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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Again, if you don't like it... don't support it. Boycott big budget films. Don't complain about the actors making the salaries they are making, it isn't like their salaries are regulated... they earn what the market will bear.
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Don't get me wrong - I'm not trying to create a PAC against Big Actors - in most cases, big actors are that way BECAUSE of their talent and because of what they DELIVER. The group I pulled out doesn't mean that those actors aren't good, Crowe was incredible in A Beautiful Mind, Pitt was great in Fight Club, Snatch, 12 Monkeys, etc. Farrow and Bloom....the jury is still out.
If I rephrase my point, I guess it would be: Recent epics have been weak on many levels (primarily the script/plot) and it is a shame that Hollywood's approach at rectifying this seems to be hire a big actor and hope noone notices. It seems to me they should invest in improving the film at its particular weakness, rather than tacking a pretty face on the movie poster and crossing their fingers. No actor in the world could have played the Achilles or Alexander roles and made those films worthwhile - so why pay for the big guns? It's like hiring the Rock (only big, strong guy I could think of) to dig the Grand Canyon and handing him a spoon to do it.
Does that make better sense (although you still probably disagree)?