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.
Orlando may need to age before he call pull of the now-man approach
Bwah!
He is a delicate wee boylet.
I just realized (by looking it up on imdb) that I was 11 when I saw Lace...the miniseries. Older than I thought.
However, I had read the (racier) book before I saw it.
Goash that story was fascinating to me at that age. Now, NSM.
Geoffrey Rush has been in a lot of different historical period films (SiL, Quills, Pirates to name a few).
I'm trying to think of any other Americans other than Johnny Depp, and sad to say, not many others come to mind. Robert Downey, Jr., maybe (Restoration)? I'd like to see Liev Schreiber in something more period than 1969 (A Walk on the Moon)--I've heard he's amazing doing Shakespeare on stage.
Joseph Fiennes can do no other than period. Daniel Day-Lewis, of course.
Speaking of bad sequels, I just saw this over at Mutant Reviewers from Hell:
- The author of the Jaws novel said at a recent convention that Jaws 5 was moving forward. We're gonna need a bigger movie library.
- Garfield 2 is marching forward, and Bill Murray looks likely to return as the fat cat's voice.
- Hugh Jackman will be one of the producers for Wolverine, the X-Men spinoff set to film after X-Men 3 wraps.
- Underworld 2 has been pushed back to a January 2006 release.
- Due to spectacularly bad pre-reviews and word of mouth, the remake of The Pink Panther with Steve Martin has been officially "postponed" for the time being.
- Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes will be directing The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines.
- Calistia Flockhart is in talks to be in Indiana Jones 4.
In two words, James Cromwell.
