'Out Of Gas'
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1) I thought Clive already gave an unequivocal "nuh uh" to Bond.
2) I think there needs to be a bylaw that men with tanned buttcheeks may not be Bond; and that goes double when aforementioned tanned buttcheeks are on my television screen unasked-for.
George Lazenby is Australian.
I know.
I was snarking on a purity of Bond discussion that happened upthread. Somewhere around here: evil jimi "Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned" Dec 3, 2004 8:51:25 am PST
So, assume Chris Rock is right and there are only four stars: Who are they? (I'm going to allow four of each gender because I'm nice that way.) Who make movies into must-sees, no matter how awful the movie?
Tom Cruise
Sean Connery
Julia (ugh) Roberts
Betsy, I'd add Renee Zellwegger as box office bait. And has Harrison Ford's day passed?
Sean Connery? These days? I don't think so.
Oh, damn. I have to include Jim Carrey, because the evidence is that he can open a really, really bad movie and make it a hit.
ita's right about The Sean, alas.
Do people go to see movies just because Renee Zellweger is in them? It wouldn't surprise me, though I fail to see her charm.
On the female side, I'd add Nicole Kidman and Halle Berry. For men, I think of Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Keanu Reeves.
Will Smith?
Tom Hanks.
"Movie Star" to me is about more than opening a movie. You've got to be the kind of person people stop to stare at on the street, too.