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This is all to say that Michael Shannon knows he looks like that.
He knows he has resting Zodiac Killer face.
He knows hes six-foot-three.
He knows hes better at yelling than most of his peers.
(Jon Bernthalis perhaps his only real competition).
A generous writer might say Shannon approaches screen acting with an immaculate professionalism.
This one will be a bit more blunt and say that Shannon treats screen acting like his day job.
To be clear: This rules.
Theres nobody quite like him, and he knows theres nobody quite like him.
Hes one of our best.
Groundhog Day (1993)
Did you know Michael Shannon is inGroundhog Day?
Michael Shannon is inGroundhog Day.Weird!
Anyway,Groundhog Dayis pretty good.
Two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon is one of the mob dudes in that movie.
I dont think you gotta watch it, but wasnt 2003 a funny time?
What a power move.
It stands today as some of his best work.
Nicholss film stars Shannon as a man in rural Ohio who begins having dreams of an apocalyptic storm.
Believing them to be premonitions, he erratically prepares his family for the horrors to come.
Take Shelteris a weapon.
Shannon has turned in countless great performances guided by world-class directors in the years since its release.
It is, if this makes sense, the most Michael Shannon movie the actor has ever starred in.
Shannon faces off against him as a corrupt NYPD cop.
Sony dumped the film into theaters in late August, and it quickly came and went with little fanfare.
In a divisive movie, hes perhaps the one element everyone can agree is unequivocally great.
His commitment to playing stiffs, bullies, and psychos seemed to lack a certain self-awareness.
Was this guy acting?
Was he actually just an all-time bad hang?
The answer is and has always been no.
Frats dont like boring sororities!
Theyre well-earned nominations from a potent drama that probably deserved more.
More importantly, the film is an underrated classic in the making.
So profoundly, utterly unconcerned.
I cant even come up with a fake answer.
Thats a new take on Superman.
Wed all be in a heap of trouble if Superman was a serial killer.
He could just wipe us all out.
But then hed be lonely.
The Flash(2023)
Zodheads, weve been vindicated.
I hope he bought a very nice vacation home with the money.
