I'm waiting for the JDM/RDJ/Bardem movie where they all play brothers.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Amy - Jan 16, 2011 5:43:22 pm PST #12842 of 30000
Because books.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2011 5:50:31 pm PST #12843 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm waiting for the JDM/RDJ/Bardem movie where they all play brothers.
OK, now I'm envisioning RDJ in No Country for Old Men with the Peter Tork hair and laughing like a drain. Thank you, I needed a laugh like that after the playoff game I just endured.
tiggy - Jan 16, 2011 5:51:00 pm PST #12844 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
or Mark Valley/Joel Gretsch/Colin Ferguson.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 16, 2011 5:52:19 pm PST #12845 of 30000
"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
Oh, I saw Bardem on some interview show last Sunday, and he came off as really cool and down-to-earth.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 16, 2011 6:01:25 pm PST #12846 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I read an interview with Bardem and it mentioned how nonplussed he was when the Coens told him they wanted him to wear that hair. But he went along with it. It must have been a little like when the Coens told Clooney they'd written the role in O Brother... with him in mind - "You play the stupidest man on Earth."
le nubian - Jan 16, 2011 7:15:29 pm PST #12847 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just saw The King's Speech and I really loved it. I thought I'd just like it, but the movie swept me up and kept me in its stranglehold the whole time.
Bonham Carter is really great, but unfortunately has to deal with really bad hair.
Firth and Rush are fabulous. I am so amazed that Firth really seemed to get the physicality of stuttering really really well. He is a marvelous actor.
I guess I need to watch Pride & Prejudice again.
megan walker - Jan 16, 2011 7:58:43 pm PST #12848 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I didn't dislike Black Swan and the performances were great, but I must admit I didn't really get the point.
And, you know, if you feel the need to hit your audience over the head with the story of Swan Lake to make your movie work, get the damn story right.
SuziQ - Jan 16, 2011 8:08:11 pm PST #12849 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My basic thought through most of Black Swan was "huh". One of my daughter's friends thinks it is the best movie ever made. I used to think she was a smart girl.
sj - Jan 17, 2011 4:14:02 am PST #12850 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I really liked the performances in Black Swan, and it was visually beautiful. So, I can sort of ignore the fact that the story went nowhere.
DebetEsse - Jan 17, 2011 4:48:23 am PST #12851 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
le n, I completely agree. I expect that the hair is historically accurate (the costumes were really nice, just in general). And Firth totally deserves an Oscar for the role.
I will admit, though, that I have come to realize that I cannot differentiate between "Australian" and "one of the many accents native to the British isles". I did have a much better time with comprehension than much of the crowd I saw it with. There were about a half-dozen times when I heard someone ask, "What did he say?" (I only remember the answer to the last one, which was "knighthood") Granted, it was, in general, a more mature audience.
I find it particularly notable that it got its R rating entirely for language ( seriously, that was the most entertaining barrage of profanity, possibly in the whole history of cinema ), as there is no sex or violence.