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KRIEGLERR t1_j91p6n3 wrote

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> 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.

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DoomPurveyor t1_j93se2g wrote

> 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

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KRIEGLERR t1_j93tl27 wrote

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)

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NightsOfFellini t1_j9513i9 wrote

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.

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Calchal t1_j96fu41 wrote

Hollywood saw Elizabethtown and Bloom's run was done.

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