I had seen Gordon-Levitt as a child actor, was most familiar with him for a Lifetime movie about a child who divorced his neglectful parents to stay with an adoptive or foster family. But he absolutely blew me away in the first few episodes of first season Third Rock. Amid all the buffoonery of the adults, somehow this kid seemed to embody the mature and wise scientist Theo notes above. He didn't parody it, he didn't overplay it. In quiet minutes between himself and Lithgow, he simply was this wise elder.
Of course he played human puberty for laughs, but it was the "old soul" business that got me. Similar to Christian Bale, actually.
JG-L fans have seen
Brick,
right? He's really good in that.
I always think of JG-L in Ten Things I Hate About You, aka my favorite teen movie not made in the 80s.
I think I passed on Brick because Ehrenstein raved so much about Gordon-Levitt in it that I unfairly associated my distaste for the reviewer with the film itself. Probably need to correct that via Netflix.
I unfairly associated my distaste for the reviewer with the film itself
Don't say that around Evil Jimi.
...huh.
Blossom! Commander and the leader! Bubbles! She is the joy and the laughter! Buttercup! She is the toughest fighter! Powerpuff save the day!
You sure those aren't dated April 1 or something?
I always think of JG-L in Ten Things I Hate About You, aka my favorite teen movie not made in the 80s.
In which he rules! I should watch that again, for it's made of awesome.
