Films starring Domhnall Gleason that I've seen:
True Grit
Dredd
About TimeCalvary
Unbroken
Ex Machina
Brooklyn
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Revenant
Best Performance: Ex Machina (2015)
Gleason has been one of the most active young actors in Hollywood over the past several years, but his turn in Alex Garland's endearing sc-fi mindfuck Ex Machina was the only time he really stood out to me. While his performance isn't quite up to the level of his co-stars Alicia Vikander and Oscar Issace, Gleason's mix of empathy and naivety makes his character's relationship with the film's robot protagonist (Vikander) feel very believable.
Worst Performance: About Time (2013)
The failure of this performance is more of an indictment of Richard Curtis' obnoxious, overly sentimental writing than Gleason's ability as an actor. Tim Lake is one of the most insufferable, manipulative, and whiney fake "nice guys" I've ever seen in a romantic comedy and even though it was inevitable given what type of move this is, the fact that this douchelord got to live happily ever after with the love of his life (or more accurately, the woman he had to repeatedly travel back in time and lie to in order to win over) made me want to vomit.
The failure of this performance is more of an indictment of Richard Curtis' obnoxious, overly sentimental writing than Gleason's ability as an actor. Tim Lake is one of the most insufferable, manipulative, and whiney fake "nice guys" I've ever seen in a romantic comedy and even though it was inevitable given what type of move this is, the fact that this douchelord got to live happily ever after with the love of his life (or more accurately, the woman he had to repeatedly travel back in time and lie to in order to win over) made me want to vomit.
Best Film: True Grit (2010)
True Grit is essentially a 2-hour highlight reel of everything that's great about the Coen Brothers. The dialogue is sharp, the acting is outstanding, the cinematography is stunning and the storytelling is as vivid as a Diamond Head sunset. This is easily the best western to come out of Hollywood since Unforgiven as well the Coen's finest work of the 2010's to-date.
True Grit is essentially a 2-hour highlight reel of everything that's great about the Coen Brothers. The dialogue is sharp, the acting is outstanding, the cinematography is stunning and the storytelling is as vivid as a Diamond Head sunset. This is easily the best western to come out of Hollywood since Unforgiven as well the Coen's finest work of the 2010's to-date.
Worst Film: Unbroken (2014)
Lou Zamperini deserved better than this steaming pile of shit. What should've been a remarkable, touching story of perseverance ended up being a molasses-paced series of contrived melodramatic set pieces that contained as much emotional resonance as an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Lou Zamperini deserved better than this steaming pile of shit. What should've been a remarkable, touching story of perseverance ended up being a molasses-paced series of contrived melodramatic set pieces that contained as much emotional resonance as an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
Thank you for reading this week's installment of "The Best and Worst of". Next week, I'll take a look at the best and worst work of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" star Halle Berry.
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