I wish all movies had pictures of actor as well as their names in the credits

[Canada]

I wish all movies had pictures of actor as well as their names in the credits, like the credits of Top Gun and Platoon. Because there are some times I can't put a face to a name and having a picture of the actor or actress solves that problem always.

[ThatOneGuy]

I just look up the cast on Wikipedia if I'm curious to know who was who.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

Originally Posted by Canada

I wish all movies had pictures of actor as well as their names in the credits, like the credits of Top Gun and Platoon. Because there are some times I can't put a face to a name and having a picture of the actor or actress solves that problem always.

Cell phone + google/IMDB makes that extremely unnecessary.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Canada

I wish all movies had pictures of actor as well as their names in the credits, like the credits of Top Gun and Platoon. Because there are some times I can't put a face to a name and having a picture of the actor or actress solves that problem always.

It's very rare that movies nowadays have the actor and actresses picture shown during the end credits anymore. You can go to IMDB (Internet Movie Database) to see the entire cast picture with their real name and character's name.

[DanTheMan]

The most recent example with great graphics in the post credits was Beauty and the Beast (live action). They used motion posters for the main cast, which added a cool touch.

[drush9999]

You find out what the writer looks like sometimes

[acroyear2]

Showing the actors is akin to a curtain call at the end of a play. It's a cool way to end particular kinds of movies, like Beauty and The Beast as mentioned above, which was very artfully done. Some animated films, such as Zootopia, will show the scenes of the character along with the name (if not the face) of the voice-actor. That's always fun.

But... I can't see it as a welcome idea for most movies though, maybe in comedies it would work, but not so much in dramas or horror. Many movies end on a striking final scene that leaves an impression and I think it would ruin the end of the film to have it followed by pictures or scenes of the actors from what was already shown. It would break that spell.

Besides, actors should service the story not the other way around. The best performances are ones from actors who disappear into their roles. Sometimes a bit of mystery is good ...and there's always the internet.

[YankydoodleDandy]

The Martian was more of the recent ones to do this.

[Seymour]

Originally Posted by Armchair NZ

Yeah I love it when movies show the actors at the end. It's neat. Wish more would do it. (Most recent one I've seen was I think The Martian.) For me it's not even about identifying the cast. I just really like it, as a way of ending a movie.

Yeah, I really like it too. It seems like it was way more common in the '80s.

[tigertron]

I love those sorts of credits, they should definitely do more.

[Batmon77]

I dont want every film to do this, but its cool when it happens.

[UltraMario9]

The one for Cloud Atlas was nice.

[8traxrule]

I like how Vudu has the faces of everyone involved with the movie in their user interface (except for a few that they couldn't get pictures for.) After a movie on that ends I usually look through the cast and crew to see what other movies they've done.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I liked the ones for the Scream Series.

[Richard Graham]

The Return of the King credits are amazing.

[baheidstu]

I also like what they did with the Naked Guns movies... for small parts, instead of assigning arbitrary character names or descriptions, they include a line the actor spoke in the movie next to their name.

[jl1rp]

It's nice when the movie has it.

[Mentat Bashar]

The end credits to Dune were like this. It was pretty cool.

[nashcameronn]

I think it could work well with movies with a bigger cast. I know Dazed and Confused does it.

[toddly6666]

Blues Brothers and Animal House