Robert Redford retires from acting

[HouTex 1863]

He was great in Three Days of the Condor.

[Texas_Rocks 346]

When it comes to re-watchable movies Redford is right there at the top with me.

Watched The Great Waldo Pepper for the umpteenth time last week. Damn good flick. Must have been awesome seeing those old biplanes floating around the Texas sky during the filming. The making of that flick is a pretty good read on its own.

[henrygandorf 29187]

stars in my favorite movie, and directed my second favorite movie. 

oh, and butch cassidy, all the president's men, and the natural fall in my top 15 or so.  not bad.

[Richard Kimball 1493]

His directorial debut with "Ordinary People" was impressive. 

He was also great as the voice of the Hudson Hornet.

[DougO 5242]

On 8/10/2018 at 8:06 AM, South Austin said:

This probably belongs in the unpopular opinions thread, but I always thought Redford was overrated.  He always seems relatively flat, without a great range of emotions or character.  I like him okay, but don't think he belongs anywhere near the pantheon of great actors.

I like Redford, too, and a JJ is one of my favorite movies of all time, and several of his others are first rate. But yours is a correct thought. He wasn't a great actor. He was a more talented and handsome version of Kevin Kostner. Not a great deal of range, but he could work very well in the right role where he hit just the right note.

[RD3 64]

19 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

He learned to swim at Barton Springs. No kidding.

Yep, it's in that documentary on development in Austin -> "Unforeseen".

[AUS-97HORN 11753]

22 hours ago, Richard Kimball said:

He was also great as the voice of the Hudson Hornet.

not sure if serious...

It was Robert Redford Paul Newman

 

[South Austin 52375]

20 hours ago, DougO said:

I like Redford, too, and a JJ is one of my favorite movies of all time, and several of his others are first rate. But yours is a correct thought. He wasn't a great actor. He was a more talented and handsome version of Kevin Kostner. Not a great deal of range, but he could work very well in the right role where he hit just the right note.

This is fair.  I don't hate Redford.  I just don't revere him, and I think his movies are far better than his acting. 

And I'm okay with the Costner comparison.  He was in some of my favorite movies:  Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Fandango.  But I'm not going to say he's a great actor.

[RPM 26305]

Downhill Racer, The Candidate and Brubaker are underrated.