The accent went in and out. And then at some point, I believe that he just stops trying.
Mom! Dead people are talking to you. Do the math!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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sumi - Oct 12, 2005 11:39:36 am PDT #7923 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2005 11:43:54 am PDT #7924 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I remember Cary Elwes busting on him in Robin Hood: Men in Tights about how, unlike some other Robin Hoods, he spoke with an English accent.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Oct 12, 2005 11:45:02 am PDT #7925 of 10002
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
a period ghost story I memfault on the name of
The Devil's Backbone. I think.
I'm writing this like I don't have the internet.
checks imdb
Yeah, The Devil's Backbone. T'was great fun.
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 11:45:52 am PDT #7926 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Y'know, I've never seen The Addiction. I'll have to track it down.
I loved Lili Taylor in it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 12, 2005 11:45:56 am PDT #7927 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
"He Who Sighs" from that creeped me out more than Samara did.
Sean K - Oct 12, 2005 11:46:26 am PDT #7928 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Cary Elwes is another Brit who can do a decent American, but it usually seems a little flat and generic.
bon bon - Oct 12, 2005 11:48:58 am PDT #7929 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Speaking of Bram Stoker's Dracula, did anyone else think in Wallace and Gromit the priest was a reference to Oldman's "old" Dracula?
Dana - Oct 12, 2005 11:50:47 am PDT #7930 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, The Devil's Backbone. T'was great fun.
Curse you for beating me too it. Not that I could remember the full name, so I was going "The Devil's...something with The Devil's..."
I really liked it. Creepy and poignant.
Jessica - Oct 12, 2005 12:23:48 pm PDT #7931 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Really? I didn't like Shadow of the Vampire that much.
Oh good, I thought I was the only one. I thought Defoe's performance was very...comitted. The movie itself was bland and repetitive.
Actually, I just remembered this terrific, fairly recent vampire movie from Mexico called Cronos. I saw it during the Midnight Madness screening in Toronto Film Festival about a decade ago and it left an impression. It went counter to a lot of tired convention of the genre by having the vampirism transmitted through a device, and the main victim be an old man. Good acting, too, if I recall.
Oh, I saw that for some reason! Probably because of Hellboy. It was good.
Night Watch is another recent good one, but it's only kind of about vampires.
Hayden - Oct 12, 2005 12:39:25 pm PDT #7932 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The Devil's Backbone is the only del Toro I've really liked.