Recently I´ve seen a documentary about Werner Herzog´s Fitzcaraldo with scenes where Mick was shown acting on the original cut and - sorry to say - I thought again that Mick was just way too superficial and almost embarrassing as an actor.

And it came to my mind, that I had the same feeling when I once watched a TV show where he performed a song to promote his solo record - he was moving and dancing way too unnatural - some may like that but I don´t and although I love Mick and he´s my favourite Stone I thought:

He just gets on his very best level when he has the backup of his band mates.

ThroughTheLonelyNights Wrote:
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> Recently I´ve seen a documentary about Werner
> Herzog´s Fitzcaraldo with scenes where Mick was
> shown acting on the original cut and - sorry to
> say - I thought again that Mick was just way too
> superficial and almost embarrassing as an actor.
>
>

you do realise that the character he was playing was slightly retarded?

ThroughTheLonelyNights Wrote:
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> Recently I´ve seen a documentary about Werner
> Herzog´s Fitzcaraldo with scenes where Mick was
> shown acting on the original cut and - sorry to
> say - I thought again that Mick was just way too
> superficial and almost embarrassing as an actor.
>
> And it came to my mind, that I had the same
> feeling when I once watched a TV show where he
> performed a song to promote his solo record - he
> was moving and dancing way too unnatural - some
> may like that but I don´t and although I love Mick
> and he´s my favourite Stone I thought:
>
> He just gets on his very best level when he has
> the backup of his band mates.


I agree. And his bit on Fizcarraldo IS very very embarrassing. And it doesnt have anything to do with the film or the portraing, it is Mick Jagger who can't act. He's not an actor.

>you do realise that the character he was playing was slightly retarded?<

Yes I do and they showed the same scene played by Kinsky, who of course was the perfect actor for this character and nobody ever could compete with him - but anyway I´ve also seen other movies with mick and I really think he is a bad actor - but to be fair he was not that bad on "performance" and I really liked the movie "bent" which I only watched because of Mick - didn´t like mick´s acting either- but did think the film had a very strong emotional message......



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Interesting. Mick was born to be the lead singer of the ROLLING STONES.
As a cultural icon Mick is one of the BIGGEST!! No doubt.

And even with all of the b*tt kissers & "yes" men he's been surrounded by for the last 45 years, he still seems somewhat down to earth (see documentary BEING MICK).

However, sometimes I do think Mick gets himself in over his head when it comes to acting. He's terrible! FreeJack (and other movie appearances)? (cringe)
He was probably best as himself in the RUTLES movie.

Sometimes I wonder if he does the acting simply on a lark...because he's Mick Jagger and can do whatever he wants...for fun.....not because he thinks he has any real acting talent.

Anybody remember when Ol' Marble Mouth could barely utter "Live from New York it's Saturday Night!" (after doing an opening skit w/Jon Lovitz)? His voice shook...he looked scared.

I'll say it again..Mick was born to be one thing...singer for the Stones. Thankfully.

Hey cant believe no one has mentioned FREEJACK....



ROCKMAN

i just mentioned it in the previous post. maybe he just wanted to meet Emilio Estevez

I thought Mick, along with Michael Des Barres, did a very good job in The Man From Elysian Fields.

.. elysian fields was a good one....... and what about him missin' out on 'clockwork orange', the rights to the movie???... that could of been a very good vehicle for him at that period of time, but as it is, its a classic..

was 'performance' acting???

I think Keith said it best in an interview:

"The best acting I've seen Mick do is with The Rolling Stones."

like his solo stuff

sucks as an actor though

Yeah but Clockwork would not have worked with Mick, but it would have been an interesting underground rock film if Brian Mick and Keith had done it. But just Mick would have been boring. And it would never have been a great film classic, just another cool Stones video.

Wasn't Mick in a film called "Mikado" too? There's this hilarious pic of him in Bill's book where he has this long chinese mustache.

JumpingKentFlash

Thats from a US cable TV showing of "The Nightingale" (a version of 'The Mikado' I believe) aired on "Children's Fairie Tale Theatre" in 1983.

They actually showed this a short time later on Channel 4 in the UK. I have a tape of it lying around somewhere gathering dust. It's hilariously cringeworthy

I bet it is. Mick as an Asian. Could it be any worse?
Let's not forget Bowie in The Labyrinth either. He sucked, but I quite liked the movie when I was a kid.

JumpingKentFlash

Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth was my very first rock 'n' roll crash at age 6 I've been hooked to that film ever since. They don't make 'em like they used to!

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> Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth was my very first
> rock 'n' roll crash at age 6 I've been hooked
> to that film ever since. They don't make 'em like
> they used to!


If you like Jim Henson then look out for the new Fraggle Rock movie made by Frank Zappa's son. It's gonna be out in a year or two.

JumpingKentFlash

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> If you like Jim Henson then look out for the new
> Fraggle Rock movie made by Frank Zappa's son. It's
> gonna be out in a year or two.

Thanks! I'll keep an eye for it.

I still do like Freejack.. not a very great movie, but i think the character (the evil guy ) Mick is playing perfectly fits

-Menno

Life's just a cocktail party on the street

Gazza Wrote:
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> Thats from a US cable TV showing of "The
> Nightingale" (a version of 'The Mikado' I believe)
> aired on "Children's Fairie Tale Theatre" in
> 1983.

It's actually for sale on DVD at amazon.com if you like to torture yourself.


But I agree with Halup, he was ok in "The Man from Elysian Fields".

Mick without the Stones...
I thought you meant Mick Taylor, and I could not think of any movies he'd acted in for the life of me.

Mick as an actor:
1.)Performance...great playing a marginally darker version of himself
2.)Ned Kelly...terribly miscast
3.)The Nightingale...wooden (but Faerie Tale Theatre was a kids show made by coke addicts so I didn't expect much)
4.)Running Out of Luck...at times, hilariously funny...at other times, cringeworthy
5.)Freejack...terribly stiff...gives the impression he just stepped off the Steel Wheels concert stage without changing clothes and read his lines off of cue cards without having ever seen the script.
6.)The Man From Elysian Fields...surprisingly effective. His best role yet for those I've seen.
7.)He was horribly stiff and unfunny in that sitcom pilot that got shelved till next year.

Mick as a solo artist (the part of the thread everyone ignored):
1.)She's the Boss...horribly contrived...his worst career step since Satanic Majesties.
2.)Primitive Cool...strong album apart from the dreadful first single. Superior to Undercover and Dirty Work. An unappreciated gem.
3.)Wandering Spirit...excellent album. Would have made for a classic Stones album. It still rivals Voodoo Lounge. Went a long way in erasing the impression that Keith is the Stones.
4.)Goddess in the Doorway...at times as contrived as She's the Boss, but with some strong songs. Thematically, the roots of A Bigger Bang can be found here. Major identity crisis as Jagger is unclear if he's making a quiet, introspective acoustic record or an overly commercial pop album with too many guests and collaborators. In retrospect, probably the only album that could be made after Bridges to Babylon (which I love).
5.)Alfie...essentially only four real songs masquerading as a soundtrack. Old Habits Die Hard is excellent and should have been on Goddess in the Doorway. The Blind Leading the Blind is pretty good. Let's Make It Up is as bland as some of the weaker GITD tracks and Lonely Without You is such a cliche-ridden rewrite of Merry Christmas, Baby it could have been on a latterday Aaron Neville album.

>and they showed the same scene played by Kinsky

Wrong. Kinski did not play the role Mick was cast to play. Kinski replaced Jason Robards; Mick's role was omitted from the completed film.