Does the fact that Eddie Redmayne won an Oscar the same year he gave this performance show how much a bad script and director can kneecap an actor?

[Slayven]

Seems his only direction for Jupiter Ascending was to randomly adjust the volume on his voice

 

[It’s Time To Go]

The OP title doesn't make sense.

 

[nonoriri]

Jupiter Ascending is the only film I find him tolerable in, actually. And yeah, you're right, Danish Girl isn't great.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Jupiter Ascending is the only film I find him tolerable in, actually. And yeah, you're right, Danish Girl isn't great.

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You didn't like Black Death?

 

[Gentlemen]

The OP title doesn't make sense.

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so = show

 

[808s & Villainy]

I'm assuming you mean "show" not "so"?
And yeah, but that's always been the case though. That's Michael Fassbender's career...

 

[Platy]

this is better acting than the role he got an oscar for

 

[Eidan]

Yes. Most of the big name actors you're familiar with are objectively good actors. But the quality of their performance can very dramatically due to the script, the character, and the direction they're given.

 

[HStallion]

Unless you're Nic Cage that is. He eats bad scripts and directors for breakfast then puts on an Oscar worthy performance by lunch.

 

[EssBeeVee]

i keep picturing voldemort watching that video.

 

[BossAttack]

At least he's not mumbling in that clip.

 

[boxter432]

 

[Slayven]

Unless you're Nic Cage that is. He eats bad scripts and directors for breakfast then puts on an Oscar worthy performance by lunch.

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Drive angry has no right to be so good

 

[UltimateHigh]

man that movie sucked. all of it.

 

[Slayven]

man that movie sucked. all of it.

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You don't like hoverskating Wolf Boy Channing Tatum?

It was trash by YA levels, YA LEVELS

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Hahahaha. This fucking movie.

 

[UltimateHigh]

Drive angry has no right to be so good

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The underrated William Fichtner helped.

 

[Doggg]

I CREATE LIFE

...

and I destroy it

lol

 

[CloudWolf]

Jupiter Ascending is a much better film than The Danish Girl though.

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The Danish Girl is like really, really bad and offensive. Jupiter Ascending is just bad, but in a fun way.

 

[FTF]

It really does. See Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, The Fighter or The Departed vs The Happening or a Transformers movie, etc.

 

[thestateriver]

the movie he won for had a bad director and script so I don't think so

 

[excelsiorlef]

Jupiter Ascending is Flash Gordon for the 21st Century

 

[greatgeek]

Jupiter Ascending is Flash Gordon for the 21st Century

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I guess we can write this century off, then.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I guess we can write this century off, then.

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DOGMAN TATUM

 

[CloudWolf]

Also, the Wachowskis are leagues ahead of fucking Tom Hooper.

It's kinda offensive that you're calling the Wachowskis bad compared to Mr. Cats.

 

[Aiii]

Jupiter Ascending is Flash Gordon for the 21st Century

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I doubt it'll ever get the cult status Flash Gordon has.

That said, I've never seen this movie, so what do I know?

 

[excelsiorlef]

I doubt it'll ever get the cult status Flash Gordon has.

That said, I've never seen this movie, so what do I know?

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It won't but I wish it would

 

[VeryHighlander]

Jupiter Ascending is Flash Gordon for the 21st Century

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Jupiter Ascending way too far up its own ass to be compared to Flash Gordon. Also has no charm. It's not the worst comparison, though.

 

[Schlorgan]

Also, the Wachowskis are leagues ahead of fucking Tom Hooper.

It's kinda offensive that you're calling the Wachowskis bad compared to Mr. Cats.

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It was Theory of Everything that he won for in 2015.

James Marsh was the director.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Jupiter Ascending is Flash Gordon for the 21st Century

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Absolutely not. That's insulting to flash gordon.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Jupiter Ascending way too far up its own ass to be compared to Flash Gordon. Also has no charm. It's not the worst comparison, though.

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I think it being so serious makes it even better

 

[excelsiorlef]

Absolutely not. That's insulting to flash gordon.

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It is at very least PG 13 Flesh Gordon

 

[VeryHighlander]

I think it being so serious makes it even better

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No way. If it had a fun soundtrack and a little zaniness, I would have enjoyed Channing Tatum ice-fucking-skating in midair. But it tried to play that seriously.

 

[CloudWolf]

It was Theory of Everything that he won for in 2015.

James Marsh was the director.

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Ah, for some reason I thought he won for The Danish Girl. Derp.

 

[excelsiorlef]

No way. If it had a fun soundtrack and a little zaniness, I would have enjoyed Channing Tatum ice-fucking-skating in midair. But it tried to play that seriously.

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It's a very serious movie about Dogman Channing Tatum

I'd have hated it if it was self aware

 

[Schlorgan]

Ah, for some reason I thought he won for The Danish Girl. Derp.

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He was nominated for that at the 2016 Oscars but didn't win.

 

[Lost Lemurian]

Jupiter Ascending is Redmayne's best performance, though...

 

[The Shape]

I think Eddie Redmayne is more often a bad actor than a good one.

 

[VeryHighlander]

It's a very serious movie about Dogman Channing Tatum

I'd have hated it if it was self aware

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I wonder if Channing himself can watch his own scenes in that movie.

 

[excelsiorlef]

I wonder if Channing himself can watch his own scenes in that movie.

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hope so

 

[Aiii]

I wonder if Channing himself can watch his own scenes in that movie.

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I'm sure he can watch the house it built without problem.

 

[Slayven]

Jupiter Ascending way too far up its own ass to be compared to Flash Gordon. Also has no charm. It's not the worst comparison, though.

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Flash Gordon wouldn't sell his eggs to buy a tv

 

[HStallion]

I wonder if Channing himself can watch his own scenes in that movie.

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He was probably so drunk he doesn't even remember filming it

 

[Dice]

You don't like hoverskating Wolf Boy Channing Tatum?

It was trash by YA levels, YA LEVELS

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I can forgive corny YA shit more than I can forgive the two leads having NO chemistry. Kunis and Tatum are hot.... but they got NO ANYTHING between them. D:

 

[balohna]

Maybe he's just an eccentric actor that has hits and misses. Like Nic Cage.

 

[gforguava]

His performance in Jupiter Ascending is fantastic, one of his best even, and certainly better than what he won the Oscar for.

 

[Aiii]

Maybe he's just an eccentric actor that has hits and misses. Like Nic Cage.

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At me when Redmayne has a masterpiece like Pig in his filmography and we'll consider this.

 

[John Dunbar]

he won an oscar when the academy decided it was all the rage to give statues to cis actors playing trans characters.

edit; oh wait, he was only nominated for the danish girl i think. won for theory of everything. neither was good though.

 

[Deleted member 8579]

Unless you're Nic Cage that is. He eats bad scripts and directors for breakfast then puts on an Oscar worthy performance by lunch.

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Does he still take Oscar worthy, hate that but notable gigs or does he turn down directors a lot doing lots of other stuff? Not everything he does is bad but I'm surprised he hasn't worked with more big names more often in recent years.

 

[HStallion]

Does he still take Oscar worthy, hate that but notable gigs or does he turn down directors a lot doing lots of other stuff? Not everything he does is bad but I'm surprised he hasn't worked with more big names more often in recent years.

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His latest film is one of the best he's done in over a decade and has earned him some awards season buzz.