They could have at least tried to age her up a bit. I mean, Angela Lansbury played Lawrence Harvey's mom in Manchurian Candidate, and she was only three years older than him, but they gave her some decent middle-aged makeup and it really worked. Instead, Stone goes for the glam-mom look, and all I'll probably do is mock the screen as a result.
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
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Kathy A - Nov 19, 2004 11:07:13 am PST #6018 of 10001
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Jessica - Nov 19, 2004 11:08:44 am PST #6019 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I don't mind if they leave things out, but if they change things I'm going to be very, very unhappy.
This is Oliver Stone we're talking about. I'm not sure historical accuracy is high on his list of priorities. (At the very least, "Use at least 50,000 different film stocks" and "If the audience isn't seeing spots by the end of the first battle scene, fire the editor" are higher up.)
Personally, I'm not expecting much more than loudness and really bad hair. And probably some entertaining shouting.
Jessica - Nov 19, 2004 11:10:51 am PST #6020 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh -- the featured user review on IMDB begins:
This was the most wretchedly boring, insulting, and heavy handed hunk of three hour filth that I am likely to see this year. This is the kind of film which ruins careers and bankrupts movie studios. In a theater of 250 people, all of whom got in free, I heard not one single positive comment... I would rather tear out my own eyes and use them as earplugs than watch this film again. And I get the feeling 249 people would agree with me. We're deep into "Manos: the Hands of Fate" territory with this one. Bad, bad, and bad some more.
Jars - Nov 19, 2004 11:12:51 am PST #6021 of 10001
Personally, I'm not expecting much more than loudness and really bad hair. And probably some entertaining shouting.
Why must they fuck with the (literal) Classics? Why?
I tried to round up a Classics posse to get belligerent with after Troy, but most of them were happy enough to just look at the pretty man-flesh on display. Wars and queers, indeed.
Connie Neil - Nov 19, 2004 11:21:34 am PST #6022 of 10001
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tried to round up a Classics posse to get belligerent with after Troy, but most of them were happy enough to just look at the pretty man-flesh on display
Oh, yeah ....
Oh, the story! Yeah, liberties everywhere, unforgiveable ...
Look, Orlando's nekkid ...
P.M. Marc - Nov 19, 2004 11:22:18 am PST #6023 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I mean, Angela Lansbury played Lawrence Harvey's mom in Manchurian Candidate, and she was only three years older than him, but they gave her some decent middle-aged makeup and it really worked.
The makeup helps, but a large part of that was just her face. I've seen her in roles where she's 21, playing her age, and still looks almost the same as she did in The Manchurian Candidate, and not too far from how she looked on Murder, She Wrote.
Betsy HP - Nov 19, 2004 11:23:23 am PST #6024 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Wars and queers, indeed.
Full quote?
Calli - Nov 19, 2004 11:41:26 am PST #6025 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm so glad that my Oliver Stone hate-on has removed all chances of me ever seeing his version of Alexander. It sounds like it's saving me even more sorrow than I'd thought. (The bombast and etc., not the gay. I'm all for Alexander as gay. OK, bi.)
Jars - Nov 19, 2004 11:58:08 am PST #6026 of 10001
Full quote?
Oh, there isn't one. It's just one of those things that people say about Classics. Offensive, yes. A wee bit true? Also yes.
Gandalfe - Nov 19, 2004 11:59:46 am PST #6027 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Well the Macedonians were sort of the Irish of the Greeks...
And the Irish are the blacks of Europe. So, say it now, and say it loud, "I'm black, and I'm proud!"