Watched it a few more times just to lend an ear to the scrutiny, and to wet myself again.
I've never seen a TED talk, but from the speech in the video, it's obvious that it would be connected to a larger presentation of some kind, maybe the opening for a video or a longer discussion about a more specific topic.
His acting was a little hammy at parts, but I don't understand how people can critique acting in such a way when there are lots people that act this way in real life. I've met CEO's and businessmen, and some of them have a sort of movie bravado about them, a swagger and arrogance that almost seems cheesy, but that's how they actually act.
You get used to being confident. Lots of people in business are like this. Pearce is acting like an orator, and I see a nice blend between college professor and silver-tongued executive. I think that people just don't like the character he portrayed, which is fine, but don't try and attack his acting over a matter of personal taste.
The direction and camera work are a little jumpy at times, but to me this just seems to come from little Scott being new at directing.
After the shock has worn off, I'm still in love with it all. So very bloody excited for this film and the effort they take to release things like this... Why, back in my day there was no viral marketing! You either caught a trailer, bought Fangoria, or you were SOL until the film was released. It really is cool that we have things like this today.
