I disagree, Nova--I think it's very hard to figure out where an actor's career is going to go. No one would have pegged early light-comedy-goofy-looking Tom Hanks to become a huge movie star. On the other hand, Treat Williams was supposed to be the next big thing in the 90s. If you had asked anyone who saw "Hair" they would have told you he was going to be HUGE. Then he kinda disappeared until playing the lead in a pleasant TV show.
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Scrappy - Aug 08, 2004 12:50:04 pm PDT #2499 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Gris - Aug 08, 2004 12:53:40 pm PDT #2500 of 10001
Hey. New board.
Ha! It is hard, I agree. In fact, I'm gonna "What Scrappy Said" my own argument.
Still, Tobey seems like he COULD be moving in the same direction. Peter Parker, played by Tobey, feels exactly like that kid in Cider House Rules. Not that the characters are the same, at all really, just that they FEEL the same somehow.
I didn't see Seabiscuit, but it didn't look all that different, honestly.
(Note: This Is Not A Problem. I adore Tobey.)
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2004 2:21:34 pm PDT #2501 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Watched Ned Kelly. Orlando does have more range than I might have thought. No idea if he'll be called on to use it ever again.
sumi - Aug 08, 2004 2:24:47 pm PDT #2502 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I suppose that depends on what scripts he chose.
I just watched Fairy Tale: A True Story for the first time since I saw it in the theatre. I had no idea that Mel Gibson has that un-credited role of the dad of one of the two little girls.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2004 2:25:35 pm PDT #2503 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I suppose that depends on what scripts he chose.
And which ones he gets chosen for.
Lee - Aug 08, 2004 2:51:39 pm PDT #2504 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
How was Ned Kelly, apart from Orlando, ita? I liked the book a lot.
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2004 3:19:19 pm PDT #2505 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It was okay, I guess. I didn't get the sense that this was a national icon's story happening. I'm a big sucker for "this is the soul of our country!" stories (nearly lost it during Once Upon A Time In Mexico, for instance). I got none of that here.
So disappointing. It was just a story of a guy.
Kat - Aug 08, 2004 3:49:28 pm PDT #2506 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Watched Ned Kelly. Orlando does have more range than I might have thought. No idea if he'll be called on to use it ever again.
Huh. So, Ned Kelly wasn't terrible. But is his boxing movie ever coming out?
Kate P. - Aug 08, 2004 4:11:07 pm PDT #2507 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I thought Ned Kelly was all right. I don't actually remember much of Orlando's part in it, though, except for being kinda skeezy, and there was a scene with him in a bathtub that was pretty nice.
How was Ned Kelly, apart from Orlando, ita? I liked the book a lot.
You mean the Peter Carey book, Lee? I read that last year--it was excellent. I don't think the movie was taken specifically from the book. They share the same source material, of course, but the focus differs. And the book is better, and makes more sense out of the legend (and has, I think, more of the quality ita was talking about: the "soul of a country" kind of thing).
§ ita § - Aug 08, 2004 4:28:47 pm PDT #2508 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He was skeezy. Macking on all the chicks. Getting them too. Which made me smile, because he's still so virginal in the movies that made it to wide release in the US.
In the end, I can see if you already believe in Ned Kelly, it working for you. Not an effective conversion piece.
Also watched James Dean with James Franco. Very nice mimicking. Of course, I know nothing about Dean, so I have no idea what was true, and what was made up. I guess it must be a lot, because they had at least one disclaimer.