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Thread started 12/12/04 5:36pm

jacknapier

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Is Prince a good Actor?

he is truthful and has great presence and isn't afraid of his vulnerability.

yet there is hatred. what do you think?
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Reply #1 posted 12/12/04 5:40pm

andykeen

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In Purple rain, i think he played a lot of the hard scene's amazingly well, but the easy 1's quite badly.

Under the cherry moon - he's acting was great, but the kissing scene were so bad, it made the film more funny

Graffiti bridge - the acting is so so, sum really bad, sum Okish!

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Reply #2 posted 12/12/04 6:23pm

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jacknapier said:

he is truthful and has great presence and isn't afraid of his vulnerability.

yet there is hatred. what do you think?

Purple Rain was not acting. Its biographical.
Goodnight, sweet Prince.
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Reply #3 posted 12/12/04 6:40pm

Musicology2004

no, hes way better with the music...
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Reply #4 posted 12/12/04 6:47pm

ThreadBare

nooooo
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Reply #5 posted 12/12/04 7:06pm

thecableguy

uumm, no!
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Reply #6 posted 12/12/04 7:09pm

vainandy

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Prince did OK enough in "Purple Rain" and "Under The Cherry Moon" to get by but he is definately no actor. Now, "Graffiti Bridge" was a complete embarrassment...acting, story, and set wise.
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Reply #7 posted 12/12/04 7:19pm

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No.
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Reply #8 posted 12/13/04 5:18am

Rhondab

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Reply #9 posted 12/13/04 5:24am

thesexofit

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[quote]

andykeen said:

[color=indigo]In Purple rain, i think he played a lot of the hard scene's amazingly well, but the easy 1's quite badly.


I agree with that too. Notice the scenes with Apples is when his acting sucks the most? Hmmm funny that.


UTCM was Prince on an ego pill. He carries it off I guess, for the character he is meant to be.


GB he is very moody and quiet. Why? Fuck knows.....Morris, like in Purple rain basically makes the movie watchable. Jerome did pretty well in UTCM. Again I wish he, like Morris was in that more too.

If Robert De Niro was in a scene with Apples he'd come out as good as Joey Lawrence. She is that shit. No wonder Prince came off looking bad!
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Reply #10 posted 12/13/04 5:26am

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Nope, Prince is not a good actor in films! He is a better actor on stage!! nod
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Reply #11 posted 12/13/04 6:57am

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It´s been said before but I´ll say it again: Don´t count him off as an actor..
A second Robert De Niro or Marlon Brando he´s definitely not, but I´d love to see him doing a cameo appearance or even star in a bigger role in some new movie. Maybe some Quentin Tarantino stuff..am I the only one, except for Dansa, who thinks that Prince would have been a better Joker than Nicholson ? biggrin
Prince is a hard working man, maybe the hardest working man in showbiz, and now that his ego isn´t as massive as it used to be he might even be a good actor with the right director.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #12 posted 12/13/04 7:02am

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define "good".
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Reply #13 posted 12/13/04 7:04am

MoonCat

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He isn't a good actor in my opinion because he always plays Prince, never anyone else. Its easy to just play yourself
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Reply #14 posted 12/13/04 10:16am

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He was pretty god in PR (good for a first movie), UTCM he was hilarious! Overall good in that, GB he hardly says anything, but when he does hes good.
Did you order a pizza ma'am? Prince- UTCM
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Reply #15 posted 12/13/04 12:17pm

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The man can act.
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Reply #16 posted 12/13/04 1:02pm

jayaredee

It's not that Prince is a bad actor as much as it is having a shit script to follow
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Reply #17 posted 12/13/04 3:35pm

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masterful skills n disception...woefully, 100% weak & ineffective acting...
good acting is drawn from a reserve of sub-text, of the ability to display an emotional connection with a character other than yourself...it seems n Prince's world everything must relate 2 him, little concern of what anyone else may B feeling...if he has any real acting ability; this one is still waiting 2 C it...not saying he doesn't have the capacity but it seriously needs work confused
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Reply #18 posted 12/13/04 3:56pm

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Reply #19 posted 12/13/04 4:01pm

Martinelli

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He makes Madonna look like a thespian genius..cool
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Reply #20 posted 12/13/04 5:39pm

DarkKnight1

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Yes, because in his line of work almost everything is an act.
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Reply #21 posted 12/13/04 6:45pm

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I don't think he is that bad. I thought he was great in Purple Rain, and I absolutely love UTCM.. It's one of my favorite movies. I haven't had a chance to see Grafitti Bridge, I can't find it anywhere! But I would love anything with P in it! I do believe though, that he is a way better musician than an actor, but I have seen worse actors, he is actually really good compared to all the other musicians that have tried to become actors!!!
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Reply #22 posted 12/13/04 8:55pm

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oh come on, Prince is always acting
so yes he is a good actor
he always has someone fooled at one time or another
WHY SHOULD I DO THAT, WHEN I CAN DO THIS
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Reply #23 posted 12/14/04 12:37am

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YES!! I think he is a Great Actor! He has this natural gift that only a few have & i'd say the most respected at it was Charlie Chaplin! cool Prince has that gift to act with his eyes. He can tell the whole story & emotion with no words. Just with his eyes & expressions.

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Reply #24 posted 12/14/04 3:30am

thesexofit

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ElectricBlue said:

YES!! I think he is a Great Actor! He has this natural gift that only a few have & i'd say the most respected at it was Charlie Chaplin! cool Prince has that gift to act with his eyes. He can tell the whole story & emotion with no words. Just with his eyes & expressions.

cool



Yeah right. Charlie was a genius actort. Prince was not.

BUT Prince is not too bad really. Better then Jacko.

Prince could never ever play the joker though. Whoever said that is just plain stupid. Jack was the only one for "batman" and Tim bloody knew it. Thats why he had to pay him so much for the role. Jack is the joker.
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Reply #25 posted 12/14/04 6:35am

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jacknapier said:

I Prince a good actor?



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