Comment Re:Child actors (Score 1) 215
This is a problem I partly addressed on the 'Good!' thread. I think Lucas made Lloyd out to act much more mature than he was. Or at least, he chose his words too carefully...almost all of his lines seemed awkward and contrived.
I think the movie could convincingly use older actors (mid to late teenagers?) and still achieve the same effect. After all, how many movies and series are there that try to make 20+ year olds pass off as high schoolers?? If anything, it would add a dimension of cultural signifigance...given the Littleton shootings and other acts of violence by young adults that the media gets so frenzied about. Not to mention the fact that serious movies whose main characters are teenagers seem to be much more powerful, and perhaps more popular...such as Dead Poet's Society, etc. I think our culture has a presupposition that nothing really *bad* can happen in a kid's world. It's only when the kids grow older that their lives can be twisted...
Of course, there's also my personal bias...I've grown to loathe when children are actors. Unless it's in a comedy, they almost *never* come across as anything near convincing. And it makes sense--how on earth could a kid really act well in a child role, when an *adult* is writing his or her lines?
Chris
I think the movie could convincingly use older actors (mid to late teenagers?) and still achieve the same effect. After all, how many movies and series are there that try to make 20+ year olds pass off as high schoolers?? If anything, it would add a dimension of cultural signifigance...given the Littleton shootings and other acts of violence by young adults that the media gets so frenzied about. Not to mention the fact that serious movies whose main characters are teenagers seem to be much more powerful, and perhaps more popular...such as Dead Poet's Society, etc. I think our culture has a presupposition that nothing really *bad* can happen in a kid's world. It's only when the kids grow older that their lives can be twisted...
Of course, there's also my personal bias...I've grown to loathe when children are actors. Unless it's in a comedy, they almost *never* come across as anything near convincing. And it makes sense--how on earth could a kid really act well in a child role, when an *adult* is writing his or her lines?
Chris
