Ever notice in this movie that every time he cries he has a little smile and a laugh first? Very strange
"Is there any tread left on the tires...or is it like throwing a hotdog down a hallway"-SG
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I counted 3 times in the movie.
"Is there any tread left on the tires...or is it like throwing a hotdog down a hallway"-SG
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I've noticed he cries a lot period. This one time I watched like 5 movies with him in it and he cried in every single one of them.
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I never understood his popularity in the 80's. He was a terrible actor, and not that great looking. just my opinion though..
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God yes! What was going on with the brat pack in the eighties??? What the hell was that? I tried so in the name of cinephilia to experience the whole john hughes et al. thing and i must have just missed it (born in 1988 - might have something to do with it) McCarthy makes me homicidal with confusion.
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And 20 years later, nothing has changed! Look at the male stars of the Twilight films; They look good, but their acting is pretty dismal. Hollywood remains...a meat market.
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He was great at playing his roles. The goody-goody, preppie, dreamboat rich kid. There was no one who played that character better than Andrew McCarthy.
shareI've never noticed the crying jag thing, what i can't get past is that weird eye thing that he does. It's like he feels like he has to widen his eyes to make a point. Unfortunately th effect is a cross between joan crawford in mommy dearest and some cracked out guy.
shareI think the whole thing's funny as hell, the eyes and the mouth combined. It's like he thinks that the "owl eye" look is earnest or something. That with the creepy little grin & it makes him look like perfect boyfriend by day, serial stalker and maimer of small animals by night or something. Meh. I love 'im anyway, strange facial expressions and poor acting notwithstanding.
shareAll I can think of is Jay Mohr's impression on him on Saturday Night Live...anyone remember that? When there was a game show and Jay Mohr was doing a skit as Andrew McCarthy and was sitting there weeping? And in the same scene, someone was doing an impression of Christopher Walken and yelled at him and telling him "Andrew...can you ever stop weeping" Perfect! I may be aging myself a bit...but does anyone remember that?!?
shareI couldnt of said it better lanakael!
sharei dunno about y'all cuz i love him and have no complaints about his acting--
Very off topic but i got one, what the deal with Zac Efron? I love Hairspray but he was killing it for me!!! EGH!
Yeah, I noticed that, too, and he acts like that in every movie I've seen him in.
What's also funny is that when his character notices that Julian has just died, he reacts exactly the same way he does in "Weekend At Bernie's", when they find Bernie's body.
He's got the same look as boiled fish has... and it's even more noticeable when he's in a scene with Robert Downey jr. the only good thing of the film imo.
shareLOL...the whole wide eyed crying fits actually have been compared to actor Montgomery Cliff. Cliff often expressed such great sorrow or sadness by eyes wide open and emoting leading to tears as well. For me (who was all about the Andrew)it was pure acting from a beautiful act-tor.
shareIn the end, at the cemetery, he does the bad acting thing of pushing your glasses up when they don't need pushed up. Twice.
shareMany good comments on here. McCarthy was not a good actor. He totally does the "little laugh" thing before delivering his lines. The cemetery scene with him and Gertz is painfully acted. He is horible at showing emotion. His best acting (and I'm serious here) is when he lays back and underplays. The role in "Les Than Zero" called for a strong friend character, and he just doesn't cut it.
shareHe reminds me of David Caruso, not in looks or anything, but that he has a trademark move. David's is turning sideways to you, preparing to say THE line, then looking away to actually say it (and specifically in CSI:Miami, the whole stupid sunglasses thing).Everything that I have ever seen Caruso in, he does this and it is so annoying. Andrew is the same way-he looks the same no matter what kind of character he is playing. The whole smilebeforeIcry thing is so obvious, and truly limits his range of emotions-I'm not surprised that he hasn't done more.
sharehe's a tough one to pin down. mccarthy did some things really well. i like seeing him in movies because walks the line between sympathetic and morally ambivalent. i think this is why he got so many starring roles in the 80s.
funny that someone referenced twilight because pattinson is actually a really talented and intelligent actor, tho let's face it, that's not why he gets his roles.
sad to say but i'll take the brat pack above any of the shallow flufflebrains they cast in contemporary shows.
In real life, people do things that don't necessarily need to be done. Things are done out of habit or nerves. Also, there are such things as idiosyncrasies. The scene in which you are critical, his character was deeply sad and emotional. He was distraught. Confused. His acting was perfectly fine in that scene.
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