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I know you're a film major or something of the like(I forget which it was), but I have to disagree with you again. I mean, I'm not saying that MArk is the best actor of all time, far from it, but what you're saying is completely preposterous. Saying that he is a bad actor regardless of which director he is working under is a bit much, no? He's had plenty of great movies, be it comedy, drama, or whatever, where he shined. I believe he won quite the amount of awards for his work in Lone Survivor. Plus there are several other movies he's been in such as Four Brothers, The Fighter, and others where he proved to be a very capable actor. No, I'm not saying all of this because I'm a fan of his. I mean, yeah, I like his work, but this extends far beyond being a fan. This is simply the person who knows good acting talent when he sees it.
He's been in good movies but with the exception of Boogie Nights the movies have never been good thanks to him. In The Departed he was outclassed by literally everyone, The Fighter had three people from the cast that wasn't him be up for acting awards - two of them went on to win, and Three Kings was carried largely by George Clooney and David O. Russell's directing, which didn't help out Mark much in I Heart Huckabees OR The Fighter.
Mark Wahlberg is not a good actor. The reason why he worked so well in Boogie Nights is because his whole 'wide eyed wonder oh wow' thing fit the character and the story and he's been doing it ever since. The few times he's stopped acting as if everything he's saying is incredulous and a question are the few times he's been recognized, like The Departed where he finally got to be the Boston bro he is. See also: Ted. The Mark Wahlberg from The Happening is indistinguishable from the one in Transformers or the one from Pain and Gain or the one from The Gambler. He's one of the most typecast actors working today because he has no range. Chances are good if it's a Mark Wahlberg picture that he's playing a cop or a criminal.
Also as far as I'm aware, the only award he won for Lone Survivor was a Critic's Choice for Actor in an Action Movie and his competition was Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, and World War Z. He was also nominated for a Teen's Choice Award but we all know about those damn teens.
You may disagree like I disagreed with your assessment about Mila, but this is my opinion about it.
And that's fine, just like how my opinion is that Mark Wahlberg is a bad actor. My thoughts on the guy don't invalidate yours.
And about M. Night, yes he is terrible. He's one of the worst directors out there. Legit everything after The Sixth Sense except Hell because that was surprisingly decent has been total shit - The Happening, After Earth, The Last Airbender, The Village - all were some of the worst films to ever be made. If you say otherwise, then idk what to tell you there.
You're forgetting Unbreakable, which is actually the best movie he's ever made, and The Visit which was shockingly acceptable all things considered. The Happening is a bad movie, as are most movies in the his filmography but saying that any of them are the worst films? That's a bit of a stretch. Discounting the indie things like The Room or a Neil Breen wonder, there's still a level of competency about film making in any given M. Night movie. Well, except for After Earth but that's what happens when you have Will Smith doing a vanity project with his kid and pass the script around various people to put their own touches on it. The worst thing M. Night ever did was cast himself in The Lady in the Water as the savior of mankind or whatever the hell that masturbatory role was.
There are far, far worse movies out there that make even The Happening look good. M. Night makes bad movies and always has, but they're watchably bad, give or take one's fan level of The Last Airbender and how hilariously angry it makes them. The same can't be said for like...Glitter or Santa With Muscles (starring Mila Kunis!). M. Night is like Michael Bay in that he's an easy target for people to be like "Oh man what a shit director" but both him and Bay don't deserve the vitriol they get. Both get shit on for ruining cartoons people love.
There are worse directors out there. I mean, Brett Ratner is out there right now probably up to no good.
