Marina Sirtis was at DragonCon this year, and she's a riot in person. I always feel bad disliking characters after I see the actors being cool and funny and likeable.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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Dana - Dec 14, 2005 7:07:57 pm PST #9183 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Scrappy - Dec 14, 2005 8:40:27 pm PST #9184 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We just saw The Producers. So. Much. Fun. It's very much like a fimed version of the play with some nice bells and whistles thrown in. But since the play was great, the movie is lots of fun. We were at a press screening and there was even applause after some numbers. I am a big ole musical geek, so I loved every minute.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 15, 2005 8:07:11 am PST #9185 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
Yeah, she was a complete riot when she came to Memphis years ago. Even the character had occasional glimmers of being worthwhile, but they were few and far between.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2005 11:17:46 am PST #9186 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So JZ and I watched China Seas the other night. Big 30s action drama romance starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Gable and Harlow were all star power and chemistry (though not particularly nuanced in their acting), and the story reminded me mostly of a Firefly episode. It also had Wallace Beery (which brought Barton Fink to mind) and a young Rosalind Russell as The Proper British Widow. (Her acting was both nuanced and nicely scene stealing in a few places.)
Classic thirties Hollywood, but excellent storytelling with big consequences and character-revealed-in-action and stuff like that.
Fred Pete - Dec 15, 2005 11:19:30 am PST #9187 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
It didn't hurt that Gable and Harlow were the team of the '30s.
Even if Harlow was miscast in anything where she couldn't throw a tantrum. (Which, IIRC, is true of China Seas, correct?)
DavidS - Dec 15, 2005 11:22:03 am PST #9188 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Even if Harlow was miscast in anything where she couldn't throw a tantrum. (Which, IIRC, is true of China Seas, correct?)
She threw several. And kept breaking JZ's heart with her character's emotional nakedness. You could really see how Harlow was that rare sex bomb who also appealed greatly to women. She's both glamorous and very down to earth and likeable.
Scrappy - Dec 15, 2005 12:11:17 pm PST #9189 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I ADORE her in Red Dust, also with Gable.
Sean K - Dec 15, 2005 12:30:43 pm PST #9190 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
a young Rosalind Russell
My GF made me watch The Women a few weeks ago, with Rosalind Russell, Norma Shearer, and Joan Crawford. Entirely female cast, all about gossip and infidelity.
And fashion. Horrible, horrible fashion.
Still, it was quite enjoyable. B&W with a color section in the middle, highlighting some of the awful vintage fashion.
erikaj - Dec 15, 2005 1:51:52 pm PST #9191 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I still like "His Girl Friday" better.(Duh. Journalism grad, right?) Actually, I liked the first half of the Women and thought it was funny, but it fell apart in the middle. But the thirties audience hadn't seen "Heathers" ever, so I expect I have different expectations than them.
Aims - Dec 15, 2005 1:58:45 pm PST #9192 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
lurves erika even more than I do.
It's one of my favorite films ever.
"He looks like that film actor - what's his name? - Ralph Bellamy."
Makes me howl with laughter every. time.