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

[–] benman46 8 years ago

This sort of thread started by wankers like you is one of the reasons the boards are closing.

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[–] gnome-5 8 years ago

Benman, it is kind of bizarre that he or she has been a member of IMDB for 6 years, and literally the only posts he or she has made are these few about Costner's acting ability...

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[–] benman46 8 years ago

Oh yes. Trolls do that all the time. Find an account nobody's using and start posting horsesh!t.

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

Brilliant comment, "benman". (If that is your real name.) LOL!!! And you blame me because the "board is closing"? LOL!!! Going around calling other posters "trolls" is what the real trolls do and you're the only one not adding anything of substance to the discussion. SMH.

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[–] benman46 8 years ago

Don't slam the door on your way out.

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

So let me get this straight, "wanker". gnome claims I don't ever post, but you blame me because the "boards are closing"?! LOL!!! Logic not your strong suit?
I posted my opinion and backed it up. Sorry if you can't handle that.
Also sorry if the "board is closing", but if you're a regular poster here, apparently that would be your fault. Not mine.

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[–] benman46 8 years ago

That is the sort of gibberish I won't miss when the boards shut. Go away little man.

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[–] ecgberht 8 years ago

Hey ... great rebuttal to my logical points, troll... NOT!

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[–] benman46 8 years ago

Points great my not to rebuttal troll logical hey.

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[–] CelluloidAdmirer 8 years ago

He made Draft Day worth it for me.

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[–] maximmm (3412) 8 years ago

Yes, but in many films he plays a wooden character because they were designed to be wooden and it works out well - dances with wolves, the bodyguard, etc. But yes, if it's a role where he has to display another emotion of some sort, he usually fails.

Having said that, he is very good at picking great films. He's got a lot of winners on his hands because of it. All in all, despite his wooden acting, he's got some real talent elsewhere. If you ever hear the story of how dances with wolves was made - you'll know what I mean. He's the one that pushed the writer to write a brilliant script - he's the one that got studios to shell out money to make it - he's the one that directed/acted in it. It was his film and it was a brilliant film - and he had similar battles with studios over a few other gems - most of them ended up being amazing.

So yeah, acting-wise, he's not that great, but he's got an amazing eye for good stories and a real passion for making his projects be realized. I guess you have to take the good with bad at the end of the day.

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[–] pioneergrrrl (2412) 8 years ago

These guys were supposed to be wooden in that era. They were 'bureaucrats'. They weren't supposed to have feelings or be particularly animated/warm. He is in an environment which in real life was then doing the bulk of it's recruiting from the military--and was mostly men. Women were in sex-segregated clerical service units and would not be eligible to join NASA as astronauts until 1978.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 8 years ago

I'll never understand those who make such hyperbolic statements. He can't act? Really.

He's not my favorite actor, and he also doesn't star in the types of films I'm generally drawn to, with a very few exceptions. But I'd never say he can't act.

I haven't seen this film yet, but it's been highly recommended to me by several people who have at least decent taste in film, if not better than decent.

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[–] Thunder26 (339) 8 years ago

I thought he did fine in Hidden Figures. His acting was appropriate!

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[–] NotASpeckOfCereal (302) 8 years ago

Good thing this film isn't a Costner vehicle. You can safely enjoy the film on the merits of the 3 principle actresses and other supporting cast members.