One of the reasons I really don’t cotton much to new movies... the actors seem too self-consciously chiseled, they make all these calculated stances and looks, something about their comportment invariably reeks hollow.
I’m not saying the older actors are necessarily better in terms of aesthetics or traditional measures of talent. Yet, you see guys in old films and tv, like Neville Brand or Richard Boone or the like... they seem REAL. They seem like people who have lived and experienced full-blooded life. You see it on their faces. Ultimately I find them tremendously more relateable, more fascinating to watch.
George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the Ocean 11 pictures. What I saw was what you described. They were posing.
It was informative and amazing in it's production....the only down side was suffering through Ali McGraws horrible acting. Thank goodness they eliminated her, for that reason, in the follow up. Never thought I'd get so much enjoyment out of an older movie.....I understand that historically it was pretty spot on as well....and the actual war footage intermingled was amazing... Wonderful taking the time to watch these two series...surprising me entirely!