That's a great media buy, and way more
convincing than an actor you hired so you could film her saying what you want her to say.
Not exact matches
While the date may have changed, the
actors have all new faces and the details slightly different, the story is the same: a new, cocky kid comes around claiming to be the next best thing and for a while he holds true to his word and
convinces the world that he is better, stronger and more capable
than his rival.
Former US football star and
actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after
convincing a parole board that he has repented after more
than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel - room heist.
As a showcase for many of the finest
actors working today, it proves how essential performance is, even in movies that on their surface demand little more
than fitting into a latex suit and affecting a
convincing grimace.
There isn't a single moment to
convince us this is more
than a huge paycheck for each of these
actors.
Though Rinsch deserves some credit for
convincing a major studio to green light a Keanu Reeves vehicle with Japanese screen veteran Hiroyuki Sanada, and not Reeves, playing the main lead, the
actor's presence ultimately proves to be more of a distraction
than an advantage.
He is also completely out of his league with the three previously mentioned
actors nor can he create a
convincing or compelling love connection with co-star Amber Heard («Syrup,» a film that supposedly made a little more
than $ 600 at the box office).
It also doesn't help that Jaeden Lieberher, who plays the magic tot, fails to
convince as anything other
than a cute child
actor.
The
actors make «Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight» seem better
than it is, but the real Ali, with all his youth, vigor, bravado and passion,
convinces us that he and his case deserved much better.
At the film's recent press day, del Toro and Gutierrez spoke about the genesis of the project, Gutierrez's unusual pitch that
convinced del Toro to produce the movie, Gutierrez's vision using authentic folk art characters, the film's humanistic tone, casting a talented and eclectic international group of
actors to voice the larger
than life characters, choosing Reel FX to tackle the complicated animation design, gaining the support of Fox's Jim Gianopulos, how Zoe Saldana and Diego Luna learned to sing, the film's amazing music, and del Toro's upcoming projects including «Crimson Peak,» «The Strain,» «Pacific Rim 2,» the «Pan's Labyrinth» Musical, and the possibility of a «Hellboy 3.»
I kept the focus on potentially great
actors rather
than evident great movie stars: an Anne Hathaway, for example, has star quality oozing out her ears, but I'm not yet
convinced she has the same depth of talent these 10 do.
While I'm not
convinced direction from hit - or - miss Antoine Fuqua equates to an Oscar win for Gyllenhaal (Fuqua directed Denzel Washington to Oscar glory as another kind of beast in 2001's Training Day), I am
convinced the
actor has more
than a fighting chance thanks to a screenplay written by the guy who created TV's Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter.