Submitted by aja_ramirez t3_ygt5lh in movies
autoposting_system t1_iuaw6gm wrote
Reply to comment by GrapplingDummy101 in What are the not we obvious things that make older movies feel older? by aja_ramirez
It's not just that. It's not just "good looking people." It's young looking people.
Leading men used to look like men. They used to cast big, meaty dudes. Tom Selleck was a sex symbol, and he looks like a man. Michael Landon. David Hasselhoff. Mel Gibson.Now Leonardo DiCaprio is in everything, and I know he's 47, but he looks like a 14-year-old or something. Even in all these movies where he plays a scruffy looking person, or somebody his own age, he just looks like a 14-year-old with dirt on his face.
And they do this all the time, with everybody. Christopher Reeve played Superman as a big guy; all the Supermen since him have looked more like gymnasts or something. Henry Cavill is in incredible shape, but somehow when he plays The Witcher he looks like a big meaty dude, but then when he's Superman they try to make him look like a ballet dancer.
I mean sure, there are outlying, unusual characters, like The Rock, but they're the exception. Leading men used to look like if their acting careers didn't take off they could go into lumberjacking.
It feels weird. It always makes me wonder what the goal is.
To_The_Past t1_iucnn25 wrote
Leo's just babyfaced. This is not an actual change in cinema or generations. It's not like we haven't had James Cagney or Mickey Rooney.
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