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Old 04-02-04 | 11:37 AM
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Arnold as an actor

I am tired of people calling Arnold the worst actor ever, bla bla bla.

I mean, sure, he is no Robert de niro, but come on, his acting is not THAT BAD. He does ok in the movies he's in. His accent is of course a little distracting, but in my opinion he acts a lot better than most people say.

Especially in movies like T2 End of Days - acting was quite good if you ask me. It's not brilliant, but perfect for the part.
Old 04-02-04 | 11:39 AM
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I still say that there is a reason his best character is a robot.
Old 04-02-04 | 12:56 PM
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Re: Arnold as an actor

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I am tired of people calling Arnold the worst actor ever, bla bla bla.
Who said that?
Old 04-02-04 | 12:58 PM
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[arnold]Who is your daddy, and what does he do?[/arnold]

...now who the hell says THIS is not good acting?
I love Arnold man.
Old 04-02-04 | 01:04 PM
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Arnold's great at what he does. You don't expect him to be a dramatical actor. He's a blow them up, ask one liners later type of hero and he's might good at it.
Old 04-02-04 | 01:07 PM
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He's not an actor, He's a *MOVIE STAR*!
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No one really calls him the worst actor anymore... not for at least 15 years. However, there was a time when he was good and essentially delivered his lines perfectly for what he was doing. He had this perfect beaming charisma and was convincing for the role. Look at Predator or even True Lies for the last time he nailed it. Then he tried to play the downtrodden everyman and it was brutal. End of Days and Collateral Damage feature some remarkably bad acting on Arnie's part.

Arnie's an ultra confident man of action. Or a big goofy cartoon. You take him out of those roles and he sucks. Did you see the scene in Collateral Damage where Arnie's trying to make a 'sad' face over the loss of his wife? Instead of mourning, it looked like he was wincing from being pinched in the arm. Or how about when Arnie gets all hysterical & yells at the African-American female cop in End of Days? Brutal.
Old 04-02-04 | 02:32 PM
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Originally posted by NavinJohnson
He's not an actor, He's a *MOVIE STAR*!
Well, yeah. And I don't think that's necessarily an insult. He has a great presence on screen, and his persona is appealing to a lot of people. He's done a lot better and come a lot further than anybody could have expected when he landed on this side of the ocean for the first time, as a bodybuilder from Graz.
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Arnold was very good in Kindergarten Cop.
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I thoght he was very good in the scene between Conan and Subotai just before the Battle on the Mounds in Conan The Barbarian (international version). Also, his prayer to Crom was great.

But like many say, he's not the best but he's certainly very good at what he does.

He'd make an awesome Hamlet, though.
Old 04-02-04 | 03:06 PM
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Whatcha talkin' bout, Willis?
Old 04-02-04 | 03:11 PM
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You didn;t see "Jingle All the Way".. He made Sinbad look like Denzel
Old 04-02-04 | 05:00 PM
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Arnold is just a different breed of actor. He's good at what he does...being Arnold, being that bigger than life hero or villian. As said before, his misstep was when he tried to play more average, everyman type of roles. He just sucks at it, because in NO WAY is he an everyman. Physically, mentally, financially, career wise whatever.

But I can say this...nobody blows shit up better than Arnold in his heyday.
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You see him in the new trailer for Around the World in 80 Days? Check him out.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney...worldin80days/
Old 04-02-04 | 05:48 PM
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He is good at what he is best known for......Action films with larger than life heroes. He doesn't have enough range to convincingly play an everyman.......he doesn't even look like an everyman.
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Although I'm not a huge fan, I think he was great in movies like

The Running Man
Total Recall
Terminator 1 and 2
Predator

but movies like

Twins
Kindergarden Cop
End of Days
True Lies

didn't do it for me.
Old 04-03-04 | 02:13 PM
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I liked True Lies. Don't really have a problem with Arnold as an actor. Sometimes the films he chooses are less than stellar.
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All I can say is that Arnold is hilarious!

"Go! GET TO DA COPPA!"
Old 04-03-04 | 09:07 PM
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He's gotten better as he's aged. He was god awful in the early days.
Old 04-05-04 | 10:18 PM
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Arnold calls tech support:

Call #1

Call #2

Now tell me he ain't a great actor!

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Old 04-06-04 | 01:39 AM
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He's gotten better as he's aged. He was god awful in the early days.

awfully entertaining. I used to watch Predator and Commando atleast 4 times a week.. if not more each day. Damn him for programing the future voters to vote for him.
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"To be or not to be"

BIG EXPLOSION

"Not to be."


I love Arnie's stuff, One-liners abound!

Damn this lack of funds...i wanna buy "Running Man"!!
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I like arnord. he's not the greatest but if you wanna see a great action movie chances are he'll deliver. I didn't see collateral damage, but I did like End of Days, but I tend to like films with that kinda subject matter.. like The Order and Stigmata too. Of course true lies is awesome, I think his best terminator movie was T3 because he seemed like more of a supporting role there, it wasn't all about him like the others were. However, I can't stand the conan movies, especially the first. There's some downright bad and BORING acting in both of them, but not all from arnold.

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