Huh. Did we know Christopher Walken has overtaken Michael Caine as the man least likely to turn down a movie role?
They don't get to duke it out for that title until Christopher Lee is dead. He owns them both put together.
Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
'Safe'
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Mr. Broom - Jan 13, 2006 1:28:09 pm PST #9869 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 13, 2006 1:30:06 pm PST #9870 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
Lee's been in lots of movies over his long, long career, but there's a good chance of people on this board checking their family's old home movies and discovering Michael Caine in them.
Mr. Broom - Jan 13, 2006 1:37:09 pm PST #9871 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
True. Lee padded his resumé (227 on imdb, to Caine's 120 and Walken's 99) with just tons of films no one ever saw. My mother called him a film whore once, and that's strong language for my mum. Looking at the filmographies of the other two, there's a higher recognition percentage.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2006 1:48:13 pm PST #9872 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
- Lee has 227 movies over 58 years: 3.9/year
- Caine has 120 over 50: 2.4/year
- Walken edges Caine with 2.425/year
Very unscientific means, since I didn't take out TV listings except for Walken's first two.
P.M. Marc - Jan 13, 2006 1:53:01 pm PST #9873 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Lee padded his resumé (227 on imdb, to Caine's 120 and Walken's 99) with just tons of films no one ever saw.
Murder Story!
Which I've been feeling like making other people watch again, because I like to watch their faces when I show it to them.
Scrappy - Jan 14, 2006 9:32:10 pm PST #9874 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
HELP! We were at Munich tonight and there was a fire alarm near the end and they shut down the theater. What happens after Avner and Efraim meet in New York and walk along the river and Avner asks for proof that the men he killed really did what they said?
I think it is non-spoilery to say that Eric Bana is HAWT, as well as talented.
Nutty - Jan 15, 2006 4:47:01 am PST #9875 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Munich: what happens is, Efram is kind of a turd and won't say [argue argue argue about abstract nouns], and Avner dorkily says "We're a pair of Israelis in a foreign land, I have to ask you to break bread with my family," and Efram says no and walks away like a great big turd, and Avner is left standing there in Brooklyn alone, and the "what happened after" notes scroll.
You probably only missed about 2 minutes of the movie, but the implication in that scene is that they're arguing in a Brooklyn park that faces Manhattan, and you can see the Twin Towers in the background, and nothing is resolved and all will happen again.
Agree on liking Bana. The coolest thing was when his character was pretending to be German, you could hear his accent change. Double nerd points.
Volans - Jan 15, 2006 4:50:08 am PST #9876 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Finally saw Serenity. Heading off to threadsuck Firefly, unless Matt's found that DVD of Mal in a bathtub, in which case I'm going to Matt's.
Lee padded his resumé (227 on imdb, to Caine's 120 and Walken's 99) with just tons of films no one ever saw.
I just read a description of Sleepy Hollow that said "with Johnny Depp as Peter Cushing, Christina Ricci as Barbara Steele, and Christopher Walken as Christopher Lee."
DebetEsse - Jan 15, 2006 5:13:13 am PST #9877 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I can't believe that Martin Sheen (151 plus 85 tv [3/4 of which are not "himself"]) hasn't gotten into this conversation.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 15, 2006 7:21:40 am PST #9878 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
No DVD of Mal in a bathrub to be found, but based on this I wouldn't rule out Joss making one at some point.
Did we know Nathan's going to be the star of a new sci-fi/horror movie titled Slither that's opening in late March?