Annoying actor traits

[donna]

Not really the actors fault, but the director, but I get so angry and annoyed by actors eating and talking at the same time, it drives me nuts, anyone else get upset by this or what gets you on edge. Surely its not what you call real acting and to be honest very bad manners.

[batman]

Originally Posted by donna Not really the actors fault, but the director, but I get so angry and annoyed by actors eating and talking at the same time, it drives me nuts, anyone else get upset by this or what gets you on edge. Surely its not what you call real acting and to be honest very bad manners.

Real people talk and eat at the same time so why shouldn't it be portrayed on screen. A character's habits add to the viewer's understanding of that character .... check out Brando as Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire.

[donna]

just my own thing Batman , and no I dont eat and talk, find it horrible, and Brando to me wasnt this god of the screen Im afraid. licking fingers after eating another one I detest.

[batman]

Originally Posted by donna just my own thing Batman , and no I dont eat and talk, find it horrible, and Brando to me wasnt this god of the screen Im afraid. licking fingers after eating another one I detest.

I bet you didn't enjoy Tom Jones.

[donna]

aye I remember that vividly batman from my youth, you have good memory. ha ha

[CaptainWaggett]

You'd love Powell and Pressburger films - nobody ever finishes the first course in those

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by CaptainWaggett You'd love Powell and Pressburger films - nobody ever finishes the first course in those

Especially when it's soup

Steve

[ShirlGirl]

Originally Posted by donna Not really the actors fault, but the director, but I get so angry and annoyed by actors eating and talking at the same time, it drives me nuts, anyone else get upset by this or what gets you on edge. Surely its not what you call real acting and to be honest very bad manners.

Yes it is bad manners and it's so disgusting I stopped watching Frost because of it - he was doing it in every episode - and often more than once - as if it was his trademark sort of thing. I just couldn't stomach it any longer, so I gave up on the show. Same with that other ugly repulsive character, Dalziel, and there was another one, same thing, can't remember the name of it. Seems to be the trend in all those cop shows, I think, and I suppose it's to show cops are so busy they just have to eat on the hoof all the time.
Not only cop shows of course.

Just because some ignorant people do it in real life doesn't mean it has to be portrayed on the screen. A lot of people pick their noses, too. And I used to have a boss who was always scratching his balls.

[donna]

I spluttered my tea there Shirl, hahaha, what about the girl crying and the snot, no way, its horrible, if thats lifelike Id rather go back to more make believe in the cinema. (Doris Day) fan .

[ShirlGirl]

Originally Posted by donna I spluttered my tea there Shirl, hahaha, what about the girl crying and the snot, no way, its horrible, if thats lifelike Id rather go back to more make believe in the cinema. (Doris Day) fan .

You've just described a scene I did actually see in a movie once... now what was it? - - - - can't remember.

[batman]

Originally Posted by ShirlGirl Just because some ignorant people do it in real life doesn't mean it has to be portrayed on the screen.

There are a lot of things that people do in real life that needn't be seen on film. Sexual acts, extreme violence, mental cruelty are all up on the silver screen for our 'entertainment'. I find someone slobbering over a bacon buttie or scratching their backside far less offensive than seeing limbs removed in graphic detail.

[donna]

watched a little of Trainspotting and felt sick , the toilet scene was awful, so cant say I saw the film.

[CaptainWaggett]

Originally Posted by batman There are a lot of things that people do in real life that needn't be seen on film. Sexual acts, extreme violence, mental cruelty are all up on the silver screen for our 'entertainment'. I find someone slobbering over a bacon buttie or scratching their backside far less offensive than seeing limbs removed in graphic detail.

But what about the limbs that had to be removed to make the bacon sarnie?

[donna]

scenes where they spit on their hand oh dear that one gets me .

[Joenoir]

What I hate is when someone (usually male, usually young) goes to the fridge, takes out a bottle of milk and proceeds to drink from it. What do they do with it after, put it back in the fridge for other people to use?! Yuk!

I also agree about the eating and talking at the same, but do admit that in certain dramas it can inform us about the character, Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire is a good example.

BTW Shirlgirl's boss must have been something else!