Does acting in major Hollywood movies feel less "authentic" than in the past?

Ngl I think a lot of it is the writing more than the acting? Like actors can only do so much with dialogue that sounds like it was written by committee. Older films just let people breathe more

Because they don't look like authentic people anymore. Remember in the 70s leading men were constantly sweaty and nasty looking on screen like Roy Scheider and Donal Sutherland was wanted by like every woman. Now everyone works out too much or has plastic surgery...

No. There have always been movies that strive for authentic presentation in characterization vs stylized. Sinners is hardly meant to be a realistic portrayal of anything - it's heavily, heavily stylized, even in its performances. Recently rewatched "Once" and those performances feel so authentic, sure. It's also the same year as There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old Men. Both \*fantastic\* movies, but I wouldn't call their human portrayal as "authentic." They're hyper-realistic people, meaning they are meant to be amplifications of various traits.

I do feel like I “see” acting more, but I attribute it to the social falling of celebrity and too much behind the curtain knowledge. Sometimes I’ll still have immersion in a wonderful sense, and can really enjoy it even if I am taken out at times just knowing too much about the celebrity (project Hail Mary), and sometimes I really dislike it a lot (is this thing on).

I think all the modern editing techniques disguise bad acting/actors better than before. Older films would linger longer on faces so if the actors arent feeling it, neither are you.

Movies have changed a lot to reflect society. People are more self absorbed for one thing. Too much interaction with smart phones. Not all films are like this, but you can't exactly push a narrative with a bunch of people on smartphones.  Characters increasingly have to explain being normal, or its out of the ordinary. 

No. Acting is definitely more realistic/authentic these days than in old Hollywood movies. Maybe to a fault. Watch old Bela Lugosi Dracula movies then watch Sinners again. Sinners is very grounded compared to vampire movies from 100 years ago.

No its probably not any different now.

I don’t think it’s the acting as much as the writing and direction. There’s less of a focus on naturalism with dialogue like with all the quips and meta commentary. Characters behave more like self aware archetypes than human beings. Robert Downey Jr is an incredible actor with so much range but he mostly plays this exaggerated, overly smarmy post modern version of himself.

Less to do with the acting and more to do with the steroids, plastic surgery, botox, digitially making every scene perfect, dialogue written to account for declining literacy rates and attention spans, over empahsis on shareholder enrichment, and not alienating any potential audiences because generally big spectacle type films are what draw crowds. It comes across as fake because the industry realized there's no financial upside to 'good acting,' but there is one to making a product that is generically appealing enough to make dads, grads, teens, tweens, and grannies smack down money at their local cineplex. You're not crazy. The American film industry swung back to the risk averse style that dominated most of its history. We remember the rare periods when Hollywood (generally) took more chances because the business model allowed for it at that time.  Premium cable took up that baton for a while, but that too is now more like Hollywood.

I feel this way about many actors, although I am neutral on whether it’s a new problem. I feel like many popular actors play themselves rather than the character. Morgan Freeman, Amy Adams, Denzel, Jeremy Renner, Matt Damon, Tilda Swinton, Paul Bettany…they are masters of becoming the character. Tom Hardy, RDJ, Sandra Bullock, Christoph Waltz…they all overact the part because they have loyal fanbases that eat it up and want to see THEM. (Yes I said it, don’t care)

Yeah they act in a way that makes them feel like their life force has been sucked dry by a device called a smartphone for the past 15 years

I think it's a combination of Actors who won't just STFU about their political beliefs, and writers that continually need to inject social commentary into films that should be about entertainment instead of lecturing. It creates a massive cognative dissonance when watching a film having an actor play a certain role, when their own personal beliefs are the antithesis of the role they are playing, AND they won't STFU and just do their art off screen.

No, good is still good

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British actors have some magic thing going, where they are almost always, so much better than American actors.

Yes, it’s called the millennial/gen z vocal fry.