Kevin Costner can't act - Hidden Figures (2017) Discussion

[–] statuskuo 8 years ago

He's really awful..in everything. Weird he got this far.

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

I'm glad somebody else gets it.
I would name one exception ... Dances With Wolves. But think about it ... he is a narrator in that film and his wooden delivery fit perfectly.
But his famous "speech" to Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham? "Well, I believe in ... long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days".
OMG ... AWFUL!!!

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[–] cascar73 8 years ago

Yeah, I've nottliked him since Prince of Thieves; it was atrocious. DWW was good, but not particularly because of him. But I will ignore him with these actresses. I don't think there's a thing yet where I haven't liked Octavia's acting (even if the movie was so-so).

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[–] CelluloidAdmirer 8 years ago

You've actually seen the film? I would love to know what your honest opinion of it.

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[–] vicky_lc2001 (1907) 8 years ago

He directed DWW and invested a lot into making that film happen yet according to you it's good not because if him.

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[–] michaelward15 8 years ago

He was good in Silverado where he energetic, jovial, friendly, somewhat brash, and a bit of a ladies man, but for some reason he usually wants to play very dry, stoic characters, and he's terrible at it.

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[–] happysenior 8 years ago

He was awesome in The Big Chill as the dead guy in the casket

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[–] steelo86 8 years ago

I agree that he comes across as wooden in a lot of his performances, but it worked well here. He's playing a white man with senior leadership in NASA who, because of both racial and gender privileges, is blind/aloof to Katherine's situation until she brings it directly to his attention. From then on, he's her biggest ally, but he does all of this without much of an uptick in his demeanor.

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[–] TruthHurts001 8 years ago

He's playing a white man

Sounds challenging.

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[–] gorillainc 8 years ago

The only director to get a halfway decent performance out of Costner was Oliver Stone in JFK. As far as being a bad actor concern Kevin is in good company in Hidden Figures as Jim Parsons is also in this.

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[–] sandrene 8 years ago

I agree, the stiffness in his performance here made sense. All he cared about was getting the job done. He didn't care what Katherine looked like, as long as she got the job done. Although, if there was intended to be some character development, it wasn't there. He never came across as the cold man they described him to be at the beginning, it seemed that he liked her from the beginning so was always going to be her ally. But it's not always necessary to show massive change.

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[–] Rick-34 8 years ago

Yes, he's being asked to play a white man in a position of power. It's really not a stretch for him. He's good enough, as is Parsons.

Even Dunst is good. All three of them have minor or larger "adjustments" to their attitudes about race. The changes take time to develop and are not insultingly simplistic.

One of the strengths of the movie is how it shows a wide spectrum of levels of racism. Not everybody is Governor Faubus. (There's a Google search term for everybody.)

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[–] lensue88 8 years ago

I like a lot of his movies Bull Durham, Revenge, JFK but try two little seen movies The Upside of Anger and Mr. Brooks.

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[–] wooody 8 years ago

I concede that Costner can be wooden but I have enjoyed some of his films...Fandango and Silverado come to mind. He was decent in this.

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[–] jrhpax 8 years ago

There's nothing wrong with Kevin Costner's performance. He's fine.

Why anyone would focus on his performance when three black actresses are acting up a storm in excellent roles is beyond me.

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[–] happysenior 8 years ago

Why anyone would focus on his performance when three black actresses are acting up a storm in excellent roles is beyond me.

three black actresses pretending that black people saved the American space program definitely demands some convincing performances, I'll grant you that

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[–] solex10 8 years ago

You're a stupid *beep* i n g moron who hates this movie because black people are front and center, and a racist a s s h o l e like you can't take it, is what.

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[–] captkirk_459 8 years ago

I guess that is why he won an Oscar. I am so sure they give bad actors Oscars.

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[–] Rick-34 8 years ago

It wasn't an acting Oscar.

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[–] captkirk_459 8 years ago

The man was in Good Fellas. He can act.

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[–] captkirk_459 8 years ago

He played the main law enforcement going after the gangsters

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

Uh ... no. He was nowhere near Goodfellas. Perhaps you have confused that with his role as Elliot Ness in The Untouchables.

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[–] captkirk_459 8 years ago

My mistake. Still he was great in Untouchables

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

Correct. He's won one "personal" Oscar for Direction in DWW. It also won Best Picture. Nothing since. He's never won an acting Oscar and he never will.

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[–] Rick-34 8 years ago

Costner has a small range of roles that he can do well. I've liked him him in a few movies that have stretched that. He doesn't have a great amount of range, but that's not the worst problem. His biggest issue is that he's the worst actor in the film industry at doing accents. He's mauled the English accent, the Boston accent, and the New Orleans accent. Honestly I prefer Sean Connery's attitude: from the '80s on he just used his Scots accent for every role.

FWIW, Costner is not one of the leads in the movie. He's either the 4th or 5th most important character. (I would say 4th.) And he doesn't try to do any accent. And he isn't really stretching his ability to act by taking on a very complicated character. So he's fine here.

I would recommend seeing the movie to see the three leads. All three are very good.

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