Seriously wooden and just weird, I noticed it often in the first couple of episodes bit he seemed to improve.
In the last episode, however, his attempt at angrily saying "you're so damn stubborn Jefferson" was absolutely hilarious.
Instead of appearing angry and frustrated, it sounded more like something from Days of our Lives. He then bounced up the stairs in a weird hunch.
Posted Mar 14, 2018, 7:32 AM UTC
I thought the line from this week's episode was strange too but other than that, I think he's a good actor.
I think he was feeling sad and guilty
I think he’s fine. It’s definitely a tremendous improvement over his performances in The Warriors and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.
NEVER GIVE UP HOPE
I get what you mean by the "wooden" acting, but I think that's part of the character. Very much like Albert in Batman, his personality is very reserved and non-dynamic. (is that a word? idk but you know what I mean)
But he's like that I'm everything.
hi everything
You're not seriously comparing him to Michael Caine... ?
Don't disrespect Dexter Morgan's dad like that dude
Yes. I've seen him in a bunch of stuff and he's always like this. The Room level acting.
Ive had the same experience with Gambi, I still do. There was also so little background information around him, so the first 5 episodes I just couldn't take him serious. That last episode explained a lot about him but man, his tone is just cringe for that role.
Dexter sucked the life out of him.
I agree
Raiden will rain down Black Lightning on you for this ;-P
Eh, I honestly don’t have a problem with his acting. Compared to some of the acting on the Flash, which is (barely) a guilty pleasure show for me at this point, James Remar is Emmy caliber. I think he’s really good in Gambi’s quiet, contemplative moments.
I agree. He kinda phones it in compared to everyone else. It's distracting.
I honestly think a lot of it is the script. He has to say the most stupid things, for some reason his character is written so weirdly. Like it seems like everything he's always trying to get across is completely rushed so it ends up being like a weird forced straight to the point delivery.
I mean think back to the first episode.. he's like "Jefferson, I've known you for 30 years, you're like a son to me, that's why I feel like I have to tell you ________".... Someone please show me someone who can act out something that looks like it was written in a screenwriting class for Grade 6's.
That wasnt a "you are too damn stubborn" that was a "I don't wanna say the truth but my knowledge tells me that you shouldn't do this so I'm frustrated" hence any awkwardness.
You're giving him far too much credit.
No, that's exactly what it was. He wasn't angry with Jefferson. Jefferson was getting too close to the truth about Gambi so he was feigning indignance.
Well he didn't pull that off, either, it just looked like high-school acting.
I think of that particular "you're stubborn" scene as Gambi not being a good actor in front of Jefferson. Like, he is not doing a good job lying to him anymore and his act is now failing