I like Woodley well enough, but she doesn't excite me as an actress for some reason. Lawrence is great, Stone is one of the best comedic actresses out there I think, and Kendrick is damn endearing.
Lawrence and Stone are infinitely more popular than Teller and Jordan. That Awkward Moment was targeted towards men, men whom at the time (before Neighbors) did not care for Efron. We're talking a hypothetical rom-com aimed at women.
Somebody needs to make that RIGHT NOW. Though I could do without Woodley. But Lawrence, Stone, and Kendrick in a rom-com that's actually good would be insane.
I can't speak for anyone else. But I've seen all the other action films in theaters, and despite their flaws, nobody does visuals better than Bay. He's one of the few directors that can get me to say "whoa" out loud in a theater.
I actually thought Jack Reynor wasn't half-bad. The character was annoying, but he was alright. The buzz in the industry is the guy's got talent. I think he's the lead in Jolie's Unbroken.
I've never seen it so I can't comment. The way I look at it is, I'd rather see a bad movie that was the director's cut than a bad movie made by the studio.
Huh. I didn't think TF4 was any better or worse than the other movies (well, better than TF2). Not sure why there seems to be a reaction here that it's appallingly worse.
Say what you want about this summer, but so far there hasn't been one truly successful (domestically anyway) bad movie. We'll see if TF4 will buck that, but signs point to no.