He wants to get serious acting roles, not just dumb musclehead roles.
He’s always seemed to have great things to say about GotG, the role/cast/crew/etc. He just doesn’t want to ONLY do that kind of role.
But I haven’t seen Dune. I didn’t see a lot of expected depth for him in that film or in the trailers though.
[Edit]: seems like his part is small in Dune from what people are saying. Good to know. But I was moreso fixating on people taking his comments about GotG to mean that he looks down on the role or something. That’s what I think is getting taken out of context.
Bruh, he had like 3 scenes in Dune and they had nothing to make him deep. His performance was really good, but his character was the definition of an NPC.
Even his 1 short scene in Blade Runner 2049 is much deeper than his role in Dune.
I feel like Drax is actually one of the deeper characters in these movies. Infinity War and Endgame maybe leaned too hard on the comedy relief side for him, but those are big 40 character movies, there’s just not enough time for characters other than the main avengers to have those emotional character moments.
There’s a lot of pro wrestling in Big Dave’s words here and he’s gotta understand movies and wrestling is different when it comes to character development
$20 says he hasn’t mentioned any of his complaints to his “best friend”, the man who actually writes Drax’s dialogue and plot relevance. But that’s just me.
I understand Dave, they threw all the development the character could have on GoG1 out the window and turned him into a dumb clown. Seeing how well they worked with the character in the recent GoG game made me hate the MCU version, what a waste.
before any mcu fanatics come after him for his opinion of the work he does, he’s saying Denis has given him more to work with on a range scale and is more alluding to his work on Blade Runner 2049 where he was excellent and also where he may be able to flex more in Dune pt 2
Isn’t his best friend James Gunn the one who writes his character? Why is he always throwing shade at Disney/Marvel when it’s his friend that is to blame
Cant believe someone could say drax isn’t a deep character after that mantis weeping scene in GOTG 2. Proves that he does mean everything he says and one of the few times in the guardians movies where the weird quirks of the characters aren’t used to make a joke.
I totally get that he’s a bit pissed that they wasted Drax and turned him into a joke character, but the role he played in Dune is no way a deep character of what we have seen
He definitely has some levels to him, his little snippet in Blade Runner shows that. However, unless part 2 gives him a big role, he was just a recognisable henchman in Dune.
Yeah, deep character. He stands there and complains to his uncle in one scene that they’re not being mean enough to other space alien civilizations.
For the nerds: I haven’t seen any other Dune media or read the books or anything. Having only seen this year’s Dune movie, I think he’s kind of talking shit here.
The sad thing is Drax SHOULD be a really deep character. Dude has a deep history being apart of a race of warriors that have deep traditions with honor and whatnot. Gunn sadly turned him into a idiot used for jokes and didn’t even have the decency to give him his super strength and amazing fighting skills.
He gives Drax a lot of depth. Drax battles a severe sadness/depression over his family by outwardly boasting most of the time, but he has scenes where his inner turmoil comes through. So I think it is more than him just walking around shirtless.
It’s funny cause in Dune, Batista is pretty much the same character he was in Army of Dead, which is similar to Drax without the fish out of water comedy.
Am I absolutely blind or does Dave not get the opportunity to showcase his acting chops in GotG 2? Obviously he gets his meathead/funny guy lines. But he also gets to show the much more intimate and delicate side of himself especially with Mantis. I get he wants to get more diverse roles outside of his type cast, but I don’t think he gives the GotG credit on giving him that range. IW and Endgame on the otherhand he’s pretty one dimensional, so that’s a fair complaint.
Overall I really like Bautista, but he’s a former WWE superstar and a beast of a human being. He’ll never be a leading man outside of action flicks which in my opinion is okay. Dwayne Johnson has made an amazing career out of this, and Dave hopefully can as well.
He’s hardly in Dune and he just plays a dumb muscle head, but in a arty kinda way. His role in Guardians has more depth to it. Bit weird that he’s come out and said that.
I didn’t really think his character in Dune had all that much depth. The only thing I even remember him doing was yelling once. His role as Sapper Morton, on the other hand, really showed off what he was capable of. That scene has left an impression on my for sure.
Honestly as much as I love the GotG movies after playing the game there’s this feeling of “it could be better” and Drax being stuck as mostly comic relief is a part of that.
Whatever he’s aiming for with this comment, it feels kind of disingenuous looking at his filmography outside of the MCU. Like sir, you’re not really playing any deep characters outside Drax, same as your fellow ex-wrestlers, The Rock & Cena who are mostly one-note too.
His range in Dune? He just yelled a lot. His character was one of the most minor in that movie. I get he wants roles with more depth, but Rabban is a very poor example. Drax has more depth.
I think Bautista got angry with the way the russos handled drax in infinity war and endgame, drax was funny in gotg 1 and 2, but he also had deep character moments in those movies and Gunn clearly had a journey in mind for the character, he’s hilarious in infinity war but he has zero plot relevance and I think he only has like one line in endgame. Drax (and the guardians in general) deserved way more of the spotlight than characters like ant-man and captain marvel in that movie, their journey were way more attached to the thanos storyline. After the last two avengers movies he clearly became a joke character to a lot of the general audience, i still think he’s a great character tho, but it is frustrating that he never got the pay off he deserved with thanos.
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Really hope Guardians 3 gives him more to do acting wise. My favorite part of Vol 2 was that moment he shared with Mantis where she senses his pain.
I think this is getting taken out of context
He wants to get serious acting roles, not just dumb musclehead roles.
He’s always seemed to have great things to say about GotG, the role/cast/crew/etc. He just doesn’t want to ONLY do that kind of role.
But I haven’t seen Dune. I didn’t see a lot of expected depth for him in that film or in the trailers though.
[Edit]: seems like his part is small in Dune from what people are saying. Good to know. But I was moreso fixating on people taking his comments about GotG to mean that he looks down on the role or something. That’s what I think is getting taken out of context.
Dave has a vision as to what type of career he wants and is pursuing it. Can’t blame the guy for not wanting to become pigeon holed.
Bautista, my guy, Beast Rabban is barely a character.
People in this thread fail to realize that dune is not the only Villenueve movie Batista has done.
Bruh, he had like 3 scenes in Dune and they had nothing to make him deep. His performance was really good, but his character was the definition of an NPC.
Even his 1 short scene in Blade Runner 2049 is much deeper than his role in Dune.
He had like two scenes in Dune. One of which was just him screaming
I feel like Drax is actually one of the deeper characters in these movies. Infinity War and Endgame maybe leaned too hard on the comedy relief side for him, but those are big 40 character movies, there’s just not enough time for characters other than the main avengers to have those emotional character moments.
There’s a lot of pro wrestling in Big Dave’s words here and he’s gotta understand movies and wrestling is different when it comes to character development
I didn’t read that as though he is concerned, just that he wants more than just one type of role. Doesn’t everyone?
$20 says he hasn’t mentioned any of his complaints to his “best friend”, the man who actually writes Drax’s dialogue and plot relevance. But that’s just me.
I understand Dave, they threw all the development the character could have on GoG1 out the window and turned him into a dumb clown. Seeing how well they worked with the character in the recent GoG game made me hate the MCU version, what a waste.
Previously it seemed like Gunn had his back with certain comments, but I mean this one really seems directed at Gunn?
I didn’t read 1 “concern” in the post. Where is this man’s concern? Sensationalist title.
before any mcu fanatics come after him for his opinion of the work he does, he’s saying Denis has given him more to work with on a range scale and is more alluding to his work on Blade Runner 2049 where he was excellent and also where he may be able to flex more in Dune pt 2
Drax has scenes where he talks about grief and the loss of his wife and child. He does more than say stupid things.
Imagine getting paid to walk around shirtless and say idiot lines, and people love you for it. Then imagine taking that for granted.
Who hurt this guy. He’s always a passive aggressive ahole to the people who put him on the map for so many people
I love the guy but let’s not be delusional. He’s hardly in Dune and I don’t even remember him speaking.
Isn’t his best friend James Gunn the one who writes his character? Why is he always throwing shade at Disney/Marvel when it’s his friend that is to blame
Cant believe someone could say drax isn’t a deep character after that mantis weeping scene in GOTG 2. Proves that he does mean everything he says and one of the few times in the guardians movies where the weird quirks of the characters aren’t used to make a joke.
Lol ok Dave
I totally get that he’s a bit pissed that they wasted Drax and turned him into a joke character, but the role he played in Dune is no way a deep character of what we have seen
Is this how he sees Drax?
I enjoyed Dune but I’m not sure I’d call his character deep.
He definitely has some levels to him, his little snippet in Blade Runner shows that. However, unless part 2 gives him a big role, he was just a recognisable henchman in Dune.
Yeah, deep character. He stands there and complains to his uncle in one scene that they’re not being mean enough to other space alien civilizations.
For the nerds: I haven’t seen any other Dune media or read the books or anything. Having only seen this year’s Dune movie, I think he’s kind of talking shit here.
The sad thing is Drax SHOULD be a really deep character. Dude has a deep history being apart of a race of warriors that have deep traditions with honor and whatnot. Gunn sadly turned him into a idiot used for jokes and didn’t even have the decency to give him his super strength and amazing fighting skills.
He gives Drax a lot of depth. Drax battles a severe sadness/depression over his family by outwardly boasting most of the time, but he has scenes where his inner turmoil comes through. So I think it is more than him just walking around shirtless.
It’s funny cause in Dune, Batista is pretty much the same character he was in Army of Dead, which is similar to Drax without the fish out of water comedy.
if u saw dune he didn’t really even do much lol
I luv Bautista but he acts the same in every role.
Am I absolutely blind or does Dave not get the opportunity to showcase his acting chops in GotG 2? Obviously he gets his meathead/funny guy lines. But he also gets to show the much more intimate and delicate side of himself especially with Mantis. I get he wants to get more diverse roles outside of his type cast, but I don’t think he gives the GotG credit on giving him that range. IW and Endgame on the otherhand he’s pretty one dimensional, so that’s a fair complaint.
Overall I really like Bautista, but he’s a former WWE superstar and a beast of a human being. He’ll never be a leading man outside of action flicks which in my opinion is okay. Dwayne Johnson has made an amazing career out of this, and Dave hopefully can as well.
OK. He’s barely in Dune and when he is on screen he just shouts most of the time. He had a lot more range in GOTG. What the hell is he talking about?
He’s hardly in Dune and he just plays a dumb muscle head, but in a arty kinda way. His role in Guardians has more depth to it. Bit weird that he’s come out and said that.
I didn’t really think his character in Dune had all that much depth. The only thing I even remember him doing was yelling once. His role as Sapper Morton, on the other hand, really showed off what he was capable of. That scene has left an impression on my for sure.
After playing GotG, that’s the Drax the MCU should have imvoked.
Honestly as much as I love the GotG movies after playing the game there’s this feeling of “it could be better” and Drax being stuck as mostly comic relief is a part of that.
Whatever he’s aiming for with this comment, it feels kind of disingenuous looking at his filmography outside of the MCU. Like sir, you’re not really playing any deep characters outside Drax, same as your fellow ex-wrestlers, The Rock & Cena who are mostly one-note too.
What are with these comments?? Lmao dude just said he wants to do more and not just be known as Drax.
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His range in Dune? He just yelled a lot. His character was one of the most minor in that movie. I get he wants roles with more depth, but Rabban is a very poor example. Drax has more depth.
Watched Army of dead one of the worst actor ever.
I think Bautista got angry with the way the russos handled drax in infinity war and endgame, drax was funny in gotg 1 and 2, but he also had deep character moments in those movies and Gunn clearly had a journey in mind for the character, he’s hilarious in infinity war but he has zero plot relevance and I think he only has like one line in endgame. Drax (and the guardians in general) deserved way more of the spotlight than characters like ant-man and captain marvel in that movie, their journey were way more attached to the thanos storyline. After the last two avengers movies he clearly became a joke character to a lot of the general audience, i still think he’s a great character tho, but it is frustrating that he never got the pay off he deserved with thanos.