Why does James Corden always 'do' the same character in everything I see him in? Surely a good actor is one who is versatile and can play a wider range?
I managed to stick with this: is he toning down the windmill arm acting or am I getting used to it?
The show seemed okay; twists and novely moments at appropriate junctures, cute camera angles and oddballery as per. Maybe it'll go off the rails, maybe not ...
James Corden can be annoying to me!
Used to love Mat Baynton in HH !!
Together - they are great in my eyes. Nice to see Mat on a prime-time show......he is so talented and under-rated! He can sing, dance and act!
James is good at writing too.
I cannot stand the talentless Essex chav. That is ok, I can normally avoid watching him.Yet he is now on the front page of BBC Iplayer with a stupid photo of him in a dangerous pose with his mouth covered in tape.
He reminds me of a lecturer who after studying a year, failed to enter his class for the exam we studied for. I cannot stand him.
I cannot stand the talentless Essex chav. That is ok, I can normally avoid watching him.Yet he is now on the front page of BBC Iplayer with a stupid photo of him in a dangerous pose with his mouth covered in tape.
He reminds me of a lecturer who after studying a year, failed to enter his class for the exam we studied for. I cannot stand him.
"In half an hour, they spoofed Hitchcock, Pulp Fiction, the Coen brothers, Fight Club, The Office, E.R. and Trainspotting in one breakneck storyline. This was a feast of geek comedy, with enough laughs to give you indigestion."
I have only ever seen James Corden in Dr Who which is just as well. I thought Matthew Boynton's character was pretty annoying until James Corden came on. It was just cringeworthy and I had to fast forward through quite a lot of it without actually losing the plot.
The idea is good, shame about the actors. I won't watch again.
Gave up after 10 minutes.
Tried again when OH caught up on i-player. Sat through the whole thing.
Discovered I had gnawed my own leg off by the end of it.
I'm sure I read about it when it was first commissioned and that it was to do with a person's name but non of the lead characters are named 'Mans' so now wonder if I dreamt it
Actually just read up and it's called it to make it a comedy title.
Regarding the apparently awkward title, Corden noted: "Our reason for calling it The Wrong Mans is to let you know it's a comedy show. If it was a drama, it'd be called The Wrong Man
Actually my understanding is that the title is a play on the 1956 Hitchcock film The Wrong Man. They wanted to keep the connection (rather than call it The Wrong Men), so just dropped in the 's' in the title sequence. Watch from 05:00 on iPlayer to see what I mean.
Sorry for two posts so close together, but something else that struck me about the acting:
You can see in Corden's eyes that he knows he's acting and he's enjoying the comedy of it. To my mind, that's not the way it should be done. I'm not dismissing his credentials as an actor; I know he's very good in some things, and I've enjoyed past stuff he's done. But any time you can see an actor is self-aware that they are acting, that's just not good enough. A better actor, in this role, would play it straight and still get comedic value.
I know exactly what you mean. That is such a good way of putting it! I've noticed the same thing in some other actors/actresses, particularly Jenna Louise Coleman and your description sums it up so clearly.
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Although I don't like him generally, I think his mugging and irritating nature is perfect for this.
Matt Baynton, very good.
Why does James Corden always 'do' the same character in everything I see him in? Surely a good actor is one who is versatile and can play a wider range?
Strong start for BBC2's #TheWrongMans, averaging 3.1m, second only to BBC1's New Tricks (7.1m) at 9pm.
I managed to stick with this: is he toning down the windmill arm acting or am I getting used to it?
The show seemed okay; twists and novely moments at appropriate junctures, cute camera angles and oddballery as per. Maybe it'll go off the rails, maybe not ...
Used to love Mat Baynton in HH !!
Together - they are great in my eyes. Nice to see Mat on a prime-time show......he is so talented and under-rated! He can sing, dance and act!
James is good at writing too.
They make a great team together!
He reminds me of a lecturer who after studying a year, failed to enter his class for the exam we studied for. I cannot stand him.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2431018/The-Wrong-Mans-review-Hitchcock-Tarantino-James-Cordens-master-spoof.html#ixzz2fvoGjq9N
Looks like BBC2 have got a hit on their hands!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a518575/the-wrong-mans-achieves-bbc-twos-best-comedy-launch-since-extras.html
Well, only if Dr Watson was this foxy:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/11/03/article-1326237-0BD324DF000005DC-529_634x397.jpg
Perhaps in a british version of Elementary
Since one of the points that you (thought you) were making was that Tonys are only awarded for musicals, this seems an entirely reasonable approach.
In addition to a Tony for Best Actor, James Corden has two BAFTAs for Gavin and Stacey, which, last time I looked, wasn't a stage show.
It's OK for people not to like him, but when they rubbish his talent just because they don't like him, it's not him that looks stupid.
The idea is good, shame about the actors. I won't watch again.
Tried again when OH caught up on i-player. Sat through the whole thing.
Discovered I had gnawed my own leg off by the end of it.
Funny/dark stuff so far going by episode one of six.
Thought it was best new British comedy series I've seen for a long time.
I liked it too
I know exactly what you mean. That is such a good way of putting it! I've noticed the same thing in some other actors/actresses, particularly Jenna Louise Coleman and your description sums it up so clearly.