'Heart Of Gold'
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I think Tobey Maguire is funnylooking, and is way too old for his repertoire of "I am only a high school boy and totally boggled by this big world" tricks, but do not actively hate him.
I think he is most effective when he is playing disaffected stoner, and is quite ineffective as The Hero.
Netflix has just emailed me that Ned Kelly is on it's way to my house!
I was behind 1500 posts here but just threadsucked to see if there was any talk of Garden State and.... nothin'!
I saw it Sunday and loved it. Parts of it felt too cliché, especially the ending, and parts seemed a bit too "clever", but there are so many great individual moments, that the bits I didn't like seem trivial in comparison.
I also saw the Metallica movie. My new favorite word is "stock".
I want to see Garden State but so far it looks like it's not playing here -- just in a few theatres in Chicago and the north 'burbs.
is way too old for his repertoire of "I am only a high school boy and totally boggled by this big world" tricks
That's the key. I liked it in Pleasantville, but it got really, really old (as did he) by Spider-Man 2.
He did a good job in Ride with the Devil, portraying a kid aged too quickly by horrors in the Civil War.
I'm excited to see Garden State despite a pretty disgusting story I read in a British pub. this morning (I love me some www.google.news, but sorry, lost the link).
Apparently, filming was kicked out of a particular suburban house when the resident found a loaf of human excrement in the bathtub. The story used a much more colorful word.
If a movie crew asks to use your house/office/barn? Run, do not walk away from the deal. I've never heard a good story in the aftermath.
Of course, crew behavior ≠ movie quality.
Good Will Hunting used space in my mother's church, paid them a ton of money, and were, apparently, lovely. t /anecdotal evidence
"turd"
eta: I'm glad to hear the anecdotal evidence Jesse, cuz I want to imagine it's a great experience.
etaa: There is something very wonky about the femalefirst site. It makes my browser have emotional problems. But, yes, that was the source of the story, except that this morning, both the text and the headline featured the word 'turd'.