'Lessons'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
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.
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.
At least Orli has played more than one character.
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.
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).
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).
She wasn't in A Knight's Tale, and I bet Bend It Like Beckham made a huge relative profit.
Okay, I kid because I love. I just hope his agent is the highest paid in the industry. He's fucking genius.
Seriously. Bloom the only Rings person at the Oscars (presenting, no less!)? Incredible.
Also Love, Actually (which I wouldn't call another person's movie, exactly, but it definitely wasn't hers). We'll have to see how well she does with Pride and Prejudice.
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Bend It Like Beckham
Ah! Forgot about that one.]
She wasn't in A Knight's Tale
I am sooo embarrassed. That was Shannyn Sossamon.
However, I shall hastily rebound to claim that any actor who can be mistaken for another actor is not a Star. Of course, this wipes out Kirsten Dunst and Reese Witherspoon, but I'm good with that.
Keira Knightly is a hot property, but not a star. Cruise can get a movie made just by agreeing to be in it. That's a true star (to the Studios--not to me. I think he's blah). They greenlight his pictures because people will go to a "Tom Cruise" movie here and in Europe and Latin America. He is the deciding factor--not the plot or genre or director.