to piggyback off of my post about the mainstream film industry, i wanna talk about two actors that are, unfortunately, starring in "Takers". Idris Elba and and Michael Ealy, both of whom i have a great deal of respect for, but they're starting to lose points by doing movies like this. i'll start with Elba...
i can't speak on the shows he did before "The Wire", because i havent seen any of them. but i can say that his performance in "The Wire" was great. now he seems to be going off the deep end, doing "Obsessed", "The Losers", and now, "Takers", of which the latter two are strikingly similar featuring a group of gun-wielding badasses with stuff exploding left and right. he has an overwhelming capacity to be captivating, but the opportunities to showcase that are non-existent
and now on to Ealy...
i didn't take him seriously back when he was in the "Barbershop" movies and "2 Fast 2 Furious". but then came "Their Eyes Were Watching God", and i was like, okay, this guy has potential. then he started taking on more serious roles, starring in "Miracle at St. Anna" and "Seven Pounds". he even earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in "Sleeper Cell". in almost everything you do, you have to start somewhere and work your way up, so i'm not gonna knock him for the earlier roles. but now it seems as though he's taking a step backwards by getting involved with "Takers".
again, good scripts are not being green-lighted in Hollywood, so now good actors are faced with having to settle for the nonsense that's being presented to them. i'll never be in that situation, so i can't judge too harshly. but maybe if more actors spoke out, and turned down these sorry excuses for films, the execs might take note. it saddens me to see such talented people selling themselves short. it's like watching a genius work at McDonald's
