I choose to believe it was because people wanted to see Morgan Freeman play God.
Uh, remember the trailer with the whole I GOT DE POWER - BOMP! with the skirt flying up in the air? I'm guessing that had appeal in certain quarters.
You're like my fairy godmother, and Santa Claus, and Q all wrapped up into one! Q from Bond, not Star Trek.
Buffy ,'Help'
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JohnSweden - Feb 28, 2005 10:24:43 am PST #9501 of 10001
I can't even.
Lyra Jane - Feb 28, 2005 10:29:05 am PST #9502 of 10001
Up with the sun
Tangent break, but has any documentary ever even been nominated for best picture at the Oscars? I'm trying to explain to someone elsewhere on the Internet that it wasn't a slam on Michael Moore that he didn't get a best picture nomination, but rather a question of genre -- Moore gambled all-or-nothing for a best picture, and lost, which he probably should have foreseen, because they don't ever nominate docs in that category and I doubt F911 was so much better than every single documentary made in the last 77 years that it could jump that hurdle.
It would be helpful if I was not crazy wrong.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2005 10:32:51 am PST #9503 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Someone wake me when the only 4 real stars in Hollywood aren't 4 people who 9 times out of 10 make me run screaming from the theatre.
Me, too. (Have all 4 ever appeared in the same movie? I'm assuming no, because that would be one hell of a weird movie.)
Tom Scola - Feb 28, 2005 10:40:04 am PST #9504 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Have all 4 ever appeared in the same movie?
That would cost about $100 million before even shooting a frame of film.
Steph L. - Feb 28, 2005 10:42:16 am PST #9505 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Tom! My cell phone informed me that I missed a call from you last night! I was in the grocery store when I heard the annoying beep that lets me know I missed a call, and when I checked the phone, I said "Oh -- I missed Tom! DAMN IT!" loudly enough to make the deli lady look up.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 10:45:43 am PST #9506 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There is no shit he has not thrown on the wall (sometimes, his acting skill elevates a crappy project into bizarre fun!), so it's not exactly a surprise that some of it has stuck.
And yet, Samuel J has made more. He needs better shitflingers, plus a franchise or two.
Funniest thing on that list is Anthony Daniels with his 6 movies, and Orlando Bloom with 8. THAT'S how you pick your work.
Alibelle - Feb 28, 2005 11:15:04 am PST #9507 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
According to that list, Keira Knightley is the only female movie star.
I could live with that, and I don't even have anything in particular against Julia.
Jesse - Feb 28, 2005 11:17:04 am PST #9508 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
At least Orli has played more than one character.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 11:19:52 am PST #9509 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At least Orli has played more than one character.
I can go as far as agreeing he's played characters with different hair ...
Okay, I kid because I love. I just hope his agent is the highest paid in the industry. He's fucking genius.
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 11:20:01 am PST #9510 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
According to that list, Keira Knightley is the only female movie star.
Yes, but so far she's been baggage in other people's movies (A KNIGHT'S TALE, KING ARTHUR) and franchise movies (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN).