It's interesting to note how many other people you can find just by following one actor.
I originally saw Michael Fassbender in First Class, and his performance in key sequences blew me away. I wasn't expecting scenes like Magneto Hunting Shaw or the Satellite Moving, or the acting to accompany them, a credit to the writing and directing too.
So right from 2011, you can look back at performances like Inglorious Basterds (admittedly an awful film, but everybody involved in THAT scene was fantastic, including Tarantino) and especially Steve McQueen's Hunger. Shame follows later in 2011, Prometheus the year after, 12 Years A Slave and narration of "1" (a Formula One documentary, fantastic btw) in 2013, and Frank in 2014.
Then you get to 2015, and the renaissance has begin. Slow West, Macbeth, and Steve Jobs all in one year. Slow West reveals actor Ben Mendelsohn and director John Maclean. Macbeth introduces director Justin Kurzel, and his brilliantly haunting jazz musician brother Jed, as well as Sean Harris (who co-starred in Prometheus, and the later project Trespass Against Us). Steve Jobs becomes what is arguably Fassbender's best performance, utilizing Sorkin's script and fantastic co-star performances from Winslet and Jeff Daniels.
It just keeps happening. He comes in to give the only worthwhile performance in X-Men Apocalypse in 2016 and play a tragic gypsy in the aforementioned Trespass Against Us, where Brendan Gleeson and Sean Harris (among others) also shine. Followed by dual roles in Alien: Covenant, showing an even extended vocal range and some of that Shakespearean delivery between David and Walter, and Assassin's Creed.
Pre-release for The Snowman (presumably later this year) is pretty low key so far, but I'm optimistic given the source material and the crew as well as the cast.
Isaiah Gonzalez
Oh, i get it D'aww Man With Everything Want Hug!
Carson Fisher
Intresting thread but what should we discuss? Make a tldr.
He's getting married to that White girl btw. Black women on suicide watch.
Logan Hughes
I'm afraid you've lost me.
I dunno, that's not up to me. Fassbender in general, I guess?
Ian Foster
*ahem*
Aaron Ortiz
are you michael fassbender?
Charles King
It's a possibility.
Joshua Howard
I want an Iliad movie with him as Odysseus, en Affleck as Achilles and Hugh Jackman as Agamemnon. Christian Bale is Hector, Jared Leto is Paris. Cast some big titted model as Helena but don't give her any scenes.
Oliver Rodriguez
FIsh tank was also pretty good, He comes across as a very likeable guy despite beating up his girlfriends
Julian Collins
>Inglorious Basterds (admittedly an awful film Stopped reading. Come back when you're out of your "edgy Tarantino hating phase". Discovering Fassbender from a fucking X-Men film should have been my first clue.
Colton Cooper
He is ok, but everything he has ever done is pretty shit.
Like x-men first class i thought was gonna restart the franchise in a grear way but it ends as Jennifer's Lawrence vehicle. Fuck that. Shame was just sentimental bullcrap.
I believe in general theres not a lot of alternatives for good projects.
Ian Stewart
He played himself in Song to Song and I like to think that was in atonement.
Colton Parker
>Beer... m'dear?
What did Fass mean by this?
Kevin Watson
He's one of my favourite actors, I've enjoyed every film I've seen in him and I wish him well
Jordan Watson
He's basically the Christopher Lee of the new generation, which is funny because he replaced him as Magneto.
Brody Jones
>He's basically the Christopher Lee of the new generation, which is funny because he replaced him as Magneto. user, please be joking.
Daniel Rodriguez
I am.
Oliver Sanchez
>Like x-men first class i thought was gonna restart the franchise in a grear way but it ends as Jennifer's Lawrence vehicle I'm still pissed off about this. This god damn fridge with a marshmallow face ruined what could have been the renaissance of capekino
Anthony Brooks
Thank you.
Isaac Perry
How do you guys feel about Logan? Since that basically rebooted the franchise again. And many refer to it as capekino.
Adam Anderson
>ctrl + f >sands >0 results
sands is pure, pure kino. one of the most incredible films I've ever seen.
Christian Morris
>Shame That movie is called Captain Cunnilingus in my country.
Adrian Perry
>Since that basically rebooted the franchise again. It's its own separate movie, it doesn't reboot anything considering there's a new X-movie in the works, it's just a swan song to Jackman's career as Wolverine. >And many refer to it as capekino. Those people are idiots who regurgitate buzzwords to look smart. Also it had a weak third act.
Gavin Barnes
pretty good movie. Though I prefer my Xmen movies to e more optimistic. First Class was so fucking close to hitting that but then there was a giant drain of screen presence every time Jlaw was onscreen and she completely failed to carry her storyline which would have served as the movies spine.
Chase Clark
Are you serious? That does not even sound like a real title.
Colton Fisher
Perhaps you didn't find anything BECAUSE THERE IS NO FASSBENDER FILM CALLED SANDS.
Gabriel Sanders
Why have all of his films been shit recently?
Kevin Hall
tl;dr well not all of it Saw him first in Inglorious, best scene in the movie, coolest character too. First class was also breddy good, had the best scene when he goes to the pub and speaks in German, it was amazing.
>t. (((yoo lover)))
James Jenkins
AC was great.
Grayson Richardson
Actually im going to support OP here
First class was the best xmen movie made, definitely a top 5 in hero movies ever made.
Fassbender deserved a fuck ton of credit for this, as does james macavoy. This also was my favorite role fassbender has ever played in.
Colton White
You're funny
Adam Stewart
You forgot about band of brothers, that was his breakout role u GOOF
Benjamin Bailey
Not to discredit superhero movies, but if your favorite role of his is a superhero movie, either that was a DAMN good movie or he has not been in very many good movies.
Nathaniel Smith
Gotta set yourself up for life while you're hollywood popular (its fickle) aferward so you can star in nothing but arthouse films
Matthew Williams
such a beautiful man
Michael Robinson
Like Gosling.
Ian Sullivan
Also like Gosling.
Evan Reyes
his best film desu and the reason why it was a success
Joshua Diaz
have you seen the movie though? It was surprisingly well done. them being mutants was just another dimension, could have been a great movie even if it wasn't fantasy. the character development was really good. and mcavoy and fassbender are really talented actors
Nathan Smith
What the fuck? I assume you mean a success in terms of quality because that was a HARD flop.
Angel Jones
I plan to since I've liked every Vaughn movie I've seen so far, but I haven't yet. I'll take your word for it though.
Brandon Sullivan
I wonder if he regrets doing that movie
Kayden Rogers
ill pay you a hundred bucks if fassbender isn't your man crush after watching it.
Colton Gonzalez
>Captain Cunnilingus That sounds like a movie about pusyposter
Jackson Gray
pusyposter sounds like a shitty forced meme
Henry Allen
Ruined.
Jeremiah Miller
Is this a new pasta?
Joseph Torres
no just some fag crushing on Fassy.
Justin Nelson
In First class was the first time you saw Michael Fassbender? Really?
Parker Brown
he probably doesn't remember he was in 300
Noah King
Yeah, nobody seems to remember him in that role. I blame the hair.