Can you tell I've got some issues with the ADD plot junkie filmgoer? And I'm even totally out of my Merchant-Ivory period. But something doesn't have to be non-stop thrill-a-rama to be worth it...because that was fuckin' "Domino", which was completely incomprehensible and cost me an hour of my life, but, to be fair, it never stopped moving.
Man, you just get darker and darker, and the weird thing is, your aura? Beige.
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erikaj - Oct 12, 2007 2:24:47 pm PDT #1673 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Scrappy - Oct 12, 2007 4:44:25 pm PDT #1674 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I really liked that film a lot, Erika. Kind of an undiscovered gem.
Laga - Oct 12, 2007 7:25:16 pm PDT #1675 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh don't even get me started on the let's-take-a-great-real-life-bisexual-character-and-make-her-straight disaster that was Domino.
erikaj - Oct 13, 2007 9:57:08 am PDT #1676 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Complete with wacky jump-cuts.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 13, 2007 11:28:05 am PDT #1677 of 10000
"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
Wow, I feel like that character should have been set up with the version of John Forbes Nash that appeared in A Beautiful Mind.
Juliebird - Oct 14, 2007 4:49:19 am PDT #1678 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Okay, there must be something I'm missing, but I keep hearing about how people were originally huge fans of Damian Lewis from The Forsyte Saga first, which led them over to Life. After Band of Brothers, I tried checking out TFS and couldn't drag myself through it, even for the DL love. Does his character become more sympathetic, despite the creepiness? I found his character very unattractive (ugly in spirit and therefore looks) in TFS and seeing as the actor was the only reason I rented it.... can someone please esplain this to me? Is there something wonderful that I missed?
Nutty - Oct 14, 2007 5:52:01 am PDT #1679 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Um, I'm pretty sure he's the snottastic villain of the piece, and that's the point.
(All your bohemian Rupert Graves are belong to me.)
Juliebird - Oct 14, 2007 6:24:31 am PDT #1680 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
that's the point.
the point? the point that he's dreamy and has a huge fangrrrl base because of this character and yet I am totally turned off by it?
He's snotty, and villainous, but not deliciously villainous, right? I can get behind the latter, but I'm guessing my hate (and non-enjoyment) of the character was spot-on and doubtless to improve?
I'm so confused. There are tons of fangrrrls out there who originated with TFS, but how? Snotty? Possessive? Creepy? Controlling? Priggish? Where's the "dreamy/hot/sexy" coming from?
It may be my inability to appreciate a superb performance, the mechanics of the performance, regardless of what is actually being portrayed, i.e. a despicable schmuck. I don't watch for the wonderful acting, I watch for the characters and whether I can invest myself in their journies and care about what happens to them. Bravo if an actor turns in a fine performance, I don't care to watch them if there isn't something I can sympathize with, if I don't like what they're actually performing.
What I'm saying/asking, is, besides DL being a wonderful actor, is there something else about his character that has the wimmen swooning? I only find him physically attractive in certain roles. So, the character, is there something humanizing and sympathetic hidden in his character (underneath the snottastic villainy, perhaps?)
I really do want to understand this, at least more than I do now, before I give TFS another go.
sumi - Oct 14, 2007 7:24:46 am PDT #1681 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I think I saw DL in Band of Brothers first and then watched The Forsyte Saga.
Scrappy - Oct 14, 2007 7:27:59 am PDT #1682 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I saw Lars and the Real Girl last night and loved it. A friend wrote it and the script is tender and subtle and well-crafted, and the performances are first rate. Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer are lovely. The fil is slow and quiet and really sneaks up on you--kind of reminds me of My Life as a Dog or Dear Frankie. Go see it!