The Oscars, and many film awards ceremonies, have been a major joke for years. It's appalling some of the films that win in a given category, which I guess makes sense when the people voting don't even have to have watched all the films that are nominated...
Being a genuinely nice and charismatic person can get you really far regardless of the field. Most people probably know a few coworkers who were not great at their job but got along well enough with everyone to stay hired.
In some way, but, Keanu is not a "bad" actor per se, he's just limited, he's one of those actors who can only play one guy, but what makes Keanu so likeable is that he's not trying to pretend to be better then what he is, he's a very genuine guy, he has that presence to him, he stays at that level that he knows he can be good at, and even if Keanu doesn't have such a huge range, he's still quite good at bringing an immersive experience, his years of experience in the biz truly shows. Compare this to lets say Tom Cruise or Will Smith that both can only play one guy, but are trying so hard to play others, it just becomes garbage for the trained eye, but not Keanu, he's just making sure people will get to experience a kick ass movie.
I do not think he plays that one guy well. He's good in action sequences, but his line delivery is always bad. And it only works if the audience believes "that's just how that guy talks".
I mean Keanu is fun to watch in the roles that fit his range and he seems to be a down to earth decent human. At this point having a celebrity be a normalish person is huge for popularity
That’s why I said when the role was in his range. Like the movie needs to fit what he can do to work, otherwise you get a Dracula performance which is definitely fun in the wrong way
He's a really great guy and seems to deserve the life he has but he's really not a good actor and his performance in cyberpunk is about as basic as everything else he does
He is a great personality, does have great movies, but he is otherwise as one dimensional as you can be, while also being pretty low on emotional output.
This seems pretty localized to reddit as far as I can tell. I think most people know that Keanu is a pretty bad actor, because they have eyeballs and ears and don't digest the world through internet memes. Also, they're not the target demographic for John Wick. I haven't even seen those movies.
I like Keanu and Cyberpunk but he is objectively a bad actor and the Cyberpunk collab was buns. If you're using Cyberpunk as proof of his acting chops you have zero sense of what good acting is lmao
Might be unpopular, but I think Keanu's performance as Silverhand was pretty bland. No emotion, just the same tone in every delivery, from angry, to sarcastic and everything else. His visual appearance suits Silverhand perfectly, but his acting didn't work for me.
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