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BornIn1142 t1_je4dx6e wrote

Are you just going by descriptions without actually having seen it? It balances comedy and drama. Sometimes they overlap, sometimes they don't. There's an attempted rape scene that's played very straight, there's a very realistic death that's neither horror nor comedy, the main character struggles with PTSD...

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Corrosive-Knights t1_je4dv3h wrote

Not just a “one-two” punch debut in films but a “one-two-three” punch before sadly passing away too early: James Dean.

All three of his films, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant are considered classics of 1950’s cinema and his acting in each of the three is spectacular.

What might have he done had he not died in a car accident?

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patschpatsch t1_je4dlze wrote

Yes and no. He was an actor in Germany/Austria loooong before QT introduced him to the world.

I for one am German and know him from a German/Austrian show called „Kommissar Rex“ about a German Shephard that helps the police solve cases (yup, that show was hugely successful). And in one episode Waltz place a crazy puppet-maker who dresses up women as dolls and kills them when they don‘t comply. Gave me nightmares as a small kid

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AlphaScar t1_je4bq56 wrote

Although I was first introduced to Ol’Petersen as Grissom, it wasn’t until I watched the TV movie adaptation of the Peter Benchley novel “Beast” (also called Beast) that I actually saw how great he was. He literally turned what should’ve been a crap “made for TV” movie into something I’ve watched many, many times and still continue to enjoy. If you liked Jaws and enjoy sea monster-ish films, I highly recommend it. It terrified me as a child and still does today but any sea monster-ish film does. Just the thought of Architeuthis dux gets me shivering.

To answer your question however, I think Stephen Dorff had an excellent start to his career and, in all honesty, I don’t think he was a bad actor. I just think he got put in big budget films in roles that weren’t quite for him. He was awesome in Space Truckers (highly recommend that as a guilty pleasure too).

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