Hmmmmm...he was competent I suppose. Everyone was raving over Bale in the fighter, and I wanna say even Ice Cube got more praise then him for 3 kings lol, but I see what you saying. Those were def roles that he wasn't goofy/campy/playing himself

Now now I ain’t say he was the best actor, lmao if that’s the case he wasn’t the best actor in boogie nights either. Not even 2nd or 3rd or 4th. BUT it was a time when he was having a little respect on his name as an actor like you’re saying

I think it was around the time of "the other guys" that he decided "fuck it imma just have fun" lol

I mean, Mark always had his “good” roles with guys like PTA, Scorsese, David…but if you look, mixed in would be the goofier movies like The Big hit, the happening…I mean he did The other guys before The fighter.

And then he’ll do s*** like transformers and daddy’s home but then do 2 good ones after like Deepwater Horizon and Patriots Day.

He’s just a very hit or miss actor, but his HITS is not dependent on him at all and more so good director/script/supporting cast

He’s a poor man’s Matt Damon, who was originally suppose to play his role in the fighter.

Basketball Diaries

Love that movie but let's be honest, the character he played WAS WHO HE WAS at the time lol, Marky mark was a total punk ass racist thug ass teenager lol

Same goes for him in Fear (funny story they offered it to Leo first and he reccomended Walberg after working eith him on ball diaries)

Most of his roles are more "the big hit" like, and even his best ones like in the departed are campy. Not even Trina hate on the guy cuz I genuinely like some of his stuff like pain and gain, hell the big hit is a guilty pleasure watch

But yeah how his "skill level" is used def varies based on skill of director, m Night had him looking CRAZY in the happening

“It’s not a straight-up adaptation of “Vineland,” but it’s an alternate reality film that includes a plot point of MAGA continuing for years and years in the US, with the hippie rebels fighting the MAGA government in present day (just like the rebels in “Vineland” but with the Nixon administration). So, it has elements of “Vineland,” but reinterpreted for modern-day politics.”

Damn so it’s back to being contemporary? This is what I was thinking from the start, an adaptation of Vineland based on todays day. Plus last year we got the republican character rumors

wee confirmed Pynchon now? love that. IV is maybe my fave PTA. mad rewatchable

from DanielRPK

I trust him but this plot with a different director could turn out pretty awful. Not my favorite premise for a movie, sounds corny

We won so hard

August 2025 soon

Sounds terrible. I hope this isn’t true.

Phantom Thread sounded lame on paper

PTA doesn’t make bad movies, trust the process gang

I didn’t even realize my post was old news

As long as they don’t do the cliche “Maga bad, other racist white man good, a vote for Kanye is a vote for trump because where was you on Jan 6th?!!?”

Right, it’s upsetting lol. But TMZ posted a video of Leo, Regina, and the young actor filming in a diner last month.

Just listened to a past interview from 2018 w/Regina on Michael Rapaport’s podcast.
She mentions how she & PTA met on a panel around the time of STG and the two became really close after. She says they’re neighbors who hang regularly and often grab coffee to discuss ideas.

So I think this project has been in the works between them for years. I don’t believe this has anything to do with Tiffany Haddish or replacing as some may assume.

Interesting

Please don't be awful

It won’t be

Wild premise

Wild results