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Ten Inch Hero: Review of Jensen's performance

Oct 30, 2007 00:09

Since a couple people have asked and this got a bit long for a comment, here's a review of Jensen Ackles' performance in Ten Inch Hero, and his acting in general, I guess.

( Mildly thematically spoilery for Ten Inch Hero )

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Comments 15

tigriswolf October 30 2007, 12:58:48 UTC

Now I'm even more excited to watch it! (Whenever I get the chance. *hopeful thoughts*)

caffienekitty October 30 2007, 15:41:41 UTC

I know! And having watched it just makes me that much more eager to watch it again! I feel like writing a letter to distribution companies all over the world and going "Are you all idiots? Why are you not signing this movie up??"

andromakhe001 October 30 2007, 14:58:32 UTC

Thank you so much for writing up this more detailed review of Jensen's acting in the movie. I think he is so very talented. Oh it's frustrating not being able to see this movie. :)

caffienekitty October 30 2007, 15:43:11 UTC

He is just an amazing actor, and it shows in everything he does. *nods* Keep thinking good thoughts for it getting a distribution deal *crosses fingers*

wynterwolf47 October 30 2007, 17:08:27 UTC

I really wish it was available on DVD to go back and re-watch it from the start again, because it really needs a repeat watching to catch all the subtle awesomenesses. *nods*

YESYESYES!!!!! SQUEE!!!! I'm so glad you liked it!!! I was fully prepared to enjoy him in the role, but I was actually impressed with how well he did with it for all the reasons you detailed. And it's kind of the way I felt about his portrayal in Blonde. The movie sucked, but he became that character so much that he took me with him regardless of the quality (or lack thereof) of the rest of the movie.

caffienekitty November 1 2007, 02:39:11 UTC

*grin* I haven't braved Blonde yet, but I think I may have to at some point. :-D

He's also the reason I've re-watched Devour more than twice, because even though they changed the character and script several times in mid-stream, the direction is horrid, the plot makes no sense and all the other actors have blatantly given up trying, there he is, still doing his damnedest to make that turkey work in spite of itself. It's almost heart-breaking to watch, actually.

wynterwolf47 November 1 2007, 17:26:43 UTC

I've never actually watched all of Blonde, but I did watch the Patrick Dempsey parts as well as the JA parts the first time through. Now I just watch the JA parts and I will freely admit (though I'm sure many people would totally roll their eyes at me and say I'm simply blinded by my fangirliness), but I really did get sucked into the sweet, sad, twisted, tragic character he created for that part. And I love how he was able to just exude the 'Old Hollywood' vibe... **shrug** at least to me. ;-)

caffienekitty November 2 2007, 03:00:31 UTC

And I love how he was able to just exude the 'Old Hollywood' vibe... **shrug** at least to me.

I'll definitely have to see at least parts of it then *nods*

I'd love to see him do... well anything actually, but I'd love to see him do a real noir kind of Maltese Falcon thing. Or a western! Or space opera! Or cartoon voice work! Or, yeah. Anything. I hope he has a long and varied career is kind of what I'm saying here I think. :-D

And I don't think it's fangirly, really, to appreciate and admire real talent, even if other people are blind to it.

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caffienekitty November 2 2007, 03:10:28 UTC

The mark of a truly great actor. Jensen is extremely special & we're so lucky to have him, aren't we.

Oh, absolutely! Absolutely! He's amazingly talented and astounds me in everything I've seen that he's done.

Thank you for sharing!

Happy to have an experience to share! :-D

delphinapterus November 2 2007, 20:58:19 UTC

Thanks for posting this. I really want to see that movie and it's really hard to find detailed reviews of it instead of just "wow it was amazing and you should all see it" comments. I think it's interesting that you point out that for a big guy with startling clothes he could blend in to the scenes. I haven't seen that pointed out for his performance before and I've never seen it pointed out as a positive in any thing before but I think you make an excellent point that it's an achievement when he doesn't overwhelm the scenes when they're not about his character.

If you have the time and inclination I'd love to see your take on his acting in Blond and Devour.

caffienekitty November 3 2007, 07:31:20 UTC

If you have the time and inclination I'd love to see your take on his acting in Blond and Devour.

I always have the inclination to rattle on about how awesome Jensen's acting is, but time is a definite issue. I'll see what I can do though.