Why does Shia LaBeouf keep getting acting gigs?

[Double A]

I was going to say just because he was in Transformers, but then I remembered he wasn't half bad in Eagle Eye. I think because some of his roles suck is why people don't like him.

 

[RanD00M]

Rather him than Zac Efron. . .

Indeed good sir.Indeed.

 

[CJ1145]

He keeps getting rolls because studio big wigs know that he is a teenage heartthrob and they can make some money off adolescent girls having him in a movie.

...Shia LeBeouf is a teenage heartthrob?

But seriously, he's by no means a bad actor, but not a great one either. He shows up in a lot of good movies, and as long as he doesn't fuck the movies up he's free to keep showing up in them.

 

[team star pug]

I really just hate the guy and he was horrible in even stevens ch-ch... BANG!

Hello people shia lebeouf here,and I would just like to say"NoNoNoNooooNooNoNoNonoNoooo!"

now to mess with TEAMSTARPUG's body... Look ma! his skin is my mask

 

[Cpu46]

A question I often ask myself, along with "Why do people enjoy Bay's 'Transformers'?"

Because it gave us what we wanted, a robot beat-um-up that was action packed. Both Bay and LaBeouf gave us what we wanted. Hell id say he even went above our expectations with it. Sure it wasnt a fantastic work of epic proportions but it did what it set out to do.

 

[TriggerUnhappy]

Hell if I know, probably because of this:

As far as Shia... eh... he's one of many in a long list of befuddling "it boy" leading men.
In no particular order, here's a sample

Robert Pattinson
Leonardo DiCaprio
River Phoenix (that's right... I said it. One good movie and a premature death do not a good actor make)
Orlando Bloom
Ashton Kutcher
Steve Guttenburg
Jonathan Taylor Thomas

They're handsome in a generic, non-threatening way, and they're annoying enough to make guys think they really would run like a girl, but not annoying enough (at first) to make guys want to stay away.

Also, I'm uncertain why, but he absolutely pisses me off, despite not having done anything to earn my hatred. Probably because his attitude and demeanor remind me of the douches I'm surrounded by at school every day. Oh well, he doesn't seem to be disappearing anytime soon...

 

[Hollock]

I'd rather watch him than Nicholas Cage

I'd rather watch anyone over Nick Cage. None of Shia's popular movies (disturbia on) had a chance to be any good. He pretty much sucks, but he's still a- Fuck it he's a shitty actor.

 

[Vigilantis]

A question I often ask myself, along with "Why do people enjoy Bay's 'Transformers'?"

Because it gave us what we wanted, a robot beat-um-up that was action packed. Both Bay and LaBeouf gave us what we wanted. Hell id say he even went above our expectations with it. Sure it wasnt a fantastic work of epic proportions but it did what it set out to do.

Ahh sorry I guess I just don't get entertainment from a movie that blatantly trashed my beloved childhood franchise whilst adding in poor toilet humor and sexual references at every corner.

=( societies reject

 

[Levitas1234]

Because girls go crazy for him.

I'm not kidding.

Plus the BAY-SPOLSIONS!!!!! get guys interested in him too.

I always thought it was his dreamy eyes that get guys interested :\

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

without being racist or nothing, cause the jewish comunity favors it's members (they own hollywood right?) that's why, and also cause he's Spielberg's Protégé.

 

[DIzZmin]

I really don't know, but it keeps me up at night...

 

[Iron Criterion]

What is that Wall Street movie even supposed to be about?

A street made up of walls.

 

[PhiMed]

I don't get the Shia LaBoeuf thing at all. How is he handsome? He looks like the most generic bowl of teenage bland that would be cast as a nerd in amercian high school flicks. Like Michael Cera.

Leonardo DiCaprio

DiCaprio is a much better actor than the other guys on that list, especially since Scorsese started casting him in each of his movies.

Is that a function of Leo, or Martin? I'm guessing Martin. The only movie where I thought he improved it in any way was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? And no, I'm not saying that just because he played a mentally challenged person. He actually did a good job.

Every other non-Scorsese movie (plus one Scorsese movie... see if you can guess which one) was poo, and his presence made it worse poo.

Besides, he inflicted one of the worst atrocities in modern film upon the masses: His amphetamine and ecstacy-tinged version of Romeo and Juliet.

 

[clipse15]

I don't get the Shia LaBoeuf thing at all. How is he handsome? He looks like the most generic bowl of teenage bland that would be cast as a nerd in amercian high school flicks. Like Michael Cera.

Leonardo DiCaprio

DiCaprio is a much better actor than the other guys on that list, especially since Scorsese started casting him in each of his movies.

Is that a function of Leo, or Martin? I'm guessing Martin. The only movie where I thought he improved it in any way was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? And no, I'm not saying that just because he played a mentally challenged person. He actually did a good job.

Every other non-Scorsese movie (plus one Scorsese movie... see if you can guess which one) was poo, and his presence made it worse poo.

Besides, he inflicted one of the worst atrocities in modern film upon the masses: His amphetamine and ecstacy-tinged version of Romeo and Juliet.

Ya but Marty didn't direct Blood Diamond, Catch Me If You Can, The Basketball Diaries or Revolutionary Road so I don't think you can attribute his acting credibility just based on his movies with Martin Scorsesee

 

[hermes]

Because when you are looking for someone that actually looks like a teenager, the options are him or Michael Cera (or Micheal Cera-lookalikes).

And Cera doesn't cast well as an action hero.

 

[LiquidGrape]

That boy must've gone through a charisma-bypass of epic proportions.
I mean, his performances can best be likened to chewing the end of a table.

Snoozy LaPork?
Sleepy LaBeef?
Let's just forget him altogether.

 

[PhiMed]

I don't get the Shia LaBoeuf thing at all. How is he handsome? He looks like the most generic bowl of teenage bland that would be cast as a nerd in amercian high school flicks. Like Michael Cera.

Leonardo DiCaprio

DiCaprio is a much better actor than the other guys on that list, especially since Scorsese started casting him in each of his movies.

Is that a function of Leo, or Martin? I'm guessing Martin. The only movie where I thought he improved it in any way was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? And no, I'm not saying that just because he played a mentally challenged person. He actually did a good job.

Every other non-Scorsese movie (plus one Scorsese movie... see if you can guess which one) was poo, and his presence made it worse poo.

Besides, he inflicted one of the worst atrocities in modern film upon the masses: His amphetamine and ecstacy-tinged version of Romeo and Juliet.

Ya but Marty didn't direct Blood Diamond, Catch Me If You Can, The Basketball Diaries or Revolutionary Road so I don't think you can attribute his acting credibility just based on his movies with Martin Scorsesee

Well, I haven't seen The Basketball Diaries or Revolutionary Road. Perhaps I should.

I didn't really care for Blood Diamond. Clooney's made that exact movie twenty-something times, and now Pitt's starting to make them, too. It was decent, but nothing all that special. I loathed Catch me if you Can, though. I understand that I am in the minority in this, but even with the normally solid Tom Hanks, I just couldn't wait for that movie to be over. I kept looking at my watch, checking the DVD counter. I was so bored and Leonardo is not funny.

And if you were curious, the one Leo/Marty collaboration that I thought was poo was Gangs of New York. If you take DDL out of that movie, there's absolutely no reason to view it. It's one of the only Scorsese movies I've ever disliked, and I place the blame squarely on Leo and Cameron.

 

[hotacidbath]

Shia is supposed to play Yorick in the Y the Last Man film adaptation, I think he'd be a great fit.

Wow, they're really thinking of doing a film adaptation of Y: The Last Man? Do you know if they're going to try and do the entire story in one film or break it up? I don't know how I feel about LeBeouf playing Yorick until I see a trailer, but the fact that they're making this movie makes me very happy.