According to the story the kid who plays Iceman was cast for Jimmy Olsen but because he's contractual obligated to 2 more X movies he wasn't released -- supposedly there is a timing conflict.
Hello! Cast his twin brother!
she's apperantly gotten pissy over her diminished roll
And I am pissy about her being crap. So it's equitable.
From IMDB:
Hollywood beauty Jennifer Garner wants to quit acting to pursue other career prospects. The 32-year-old Elektra actress has hinted she will not stay in the movie-making profession for much longer - instead she wants to expand her horizons and fulfill other career goals. She says, "I want a graduate degree, I want to be a business woman, an investment banker, a writer, a pianist. I really wish I could cook. I've never had specific goals in life. I don't say, 'I'd like my next step to be this', and then write it down and go after it. Actually, I don't write anything down. I just think things to myself and they actually start to happen. So watch out."
I wonder if that'll ever happen.
I watched some old Howard Hughes newsreel footage today, and am now even more impressed with Leo's performance in The Aviator. His physicality was absolutely dead-on.
I watched some old Howard Hughes newsreel footage today, and am now even more impressed with Leo's performance in The Aviator. His physicality was absolutely dead-on.
Leo was damn good in GILBERT GRAPE and THIS BOY'S LIFE, so it's nice to hear he seems to be recovering from his close encounters of the iceburg kind. I heard good things about CATCH ME IF YOU CAN both in terms of him and Speilberg. I should probably check that out at some point.
Catch Me If You Can was a lot of fun. Definitely worth a rental.
I saw Catch Me if You Can and was entertained. I can't abide Leo and I was kind of tired of Tom Hanks (even though I usually enjoy him), but I still found the movie enjoyable. I liked the period caper feel of it.
Speaking of Tom Hanks, I'm told that the original script for Saving Private Ryan is significantly different and much more meaningful and entertaining than the theatrical release. Can anyone confirm that, and if so, have any ideas about how to get one's hands on a copy?
Catch Me If You Can was a lot of fun.
Cool. I also heard that John Williams redeemed himself for a lot of his past transgressions on that one. Plus it sounded like they gave both Tom Hanks and Christopher Walken something to do besides their usual schticks.
I also heard that John Williams redeemed himself for a lot of his past transgressions on that one.
I'll note that John Williams started his career doing very crime-jazz Mancini-type scores. So I think it was a return for him to mid-sixties style jaunty pop-jazz instrumentals.
I'll note that John Williams started his career doing very crime-jazz Mancini-type scores.
Heh, yeah. MST3K did a film called DADDY-O that had Johnny Williams doing the soundtrack. With the "immortal" Dick Contino in the lead.
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
I wasn't crazy about the soundtrack, to be honest. I know it got a lot of praise, but I thought it called way too much attention to itself, rather than grounding/supporting the film.
Huh. Well that certainly sounds like John Williams' m.o.
Just as a side-discussion, do you object to soundtracks calling attention to themselves in general, or is it a case specific thing?
With me it's definitely case specific, because certain movies I adore (the mid-period works of Dario Argento for instance) that have what could almost be called "foreground" scores.
