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Originally Posted by Triple A
Yeah it is like forced over the top acting. It's not realistic acting. Makes me angry.
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I see what you mean. But things were obviously much different in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Remember though that these actors were closer chronologically to the silent era where your expressions and movements are a lot more important, and/or vaudeville or even stage acting, and with that you have to be very expressive to communicate with an audience since you didn't have a camera. That's how I figure it. Movies then were much more dialogue driven as well, where as today they are a lot more visual. When Brando and Dean started using Method acting, that is prolly the best example of when this change of acting styles ocurred.
The acting today is definitly more realisitc, and it was more overacting back then, clearly. I enjoy the acting from classical Hollywood, French New Wave etc. as much as I do today's. I dunno, think it all comes down to a matter of taste.
On the other hand, I feel the majority of scripts and stories today pale in comparison to back then.