|
|
Post by maphillips3 on Dec 27, 2009 18:28:55 GMT -5
I was wondering what you guys think of this actor. He has been in some good movies(Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones Movies, Blade Runner, The Fugitive, Tom Clancy Movies), and has had a very lengthy career. What are your feelings about this Big movie Star?
|
|
|
|
Post by chaney on Dec 28, 2009 18:42:54 GMT -5
Ford's made some entertaining blockbuster films and has been solid in them and has always been in on a lot of the action. It's funny, but I probably liked him a lot more as an actor 15-20 years ago. Maybe soured on his public image. Seems whenever he did publicity appearances he spoke in monosyllables and seemed really boring and dull.
On the other hand, I caught an old episode of GUNSMOKE with Ford from the early 70's not too long ago and although it was only a supporting part there was undeniably something appealing about him on screen. Had I seen it when the show originally aired I'd have made a note of the name and kept an eye on the career.
|
|
|
|
Post by maphillips3 on Jan 29, 2010 17:35:17 GMT -5
I see what you mean, because ford was more per say, a personality actor, and when you saw him on the screen, thats what you expected him to act like off screen, alas Robert deniro, who plays tough guys in movies, but is seen as a actor, so he is not scrutinized as much. Do you fell that is a good description CHANEY?
|
|
|
|
Post by maphillips3 on Jun 3, 2011 12:45:17 GMT -5
CHANEY, do you feel persona off camera(like of an action star) can really hurt someones career? I'm asking this because when you are known for something in the movies, they expect you to act that way off camera. For someone like Harrison ford, he is known as a larger than life action star, so thats what he should be like outside the business. Do you feel that is a good observation?
|
|
|
|
Post by chaney on Jun 3, 2011 20:39:59 GMT -5
Agree that's a good observation. Ford has done that to some extent. Recall that he's a helicopter pilot as a hobby and saved some people in a mountain rescue a few years back. That earns some credibility, but at the same time Ford is a victim of his own past. He avoided the draft in Vietnam and doesn't have a tough background from his early life. He wasn't involved in any sports or other activities that define young tough guys. Stallone was another guy who managed not to go to Vietnam, but then came to symbolize the super-soldier type with Rambo.
I think it's just accepted nowadays that today's actors don't have the tough backgrounds that their predecessors did. Guys from Charlie's era were defined by World War II and Korea, the Depression, and any number of tough manual labor. Now people like Brad Pitt carry off tough guy roles, but their work background involves standing in a chicken outfit by the side of the road for a food chain. That's not necessarily a knock on Brad Pitt. I actually like some of his work. It's just the way it is and accepted as such.
I think with today's instant media it's also much more difficult for an actor to get away with any kind of tough guy behavior. Back in the day guys like Lee Marvin and Robert Mitchum regularly got into bar fights and it was just par for the course. You rarely heard about it. Today someone like Russell Crowe has a temper tantrum and it's all over the news and he's being threatened with lawsuits.
There's probably a reason big stars like Harrison Ford tend to seclude themselves in mountain retreats where they don't encounter a ton of people all the time. That way they can live normal lives and not be expected to be larger than life every minute of every day.
|
|
|
|
Post by maphillips3 on Jun 8, 2011 15:59:04 GMT -5
Yeah, guys like Stallone, Vin diesel get revealed for thier tough guy status, when they do nothing to get that status.
|
|
