IMO Bautista is on the underrated side. He can be hilarious, unhinged, dumb muscle, and serious AF. TBF he’s really picked some roles with good writing and direction which helps a lot.
unlike the rock, who cant act for poop, and he really is difficult to work with when it comes around action and contracts.
Nah the rock can actually act, he’s just usually taking the same type of big dumb roles. He was great in Ballers, and in that movie with Marky Mark. I’ve heard great things about him in the smashing machine too.
He just plays the same character in most movies, but he never a “bad” actor. What do you think he is bad in?
I didn't like him in that Fox News short where he played a guy who "can't endorse a candidate this election cycle"
I'm confused. Why does he need to endorse an election candidate? He's an actor/wrestler, not a politician.
It's not as though he's any smarter or more informed than the average person is in that regard.
He doesn't, but by going on Fox News and refusing to endorse "a candidate" he implicitly endorsed Trump. Johnson had previously voted for Obama twice and endorsed Biden in 2020
Im glad to see all these Bautista comments. I lived him as Drax (Dax? DAAAAX?). I remember seeing him do something else silly that I enjoyed, but Ill have to check out his more serious stuff.
Dave Bautista killed it in that role
Morton Sapper saw a miracle through those bitty specs.
Seriously, Bautista is great. That movie is amazing too.
It makes me think about how actors who we consider unremarkable might be hiding amazing performances if placed in the right role with great direction.
After seeing him in that role, he seems so underutilized in other movies.
Dave Bautista is undoubtedly the only actor with range in this picture.
you don't think Alan Ritchson has range?
I'm not sure of my own opinion on it, tbh. but I was introduced to him as Thad, so seeing him later on in serious roles was a head turner
I’m assuming the people who think that have only been introduced to him in reacher and a few action movies since then.
I first saw him in Smallville and thought he was equally as stiff then.
But he definitely nailed Reacher.
Watch a single episode of Blue Mountain State and see what you think about him having no range.
Whys thad in the cookie race?
I'm so used to him being Thad that it's quite surprising to see him in something that's not a comedy at this point
Arnold has a pretty broad range, just lacking the depth.
Stallone had some range at one time.
Dude, Rocky is a great movie. And First Blood showed some range, too.
I love Demolition Man and Daylight for reasons other than range.
You can be a great actor and have no range, it just means you're typecast. Some people fall into it over time, some start that way.
Try Cop Land. Not your typical Stallone pic.
I remember seeing this and thinking “wow, he can actually act.” And it’s inconceivable that someone like the Rock or Vin Diesel would do a movie like that.
Vin Diesel was in Saving Private Ryan
That was early in his career. When Stallone made Cop Land he was a guy who (despite some recent missteps) could get movies made. He chose the role to show his acting ability. Once Vin Diesel had that kind of juice he put riders into his contracts about whether or not his character could lose a fight.
Funnily he's also the only one where the glasses look good.
Aww, I think Arnold looks cute here
I'm sorry. The first three? I believe it - especially Ritchson. But I don't care what he looks like, there is zero chance I'm going to buy a "smart" Stallone
Dudes been nominated for academy awards 3 times, same with golden globes and he won one of those.
None of which has to do with being smart.
I like him as an actor, but I wouldn't find him playing a "smart" character very convincing. Him as a scientist would be great for a comedy movie though.
He’s got Clark Kent look going on there. Something the other characters would buy, but everyone in the audience knows it’s a disguise.
Right? He doesn't even know about the three seashells
Sly looked hella good in those glasses tho, which is I think all that counts.
I also wouldn't buy a smart Dolph Lundgren despite all his academic achievements.
The version of this that I especially loathe is when they write the character like he's crushed by insecurities but gets instantly hot and confident once he takes the glasses off.
It's like he becomes some kinda super man or something.
Fantastic show btw, I wish more people knew the origin of that gif
Both seasons are fantastic, shame we never got a third.
I believe this trick cause Dolph Lundgren (Ivan Drago from Rocky) has a master's degree in chemical engineering
Sylvester Stallone is Clark Kent.
Oh man, it's gonna be so surprising and contrasting when they get violent.
Lol Reacher is the most "Mary Sue" (or whatever he male equivalent) character I've ever seen on TV.
Eh. He's only good at things that can be solved with violence or stoicism, hurts himself and others by being emotionally unavailable and poorly socialized, and is constantly running from his past figuratively and literally. It's basically the same archetype as the hardboiled detectives from a century ago.
Should have added the Hulk with glasses too
That is the most absurd one. Hulk can fix every cut by a monster blade, every hit by a nuclear bomb but can't fix the eyes?
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