'A Hole in the World'
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I'm sick of HG in romantic comedies too. Surely he could do something else with his acting skillz? *Has* he done anything else?
he was in American Dreamz, but if you're looking for something GOOD to see him in, don't see that. it's truly one of the most awful movies i've ever seen.
Oh, maybe I should take it off my list.
I like HG in About A Boy and the Bridget Jones movies. He plays a good cad, doesn't he?
Oh, yeah...that same niche as Domenic West. "I'm a bastard, and I know it, but you love it anyway, right?" Except HG is less alcoholic-with-a-heart-of-gold.
So to delve into the modes and methods of the Republican side would make things quite a bit messier.
Right. The political aspect of the film was grossly oversimplified to say the least, and the characters were pretty much all archetypes, there to serve the theme of the fable (brilliantly, I may add.) Most of the moral ambiguity, I felt, lied with the fantastic elements.
It's interesting, because I feel like a lot of fantasy films/literature serve as allegories for real-life political/social/moral conflicts, whereas in Pan's Labyrinth, it was flipped the other way around.
Huh. That's a really interesting way to look at it, Vonnie. I didn't think of that.
That's what I love about this movie. I don't even know if del Toro made it this complex on purpose, but it just is.
I'm pretty sure Del Toro's not a filmmaker who's taken by surprise by unintended layers he wasn't aware of putting in his movies.
Andy Serkis talks about his role in Inkheart.
They're doing a remake of Christmas in Connecticut with Jennifer Garner.
ETA: Russell Crowe is going to be starring in a "revisionist remake" of Robin Hood.
Andy Serkis talks about his role in Inkheart.
Huh. I was guessing he'd be Dustfinger. Is that Paul Bettany?