My theory on Keanu is that he can't act very well, but he (or his agent or whoever) is damn good at choosing projects.
Reports from ComicCon seem to indicate that Constantine will change your mind about the second part.
Saffron: You won't tell anyone about me breaking down? Mal: I won't. Saffron: Then I won't tell anyone how easily I got your gun out of your holster. Mal: I'll take that as a kindness.
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Jessica - Sep 03, 2004 5:20:00 am PDT #3495 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2004 5:25:06 am PDT #3496 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
My last roommate in college and I are the only people we know who thought that Keanu was perfect in Dracula, because his character -- Jonathan Harker -- is *supposed* to be a wimpy dork.
We based that conclusion on repeated viewings of Nosferatu, for the record.
alienprayer - Sep 03, 2004 5:28:41 am PDT #3497 of 10001
Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others. -Bierce
I have heard nothing about the production, but I doubt I will be able to buy Keanu as the protagonist of A Scanner Darkly. Or Winona as the girl, or Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey Jr as his roommates.
My own theory is that the film was cast by a deaf mute.
§ ita § - Sep 03, 2004 5:30:00 am PDT #3498 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jonathan Harker -- is *supposed* to be a wimpy dork
But was he supposed to be a wimpy wooden dork with a lousy accent?
Steph L. - Sep 03, 2004 5:32:35 am PDT #3499 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Jonathan Harker -- is *supposed* to be a wimpy dork
But was he supposed to be a wimpy wooden dork with a lousy accent?
I could actually buy wooden as part of the character.
Point on the lousy accent, though.
tommyrot - Sep 03, 2004 5:39:35 am PDT #3500 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.
Tom Waits was my favorite actor in that movie.
Gary Oldman's Dracula was just... weird.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 03, 2004 5:43:20 am PDT #3501 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Tom Waits was my favorite actor in that movie.
Master, I've been....naughty!
Kate P. - Sep 03, 2004 5:44:47 am PDT #3502 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I thought Keanu was perfect for The Matrix because he dumbed down all the high-concept stuff to the audience level (esp. in the second one). "Blah blah philosophy blah blah metaphysics", and Keanu's all, "Oh, so you mean blah". He's like ADiversion!Legolas, but actually useful.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 03, 2004 5:46:29 am PDT #3503 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
In non-Keanu news, I finally got around to catching Takeshi Kitano's ZATOICHI, and I must say, Jim was right. I appologize again to anyone who may have read my post before the spoiler got white-fonted, and thank ita again for getting that done since I didn't get back in a timely manner.
Definitely the most delightfully strange samurai movie I've ever seen.
lisah - Sep 03, 2004 5:47:44 am PDT #3504 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Tom Waits was my favorite actor in that movie.
I really want Tom Waits to be in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel. Like, a lot.
Should I pay $100 to go to the premiere of the new John Waters movie? It's for a good cause...