That is, literally, everything I remember about that movie.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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erikaj - Jan 19, 2005 6:13:02 am PST #8013 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 6:24:35 am PST #8014 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus, don't you get to see Denzel in his boxers within the first 10 minutes or so of the movie?
Right, facing of against Lithgow in a hostage situation at an amusement park.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 19, 2005 6:31:25 am PST #8015 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
Snipes in KING OF NEW YORK, now, would have been a decent example, although a much smaller role.
He certainly played against his own type in To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, though I wouldn't exactly say that the role itself involved no stereotypes.
(I still wish Reynolds had thought of screening that movie for the cast and crew to break Snipes out of the Blade mystique on set. Or possibly spur him to homicide—either option would have resulted in a better film.)
Wasn't Ice Cube the cook with a parrot who survived in Deep Blue Sea?
Frankenbuddha - Jan 19, 2005 6:34:09 am PST #8016 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wasn't Ice Cube the cook with a parrot who survived in Deep Blue Sea?
Nope, LL Cool J, who's had some odd roles as well (Toys as Robin Williams cousin, anyone?).
(I still wish Reynolds had thought of screening that movie for the cast and crew to break Snipes out of the Blade mystique on set. Or possibly spur him to homicide—either option would have resulted in a better film.)
Heh, I was thinkning of Wong Foo during the Snipes discussion. I wonder what he thinks of it now.
Polter-Cow - Jan 19, 2005 6:36:24 am PST #8017 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wasn't Ice Cube the cook with a parrot who survived in Deep Blue Sea?
As Frank pointed out, that was LL Cool J. He also wasn't Ace Ventura's cop buddy, that was Tone Loc.
Alibelle - Jan 19, 2005 7:32:08 am PST #8018 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Nope, LL Cool J, who's had some odd roles as well (Toys as Robin Williams cousin, anyone?
I loved that movie. It was great. Wonderful soundtrack, too.
Fred Pete - Jan 19, 2005 7:34:31 am PST #8019 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Toys as Robin Williams cousin, anyone?
I originally read this as "Robbie Williams." Which also works in context.
Connie Neil - Jan 19, 2005 7:34:50 am PST #8020 of 10001
brillig
Toys is one of the most wonderful, under-rated movies in the world.
edit: "He's very good. It's hard to match that fabric."
And no one blinks at LL being the cousin.
I need to rent that, except I sob uncontrollably during the battle of the toys.
Alibelle - Jan 19, 2005 7:46:57 am PST #8021 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
I need to rent that, except I sob uncontrollably during the battle of the toys.
Rent? Please. I need to own it. Though I sob, too. How awesome is Joan Cusack, in it, though? So awesome.
Steph L. - Jan 19, 2005 7:53:08 am PST #8022 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Toys is one of the most wonderful, under-rated movies in the world.
SUCH a brilliant, subversive movie. Plus -- Joan Cusack! "Red usually means danger. Or beef, if it's a boullion cube."