It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.

Buffy ,'Empty Places'


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evil jimi - Aug 09, 2004 5:20:58 am PDT #2543 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

"Chlo Sevingy, indie film star Vincent Gallo told the New York Daily News this week, deserves to 'be on 10 billboards on Sunset Boulevard.'"

Well of course he'd say that ... he got a blow-job out of her, what's he gonna say?


Jesse - Aug 09, 2004 5:25:18 am PDT #2544 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Davis has been a stage actor-singer-dancer for years. She was in the Broadway "Beauty and the Beast." I have no idea why she auditioned for a "presenter"'s slot with a traveling tv makeover show. The schedule can't be any better. Money, maybe?

Ah, thanks. And yeah, I'd bet on the steady money.


Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2004 6:07:02 am PDT #2545 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Bale also has the advantage of what is, except in name, the kind of cult usually associated with fringe religious leaders. After 8 years of Buffy fandom, I can say that I've never seen a Kitten or Spike apologist that strikes me as being so fanatical as the more extreme Bale-heads.

DiCaprio better be glad he got talked out of the American Psycho role by Christian's stepmother rather than some of Bale's less stable fans showing up in his home late one night after hearing that he took the part.


Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2004 6:14:04 am PDT #2546 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I was going to say, when people say to me "a Denzel Washington movie", my brain jumps to Courage Under Fire -- upstanding man with integrity unravels his own Secret Pain while unraveling the central mystery. Considering it wasn't a hit, I'm surprised that's what comes to mind, and the discussion so far has come up with plenty of other roles Denzel has taken. Still, that's what sticks in my mind.

Which, coincidentally, was also a non-traditional Meg Ryan movie (and Matt Damon's first big role, at least with critics).


Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2004 6:17:33 am PDT #2547 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

DiCaprio better be glad he got talked out of the American Psycho role by Christian's stepmother rather than some of Bale's less stable fans showing up in his home late one night after hearing that he took the part.

I don't even want to contemplate what kind of fan stuff Bale got sent for that movie. The Huey Lewis and Phil Collins cds alone would be enough to send me over the edge.


Nutty - Aug 09, 2004 6:21:33 am PDT #2548 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Matt Damon's first big role, at least with critics

I remember watching that movie and not recognizing he was the same guy as in (the bad western) Geronimo. Some of the books I've worked on quote him when they talk about anorexia, because AFAIk he's one of the few cases of "professional" anorexia who (a) did it the wrong way and became a head case, (b) snapped out of it without becoming tabloid fodder, and (c) has talked about the psychological aspects openly.

Also, I mean, what textbook doesn't want to quote movie stars?


Jesse - Aug 09, 2004 6:23:24 am PDT #2549 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, he's talked in interviews about how he thought Lou Diamond Phillips was so fat, while they were filming.


sumi - Aug 09, 2004 6:58:50 am PDT #2550 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Was that because he was doing that weirdo dieting to look like a heroin addict?


Sean K - Aug 09, 2004 7:15:11 am PDT #2551 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

the other (heretofore known as the "right" camp, as it's the one I'm in) feels that it doesn't work as satire because the commentary needs to be read into it, rather than being there to be understood. For the right camp, it's a flat sci-fi film loaded with dull 2-D characters.

I cannot accept Starship Troopers as satire because I don't think it can actually be satire if you're in favor of the fetishized fascism presented in the movie, as the writer and director seem to be.

Although I do like to watch it and point and laugh, as I do with many baaaad big budget movies. ID4 falls into this category for me as well.

I was going to say, when people say to me "a Denzel Washington movie", my brain jumps to Courage Under Fire --

I'm kind of with Jesse and Nutty in the type of character that springs to mind when I think of Denzel films. Sure, it's maybe lately not supported by the facts, but people's feelings and impressions rarely are.

Also, if the Denzel movie departs from that upstanding-man-of-honor image, I'm not disappointed, but probably intruigued, and will still be interested in seeing it.


§ ita § - Aug 09, 2004 7:17:44 am PDT #2552 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Then you're in luck, Sean. Last interview I read says he much prefers the bad guy, and wants to do that for a while.