Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is an interesting character study as far as an acting career goes. The man still doesn’t have huge acting chops, but he oozes so much damn natural charisma that most viewers find themselves drawn to him when he’s on screen. That goes a long way (as long as he doesn’t take roles that require a hell of a lot more than just pure charisma). To be honest, I actually get a kick out of seeing him on screen.
Now this is funny timing. Just earlier this week a friend of mine in LA wrote to me after watching a screening of The Rock’s new movie “The Game Plan“. On the surface I thought this project sounded stupid as hell… but word has been that the story is pretty good… and my friend who saw a cut of the film actually said to me “Jezus I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but *#$& this is a pretty good film” (he hates The Rock). Interesting.
A poster for the film is now floating around the web and the good folks over at Cinematical give us a look at this nugget about the film:
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was pretty adept at crushing quarterbacks as a member of the 1991 NCAA champion Miami Hurricanes football team. This fall, he returns to the gridiron for the family-oriented Disney flick The Game Plan, about a superstar NFL QB who’s forced to question his swingin’ bachelor lifestyle — and his pigskin career — when he finds out he has a seven-year-old daughter.
See what I mean about it sounding a little lame? But oh well… I’m keeping an open mind about it… at least it couldn’t be worse than Doom.
I love it!!!..its so cool..sana talaga that the rock comes back…lalo na that alot of peolple were gone na….tignan mo…wala na si Trish Stratus and i think Mr.Kennedy ATA????…anyway….it was hilarious…
peace out
God Bless,
JAZZY
for those people who didnt watch WWE before the rock loves pie
this movie will rock because the star rocks and the rock pls come back nto the WWE it’s getting boring please
Doom was a decent action movie. It’s only problem is that it was called “Doom”. If it was called “MARS VERSUS THE SPACE MARINES”, or anything else, it would have been better received.
As for the Rock’s newest endeavor? I COULDN’T GIVE A CRAP.
Ya know…seeing the poster was really enough
I would totally hit it. With the dog in his hand. But he can’t act.
I like the Pacifier. It’s a great kids movie(I have a five year old daughter). It has lots of action and some comedy.
I think the rock has to show audiences that he can be a tough action hero and yet also be a loving father.
He has to show that he can be vulnerable, so maybe his next movie can be a comedy drama.
Good Luck Rock!!
Seriously “The Pacifier” was the only thing that came in to my mind when I saw that poster.
I emjoyed Doom. In fact, i own it.
GAY
GAY
You sure he hasn’t already got a strike with DOOM?
I would really be worried about the Disney/Pacifier syndrome and the fate of Vin Diesel except I agree with John that The Rock has so much natural charisma and charm that Vin Diesel frankly doesn’t have.
I don’t know why but I think the Rock can weather a sell-out Disney family flick even if it sucks. He will at least get one strike, as long as he only does ONE of these films he will be forgiven.
Guys, honestly I am completely mystified by Vin Diesels career. This guy went from being on top of his game and being called the “next gen” action hero to being pretty much persona non grata in Hollywood.
I have not seen a career fall this fast n a long time.
I know he had a bad streak with a couple of his films but I have seen worse actors weather worse runs than his. I am not a huge fan of Vin’s but I find him likable and entertaining. Is he a great actor? Hell No! but there are a lot worse actors in hollywood getting major roles.
I think maybe at the time he first became popular there was a Huge gap between the last generation of action heroes and the current generation…wait a minute! we still don’t have any!
Anyway, I think the pressure on Vin to be the next great actor/action hero of the new generation was WAY too great and there was no way he was going to live up to it.
With this in mind, it is no wonder a couple flops killed his career.
DISNEY, DISNEY, DISNEY, DISNEY, DISNEY. Oh and more Disney. What a pile of crap. Jesus Christ if I was a graphic designer for Disney I would have to kill myself for creating yet another poster with ‘big dumb guy getting fooled by cute kid whilst holding a funny looking animal’. How many times are they going to do posters like this? I didn’t even need to see that this was done by Disney, you can just tell.
And what of the film? The same. With Disney you CAN judge a book by its cover. PURE SELL-OUT!!
Excellent point MkFreak
Hmmm, I wonder what happened to Vin Diesel after he did a Disney family film about a rough/manly type character who is suddenly thrust upon a situation involving child care….
For those interested, I followed the IMDB link John had posted, and someone there posted a link for /film with the trailer
http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/05/15/the-game-plan-movie-trailer/