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Originally Posted by Columbine
Well, I think most of the other points have been addressed and hands up, I haven't seen the movie, but as MMM says, I don't think age excuses poor acting. A rubbish script can bring down a good actor, but you can be young, and still be talented or have experience. Look at the kid in Australia (more convincing IMO than Kidman). Ditto Whale Rider. Ditto Empire in the Sun. Actually I don't think any of them were well-known or established actors/actresses at the time either.
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I'm not saying there aren't better kid actors out there who are talented and experienced; that's not my point at all. I'm saying that there should be a realization that real people can't be cartoons. There is the human element that naturally brings forth things such as facial twitches and speech styles... that can disturb someone who is really expecting things to be
just like the cartoon.
@Ronin: if people are hinting at a bad script being the cause of bad acting... does that really count as bad acting? I do agree, the script did seem flawed... which I refer back to the fast pacing. It seems the pace is the foundation for most of the criticism (save the racism issue)... and it's one even I'm not comfortable defending.
As for Lord of the Rings. From what I'm aware, LotR was not formerly a hit TV series. It was not originally widely known through picture, and that may be significant in this case.