OK, Pattinson can smolder like no other actor alive. But is there more to the guy than an ability to play a romantic lead??
Take a look at this link on youtube, a bit from "Little Ashes." A good actor moves so that he embodies his character. He isn't doing the 'pretend gay' thing either, which would be the easy out. Rather, Pattinson's Dali jitters toward the camera, making his cute little charleston number a sneering rejection of his ex-lover. You don't have to see the entire movie to know that Dali has found a much nicer place to be than he ever had with Lorca.
In "The Bad Mother's Handbook", Pattinson becomes Daniel, tall, nerdy and awkward, hair combed over his face at all times, and every now and then quite intelligent. It is a 'bit part', but Pattinson manages to dominate every scene in which he appears. With those skinny pants and huge boots, "Daniel" looks like he is going to fall over at any moment.
Finally, there is "How to Be." Here, Pattinson portrays Art, a pathetic dork, whose ultimate achievement is to stand up straight, guitar in hand. (Mostly, he walks around in a crouch.) He is definitely not Edward Cullen, gorgeous vampire and dazzler of Bella. In fact, he is kind of (gah!) ugly. At one point, poor Art, who has had to move back into his parents' home, tiptoes up the stairs to his room, the image of someone who does not belong, and who doesn't want to be noticed. And then there is the wonderful bar scene, when our Robert loses a fight and behaves like a noisy twit. I have to say, this is a really great movie!
At this point, Pattinson seems to have signed on to a whole series of projects. Unfortunately, this may keep him in the limelight, the focus of screaming crowds, making it almost impossible for him to concentrate on the work he does so well: being an actor. One can only hope that after New Moon, this frenzy will attach itself to Taylor Lautner (poor Taylor!); and with Eclipse, Jason Rathbone (poor Jason.)
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