FailedChatBot t1_j90u1kv wrote on February 18, 2023 at 10:46 AM

Well, not much changed.
Cara Delevingne still can't act and Orlando Bloom and her still have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

It's a mind boggling casting choice, as Bloom himself isn't the greatest actor and certainly doesn't have enough acting chops to carry Delevigne. Pairing them up was such a terrible choice. Maybe it was the same casting director that thought Cara Delevigne and Dane Dehaan would make a great screen couple?

They should have given Delevigne's role to the actress that plays her friend from the brothel because that one can actually act and convey emotions on screen.

The writing isn't much better.

The only somewhat interesting plot line is the one with the rich Faun dude and the snob Lady, but it's written and acted so badly that calling it interesting is already a stretch.

KRIEGLERR t1_j91p6n3 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 3:47 PM

> as Bloom himself isn't the greatest actor

Let's be real, he can't act for shit, if it wasn't for him being very handsome he never would have made it.

Funnily enough he is the lead in one of my favourite movie (Kingdom of Heaven DC) but I still think he brings that movie down a bit.

He was okay in PotC because he doesn't really have to act much, and Legolas was perfect for him because he doesn't display much emotions but everything else I've seen him in he was mediocre at best.
And unlike a lot of actors he isn't very charismatic either.

I think there is a reason why he wasn't in many project after 2007, he had an utterly ridiculous run between 2001-2007 (LOTR , Black Hawk Down , Pirates , Troy and Kingdom of Heaven) then I think Hollywood realized he couldn't act.

DoomPurveyor t1_j93se2g wrote on February 19, 2023 at 12:50 AM

> Funnily enough he is the lead in one of my favourite movie (Kingdom of Heaven DC) but I still think he brings that movie down a bit.

Definitely, it's actually pretty impressive how Bloom gets completely out-acted in almost every scene. That cast overall is god-tier

KRIEGLERR t1_j93tl27 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 12:59 AM

Yeah especially when he shares the screen with the guy who played Saladin and David Thewlis.

I think in the first act of the movie it somehow make sense for him to be "wooden" he pretty much doesn't want to live but when he arrives at Jerusalem he doesn't portray much more emotions.

I think a better actor would have elevated that movie even more. someone like Gyllenhall, Colin Farrell or Christian Bale (bit older)

NightsOfFellini t1_j9513i9 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 7:54 AM

It's almost comical how wooden he is in every scene. I can sometimes justify a character being wooden and weird (sometimes it almost fits the material), but it just really doesn't work here.

Calchal t1_j96fu41 wrote on February 19, 2023 at 4:47 PM

Hollywood saw Elizabethtown and Bloom's run was done.

flouronmypjs t1_j91352v wrote on February 18, 2023 at 12:43 PM

I actually thought Cara Delevigne improved significantly this season. Her acting was the low point of the show for me in season 1. I didn't notice it taking me out of the story nearly as much with these first two episodes of season 2.

Werewomble t1_j916hm7 wrote on February 18, 2023 at 1:17 PM

She read her lines as if from a teleprompter in between nodding off in Only Murders in the Building.

I mean if you are going to use your connections to shoehorn yourself into roles you could put some effort in?

I miss the zeppelin and werewolf fights.

Wurzelrenner t1_j93bkye wrote on February 18, 2023 at 10:40 PM

> Cara Delevingne still can't act and Orlando Bloom and her still have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

Only seen the first season yet, but I thought she is way better in this than anything else i have seen from her(well the rest was terrible, so not a high bar). And I really liked them together in the flashback episode (i think it was episode 3?). This episode was also the highlight for me. Kinda meh before and medicore/okay after that.