I've heard Australians defend him and say he's been good in Australian movies, but really, how likely is that?
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§ ita § - Apr 12, 2010 11:25:27 am PDT #7542 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Vonnie K - Apr 12, 2010 1:03:43 pm PDT #7543 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's a meta-joke. Sam Worthington is not a real person - he's a construct. Part animatronic, part CGI. He's symmetrical and looks white-boy heroic, so folks are happy to overlook the fact that with his total lack of charisma he wouldn't have gotten cast in a HIGH SCHOOL play, and buy the whole "oh he's from Australia" story.
Truer words, etc. He is the blandest squared-jawed white-boy in Blandonia. He's a negative space of charisma in the shape of a cardboard cut-off under "generic hero-ish dude". I don't understand what compelled all the big-budget action movie directors to decide he was the new Hollywood It Boy.
There is a piece in the latest EW on Colin Farrell and about his own particular catapult to fame in the early 2000's in a similar fashion, but skeevestastic as he could be, Farrell is usually compelling to watch even in so-so flicks and can actually, you know, act. Sam Worthington just mystifies me.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2010 1:12:20 pm PDT #7544 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At the very least, I can look at a picture of Colin Farrell and get...a vibe off it. Okay, sometimes it's an unwashed vibe, but not always. He interviews really charmingly and is distinct.
I'm still not sure what Sam Worthington looks like.
Sean K - Apr 12, 2010 1:44:42 pm PDT #7545 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Muscles.
§ ita § - Apr 12, 2010 1:46:35 pm PDT #7546 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ryan Reynolds and Chris Evans look like muscles too, and *they* stick in my brain.
Sean K - Apr 12, 2010 2:04:14 pm PDT #7547 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
True enough.
Jesse - Apr 12, 2010 2:31:02 pm PDT #7548 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At the very least, I can look at a picture of Colin Farrell and get...a vibe off it.
I can look at a picture of Colin Farrell and get the feelings off it.
Lee - Apr 12, 2010 2:37:15 pm PDT #7549 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
This week's EW had a story on Colin Farrell.
with pictures.
And feelings.
Volans - Apr 12, 2010 3:32:15 pm PDT #7550 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I'm still not sure what Sam Worthington looks like.
This.
Cameron's animators clearly spent WAY more time on Na'vi!Jake than they did designing Sam Worthington.
(And seriously, even his name is a perfect construct of non-thing)
billytea - Apr 12, 2010 3:53:19 pm PDT #7551 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Plus, that whole 'comes from Australia' thing is clearly suspect. Far away enough that no one will check up on the backstory, but sounds comfortable and nonthreatening to American audiences.