He has an amazing scene where he is talking casually about his father's death when he was a kid and is trying to appear cool and and suddenly his eyes well up with unexpected tears. It's so real and vulnerable and just KILLED me.
Simon: I swear when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate.
'Jaynestown'
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Scrappy - Mar 01, 2007 9:46:05 am PST #7672 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Vonnie K - Mar 01, 2007 10:02:54 am PST #7673 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
James McAvoy! Usually I'm not into fey young men type, but he's lovely. I think I caught him first in the Children of Dune miniseries, but I recall being pleasantly surprised at how charismatic he was in the modernized Macbeth that aired in BBC a couple of years ago.
I've seen the trailer for Starter for 10, and it looked v. good. The brunette love interest was played by the actress who played Boden's wife from The Prestige, if I recall.
lisah - Mar 01, 2007 10:05:23 am PST #7674 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
it is romantic and well-acted and smart and funny and a lovely way to while away an afternoon.
Oh! That's good to know. The trailer made it seem like a total flashback to a vintage John Hughes movie (with a British twist) which could mean loads of fun or totally skipable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2007 11:39:54 am PST #7675 of 10001
"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 thought McAvoy was horrible in that Dune sequel miniseries, but he rivaled Tilda Swinton for Best Thing About the Movie in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and IMHO won the title outright over Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.
Laga - Mar 01, 2007 2:58:52 pm PST #7676 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think y'all can skip The Black Dahlia if you haven't seen it yet. Or maybe I just don't care for De Palma.
DavidS - Mar 01, 2007 3:00:53 pm PST #7677 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think y'all can skip The Black Dahlia if you haven't seen it yet. Or maybe I just don't care for De Palma.
Nah, it kind of sucked and was incoherent.
Makes me appreciate LA Confidential all the more. Not easy turning Ellroy into a movie.
Holli - Mar 01, 2007 3:56:22 pm PST #7678 of 10001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
James McAvoy's Mr. Tumnus is tied with Gary Oldman's Jim Gordon for my personal "stepped off the page, onto the screen, and into my heart" award. Totally, eerily, perfectly the way I had visualized him, reading the Narnia books as a kid.
Nutty - Mar 01, 2007 5:45:13 pm PST #7679 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Not easy turning Ellroy into a movie.
That goes double when you realize all his novels are the same novel, just with search-and-replace on the names and hair-colors. Seriously, I read The Black Dahlia first, and then saw L. A. Confidential, and then tried to read the latter, and thought I had picked up the wrong book. (That definitely earned its adapted screenplay nod!)
Hayden - Mar 01, 2007 6:56:20 pm PST #7680 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've read them. A handful. Ellroy. Almost like novels.
Nutty could be right. Maybe. Probably. Seemingly.
Nutty - Mar 02, 2007 5:11:16 am PST #7681 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
(Psst! Corwood, you forgot the irrelevant swear words and racial insensitivity!)