Explain how Shai LaDouche can't act? Have you actually seen/watched him in the films he's been in?Not to sound like a broken record, but he just isn't a *good actor*.He's been type cast to play one kind of character;the paranoid,stuttering smart A$%#! teenager seen all throughout the Transformer films,and seen earlier in I-Robot and some other lame ,"my neighbor is a serial killer" film.It was so bad I can't remember the name of it.I founbd him to be unconvincing in INDY4. liked INDY4,but it has issues...but I still liked most of it(except for Shai being in it).
Does he deserve praise for speaking his mind?That's debatable.You don't T.S about the film or the director (regardless of whether you like him or not),who happens to be a multi-Oscar winning director,and has turned out quality film after film over a very long career.I've also read some of Shai's interviews (out of curiosity) and as a person...Shai comes off as an arrogant,bragging cuss.It would take some serious convincing to change my mind about his character.
I.M.O, he needs to re-think and re-vamp his career,and perhaps going to a film/theater school wouldn't hurt him either instead of playing off his Disney days on screen.There's not a whole lot of acting involved when all you have to do is hop/run around dodging bullets,explosions and scream your head off saying,"OPTIMUSSS!" a dozen times thoughout a film as well as having that,"I wish I could get laid look" on his face while doing Megan Fox with his eyes and deliving a joke or one-liner here and there.I'm sorry,but that's how I see him as an actor.My 7 yr. old niece can stand in front of me,crack jokes and be dramatic and she is far more convincing.