Word: charisma
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...slows the action down; it's often stodgy, humorless. His reaction shots are clumsy; each gives you just one piece of narrative or emotional information at a time. That doesn't help the three young stars, on whose slim shoulders the whole project rests; they are competent but charisma-free. The film lacks moviemaking buoyancy--the feeling of soaring in space that Rowling's magic-carpet prose gives the reader. The picture isn't inept, just inert...
...treat of the night, though, remains Gray’s Engineer. From the first moment he appears on stage, he is in absolute command. Gray deftly uses his steely and expressive baritone to give life to a character who is desire incarnate. Strutting, preening, cajoling, even begging, he radiates charisma, as well as a sad sort of desperation that the character is unaware he possesses. A lesser actor might be inclined to soften the character and play him as a pimp with a heart of gold. Gray, though, avoids all of the character’s traps, forging ahead with...
Perhaps the strongest performance is given by Thomas P. Lowe ’05 as Willmore, the rover, who makes up in libido and charisma what he lacks in money and good sense. Lowe’s confidence and skill make Willmore extremely fun to watch...
...likely to change. He’s still no Kevin Spacey, but Li creates not just one, but two believable characters. They are real; they have emotions and motivations. They are not the two-dimensional martial artist ciphers that he has played in the past. Li shows poise and charisma in this outing, and the potential for succeeding in non-action roles in the future...
...makes backpackers across the continent salivate. He is the embodiment of “lyricism,” spitting out line after abstract line in ideal multi-syllabic, rapid-fire fashion. He makes his own beats, off-kilter pastiches of lo-fi drums and weird bass noises. Devoid of charisma, he is a bastion of grim determination and pure skills. And best of all, he is Underground—known only to the backpacking elite, his primary means of publicity for several years was the internet. Now on New York City’s Def Jux label—which...