Schoenke is establishing himself here as an extreme visual talent at the very least, and if a studio can wrangle him in and provide him with better trappings to work with — whether that's giving his established actors some lessons in emoting, or just finding another roster to direct, altogether — then he'll be quick to make one of the finer films in the genre without much time to waste, I'm sure, given that he has some time to hone his skills on more mundane, humane fare first.
But let's be emotional, for a second. As an admitted fanboy, oh man, this was just awesome.
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Article comments
1 - Darwin
I don't think we should put bad acting as "besides the point." Good actors are the core of any project, and just having people 'look' the part and stand there like dynamic paintings is not compelling enough. Casting is an important part of directing, as is wringing the best performance out of mediocre talent.
2 - Henry J. Baugh
Well, I don't know if I'd agree with that notion. Sure, they're drastically important to a film that is more dramatically or personally oriented, but not always with those filmmakers who are more concerned with the formalism and machinations of film, and all of that stuff. Not that Schoenke is one of those guys, but -
But, like I said - I don't think it's the point of the project. Schoenke is obviously more interested in the visual, visceral aspect of the whole deal than anything else. And, it's his visual sense of storytelling that's the strongest. He'll get better at directing his actors as he goes along, I'm sure.
Problem is, it's a trade off - with a character like Batman, you can either find someone who looks the part but isn't really an actor, or you can find someone who can act but doesn't really look the part. It's kind of a catch-22, I think.