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
Gwen: Demon, OK? The whole nine—cloven feet and horns and teeth. He wasn't wearing lamé though. Lorne: Yeah, the evil ones can't pull it off. It gets camp.
'Harm's Way'
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§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:11:11 am PST #9444 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 8:49:41 am PST #9445 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
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
Fred Pete - Feb 28, 2005 8:51:48 am PST #9446 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Betsy, I'd add Renee Zellwegger as box office bait. And has Harrison Ford's day passed?
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:52:35 am PST #9447 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean Connery? These days? I don't think so.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 8:54:36 am PST #9448 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
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.
Lyra Jane - Feb 28, 2005 8:55:44 am PST #9449 of 10001
Up with the sun
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.
Scrappy - Feb 28, 2005 8:56:08 am PST #9450 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Will Smith?
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:57:44 am PST #9451 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Hanks.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 8:58:46 am PST #9452 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"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.
Sean K - Feb 28, 2005 9:00:45 am PST #9453 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Betsy, I'd add Renee Zellwegger as box office bait.
Lately, I'd say Zellwegger isn't in the same class as Cruise or Roberts, if she ever was. And though Sean is usually a big draw, I wouldn't put him on that list either.
Which is so far leaving me with a list with all of two people on it.