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Taylor Kitsch completely off as Chon

posted 9 years ago by carpener-606-111297
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"Taylor Kitsch: The 2012 poster boy for box office poison, Kitsch acquits himself nicely, if blandly, in "Savages." Chon is supposed to be a loose cannon-slash-violent maniac; a savage who knows the score of this bloody war before his buddy Ben. You don't get that vibe off Kitsch, but he does say stuff like, "That's why they call it hijacking," after smoking up before a robbery. So, wash."

As read in this article :

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-rosen/savages-movie-cast-madness_b_1652486.html

Too bad he ruined the character.

[–] ch159274511 9 years ago

Yeah, but….dat azz….

[–] jkierste-1 9 years ago

He plays the same character in True Detective's second season and it doesn't work there either.

[–] ch159274511 9 years ago

Chon (Savages) and Paul (True Detective, season 2) are very different people. I would say worlds apart.

Chon is PTSD-ridden but always in control and in charge.

Paul exhibits some PTSD symptoms but he's anxious, nervous, and has a much higher level of dissassociation than Chon does. Chon's PTSD was more or less manifest through being on high alert and in control in all situations. Paul also grapples with a pathological sexual-identity issue that sabotages the ways in which he relates to other people.

Chon is also very virile and has the physicial constitution of a real navy SEAL while Paul was a gaunt alcoholic.

[–] spookyrat1 9 years ago

Whilst I thought he was pretty ordinary in Battleship, I felt he was quite convincing as Chon in this film and also performed admirably in Lone Survivor.🐭

[–] marktarnovetsky 8 years ago

Paul was an amazing character. one of the only gay characters i respected in film because he was ashamed of it and wanted a better life. he was also a total bad ass.

[–] nicky232 9 years ago

And he looks totally awesome in a uniform...