by spudthedestroyer on Mon Aug 15, 2005 10:55 pm
No Sam Neill is cool for the very reason that he's always in loads of shit movies, and normally isn't that bad when he's in a shit role. ie. puts on a performance that automatically makes him cool regardless of the role. Its like Patrick Stewart, he's cool too, cos he's done loads of crap like star trek (engage!) yet he's still a) the centre of attention in it b) cool in it c) good in it.
Totally rubbish that just because your the president or the king you are cool... they can be, but i don't recall one yet that is... they are always douchebags. Keanu reaves isn't cool, he's popular and an alist celebrity, but he's never done a role he can gain cool status from and he can't be cool since he's shit in everything he does, and he's a crap actor. Tom Cruise isn't cool, he's a douche.
Steve Buscemi is cool, Kurt Russel is kind of a dick, but i guess he's cool...
You can make a case that Clooney and Pitt are cool, if you look at their careers, Clooney did From Dusk till Dawn amongst others, and Pitt has done loads of ace films (like Fight Club)... most actors in their positions wouldn't touch movies like those.
They can only be cool if under all circumstances, no matter how much shit they are in, they are the centre of attention by their own abilities to bring coolness from shit and they've done movies that are cool, and were cool in them. They are also cool if they are an outsider from hollywood, and even though they've never been in a center role in a hollywood film they are a distinguished and ace actor. This degrades the claims that Pitt and Clooney are cool since they are A-list celebs, and big ones at that. People like Sam Neill and Bruce Campbell have never been hollywood actors like that, okay Sam Neill was in Jurassic Park in a big role so Bruce Campbells is way cooler.
It all cummulates in when you hear a movie description... its like "erm.. it any good?" (ie. sounds a bit lame) then someone goes "its got (ie) Bruce Campbell in it" and you respond, "oh, cool...". You would never respond like that if someone said Keanu Reeves or Tom Cruise, and infact (which is why they aren't really very cool) George Clooney or Brad Pitt in it... you know you wouldn't, so they aint cool.
So goes what is cool.
There's probably a better term for camp actors that make themselves the centre of attention, but imo cool is the description above.
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spudthedestroyer on Mon Aug 15, 2005 11:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.