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I watched Mysterious Skin last night. I knew it would be rough, but you never realize how rough subject material is until you actually sit through it. Well. It feels kind of useless and inadequate given the subject matter to say "It was well done," but it was.
This morning, when I woke up I immediately wondered whether kdotdammit had ever seen it, and she had (warning: sexual assault triggers).
I'm half tempted to say something flip like "JGL for all the awards," which, yes, but... I'm uncaffeinated, too, so. Anyway, I've had this "theory" for a while now that JGL can legit play his characters like they're literally all different people and not himself. Yes, acting, okay, but let me get this across to you. I watched Inception earlier yesterday evening (yes, again) and the contrast couldn't be clearer: Arthur and Neil are completely different people and neither of them are JGL (side note: it bugs me in fic when people let JGL's merry self bleed over too much into Arthur, but anyway). He's just that good. It's not just something reflected in age differences depending on when he was filming something, either. Brick and Mysterious Skin were filmed at around the same time, generally speaking, and again, Brendan and Neil are totally different people. It's not just the way he physically embodies them but it's a facial thing too (even in set pics from Inception you can see when it's JGL standing around as compared to Arthur -- it's all in the posture and the expressions). It's the eyes. You don't see this ability in every actor. Am I biased by my fangirling or what, here? :-P Jeez, I need coffee before I attempt these things.
This morning, when I woke up I immediately wondered whether kdotdammit had ever seen it, and she had (warning: sexual assault triggers).
I'm half tempted to say something flip like "JGL for all the awards," which, yes, but... I'm uncaffeinated, too, so. Anyway, I've had this "theory" for a while now that JGL can legit play his characters like they're literally all different people and not himself. Yes, acting, okay, but let me get this across to you. I watched Inception earlier yesterday evening (yes, again) and the contrast couldn't be clearer: Arthur and Neil are completely different people and neither of them are JGL (side note: it bugs me in fic when people let JGL's merry self bleed over too much into Arthur, but anyway). He's just that good. It's not just something reflected in age differences depending on when he was filming something, either. Brick and Mysterious Skin were filmed at around the same time, generally speaking, and again, Brendan and Neil are totally different people. It's not just the way he physically embodies them but it's a facial thing too (even in set pics from Inception you can see when it's JGL standing around as compared to Arthur -- it's all in the posture and the expressions). It's the eyes. You don't see this ability in every actor. Am I biased by my fangirling or what, here? :-P Jeez, I need coffee before I attempt these things.