Good/Bad Acting

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A lot of the times, I can't tell the difference between the two, especially if it is a film from the early twentieth century. You could say that standards for judging acting change with each cinema going generation. Currently, the dude from those emo vampire movies is like Marlon Brando. You get where I'm going?

Some people's definition of good acting differs differ from one another. It's just one of those things where you just know. It might come off as well done for you, other people might find it as coming off as hammy. It just depends entirely on the person.

In old movies and TV shows people looked like they were acting.

In modern movies and TV shows (no matter how bad) the characters seem to be real people.

I think I can tell pretty well, just by observing if the actor makes me believe in the character (that the character could be real).

I haven't seen any of the vampire films but there are very, very very few actors who could top Marlon Brando's skills. popularity among schoolgirls means nothing - Orlando Bloom and Keanu Reeves were popular too, both terrible, terrible actors. or Clive Owen, who gets cast a lot nowdays, I don't think he ever convinced me to any character he played.

I dare say that Natalie Portman is a sh***y actress too and she's been in craploads of films.

from what I've noticed it's mostly supporting actors who are real good and make the celebs who appear in main roles look slightly better.

I do kind of get where Giftorcurse is coming it from. Hamming it up was a more acceptable style in the past, now it is done in an ironic way.

Julia Roberts has to be one of the most overrated. I dread the scenes when she cries, lips like a baboons arse. Oh and Meg Ryan, another prima donna

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Sometimes bad acting can make a movie, as was the case with films directed by Ed Wood

In the early 20th Century, many of the actors in films and on TV got their original start on the stage and on the radio, where what now reads as hamminess was actually viewed as a good thing. (Playing to the rafters.)

As those actors started to retire and were replaced by newer ones, trends in acting moved towards the more naturalistic style we see today.