He was born on July 18, 1967 in California, and it’s easy to laugh at Mark Sinclair Vincent or Vin Diesel for his obsession with family matters, but few imagine that he would be involved from the beginning. The son of an interracial relationship (at a time when there were laws against incest) he did not know his biological father and it was his stepfather who introduced him to the theater and encouraged him to write his own scripts while working as a bouncer in night clubs. He made a few short films and worked with directors such as Sidney Lumet, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee, but let’s be honest, it would be the most expensive car commercial in history to send to fame and at the same time pigeonhole him. as for life for the blockbuster.
However, despite the lack of acting and writing ability he has shown throughout his career, there is one branch of acting in which he is completely comfortable and at ease: dubbing. He has more nuance behind a lectern and speaking into a microphone than he might in front of the cameras. With a few words, his deep and distinctive voice gave life to 2 icons of space adventures, 2 youth heroes from 2 different generations. For this reason, we celebrate his birthday with his 5 best movies.
Bonus – Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014, 2017, 2023)
BY URIEL SALVADOR
It’s easy to forget that this is the most dangerous MCU project of its time, not only did it move away from the conflicts that took place on Earth, but it introduced a group of characters that were unknown to the general public and no one cared about them. However, this gave James Gunn the freedom to do whatever he wanted. The result? An atypical musical full of black humor in which a group of immoral and selfish mercenaries, but energetic and empathetic, learn to found a family. Vin Diesel lends his voice to the alien tree Groot, the heart of the team and sets the tone for the most emotional moments.
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3 – Saving Private Ryan (1998)
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Spielberg owns the cinematographic thesis about the terrible reality of the conflict. The Normandy landings, experts say, is undoubtedly the most faithful cinematic portrayal of the war conflict, a dark, bloody and chilling poetry that single-handedly supports a vision of gringo superheroes and human sacrifice that borders on jingoistic ideology at times. with the ridiculous. Vin Diesel has a small but very good role as Adrian Caparzo, an emotional and surprising death with a certain halo of dramatic talent
2 – Pitch Black (David Twohy, 2000)
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Those films that benefit more from the acting system than from the script and/or the story are not rare, but they are rare, the so-called first chronicle of Riddick being one of them. The writer-director succeeded in having the mystery of the character, printing an aura of suspense in his actions sheathed in a wonderful scene and Vin Diesel’s voice in the one good role of his career (the chemistry with Hauser and Radha is amazing. Mitchell are noteworthy). On the other hand, the low budget accidentally gave the film another value, where the dramatic tone and the psychological horror come to the fore over the terrible special effects.
1 – The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999)
BY URIEL SALVADOR
After a personal tragedy, Brad Bird returns Superman’s story to the Cold War era and shows the tension of war, the American fear of communist inventions, and paranoia about ending up with nuclear war. In general, the story may be very familiar, but it is supported by cultural references and a good use of humor that contrasts the sincerity and kindness of children with the fear and violence of adults. Best of all is the growing friendship between Hogarth and the Iron Giant (Vin Diesel’s excellent voice), which leads to one of the most emotional endings in cinema and sums up their story in one sentence: “ You are who you choose to be.”
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