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[–] 21 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Love Peacemaker but it's Bautista hands down.

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    John Cena and Dave Bautista can both be hilarious comedic actors. I'd give John the edge in the being the funnier of the two. But I've also seen Dave play serious, sweet, dramatic, even menacing. Hell he was basically all 4 of those in Knock at the Cabin alone. Dude has got range.

    Dwayne Johnson is good at playing Dwayne Johnson™.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Dwayne Johnson is good at playing Dwayne Johnson™.

    his comedic chops seems really good in the movie named "the rundown"

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago*

    Yeah, I do feel like early acting career Dwayne had more range. More recently he is just the rock in various settings, wardrobes and occasional wigs. It's probably not even entirely his fault though. Presumably the producers and directors are telling him to be this way. He's been typecast as the same stereotypical cocky macho guy over and over. And don't get me wrong, he's still funny sometimes. But he is still just portraying basically himself, most of the time.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I forget his name but far left, but he is amazing in Glass Onion

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Bautista is a pretty amazing dramatic actor when given the chance

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I love the hell out of Cena's Peacemaker performance, but if you forced me to pick between those two it's gonna be Big Dave.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    There are way worst actors as these 3 . All 3 with quite endearing films

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Where is Mr Savage? Bonesaw is missing. Need more Macho Man.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    This is cheating because 2 of the 3 are invisible

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    What about Rowdy Roddy!

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Rowdy Roddy Piper, not only for his performance in John Carpenter’s “They Live”, one of my favorite movies, but also his portrayal of the multi-layered and powerful character of “Da Maniac”. RIP

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Mirror mirror on the wall...

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  • [+] -6 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Does OP believe the answer is John Cena? Because Dwayne is the best actor amongst these three!

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I don't know, i've NEVER seen a believable performance from Dwayne Johnson. But John Cena and Bautista have both really dug down and widened their range. The rock does the same movie, same shirt, same stupid Kevin Hart addition, constantly. The guy from The Run Down is the same as the guy from fast and furious is the same from gridiron gang.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Dwayne is by far the worst on the list. I hate every role hes in because he just plays The Rock every time. Ive heard the Rockscer movie is okay but idk if ill ever watch it.

    Bautista and Cena have both had fantastic roles (especially recently) though my personal pick would 100% be Bautista.

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    [–] 74 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    None of them are "great". But Bautista puts in the most effort with trying various roles and actually "acting", and improving every time he tries a new role. So he gets the nod for actually taking the craft seriously, even if he's not particular great at it yet.

    Cena is likable enough and he plays his character well. But he doesn't stray into trying to seriously act, he just takes fun goofy roles for the most part and that's fine. But I haven't seen him challenge himself like Bautista does.

    And the Rock is....just "The Rock". He has no characters. In any movie it's just "The Rock climbing a skyscraper", "The Rock get's lost in a Jumanji game", "The Rock cosplays as Buford Pusser", etc... etc...

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  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

    I disagree that Cena doesn't challenge himself. If you go back and look at The Marine, then at Peacemaker Season 2, the difference is night and day. He's done interviews about how he tried to bring his pro wrestler mentality into acting and fell flat on his face. When he came back with roles like the boyfriend in Trainwreck and the dad in Blockers, you can tell he slowed down and started having fun with it. From there, I'd argue he turned himself into a decent actor.

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That's true. But Blockers and Trainwreck are a part of what I'm describing. He's content to mostly stick to the same basic character; a jovial everyman, basically. I don't see him ever wanting to tackle the stage on Broadway or play Macbeth, or anything for "serious" actors. He's just happy to be doing his thing. And hey, that's fine and dandy. More power to him.

    I see Bautista as someone who (Ironically I wasn't a fan of at all in GotG) legitimately wants to climb that acting ladder. I don't think he'll succeed...let's be clear. He won't be winning any oscars any time soon. But I respect the effort to stretch himself with things like Bladerunner 2049, Dune, Knock at the Cabin, See, etc... which are all drastically different characters.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah Cena has grown in leaps and bounds as an actor. Even the growth in his skill from The Suicide Squad to season 2 of Peacemaker is really visible, and that’s because of the work he’s put in to keep up with some of the other actors. He’s great case study in someone with some natural talent who’s pushing themselves to become good. But yeah I’m bit biased as he’s the only guy I could see playing Carrot in a Discworld Guards movie and I really want that.

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  • [–] 61 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    Bautista was excellent in Blade Runner 2049.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    i loved him in that, and i was so disappointed about his performance in dune - i think he was miscast. would have switched him and Brolin for a better fit.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Bautista by a country mile, for Blade Runner (his webisode mainly) alone.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Seconded. Bautista did dumb-funny well in Guardians, serious in 2049, and just plain old acting in something like Glass Onion. He does a lot better than some top billed actors IMO, but then he has some mediocre characters too. Win some, lose some.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    baustista is an actor, THE rock has always been thirsty for the attention, he always wanted to be the Movie star, terrible actor and he is pretty much behind the scenes 'ellen degeneres', cena is in between bautista and the rock,

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    I watched The Smashing Machine because I heard they made the Rock actually act in it.

    They didn't, they just stuck a wig on him.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Wrestlers are already actors, it's why they do so well when they change careers.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Did you know the Rock was in Star Trek?

    He plays an alien with some face prosthetic…who is a professional wrestler.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 months ago

    I did because VOY is my fav lol, season 6 episode 15 where 7 and Tuvok get kidnapped and forced to compete in combat matches to the death (well Tuvok doesn't because he was critically injured)

    Iirc it was his first acting gig before his actual "breakthrough" acting gig

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Bautista is good in many things, the very underrated movie, Bushwick.

    Hotel Artemis was also interesting, though he is playing a similar character in both he is also actually trying to be an actor and increase his range.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Jesse Ventura has entered the chat and he's carrying a steel chair!

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Not Cock johnson.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    It's more likely an advertising department somewhere that has all 3 as clients.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    The bing chiling guy sucks at acting too tho

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Pro wrestlers are already actors.

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