We've been on kind of a Peter Sellers kick lately and watched Being There last night. I think I kind of loved it. The short tirade that Louise the maid goes on mid-movie had me dying.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Glamcookie - Jan 09, 2009 8:28:26 am PST #9452 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2009 8:40:28 am PST #9453 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
everybody would be talking about how Gary Oldman's performance was so amazing, and he was just fully absolutely Jim Gordon
It's certainly been talked about here, both about TDK and Batman (heh, I accidentally type Bartman) Begins (I know ita was a big fan).
That was one of those bits of casting that had me going "Oooo-kay?" when it was first announced, but dear dog he's given it everything you'd want for Jim Gordon and more.
Kathy A - Jan 09, 2009 9:45:36 am PST #9454 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
An interesting article on Entertainment's Greatest Voices.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2009 9:48:39 am PST #9455 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
Between Prick Up Your Ears, Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, and Dracula, I was fairly confident that Oldman's range encompasses just about anything ever conceived by a screenwriter.
Laga - Jan 09, 2009 9:59:59 am PST #9456 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Don't forget Sid & Nancy
brenda m - Jan 09, 2009 10:22:18 am PST #9457 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
And Rosencrantz & Guildenstern.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2009 10:43:52 am PST #9458 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Between Prick Up Your Ears, Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, and Dracula, I was fairly confident that Oldman's range encompasses just about anything ever conceived by a screenwriter.
True dat. I just hadn't seen him in much for a while, and was worried if he'd kept his mad acting skills in shape. Was HP&PoA before or after BB? Because if it was after, I think the last thing I'd seen him in was Lost In Space and nuff said.
Fred Pete - Jan 09, 2009 11:19:35 am PST #9459 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Note to oldies fans: Tomorrow night at 10 Eastern, TCM is showing Bombshell. In which Jean Harlow throws the definitive screen temper tantrum.
Juliebird - Jan 09, 2009 1:55:13 pm PST #9460 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I was skimming the Dark Knight dvd, because I ain't in the mood for torture just yet, and hit a couple of Batman scenes where Christian Bale's batvoice is hi-sterically bad and unintelligible and I just flashed onto that awesome youtube mockery of it, which made me laugh even harder.
Volans - Jan 09, 2009 2:41:17 pm PST #9461 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Yeah, it was weird and off-putting in a movie where the other effects were "real" to have the batvoice So oddly CG enhanced.
Is Alfred's background with the SAS as presented in the movie canon?