Keanu Reeves bad acting?

[dankogrg]

Is it just me or is Keanu Reeves performance in the game pretty meh? He is dispasionate and delivers all the lines with same monotone voice. He really highly contrasts from all the other actors, especially the main character, who brings it al on beliveable and puts completely himself into the role. Did Keanu just phone in his role?

[The Sewer Guide]

Originally posted by Okihara Jones:

Originally posted by Mr_Blank:

I think V took the show, his and her voice actor did an amazing job. I wouldn’t say keannu was bad though, I really enjoyed his performance.

Respectfully disagree. For me, male AND female V voices are awful: fake tough guy gangster inflections and cadences (especially male V) more fitting for a prohibition-era mafia game.

Keanu's rockerboy totally sells the character, love him.

Agree with the male voice for sure, feels like I'm playing as a complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sometimes. Female V seems better.

[Toaster Maximus]

Think its meant to be an uneven thing,, the mind on the chip is not stable its clear silveerhand had some mental health issues and likely ptsd to boot among many other things find the wild swings he sometimes takes fits with the damage he has gone through from very little emotion to overly intense reactions fits with a lot of things.

Think all things considered its well done given what he is playing and it being on a damaged chip to boot.

[Cellmember]

He seems like a really genuine person from what I can see on the out side, he's not the best actor but because of the first I do enjoy his stuff.

[Zebedee]

It's fine. It works best, for me, with female V (Cherami Leigh) because it turns into a really generous performance lifting her's further.

[Mr_Faorry]

Having screen actors in VA roles usually turns out pretty subpar anyway because they are two very different gigs, actors can fall back on body language and movement to convey a scene even if the delivery isn't great where as with VA roles it's all in the delivery. I won't be surprised if Idris Elba comes out really flat in the DLC too just like Keanu Reeves, or like Liam Neeson in Fallout 3, or Mathew Perry in Fallout New Vegas, or Sean Bean in Oblivion, you get the idea. The fad of jamming famous actors into VA roles really needs to stop because it doesn't make sense, just let the professional VA's who'll do a better job do it.

And Keanu's acting career has been pretty average anyway. Maybe some people here are too young to remember this but before Reddit decided to turn him into an icon with the "wholesome 100 Keanu chungus moment" meme his acting used to get made fun of all the time for being bad.

[Tanoomba]

Originally posted by Mr_Faorry:

actors can fall back on body language and movement to convey a scene even if the delivery isn't great where as with VA roles it's all in the delivery.

Keanu did the motion capture too, as well as capturing his facial expressions. While it's still not quite the same as seeing him act on camera, it's significantly more than just voice work.

[SpongeBullets]

Male V is the most TERRIBLE voice actor.

[Mr_Faorry]

Originally posted by SpongeBullets:

Male V is the most TERRIBLE voice actor.

Nah if we're picking the worst then flaming crotch man takes the throne, his overacting was cringe inducing like nothing else in the game.

[jdk309]

I've always thought that's his whole style

[SimplyGooch]

Keanu Reeves acting in this game is no different from most of his other roles of the last 20 years.

I'm pretty convinced that his John Wick is basically identical to Johnny Silverhand in 80% of ways, but Johnny Silverhand is more self-centered and jaded.

[PainKiller]

yes. i didnt bought his role... but i played the whole game on russian, the russian actor did well. Keano not made to play ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥... it never feets him

[Okihara Jones]

Originally posted by Mr_Faorry:

Originally posted by SpongeBullets:

Male V is the most TERRIBLE voice actor.

Nah if we're picking the worst then flaming crotch man takes the throne, his overacting was cringe inducing like nothing else in the game.

Agreed, but Flaming Crotch Man is *intentionally* cringy. What's Male V's excuse?

Male V sounds like the shady gangster muppet from Sesame Street:
https://youtu.be/iZ45fb6uNf0

[Tokenn]

Originally posted by Okihara Jones:

Agreed, but Flaming Crotch Man is *intentionally* cringy. What's Male V's excuse?

Male V sounds like the shady gangster muppet from Sesame Street:
https://youtu.be/iZ45fb6uNf0

The male V voice actor is an Irishman doing an 'American' accent. I'm personally quite okay with him, but I'd have to agree it doesn't sound perfectly authentic. Frank Oz is also 'putting on' a voice in that video...maybe that's just the way it turns out.

[Okihara Jones]

Originally posted by Tokenn:

Originally posted by Okihara Jones:

Agreed, but Flaming Crotch Man is *intentionally* cringy. What's Male V's excuse?

Male V sounds like the shady gangster muppet from Sesame Street:
https://youtu.be/iZ45fb6uNf0

The male V voice actor is an Irishman doing an 'American' accent. I'm personally quite okay with him, but I'd have to agree it doesn't sound perfectly authentic. Frank Oz is also 'putting on' a voice in that video...maybe that's just the way it turns out.

I'm not even really mad at the "acting", I think Male V's acting/emotions are just fine. .... I simply wish he didn't sound like a second-tier character from Futurama or Satch from the Bowery Boys. "Say, what's the idea, you mugs. Get a load of the gams on THIS dame."

[dankogrg]

I think V's perormance was good, at least better than Keanu. He put in convincing emotion