worked so well in the "Terminator" movies. Just have Arnold walking around with anger or a blank expression on his, and the few times that he does speak, make it catchy. It worked for Arnold, but it doesn't work for every single person who appears in an action movie, especially when they are a teenager with barely any talent.
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