Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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"My view is that you should always do remakes of failures. Then you've got nowhere to go but up, you know? They can't say, 'Well, it's not as good as the original, you made a piece of crap. They'd just say, 'What a piece of crap that was,' anyway."
Let's start with David Mamet rewriting that TV minisieres with Phoebe Cates. What was it? Lace?
WEECH WAN OF YOU BEECHES EES MY MOTHAR!!!
See? Toms knows.
I don't know if I've ever seen Scola go for the asscaps before, even for comic effect.
I know. That seemed very loud for Tom. And therefore hilarious to imagine.
For Mamet, I believe that would be
WHICH FUCKING ONE OF YOU FUCKING BITCHES IS MY MOTHERFUCKER?!?!??!
Ha!!
I've got a pounding headache from so many large anvils being dropped right on my noggin.
That is my assessment of the horse movie, too. Having watched the American Experience episode about Seabiscuit, I found the movie dull, obvious, and deeply lame. (Also, Tobey Maguire couldn't look period if he tried. He didn't.)
you should always do remakes of failures.
I am so glad that someone in Hollywood agrees with me. For this, I forgive Michael Caine Beyond the Poseidon Adventure and Jaws: The Revenge.
That is my assessment of the horse movie, too. Having watched the American Experience episode about Seabiscuit, I found the movie dull, obvious, and deeply lame.
When I first saw it in the theater, I thought it was above average due to the pretty cinematography and the well-staged horse races. Other than that, it didn't stick out for me. When I saw it the second time on a cross-country plane ride, the tiny screen negated the pretty pictures and emphasized how utterly lame the storyline and dialogue were. Definitely a movie that suffers on the small screen.
(Also, Tobey Maguire couldn't look period if he tried. He didn't.)
I read an article in the past few months that said that the only male lead actor that can convincingly pull off a period role was Russell Crowe. I'd have to add Liam Neeson to that list, but couldn't really think of too many more. From the current batch of Hollywood Hunks, I'd say Christian Bale (as seen in Little Women, he can pull off the waistcoats and more elegant manners of the past) and Johnny Depp (as seen in Neverland). Orlando needs to age more before he can pull of the he-man approach.
Orlando needs to age more before he can pull of the he-man approach.
Orlando may need to age before he call pull of the now-man approach.
I think a lot of English actors are more practiced at it, since they have a hell of a lot of period TV compared to the US.
couldn't really think of too many more
Colin Firth.
Orlando may need to age before he call pull of the now-man approach
Bwah!
He is a delicate wee boylet.