thecutteralicia:fridafrag:forsciencejohn:consultingt-rex:unicornachos:madlori:This scene
thecutteralicia: fridafrag: forsciencejohn: consultingt-rex: unicornachos: madlori: This scene just illustrates…again…why Benedict is a genius. Here, he is NOT playing “guy crying and upset.” He is playing SHERLOCK playing “guy crying and upset.” Now, this would be easy if Sherlock were doing that BADLY. But Sherlock is a god actor, too. And yet it’s always clear that Sherlock is putting on a performance. Not a bad one, just a performance. We see Sherlock’s acting, but we don’t see Benedict’s. So he is playing two levels deep of good acting and somehow managing to let Sherlock’s acting show while keeping his own acting invisible. I just…I kind of can’t wrap my brain around how he can just DO that. HOW DO YOU ACTING TALENT. WHAT IS THIS SORCERY. ACTCEPTION OKAY BUT WHAT ABOUT JOHN’S EXPRESSION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE THING IN THE 3RD GIF YOU CAN TELL HE’S THINKING, “WAIT WHAT” IN THE 4TH GIF HE’S ALL “GODAMMIT SHERLOCK WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT MESSING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S EMOTIONS” 5TH GIF HE’S ALL “CAN I GET OUT OF HERE, LIKE, NOW PLS” 6TH GIF HE’S JUST WAITING FOR THE INEVITABLE SLAP WHEN THE VICTIM’S WIFE SNAPS AND THE 8TH IS JUST “OMFG IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING” omg and in the last gif he just switches back so quickly BEN HOW He’s just fucking BRILLIANT, I don’t understand how the world hasn’t fully grasped it yet. Whenever I see this, I think of Mark and Martin’s hushed and awed reactions during this scene on the DVD commentary. -- source link