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Paul Bettany is Naked Chaucer to me. He is charming in that.
He's WONderful in that. We use his intro "Tha one, tha only--Sir Uuullllllrich von Lichtenstein! God I'm good!" frequently in our family. We make our own fun. Borrowing heavily from pop culture.
But he was amazing in M&C, too. Pretty much every time he's onscreen, really. His chameleon abilities are pretty startling when I think about it.
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
That Sherlock Holmes movie looks less terrible to me than Star Trek did. But still fairly terrible. I was trying to work out why, and... both seem to exist because someone thought "Let's do a hip new version of those characters!" Rather than because someone actually had something to say about them. Batman Begins and Casino Royale and Galactica all were interesting reboots because they were trying to take as serious look at those characters. It wasn't just a mess of "Look, some things are the opposite of what you expect! Isn't that surprising and cool? But then some things are exactly the same, for no particular reason! Whee!"
Anyway... yes, in the stories Holmes can be quite athletic. Watson describes him as "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman."
I love Paul Bettany in "A Beautiful Mind".
Anyway... yes, in the stories Holmes can be quite athletic. Watson describes him as "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman."
Also Jujitsu. And after someone showed off strength by tying a Poker into a knot, Holmes demonstrated his own stregnth by UNknotting it. So not just athletic, but freakishly strong. In short, a superhero.
Yeah, Holmes is not a wuss. Watson isn't a layabout either, but he does have problems from his war wound(s).
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
T2 had a few funny moments, but yeah, I don't think people generally expect Terminator movies to be lighthearted romps through their post-apocalyptic nightmare futures.
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
Ha, I know! I saw a bunch of reviews like that too, and my response was, "...What were you expecting?" But it does have less humor than, say, T2. And some unintentional chuckles.
(starts penning Terminator: The Musical)
Pitch: High School Musical WITH STUFF BLOWING UP!!!
I thought Wrath of Khan was about how obsession destroys the obsessed. All that "to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" stuff. Which makes it a whaling yarn, when you get down to it.
Brilliant.
(takes a bow)
Pitch: High School Musical WITH STUFF BLOWING UP!!!
With the studios involved, this would quickly turn into Showgirls With An Unkillable Elizabeth Berkley.
Inglorious Basterds: a "colossal armour-plated turkey from hell".