I've read a couple reviews that have singled him out as one of the best things in an underwhelming movie.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
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Dana - Mar 21, 2005 8:06:39 am PST #422 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Kate P. - Mar 21, 2005 8:09:24 am PST #423 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal makes sense to me, I suppose, although not as #1. I'm a little appalled that Pretty Woman is on there, though. Don't know who I'd choose--I think I've missed out on a lot of the classic romantic movies, so I'd vote for pairings like Franka Potente and Matt Damon in The Bourne Identity, or Angela Bassett and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days. Or, you know, Sam and Frodo.
Hey Dana, I don't know if you stay current in the Music thread these days, but I posted in there a couple days ago about Tracy Grammer's new album--thought you'd be interested. Definitely pick up a copy when you can.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:10:52 am PST #424 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've read a couple reviews that have singled him out as one of the best things in an underwhelming movie.
He's probably due for a write up in Cintra Wilson's series on Undervalued Character Actors.
Alicia K - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:20 am PST #425 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Several people in the audience (myself included) exclaimed "Lumberg!" when Gary Cole showed up in The Ring Two.
Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:54 am PST #426 of 10002
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Meg Ryan makes me want to shoot things.
Dana - Mar 21, 2005 8:13:00 am PST #427 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Thanks, Kate. I owe myself a big music buy, maybe when I graduate. I'll put it on the list.
§ ita § - Mar 21, 2005 8:13:12 am PST #428 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Angela Bassett and Ralph Fiennes in Strange Days
There's a couple I can get really enthusiastic about.
Oh. No. I've found my pairing: Li Mu Bai/Yu Shu Lien in CTHD. I can't think of a topper.
Scrappy - Mar 21, 2005 8:14:23 am PST #429 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Come on, people, Hepburn/Grant in Philadelphia Story.
Few of the noir pairings work as great couples, because they may have the Hot Hot Lovin' but usually one of them is playing the other and there is no actual love there.
Vonnie K - Mar 21, 2005 8:14:48 am PST #430 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Grace Kelly/Cary Grant scenes in To Catch a Thief are all pretty damn hot. And OMG that scene in On the Waterfront where Brando and Eva Marie Saint have that heartbreaking row and he kisses her and they slide down the wall, weeping. It kills me.
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:16:28 am PST #431 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Meg Ryan makes me want to shoot things.
Yeah but so do spiders.
Speaking of noir, JZ watched the original Postman Always Rings Twice with me recently and the legendary Lana Turner/John Garfield chemistry was entirely on display. They're like crazed weasels - you can tell they're about an inch away from pouncing on each other in every scene.