Boondock Saints 2.0 Triumph Part 6: Both Stiff and Over Acting? This Wasn’t a Porno!

Posted on | December 1, 2009 | No Comments

The last of the charges I read movie critics levy against Troy Duffy’s Boondock Saints wasn’t so much him as his crew of actors. But get this, actors were charged with both, “stiff,” acting and, “over-acting.”

What the f*ck are they talking about?

(Shakespeare? No. But even Bill could have told you their value)

This isn’t the case where people think a guitar is “flat” when it’s actually sharp (strings tighten from lack of play before they stretch, making the notes come out sharp). Y’all are professionals. You’re supposed to mean what you say.

Now, granted, Normam Reedus and Sean Patrick Flannery aren’t going to use these movies as references to get them into a Shakespearean Company, but I have to ask the critics:

“Who the Hell did you think Connor and Murphy MacMannus were?”

I’ll admit that in both movies, Duffy flashed brilliance in characters that were never fully developed. I wish the Saints’ ability to speak many languages would have been utilized more. Having the brothers speak in different languages around Rocco when they knew Rocco wanted to hear them would have been a great running gag. Or when they were tied up by Yakavetta’s crew, that would have been a great curve ball to throw their captors.

Also, in the second movie, they first saw Romeo as he was fighting a big guy while having both hands tied behind his back; then he never fought anyone the rest of the movie. The scene helped juxtapose his soft side more, but sh*t, not everyone has to be shot first. Kick their asses.

But I can’t blame the actors for it. It’s not like Reedus was going to break into Italian in the middle of the scene – unless he knew Italian that well.

Critiques aside, Reedus, Flannery, Connelly and company nailed what was important – their sense of honor and Fraternity. You wanted to hang out with these guys. You wanted to drink with them. They were one of the guys.

And that’s how you get a cult following of millions of fans.

Are you taking notes, Movie Critics?

C-Ho Corporate Mesothelioma Rating: 4 out of 10.

I’m sorry, but like the Eunice Bloom critique, if you critical critics can’t figure out why millions of fans loved these characters, you deserve your fate as movie critics and not script writers.

“Stiff” and “over” acting. I think some y’all were watching porn when you should have been paying closer attention to this classic.

(Photo Credit: 1 – Boondocksaintsii via Flickr 2 – A…P via Flickr)

PS – I do have to give critics some credit. Those of you who got over the fact that Billy Connelly was a comedian did give him his due props for his performance – and his hair.

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