Age of Ultron The Avengers 2! The Official News and Speculation Thread - Upgrade section 5 - - - - - - - - - - - Part 20

[Suzanne78]

To be fair he was really young when he was doing those teen movies. He was only 19 when he did Not Another Teen Movie and 20 when he did A Perfect Score with Scarlett who was 17. Even for FF4 he was just 23. He did Sunshine when he was 24 and it's one of his best movies and roles.

Crap! I first saw (and completely went bonkers!) for Chris in NATM, and he was 19?!? Really glad I didn't know that at the time. Dude looked older. Now I feel all jail-baity, even though I'm only about 3 years older than him.

He's had a… very interesting career. I love it when he branches out to work with strong ensembles (Scott Pilgrim, Snowpiercer, Sunshine, Iceman... to a lesser degree The Losers). I've always maintained he's a good character actor in a leading man body.

 

[Ghostcrow13]

Not sure how many people have seen Puncture it is a very small indie film, but he is very good in that and the first time i realised he was more than just a superhero actor.

Also i still think he was by far the best thing about the FF films. He's played 2 completely different superheros and has been great in both roles.

 

[TheVision]

Suzanne: He was one of the best things about ICEMAN. I def agree that hes like a character actor in a leading man body. I hope he keeps doing cool roles from now on like those.

 

[Xhexania]

Not sure how many people have seen Puncture it is a very small indie film, but he is very good in that and the first time i realised he was more than just a superhero actor.

Also i still think he was by far the best thing about the FF films. He's played 2 completely different superheros and has been great in both roles.

Yes, he is really good in Puncture!!... and in The Iceman?? I saw that film without knowing he was in there, and didn´t recognize him until one point, his character changes looks, and the fact that his persona can get lost in a character, that is good acting.
He really is a good character actor, given the good material where he can delve and do his job.

 

[Suzanne78]

*loving how this thread has turned into a Chris Evans appreciation thread for a few hours!*

Puncture is great; I really wish more had seen it, but it seems to have led to him getting Snowpiercer, which is even more amazing. The Iceman is an okay movie with great performances: Michael Shannon and Evans tops among them.

Every time anyone harps on him playing two different Marvel heroes, I always want to reply, "is it because he absolutely NAILED Johnny Storm and now you can't see him as anything else? That's called ACTING!" I agree; Evans (and Chiklis) were the best things about FF and ROTSS.

 

[TheVision]

Chris is to Captain America what Chris Reeve was to Superman. He just fits that character perfectly, its even better than his take on Johnny Storm. Couldnt be happier with his work in these movies.

 

[CoherentChaos]

I still need to see Puncture and Snowpiercer. I don't think the theater I work at will be showing Snowpiercer (June 27th right? I think I would have seen something in the calender by now) so I guess I need to turn to other sources. :/

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Puncture was real good. Not seen Snowpiercer yet and I doubt I'll get it locally but when the dvd hits it's mine.

 

[TalismanRing]

Roger Ebert had a laudatory review of Evans performance in Puncture, but pointed out that it was unfairly one that would probably have little audience. He was right, it's Evans' lowest grossing movie and never made it past 5 theaters.

That's a problem, in a way. Weiss is played so well by Chris Evans that his character upstages the issues. ...

Electrifying in the role, Evans reminds me of other great out-of-control druggies played by Al Pacino and Nicolas Cage. A movie like this is a reminder that box-office success can be unfair and limiting to gifted young actors. Evans is famous in great part because of "Captain America: The First Avenger" and "Fantastic Four." They give little hint of his powers. Movies like this can be career-changers.

Yet I read in one review that the "pic might prove too commercially downbeat for Evans' 'Captain America' fans, while purists might prefer a straight-ahead docu approach." I suspect "Puncture" was made for neither "Captain America" fans or purists, and though it's not a complete success, he's always riveting onscreen, and the story is yet another parable about our venal health-care industry.

In the end though it got him Snowpiercer which is great - but would be better if Weinstein wasn't totally screwing over the U.S. (as well as UK and Australian) release because Bong wouldn't let him re-edit his movie.

Interestingly, Feige said two indies Sunshine & Loss Of Teardrop Diamond got him Captain America while the FFs is what held him back from being initially considered even though Feige thought he was great in those movies.

 

[MadVillainy]

Personally I didnt think Puncture is that good or worth the watch. Evans is a great actor. I'm really forward to Snowpiercer and Sunshine is great. Puncture is skippable

 

[Suzanne78]

Roger Ebert had a laudatory review of Evans performance in Puncture, but pointed out that it was unfairly one that would probably have little audience. He was right, it's Evans' lowest grossing movie and never made it past 5 theaters.

In the end though it got him Snowpiercer which is great - but would be better if Weinstein wasn't totally screwing over the U.S. (as well as UK and Australian) release because Bong wouldn't let him re-edit his movie.

Interestingly, Feige said two indies Sunshine & Loss Of Teardrop Diamond got him Captain America while the FFs is what held him back from being initially considered even though Feige thought he was great in those movies.

LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND is the one Chris Evans movie that I missed out on; thankfully, you can buy it digitally on Amazon for $4. Might just do it, since it's $1.99 to rent it. I've heard mixed things, but it seems to be the most Steve Roger-y role pre-Cap for Evans, though SUNSHINE gives him that sense of authority.

A lot of people had Chris Evans with Ryan Reynolds as the two "Bland White Dudes In Comic Book Movies," but Chris thankfully branched out enough in quality projects that he's seen as the more talented of the two. And of course, his work with Marvel Studios put him way above Reynolds.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Remember Cellular?

 

[Whiskey Tango]

I liked Cellular. It was fun.

 

[Quasimod0]

Loved Cellular. Good movie.
Also Evans was one of the best parts of The Losers

 

[starkresilient]

since we don't get some real news have something nice and heart warming, remember when all avengers cast did cap for strat? apparently there is a newish(april) make a wish help for a little kid named max whose known as iron max

you can see him getting an iron man suite and flying here

and this happened todayi he is gonna have a surgery this friday

plus bendis promised him that he'll put him in a comic book

 

[Joeyjojo72]

That's how you know an actor is legit: they're consistently good, even in bad movies.

 

[TheVision]

Get well soon Iron Max! We're all rootin for ya!

 

[Xhexania]

since we don't get some real news have something nice and heart warming, remember when all avengers cast did cap for strat? apparently there is a newish(april) make a wish help for a little kid named max whose known as iron max

you can see him getting an iron man suite and flying here

and this happened todayi he is gonna have a surgery this friday

plus bendis promised him that he'll put him in a comic book

So nice to know Max got to fly and became IronMax!!
All the best wishes for him this Friday, the best of luck for his surgery!

 

[Iceman]

Iron Max eh? Haha cool.

 

[The Ironstar]

Batman v Superman, Captain America 3, and Star Wars Episode VII all releasing on the same day?

That's just not going to happen. If it did, it will be Ragnarok at the theaters.

.....or judgement by LT
.......or arrival by The Celestials

 

[TalismanRing]

plus bendis promised him that he'll put him in a comic book

Make A Wish does so many great things for children and it's wonderful so many people pitch in and contribute. Good luck Iron Max!

 

[TalismanRing]

lol yes!! I saw that interview, and it´s funny to see that even with all the weight Evans lost (during the Avengers press he was very slim) and all the layers of clothes used to cover him in the movie, he still looked like a big guy compared to the rest in tha cast, that is probably his body frame!

Bong just did a Reddit where he mentioned this and had a few things to say about Chris as an action star and actor.

Reddit

[–]BongJoonHo 6 points 3 hours ago

So in terms of Chris Evans, he has 2 sides to him: obviously, he is a great action star, he is an action machine, he never makes a mistake, if anything the other stunt guys make mistakes. Chris was just really, really good, and he surprised all the stunt guys by how precise he was. So just watching him live doing these action sequences on-set. I wondered at times how someone could move so precisely and so dynamically.

But at the same time he also has the ability to convey deep emotions and has a very delicate way of acting, and he is very very focused. Actually you see Chris cry two times in the film and it is strange to see this big hero, Captain America, cry in the film.

And actually the hardest part about working with Chris was figuring out ways to hide his muscle mass. In the movie he is a revolutionary leader in the back of the train, the tail where people are hungry all the time, and the trick was to hide his beautiful muscles, and we did that with various ways with costume.

 

[Xhexania]

Bong just did a Reddit where he mentioned this and had a few things to say about Chris as an action star and actor.

oh, that seems like an interesting read, do you have the link?
Didn´t Joe Johnston (director of TFA) mentioned something similar about Evans and his skills for action scenes?

 

[TalismanRing]

oh, that seems like an interesting read, do you have the link?
Didn´t Joe Johnston (director of TFA) mentioned something similar about Evans and his skills for action scenes?

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/293cd9/lets_take_a_bizarre_train_ride_with_bong_joonho/

Evans has said fight choreography is like a dance. I guess all those years of dancing classes from his mom paid off aside from beating his Avengers cast mates at Dance Dance Revolution. t:

 

[The Ironstar]

That dastardly, devious Mouse House.

Even better! t:

I hated WB for starting this! They acted like spoil kids. Now MCU/DS are kind of force to respond,which is sad.