I'm totally not having any qualms about this.
It's not so much "qualms" as "don't really see it". But I just realized that I may have never actually seen Heath Ledger in anything, and am just going on what movies I know he's done.
We're still working on a plan, but so far it involves being sent to prison and becoming somebody's bitch.
Fred ,'Just Rewards (2)'
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Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2007 8:38:04 am PST #7774 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
esse - Mar 09, 2007 10:31:05 am PST #7775 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I can't see it either, but I am amused at how incestuous it is now, with the Heath --> Jake --> Maggie connection.
Kathy A - Mar 09, 2007 11:09:46 am PST #7776 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
They're already showing sneak previews (sans most of the CGI effects) of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, according to the Chicago Tribune (the rest of the article is pretty lame--this is all they have about OotP):
[S]ome very fortunate Chicago folks have lucked into local sneak screenings of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the film that isn't due to be released until July 13.
The movie still isn't finished - evidently there are plenty of special effects to come - but based on reports from fans who got in, The Leaky Cauldron (leakynews.com) offers tons of juicy details about how the movie version of "OoP" differs from the book; how some new characters come across (Irish schoolgirl Evanna Lynch is said to be a knockout as the dreamy, quirky student; Luna Lovegood, and veteran British actress Imelda Staunton brings Dolores Jane Umbridge to life as a twisted bureaucrat who comes to Hogwarts to teach the sanitized, ministry-approved course Defense Against the Dark Arts.)
Ain't It Cool News (aintitcool.com) has posted a review giving the movie a B+ with plenty of details why, so forge ahead but beware of spoilers.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 09, 2007 11:48:08 am PST #7777 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 wonder if it's just "laconic, repressed gay cowboy" that is overshadowing any picture of him as the Joker.
For me it's also his talkative but repressed exorcist priest from The Order, his too-cool-for-his-own skin hood from 10 Things I Hate About You, his stalwart pauper knight from A Night's Tale, and basically every movie I've ever seen him in, which—while excellent performances all—give me no indication that he can manage the manic energy and unbalanced quality needed for the Joker. I haven't seen Casanova, and that looks to be the only thing on his resume that might hint at how he'll do.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2007 3:19:51 pm PST #7778 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Wow, I loved This Film Has Not Been Rated I believe Jack Valenti is a demon.
Beverly - Mar 09, 2007 5:14:15 pm PST #7779 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Ledger was almost unrecognizable in Lords of Dogtown, although it was a smallish role, so it's feasible to me that he could play a role as different from others he's done as the Joker.
beekaytee - Mar 09, 2007 5:43:30 pm PST #7780 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Wow, I loved This Film Has Not Been Rated I believe Jack Valenti is a demon.
erika is me.
Gris - Mar 10, 2007 7:25:07 am PST #7781 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I can't find the Aint it Cool review. Is it actually there?
Atropa - Mar 10, 2007 4:13:10 pm PST #7782 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
We went and saw 300 today. The visuals were indeed stunning. The dialog was not quite as eye-rolly as I had feared. And I now know for sure that my attention wanders during big battle scenes; instead of watching the fighting and the gore, I kept trying to figure out what weight of silk the costumer used for the red cloaks.
Jessica - Mar 11, 2007 3:13:38 pm PDT #7783 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Back from 300. Who knew Xerxes was a Gou'ld?
(Also back from Zodiac, which surprised me by being better than 300, though I enjoyed both of them. Zodiac is a little long, but there's a LOT of story in there, so it's not so much a problem. Jake Gyllenhaal may be growing on me -- he's adorably nerdy in this, and seems to have finally learned how to open his eyes all the way.)