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I don't think it's a bad bargain, with FF he made more money he could spend in his lifetime. After FF he can go the Robert Pattinson route of doing indie stuff outside his circle, for nothing or little money, or even produce his own stuff. I don't think it's over for him, it only is if he insists in going for hard men doing hard stuff type films.
"And yes, before you ask - this is, unequivocally, a story about family" *loud applause, women cheering, "ladies and gentlemen: we got him", Chuck Norris endorcing smile*
@JordonBeal the author of the comment did in fact probably mean "endorsing". The context was that of a "Chuck Norris endorsing smile". Hope that helps!
even tho riddick is a fictional assassin who descended from an ancient race of superhumans, he's more of a believable person than dominic toretto. he has so many layers esp after the end of chronicles and riddick (2013)
He was so good as riddick and he can do a fourth one on it now more than ever. Vin has always been talented and handsome in my eyes he just doesn't take himself seriously enough, and the director also draws out that seriousness in him, too.
I'd love it if Vinny had a later resurgence like Sandler has. Apparently, the next FF is the last, so maybe he'd be more open to stuff like this again.
he's been TRYING to do other stuff, last i heard. if i remember correctly, he REALLY wanted to play Hannibal Barca for many years. but hey, let's not grieve for what is apparently one of hte biggest D&D geeks in Hollywood getting to live the dream.
I’m actually shocked every time I watch The Iron Giant to learn Diesel provided the voice of that character. Maybe it was Brad Bird’s direction or the fact he was genuinely at a creative stage in his career, but Diesel gave the character life, a heart, feelings, emotions and a soul from a few moans, groans and the odd sentence. That’s how I’ll always think of him.
His best acting was in 'A Man Apart' but 'Find Me Guilty,' 'Knockaround Guys' and 'Boiler Room' are all great showcases for how Diesel could've made a great actor if he'd chosen to go that route instead of becoming a movie star.
Wut? How is being in any of those movies, not also being a movie star?!? Also, Boiler Room came out the same year as Pitch Black and Knockaround Guys came out in 2001, after Fast and the Furious so he was already a "movie star"...the other movies came out well after that.
Vin is a bit like Stallone. Here he's pulling a "Rocky", performance-wise , and then he just gave into action stuff. I'm sure there will be a director who'll give him yet another hefty dramatic role, eventually.
Man, that was maybe the most wonderful performance he's ever had. Now he's just a muscled bruiser caricature these days, but the man has depth and above all else earnestness.
Sadly that's a problem with a lot of good actors where they find a role there good at and then stop trying and play that one role for the rest of their lives.
@@sabbathjackalit's what gets them the big-money roles. I blame the majority of movie goers who keeps paying for stupid shit like the fast and the furious franchise. actors like Vin Diesel are just making business decisions where they would make more money. Not everyone is a Daniel-Day Lewis type who values the quality of the work over the $$$$$$$
Even the muscle bruiser can have depth though. His FF character is cardboard compared to say... Riddick. Riddick was an infinitely more interesting character that followed the basic muscle bruiser stereotype. So clearly even there he can put a lot of depth into his character
This was so heartwarming. You really brought out the love for movie making that Diesel has, a love he developed by reading Lumet’s book and then demonstrated while working for him. What a story. And, incidentally, it’s a good movie! What more could I ask for? Thanks as always for the work you do. These little insights make me a better filmgoer.
Sidney Lumet’s name needs to be mentioned more often when discussing all-time great directors. Like Scorsese, he was able to seamlessly adapt from generation to generation, debuting in Hollywood’s “golden age” with 12 Angry Men, giving us New Hollywood classics in the form of Dog Day Afternoon and Network, then ending his career five decades after it began with the more obscure yet criminally underrated Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Failsafe is a very underrated movie in his filmography. One of the most terrifying movies you'll ever see and has only gotten scarier as time passes. Plus henry fonda as the president is the best/most obvious casting of all time.
12 Angry Men is the best courtroom drama ever because the movie focuses solely on the jury deliberations in a confined set. The antics, the stick, the circus which is the courtroom is out. As for a good courtroom movie, see My Cousin Vinny which turns those antics to a source of strength.
"Before the devil knows you´re dead" is another good one Lumet did in his last years, actually his last two movies was theese two. After a long period of mediocre to bad films, he went out in a bang... just like he started.
Danny, I have to say, your work has quickly become a collection of my favorite film esseys to come out recently. So many of film essayist have become these obnoxious, loud, perpetually irritated about something personalities chasing what is trendy, what is hip to hate on in the moment. Their thumbnails are flashy and overdone, the titles are clickbait-y and sometimes in conflict with what the video is about. And your work has not the smallest trace of that. It is genuine and filled with obvious passion and endless curiousty for the craft of filmmaking. You videos are focused and only ever concerned with the single point they are trying to make - no more, no less. Really, what your channel reminds me the most is another incredible film essey channel that has long since been closed down. Every Frame A Painting. The fascination and love for cinema I hear in your voice is the same that I used to hear in the voice of Tony Zhou and the words of Taylor Ramos. I hope to see the same recognition given to you in time. Cheers, my friend, have a good one!
Danny is certainly obnoxious, his thumbnails are just screenshots of movies, and his titles are not even a full sentence. His work is completely ingenuine. He has been forced to edit his videos on multiple occasions because of criticisms and he never acknowledges doing so. His videos almost never have any kind of point, thats why the titles are so incredibly vague. He's really awful and should delete his channel.
I saw his indie film in one of my film classes. We giggled when we heard what we were watching, a few minutes, we sure were humbled. He really does have a lot of talent and I would really like to see him get more opportunities to shine. Maybe in his later years. Thanks for introducing to this movie, I am very interested in watching.
I love this film and have been singing it's praises since it came out. This is always what I bring up when people say that Vin Diesel can't act. He *can*, he just doesn't need to because it's much more lucrative to play the same guy over and over.
I've seen this movie maybe 10-11 years ago and its biggest impact in my life was whenever Vin Diesel makes another uninspired action blockbuster, I think about this movie and wish that he did actual acting once more, but accept that he probably won't.
vin deez will go down as a lover of cinema and a man that is just tryna push the medium forward mark my words.. in the next ten years after they cant make anymore fast movies he is gonna go in on smaller weirder character pieces that will confuse the masses but will make him a legend.. save this comment
People forget he was Groot and the Iron Giant. He was damn good in Pitch Black. I think he was done with The Fast and The Furious after the first one. But who would turn down millions of dollars and a steady acting gig?
I remember watching this movie ages ago on DVD and was so pleasantly surprised by how solid it was. It endeared me to Vin to this day, no matter how many weird movies he makes 😂
when the judge asked if he knew what 'per se' means, I was reminded of another movie, with Tony Danza. It has a similar arc, where a small-time hood gets railroaded for a robbery, studies law in prison, gets a mail-order diploma, and represents himself during his appeal. It was also a movie that helped Danza move away from his 'Who's the Boss?' typecasting.
Danny Boyd, a man with such an incredible and unimaginable taste for wonderful filmmaking and storytelling that he's woven my appreciation for it as well as my ability to create. Thank you for inspiring me
Genuinely one of the best parts of my weekends! I'm not really a huge movie watcher myself, but I do love seeing people point out layers and nuances that I wouldn't know to look for, so I love this channel. :)
Find Me Guilty is one of those movies that has always stuck with me. I only saw it once when I stayed home sick in high school, but I still remember every beat and every character of the film. It really is a very good film.
It is kind of sad because when this movie came out he had already been in XXX, The Fast and the Furious, and The Chronicles of Riddick, which showed off his action chops, but I feel like this caused him to get stuck in it and were his most successful movies at the time where he was the lead whereas Find Me Guilty failed at the box office, so he probably thought there was no way out. If he only fought back a bit and went for the occasional drama or comedy roles, we would be remembering him in a different light, as the guy who is good at acting but does action movies, shit who knows he might have had an Oscar nom if he went down this path. Kind of like Tom Cruise in a sense but not as prominent.
I went and watched this after seeing this video, and it was an incredible movie. So well done, so many great performances. Thank you for highlighting it.
I saw this movie for the first time months back on streaming. And it was surprising to see Vin Diesel not only with hair, but he was putting some good effort into Find Me Guilty. It's one of my favorite roles of his, and that's among the number of action roles he's been defaulted to. Another comparable one is what Jason Statham did in Spy with his character.
Criminally underrated film...this movie proved he can actually act...almost all the dialog in the court scenes is actually transcripts to the whole trial...Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage were great in this movie...man it's probably been 15 yrs since I last saw this.
I randomly came up on a copy of this movie on dvd about 20 or so years ago. Didn’t think I’d like it on first watch and fell in love. I think it’s one of his best roles
i nevert considered this before but mutch like you my experience of this character mirros my experience of vin disel as an actor i instantly loved him and only grew to love him more
Honestly I've always liked Vin Diesel's acting. I think people get confused when an actor plays the same character or the same type of character for a long time
I always list Diesel in my top 5 favourite actors, often to the chuckles of those who only know his work in Fast & Furious. I've seen maybe 3 of those films. They're okay at what they're trying to be, generic bro flicks. There's a place for that. My Vin Diesel selection however is different. Started off with Chronicles of Riddick, went back to the start with Pitch Black, loved them both. It takes skill to play that role like that. You couldn't put just anyone in that role, certainly not from today's cohort of actors. Same for Iron Giant. I then went and checked out Multi-Facial, even tried to check out Strays. Moved onto Find Me Guilty. Was surprised by how much I loved it, but not by Diesel's ability. Then of course there's The Last Witch Hunter, a criminally underrated fantasy film of his. As a SFF fan, it's a treat. Do I wish Diesel had gone down more of a 'serious actor' route? Yes and no. I like his lack of pretension, because it's led to him making some of the best geeky SFF in existence and 'serious actors' don't often risk that. Consider Leo DiCaprio's 'no superhero movies' rule. I'm glad Diesel ain't like that. That said do I wish he got offered some of those Jake Gyllenhaal roles? Can I imagine him in Brothers having the breakdown Tobey Maguire's character does? Yes and it gives me chills. I guess what I really wish is that directors and Hollywood were less snobby. That they could see past Diesel's popular work and see the absolute jewel waiting to be cast before it's too late. Then again with the latest accusations who knows whether we'll see Diesel work again. A notion which breaks my heart as a film fan. Would be such a waste.
Oh lord, I can't say for sure, but I'd wager that the scene where he finds out his mother is dead, is acted from behind his hand, because he couldn't manage to convey the complex emotions he was feeling through his expression, and Sydney Lumet being the genius, did the best he could with what he had.
I can't tell what's a more distracting fun fact. That Vin Diesel and Linus Roache stared in both Find Me Guilty and The Chronicles of Riddick, or that The Chronicles of Riddick came out two years BEFORE Find Me Guilty.
I love watching your analysis of different films/directors This is a great vid focusing not just on Lumet but on Vin Diesal who by most accounts, folks consider him an overrated actor.. But after watching this, I have more respect for his attempt at the craft.
Just coincidentally, I've been watching all Fast and Furious movies one after the other in the span of a week, and I have to say I was very surprised with Vin's performance in F&F1. He killed it. Dominic Toretto was a magnetic presence every second he was on screen, and with a deepness and range that I hadn't noticed before. My favourite scene is when when him and Vince corner Brian after he's found snooping, and confront him about being a cop. Vin's whole demeanor changes, all friendlyness gone, and there's no mistake that the man on screen is dangerous. His work was mesmerizing on that movie. No homo.
Maybe when he physically can't do action movies anymore, we'll get "Boiler Room" / "Find Me Guilty" Vin back. I mean, from his performances alone, I really don't get the feeling he's even having fun playing Dom since Paul Walker's been gone.
I didn't realize I'm actually rather fond of Vin Diesel's acting until I recently re-watched the first couple F&F movies, and saw Perfect Dark for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. It was refreshing to go back and watch some older, better quality cinema I had been sleeping on for years. I'll definitely be giving this a watch.
One of my favorite Vin Diesel movies is Boiler Room. It's really unfortunate that he isn't taken more seriously as an actor, because of his relationship with the F&F franchise, because when he is given a role that suits him in a serious role, he can _really_ make it work! He was good in the Riddick series too, but I really do think Boiler Room was probably his best role to date, although I've never seen "Find Me Guilty" before, I'll have to check it out! :)
I don't think this movie is Vin's best acting/performance. I think the setting and subject matter are convincing you that this is more high minded purposeful work than his other stuff. If I were to choose a best performance from Vin Diesel I'd choose Pitch Black. Sure its an actiony sci-fi horror, but he fully encapsulates the role, a humanoid killer who relies so much on baser instincts you could argue they were an vicious animal before becoming person. Vin Diesel in Pitch Black from the first monologue makes you know who this character is, and throughout the movie convinces you that your seeing Riddick, not in actor. But action/sci-fi/horror/thriller is low brow and gets looked down upon from the high chair that seats courtroom drama, but never in any point after watching Pitch Black would someone say 7:28 "Does Vin Diesel really transform into the guy... I don't know" Love your videos, this one not so much
Funny how that you approached this as if Diesel is somehow different in all his other movies :) I was a fan of his long before I've seen this one (not in small part because of Multi-Facial and his overall story) and it was surprising for the subject matter and the kind of role that he is playing but not in his abilities. One may not like his Riddick or Toretto but I think it's undeniable that he transforms in those characters. They may share similarities and it's not like he has a range of Daniel Day Lewis but I think he's pretty damn great at every role he plays even if the movie isn't :)
I feel like Diesel got same story as Willis, I always considered Willis a strong comedy/drama actor better than action hero (Die Hard is still my favorit movie) but his Agency Moonlight was peak for me. Diesel too, had alot of good roles, black hole, this movie, even first Fast and Furios, he had range, unill certain point in his career.
Once he embraced the FF franchise Vin Diesel became the actor he is today. Remember that he didn't return to FF2, he had the Riddick universe (which was dear to him), he wanted to make a movie about Hannibal (the general). Once those didn't pan out he came back to FF, found even bigger box office succes and became an asshole. I liked the guy and I rooted for him. But ever since the Rock feud, the later Justin Lin situation, his weird and kitch internet posts, he fell out for me.
You know, thinking about it now, I do believe VD's...(lol) Diesel's vocal evolution is similar to Snake's evolution from MGS2 and MGS4. It's weird, cuz I never noticed. Not the same voice, but it's clear in the early days, and really gravelly in the later. 🤷♂️
Danny has a soft spot for Vin 😊 I do too. I think vin made massive career blunder by sticking with the money (The Fast and Furious movies) and not throwing himself into meatier roles over the years, like this one. Vin is Vin. And perhaps this was the best path for him, but what could have been…
Always enjoyed this one, had a lot of heart, a great cast and the first time I saw Dinklage in a movie. Started following Vin Diesel around Boiler Room and Pitch Black era of the early 2000s. Knockaround Guys is another smaller, but good B action flick from that era. That early career was really solid, but family comes first.
I think it would be amazing if Vin Diesel showed how good of an actor he can be... maybe a non-typecasted side character with something interesting about them.
he's actually a side character in the first F&F, same with the very first "Riddick" film, Pitch Black, but somehow the sequels of these films ended up being about him and him alone
Deep down, Vincent Diesel is a damn good actor. But he had to make some sacrifices, he had to work on some mindless action movies. But he did it because... Wait for it... FAMILY! PS: But seriously, hopefully an indie director hires him for a dialogue and performance heavy, action-less movie. A little change could be good for him.
No respect for Vin Diesel after seeing him sexually harrass an interviewer a few years ago. Wish he didn’t get that positive press, he doesn’t deserve it.
I think the fast and furious franchise was an absolute waste of the potential that is Vin Diesel... Maybe he'll do some actual acting again in the future who knows
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The Following is a great movie. My second favorite Nolan film after The Dark Knight.
Not his best work but much better than I thought a debut film could be.
So "Better Call Saul" is a throwback to this film, damn! nice one
@@bigbadsauce92 Hey, I thought the same thing.
you're a real snobby snob,.
It's always weird watching early Vin Diesel films because you can actually hear what he's saying.
Still barely
The lower he talks the more 'hurrwhurrwwhurwww' it becomes
I know right I can't understand anything Groot says
"family"
Now he just growls and talks about his family.
I feel like Vin typecast himself and sold himself short in the process. We need to see more serious roles from this guy.
The reason why is because he believes he didn't. Him talking about FF being oscar worthy is 100% serious.
I don't think it's a bad bargain, with FF he made more money he could spend in his lifetime. After FF he can go the Robert Pattinson route of doing indie stuff outside his circle, for nothing or little money, or even produce his own stuff. I don't think it's over for him, it only is if he insists in going for hard men doing hard stuff type films.
@@captainfreight5206 WBut that is why it works. FF is absolutely insane but he is completely serious with it.
I want to see him remake Barry Lindon.
maybe when hes older
"And yes, before you ask - this is, unequivocally, a story about family"
*loud applause, women cheering, "ladies and gentlemen: we got him", Chuck Norris endorcing smile*
I enjoyed your comment sir.
So freaky, I read your comment exactly at the same time the narrator said it…
“Endorcing” is definitely not a word. Did you mean “endorsing?” And if so, in what context?
@JordonBeal the author of the comment did in fact probably mean "endorsing". The context was that of a "Chuck Norris endorsing smile". Hope that helps!
"thank you Chuck Norris"- Vince Vaughn
7:19 Saul Goodman. Making cameos since 2006
Vravo Bince !
Speedy Justice for you….
This guy sounds like he knows he has rights
Peter Dinklage at 2:24 too
Peter Dinklage before he was a household name
I prefer Vin as Riddick. He's a much more interesting and unpredictable anti-hero than Dom Turretto ever was.
yeah he has created some very good stuff, riddick is a sci fi action saga with a big universe that needs some exploration
He absolutely kills it as Riddick, Pitch black is the kind of film one could watch every day.
even tho riddick is a fictional assassin who descended from an ancient race of superhumans, he's more of a believable person than dominic toretto. he has so many layers esp after the end of chronicles and riddick (2013)
He was so good as riddick and he can do a fourth one on it now more than ever. Vin has always been talented and handsome in my eyes he just doesn't take himself seriously enough, and the director also draws out that seriousness in him, too.
Not only was he amazing as Riddick, he loved the character. He helped make a really good Riddick game!
I'd love it if Vinny had a later resurgence like Sandler has. Apparently, the next FF is the last, so maybe he'd be more open to stuff like this again.
he's been TRYING to do other stuff, last i heard. if i remember correctly, he REALLY wanted to play Hannibal Barca for many years. but hey, let's not grieve for what is apparently one of hte biggest D&D geeks in Hollywood getting to live the dream.
@@alexsolomon8127 he and Henry Cavill need to team up and make some real good nerd stuff
The thing is, how many times have we heard that the next FF would be the last?
@@jessea4438good chances Vin and the OG cast members take a step back and we get more HOBBS & Shaw style spin offs. Let vin do him
@@alexsolomon8127that could be really cool i hope he gets to play that role some day
I’m actually shocked every time I watch The Iron Giant to learn Diesel provided the voice of that character. Maybe it was Brad Bird’s direction or the fact he was genuinely at a creative stage in his career, but Diesel gave the character life, a heart, feelings, emotions and a soul from a few moans, groans and the odd sentence. That’s how I’ll always think of him.
"Superman."
One of my favorite characters of any movie ever.
I am Groot.
@@CantankerousDave😭😭
He is also the voicing Groot.
His best acting was in 'A Man Apart' but 'Find Me Guilty,' 'Knockaround Guys' and 'Boiler Room' are all great showcases for how Diesel could've made a great actor if he'd chosen to go that route instead of becoming a movie star.
He could still be a great actor. He's not dead yet.
@@ChrisColeChicagohe’s gonna have to shed decades of “family” tho
Vin did a great job in "the last witch hunter". It wasn't very popular, but a nice movie and unique in today's cut and paste Hollywood.
Stray dog also man
Wut? How is being in any of those movies, not also being a movie star?!? Also, Boiler Room came out the same year as Pitch Black and
Knockaround Guys came out in 2001, after Fast and the Furious so he was already a "movie star"...the other movies came out well after that.
Vin is a bit like Stallone. Here he's pulling a "Rocky", performance-wise , and then he just gave into action stuff. I'm sure there will be a director who'll give him yet another hefty dramatic role, eventually.
Man, that was maybe the most wonderful performance he's ever had. Now he's just a muscled bruiser caricature these days, but the man has depth and above all else earnestness.
Sadly that's a problem with a lot of good actors where they find a role there good at and then stop trying and play that one role for the rest of their lives.
@@sabbathjackalit's what gets them the big-money roles. I blame the majority of movie goers who keeps paying for stupid shit like the fast and the furious franchise. actors like Vin Diesel are just making business decisions where they would make more money. Not everyone is a Daniel-Day Lewis type who values the quality of the work over the $$$$$$$
No. He HAD
Even the muscle bruiser can have depth though. His FF character is cardboard compared to say... Riddick. Riddick was an infinitely more interesting character that followed the basic muscle bruiser stereotype. So clearly even there he can put a lot of depth into his character
It don't matter if you win by an inch.. or a mile... winning's winning -Dom
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Random Peter Dinklage!
9:30
0:17 as well
He was really good as the defense lawyer. His opening argument scene foreshadowed his greatness in GOT.
It always warms my heart when people talk about this movie, it’s super underrated and always deserves more love
This was so heartwarming. You really brought out the love for movie making that Diesel has, a love he developed by reading Lumet’s book and then demonstrated while working for him. What a story. And, incidentally, it’s a good movie! What more could I ask for?
Thanks as always for the work you do. These little insights make me a better filmgoer.
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Failsafe is a very underrated movie in his filmography. One of the most terrifying movies you'll ever see and has only gotten scarier as time passes. Plus henry fonda as the president is the best/most obvious casting of all time.
@@Cherokeechuck9 idk man, Bill Pullman as president is hard to beat
12 Angry Men is the best courtroom drama ever because the movie focuses solely on the jury deliberations in a confined set. The antics, the stick, the circus which is the courtroom is out. As for a good courtroom movie, see My Cousin Vinny which turns those antics to a source of strength.
The reason I look forward to Saturday mornings!
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This and corridor crew
@@CinemaStix dude actually replied to a comment for once
How did I miss this movie!? I love Sidney Lumet's movies and courtroom dramas! And Dinklage! Must rectify this ASAP
Yeah the dink got me intrigued
"Before the devil knows you´re dead" is another good one Lumet did in his last years, actually his last two movies was theese two. After a long period of mediocre to bad films, he went out in a bang... just like he started.
Danny, I have to say, your work has quickly become a collection of my favorite film esseys to come out recently. So many of film essayist have become these obnoxious, loud, perpetually irritated about something personalities chasing what is trendy, what is hip to hate on in the moment. Their thumbnails are flashy and overdone, the titles are clickbait-y and sometimes in conflict with what the video is about. And your work has not the smallest trace of that. It is genuine and filled with obvious passion and endless curiousty for the craft of filmmaking. You videos are focused and only ever concerned with the single point they are trying to make - no more, no less. Really, what your channel reminds me the most is another incredible film essey channel that has long since been closed down. Every Frame A Painting. The fascination and love for cinema I hear in your voice is the same that I used to hear in the voice of Tony Zhou and the words of Taylor Ramos. I hope to see the same recognition given to you in time. Cheers, my friend, have a good one!
Totally agreed with you! Excellent comment.
High Praise- Well deserved- EFAP was amazing
Danny is certainly obnoxious, his thumbnails are just screenshots of movies, and his titles are not even a full sentence. His work is completely ingenuine. He has been forced to edit his videos on multiple occasions because of criticisms and he never acknowledges doing so. His videos almost never have any kind of point, thats why the titles are so incredibly vague. He's really awful and should delete his channel.
Real
He looks so different with hair
One of the few people that looks better without hair. Definitely jealous of him
I honest to God could not tell who I was looking at until the clip from Multi-Facial. I knew it was a familiar face, I just couldn't place it at all.
He looks like Paulie Walnuts
@cooliostarstache5474 OOOHHHHHHH
@@cooliostarstache5474 so true 😂
I saw his indie film in one of my film classes. We giggled when we heard what we were watching, a few minutes, we sure were humbled. He really does have a lot of talent and I would really like to see him get more opportunities to shine. Maybe in his later years. Thanks for introducing to this movie, I am very interested in watching.
I love this film and have been singing it's praises since it came out. This is always what I bring up when people say that Vin Diesel can't act. He *can*, he just doesn't need to because it's much more lucrative to play the same guy over and over.
At this point, surely he has enough money? I hope he decides that actually trying to give a good performance is much more fun than just phoning it in.
I've seen this movie maybe 10-11 years ago and its biggest impact in my life was whenever Vin Diesel makes another uninspired action blockbuster, I think about this movie and wish that he did actual acting once more, but accept that he probably won't.
I think him being Groot shows that there's a chance since that was out of left field casting
vin deez will go down as a lover of cinema and a man that is just tryna push the medium forward mark my words.. in the next ten years after they cant make anymore fast movies he is gonna go in on smaller weirder character pieces that will confuse the masses but will make him a legend.. save this comment
vin deez nuts
He did great in Boiler Room, one of my favorite movies ever
People forget he was Groot and the Iron Giant. He was damn good in Pitch Black.
I think he was done with The Fast and The Furious after the first one. But who would turn down millions of dollars and a steady acting gig?
People who value other things over even more money?
The way he said “I am groot” was truly impressive. One of the vocal performances of all time.
@@DeltaNovum You wouldn't turn down that kind of money. You'd be a fool to. Especially for a few weeks work.
@@ZiddersRooFurry yes I would. I actually know I would :).
I remember watching this movie ages ago on DVD and was so pleasantly surprised by how solid it was. It endeared me to Vin to this day, no matter how many weird movies he makes 😂
I saw that there is going to be a X part 2 and 3 so there are 2 more coming.
when the judge asked if he knew what 'per se' means, I was reminded of another movie, with Tony Danza. It has a similar arc, where a small-time hood gets railroaded for a robbery, studies law in prison, gets a mail-order diploma, and represents himself during his appeal.
It was also a movie that helped Danza move away from his 'Who's the Boss?' typecasting.
7:20 BETTER CALL SAUL!!!!
Danny Boyd, a man with such an incredible and unimaginable taste for wonderful filmmaking and storytelling that he's woven my appreciation for it as well as my ability to create. Thank you for inspiring me
Genuinely one of the best parts of my weekends! I'm not really a huge movie watcher myself, but I do love seeing people point out layers and nuances that I wouldn't know to look for, so I love this channel. :)
every frame a painting vibes, love this, please continue making this great content!
Thank you for making short concise 10min videos on films/techniques I wasn’t aware of. Much better than some other guys who ramble on for 40 min 😊
Find Me Guilty is one of those movies that has always stuck with me. I only saw it once when I stayed home sick in high school, but I still remember every beat and every character of the film. It really is a very good film.
I have never heard of this film before.
It is kind of sad because when this movie came out he had already been in XXX, The Fast and the Furious, and The Chronicles of Riddick, which showed off his action chops, but I feel like this caused him to get stuck in it and were his most successful movies at the time where he was the lead whereas Find Me Guilty failed at the box office, so he probably thought there was no way out. If he only fought back a bit and went for the occasional drama or comedy roles, we would be remembering him in a different light, as the guy who is good at acting but does action movies, shit who knows he might have had an Oscar nom if he went down this path. Kind of like Tom Cruise in a sense but not as prominent.
Vin acting as a non bald guy shows his incredible range
I went and watched this after seeing this video, and it was an incredible movie. So well done, so many great performances. Thank you for highlighting it.
I remember watching it when it came out. He was actually good and it had Peter Dinklage...so I was happy!
I saw this movie for the first time months back on streaming.
And it was surprising to see Vin Diesel not only with hair, but he was putting some good effort into Find Me Guilty. It's one of my favorite roles of his, and that's among the number of action roles he's been defaulted to.
Another comparable one is what Jason Statham did in Spy with his character.
One of my favorite .... youtubers ! Keep up the great vids. Editing as always was killing it. Love to learn about film and actors
His small part in Boiler Room had me excited for what he'd do in bigger films....and I'm still waiting on the payoff all these years later.
This. His role in that movie deserves more love.
Thank you for introducing this to me. I know he’s a great actor, and I love what he does with even Riddick. Giving this a watch sometime this week
I’ll definitely be covering Riddick at some point. You can count on that.
Criminally underrated film...this movie proved he can actually act...almost all the dialog in the court scenes is actually transcripts to the whole trial...Vin Diesel and Peter Dinklage were great in this movie...man it's probably been 15 yrs since I last saw this.
the way you make your videos makes me wanna watch (or rewatch) everything, you're so passionate, I love it!
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He was hungry for it. The success of Pitch Black probably had him typecast as that character and he doesnt really have to change now
I remember watching this shortly after it came out on DVD. And it’s still so endearing in its sincerity.
I randomly came up on a copy of this movie on dvd about 20 or so years ago. Didn’t think I’d like it on first watch and fell in love. I think it’s one of his best roles
Even though it was one of his smaller roles, his performance in Saving Private Ryan was top notch.
Always thought Vin had heaps of potential. Great early performances. He never should have got stuck in a single franchise or even just action.
he was the bomb in pitch black
Having the bad guy from Time Cop play the judge in this movie. Pretty startling.
This is the first cinemastix video I’ve seen, got real every frame a painting vibes
Just love your observations Danny!! Keep it up!
i nevert considered this before but mutch like you my experience of this character mirros my experience of vin disel as an actor i instantly loved him and only grew to love him more
Honestly I've always liked Vin Diesel's acting. I think people get confused when an actor plays the same character or the same type of character for a long time
I love that Dany loves Vin Diesel
I always list Diesel in my top 5 favourite actors, often to the chuckles of those who only know his work in Fast & Furious. I've seen maybe 3 of those films. They're okay at what they're trying to be, generic bro flicks. There's a place for that.
My Vin Diesel selection however is different. Started off with Chronicles of Riddick, went back to the start with Pitch Black, loved them both. It takes skill to play that role like that. You couldn't put just anyone in that role, certainly not from today's cohort of actors. Same for Iron Giant.
I then went and checked out Multi-Facial, even tried to check out Strays. Moved onto Find Me Guilty. Was surprised by how much I loved it, but not by Diesel's ability.
Then of course there's The Last Witch Hunter, a criminally underrated fantasy film of his. As a SFF fan, it's a treat.
Do I wish Diesel had gone down more of a 'serious actor' route? Yes and no. I like his lack of pretension, because it's led to him making some of the best geeky SFF in existence and 'serious actors' don't often risk that. Consider Leo DiCaprio's 'no superhero movies' rule. I'm glad Diesel ain't like that.
That said do I wish he got offered some of those Jake Gyllenhaal roles? Can I imagine him in Brothers having the breakdown Tobey Maguire's character does? Yes and it gives me chills.
I guess what I really wish is that directors and Hollywood were less snobby. That they could see past Diesel's popular work and see the absolute jewel waiting to be cast before it's too late. Then again with the latest accusations who knows whether we'll see Diesel work again. A notion which breaks my heart as a film fan. Would be such a waste.
Oh lord, I can't say for sure, but I'd wager that the scene where he finds out his mother is dead, is acted from behind his hand, because he couldn't manage to convey the complex emotions he was feeling through his expression, and Sydney Lumet being the genius, did the best he could with what he had.
I can't tell what's a more distracting fun fact. That Vin Diesel and Linus Roache stared in both Find Me Guilty and The Chronicles of Riddick, or that The Chronicles of Riddick came out two years BEFORE Find Me Guilty.
I love Vin Diesel in all of his movies. I am a die-hard Vin Diesel fan.
Can i just say that every video you upload is excellent.. thanks for giving this underrated gem a little love. Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you! And thank you for being here :)
Danny
that couldn't have been 10 min, i clicked on the video heard you say some words and then it ended, what just happened
I love watching your analysis of different films/directors
This is a great vid focusing not just on Lumet but on Vin Diesal who by most accounts, folks consider him an overrated actor.. But after watching this, I have more respect for his attempt at the craft.
If i may ask what is the jazz score playing in the background of this video? I absolutely love it
There are a few different tracks throughout, but most of them are by Hara Noda.
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Young Paulie Walnuts was showing glimpses of greatness here
Just coincidentally, I've been watching all Fast and Furious movies one after the other in the span of a week, and I have to say I was very surprised with Vin's performance in F&F1. He killed it. Dominic Toretto was a magnetic presence every second he was on screen, and with a deepness and range that I hadn't noticed before. My favourite scene is when when him and Vince corner Brian after he's found snooping, and confront him about being a cop. Vin's whole demeanor changes, all friendlyness gone, and there's no mistake that the man on screen is dangerous. His work was mesmerizing on that movie. No homo.
Maybe when he physically can't do action movies anymore, we'll get "Boiler Room" / "Find Me Guilty" Vin back. I mean, from his performances alone, I really don't get the feeling he's even having fun playing Dom since Paul Walker's been gone.
This was surprisingly good. And I at least, got very invested in Vin's character, & felt for him.
Oh, Sidney Lumet's Making Movies book! I have that one, it's great 🤙
I didn't realize I'm actually rather fond of Vin Diesel's acting until I recently re-watched the first couple F&F movies, and saw Perfect Dark for the first time. I thoroughly enjoyed all of them. It was refreshing to go back and watch some older, better quality cinema I had been sleeping on for years. I'll definitely be giving this a watch.
You're probably referring to Pitch Black, a role I prefer to see him do more of -- the antihero
I feel like Vin Diesel will go on to do a role which will genuinely blow minds one day. Just don't know when.
Seeing Vin Diesel with hair is a mindf...
my brain can't handle don toretto with that much hair, it keeps trying to replace the face with seinfeld
One of my favorite Vin Diesel movies is Boiler Room. It's really unfortunate that he isn't taken more seriously as an actor, because of his relationship with the F&F franchise, because when he is given a role that suits him in a serious role, he can _really_ make it work! He was good in the Riddick series too, but I really do think Boiler Room was probably his best role to date, although I've never seen "Find Me Guilty" before, I'll have to check it out! :)
I grew up watching Vin, he’s a role model. This is a great vid.
Vin Diesel with hair is the most cursed thing I have seen
Vin Diesel, Ron Silver and Peter Dinklage in the same film? Sold.
I don't think this movie is Vin's best acting/performance. I think the setting and subject matter are convincing you that this is more high minded purposeful work than his other stuff. If I were to choose a best performance from Vin Diesel I'd choose Pitch Black. Sure its an actiony sci-fi horror, but he fully encapsulates the role, a humanoid killer who relies so much on baser instincts you could argue they were an vicious animal before becoming person. Vin Diesel in Pitch Black from the first monologue makes you know who this character is, and throughout the movie convinces you that your seeing Riddick, not in actor.
But action/sci-fi/horror/thriller is low brow and gets looked down upon from the high chair that seats courtroom drama, but never in any point after watching Pitch Black would someone say 7:28 "Does Vin Diesel really transform into the guy... I don't know"
Love your videos, this one not so much
i remember when this came out. i was rooting for vin diesel to do well in this new type of role he was attempting and i thought he did really well
vin diesel with hair isnt real he cant hurt you
Vin diesel with hair:
It’s such a good film I was surprised
Highly under-rated movie. Vin suffers from the same thing most Italians do in Hollywood...type-casting.
Funny how that you approached this as if Diesel is somehow different in all his other movies :) I was a fan of his long before I've seen this one (not in small part because of Multi-Facial and his overall story) and it was surprising for the subject matter and the kind of role that he is playing but not in his abilities. One may not like his Riddick or Toretto but I think it's undeniable that he transforms in those characters. They may share similarities and it's not like he has a range of Daniel Day Lewis but I think he's pretty damn great at every role he plays even if the movie isn't :)
5:55 This looks like the same location where they filmed that The Walking Dead episode where Rick's wife dies.
If you're going to be in a Sidney Lumet movie you're gonna go all out.
I feel like Diesel got same story as Willis, I always considered Willis a strong comedy/drama actor better than action hero (Die Hard is still my favorit movie) but his Agency Moonlight was peak for me. Diesel too, had alot of good roles, black hole, this movie, even first Fast and Furios, he had range, unill certain point in his career.
Vin before his ego blew out of control? Once upon a time he actually seemed likeable.
Once he embraced the FF franchise Vin Diesel became the actor he is today. Remember that he didn't return to FF2, he had the Riddick universe (which was dear to him), he wanted to make a movie about Hannibal (the general). Once those didn't pan out he came back to FF, found even bigger box office succes and became an asshole. I liked the guy and I rooted for him. But ever since the Rock feud, the later Justin Lin situation, his weird and kitch internet posts, he fell out for me.
You know, thinking about it now, I do believe VD's...(lol)
Diesel's vocal evolution is similar to Snake's evolution from MGS2 and MGS4.
It's weird, cuz I never noticed.
Not the same voice, but it's clear in the early days, and really gravelly in the later.
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Thank goodness Fast is coming to an end. CinemaStix is a great channel.
Danny has a soft spot for Vin 😊 I do too. I think vin made massive career blunder by sticking with the money (The Fast and Furious movies) and not throwing himself into meatier roles over the years, like this one. Vin is Vin. And perhaps this was the best path for him, but what could have been…
Always enjoyed this one, had a lot of heart, a great cast and the first time I saw Dinklage in a movie. Started following Vin Diesel around Boiler Room and Pitch Black era of the early 2000s. Knockaround Guys is another smaller, but good B action flick from that era. That early career was really solid, but family comes first.
Vin Diesel has an extremely similair voice to Peter Weller.
I think it would be amazing if Vin Diesel showed how good of an actor he can be... maybe a non-typecasted side character with something interesting about them.
he's actually a side character in the first F&F, same with the very first "Riddick" film, Pitch Black, but somehow the sequels of these films ended up being about him and him alone
"HAND SHARK!!!...Grrrrr"
Deep down, Vincent Diesel is a damn good actor. But he had to make some sacrifices, he had to work on some mindless action movies.
But he did it because... Wait for it... FAMILY!
PS: But seriously, hopefully an indie director hires him for a dialogue and performance heavy, action-less movie. A little change could be good for him.
No respect for Vin Diesel after seeing him sexually harrass an interviewer a few years ago. Wish he didn’t get that positive press, he doesn’t deserve it.
His Street Shark commercial work is profound.
I think the fast and furious franchise was an absolute waste of the potential that is Vin Diesel... Maybe he'll do some actual acting again in the future who knows