Hey, Lestat was showing some good family values there!
The family that slays together, stays together?
Too easy.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 09, 2004 3:45:12 pm PDT #2626 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Fred Pete - Aug 09, 2004 5:00:25 pm PDT #2627 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
You knew what you were getting from a Humphrey Bogart perfomance; you knew what to expect from a Jimmy Stewart performance. (Except for that one Thin Man movie). The joy was in seeing how you got there. Both of them were fine and effective actors, as well as iconic movie stars.
I might add Rope for Jimmy Stewart.
But part of the issue is that things have changed a great deal since the heyday of the Bogarts and Stewarts in two interrelated ways. Back then, the studio controlled the stars -- and tended to pigeonhole stars in formulas that worked. Warners wouldn't let Bogart be a romantic lead or comic foil because audiences liked him as a tough guy.
Also, the studios worked their stars. Filming only took a couple months, and it wasn't unusual for stars to make several movies a year and dozens in a career. Counting bit parts, uncrediteds, and the like, Bogart made over 75 movies -- and Stewart over 90. (Loretta Young -- over 100.) That pace isn't going to happen today. (ETA: By contrast, Collateral is only Cruise's 27th.)
sumi - Aug 09, 2004 5:04:42 pm PDT #2628 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I'm watching Prime Suspect on BBC-America -- Comcast claims it from this year but David Thewlis, Helen Mirren and Ciaran Hinds all look suspiciously young. So, I go to the IMDB to see when it says that David Thewlis was in Prime Suspect . 1993. Huh.
And found an entry for this film by Terrence Malick about Jamestown with Christian Bale as John Rolfe, Colin Farrell as John Smith and Michael Greyeyes playing somebody named Wobblehead. Interesting.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2004 5:05:44 pm PDT #2629 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And there I was thinking I'd noticed you discussing something different from my starting point, Sean. It just looks like we have a different definition of icon. If icon isn't the word you use to describe what I've defined, switch icon in all my posts for what your word is.
I don't have the urge to defend my usage of the word -- it's lightly supported by dictionaries and things like icons in UIs, but it's hardly worth going to war over.
So, to be clear -- got nothing to argue with you about. Just defining my terms.
Robin, did you feel the lack of his penis?
JZ - Aug 09, 2004 5:08:12 pm PDT #2630 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
tommyrot - Aug 09, 2004 5:16:23 pm PDT #2631 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Robin, did you feel the lack of his penis?
Robin felt-up a eunuch?
Kat - Aug 09, 2004 5:38:23 pm PDT #2632 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Robin, did you feel the lack of his penis?
I haven't seen it and I feel the lack of CF's penis.
Scrappy - Aug 09, 2004 6:06:46 pm PDT #2633 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I ALWAYS feel the lack of CF's penis, ita. But didn't think it was needed in the film--there is enough emotional nudity, if you see what I mean. Plus a pretty pretty shot of CF walking down the hall which reveals the torso down to millimeters of the aforesaid member.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2004 6:07:31 pm PDT #2634 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
Eh, if I feel an overpowering need to see that, I'll go rent Tigerland. I'm far more concerned with his handling the emotional requirements of the role, which it sounds as if he's done superbly.
x-post with Robin.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 09, 2004 9:04:45 pm PDT #2635 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
banana:
I just finished watching my DVD of Aaron Vanek's short film The Yellow Sign that he was kind enough to send me. Very good handling of mood via cinematography, and an interesting updating/re-imagining of the story, though the lead actor didn't work all that well for me.
However, the last thing you want to do when watching this movie (which includes a very creepy moving puppet in some sequences) is look up and realize your plush Cthulhu is no longer sitting where it's supposed to be.