Lyra, you didn't see LA Confidential? Love that movie.
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Lyra, you didn't see LA Confidential?
I did, but I have no memory of it other than that it was really well-done, visually, and that Kim Basinger was stunning. I couldn't tell you who the actors in it were without checking IMDB.
Guy Pierce was SO 3rd Season Buffy-era Wesley in that, only with mobsters instead of vampires.
You're not wrong, Matt. I saw he was a little hottie under that doofus exterior...
I just think Pierce is too skinny for Bond. I don't picture Bond as looking lean and hungry.
I can't imagine why they would cast Bana over Jackman, until I remember how few Bond movies I've actually bothered to see in the theater. It occurs to me that I may not be their target demographic.
I couldn't tell you who the actors in it were without checking IMDB.
Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Spacey. Goddamn, that's a great movie.
I just think Pierce is too skinny for Bond. I don't picture Bond as looking lean and hungry.
But Pierce never looked like that until LA Confidential, I don't think. He could bulk back up a little.
Just got back from seeing Casablanca at Memphis' grand old Orpheum Theatre. I think the scales may be balanced for that long list of craptacular movies I've seen this year. It was just so beautiful, and so unexpectedly funny.
I know for a fact it's magic—even the mewling brats that crawled over the seat backs to sit beside me a minute before showtime quieted down and watched it almost silently.
I love Guy Pearce's intensity. I'd like to see something new from Bond. But then again, I liked Dalton. ETA: IIRC he was funny in Memento. At least I remember that movie being pretty funny.