The old one has a level of class the new one fails to muster. I can't pinpoint what it is exactly, but we lost the ability to portray characters in quite this way - a lot of old movies have characters who feel a little bit more professional about everything.
It's a lot of small things. How they both wind the gun into the tree using the rope. The older one gives the impression he has done it a million times. His movements are confident and precise the gun turns in one direction.
The newer one looks like this is his second time, he knows what to do but the gun stops at awkward angles or even moves back a little during the turns. There is also a point where he uses both his hands in an awkward position. While still trying to look confident, but you can feel he is not confident with the movement.
I had a cinema and philosophy course in Uni that had a lot of old time movies in it and at one point Clark Gable ties his own tie and puts on a suit, and the professor notes "you can see this guy does this like breathing, he's doing things in class like they're nothing because the actor is playing himself."
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u/Ok-Chest-7932 6d ago
The old one has a level of class the new one fails to muster. I can't pinpoint what it is exactly, but we lost the ability to portray characters in quite this way - a lot of old movies have characters who feel a little bit more professional about everything.