Comments on: Chemistry Set http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/ film, media and religion from the banks of Coosa Creek Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:24:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Daniel http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-287 Daniel Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:59:16 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-287 Hmm, great insight, Pam. I verily agree. Hmm, great insight, Pam. I verily agree.

]]> By: Nick Plowman http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-286 Nick Plowman Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:45:28 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-286 I love them as well. I won't be seeing the miniseries for a while, but I cannot wait. I love them as well. I won’t be seeing the miniseries for a while, but I cannot wait.

]]> By: Nayana Anthony http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-284 Nayana Anthony Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:56:17 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-284 I heart these two. And I'm really digging the miniseries. I heart these two. And I’m really digging the miniseries.

]]> By: Pam http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-275 Pam Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:32:16 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-275 I think a lot of the on-screen chemistry can be linked to the ability of the actor to lose his/her own identity and dwell within the characters. Both sides of the equation have to be equally adept and the screenplay/direction has to work also. If the actors are able to dwell in the characters and the writing develops the parts well-enough, you have chemistry!! I think a lot of the on-screen chemistry can be linked to the ability of the actor to lose his/her own identity and dwell within the characters. Both sides of the equation have to be equally adept and the screenplay/direction has to work also. If the actors are able to dwell in the characters and the writing develops the parts well-enough, you have chemistry!!

]]> By: Rick http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-264 Rick Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:04:19 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-264 Amen to the train-wreck that was <i>Miami Vice</i>, but it was Li Gong, not Bai Ling ... I'll go through a train-wreck any day to see Gong. Anyway, I agree you can't ask the actors to fall in love, but usually they have to at least like each other for it to be believable. And maybe I should have used something other than the lazy, obvious examples of male-female pairings. Chemistry isn't <i>just</i> about portraying lovers, there has to be chemistry between actors playing buddies in a buddy movie, for instance ... the pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in <i>Silver Streak</i> is an example, I think ... you have to believe the standard (hackneyed) plot of opposites grudgingly learning to respect and then admire and like one another. Amen to the train-wreck that was Miami Vice, but it was Li Gong, not Bai Ling … I’ll go through a train-wreck any day to see Gong.

Anyway, I agree you can’t ask the actors to fall in love, but usually they have to at least like each other for it to be believable.

And maybe I should have used something other than the lazy, obvious examples of male-female pairings. Chemistry isn’t just about portraying lovers, there has to be chemistry between actors playing buddies in a buddy movie, for instance … the pairing of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Silver Streak is an example, I think … you have to believe the standard (hackneyed) plot of opposites grudgingly learning to respect and then admire and like one another.

]]> By: Evan Derrick http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-262 Evan Derrick Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:52:32 +0000 http://coosacreek.org/mambo/2008/03/25/chemistry-set/#comment-262 It's ridiculous to assume that you can't "do" chemistry. I mean, did the great cinematic pairings have to really fall for one another? No, of course not, they just had to pretend that they did. I would say that chemistry is 50% casting and 50% acting. Some actors and actresses are just going to go well together - some are going to be disasters (like Colin Ferrell and Bai Ling from <i>Miami Vice</i> - what a trainwreck that was). Others, because they are so darn talented, can effortlessly make us believe that they truly love one another. It’s ridiculous to assume that you can’t “do” chemistry. I mean, did the great cinematic pairings have to really fall for one another? No, of course not, they just had to pretend that they did. I would say that chemistry is 50% casting and 50% acting. Some actors and actresses are just going to go well together - some are going to be disasters (like Colin Ferrell and Bai Ling from Miami Vice - what a trainwreck that was). Others, because they are so darn talented, can effortlessly make us believe that they truly love one another.

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