I love Keanu Reeves. I had no idea he was fifty, though! Wow.
Just keep walking, preacher-man.
River ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
Amy - Mar 15, 2015 11:15:02 am PDT #28625 of 30000
Because books.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2015 11:21:10 am PDT #28626 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There are actually several Keanu fans here.
I think he's very good in the proper role. He has a great physicality which plays well on screen.
Amy - Mar 15, 2015 11:24:22 am PDT #28627 of 30000
Because books.
He was fantastic in Speed. He was also great in The Devil's Advocate. I loved him in Sweet November (I think that was what it was called?), although it was generally a terrible, sappy movie.
I am a big Keanu fan.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2015 11:26:32 am PDT #28628 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I really love him in Constantine. I don't think he's much like the character in the comic, but I don't care. I think it's a good performance in a really good, rewatchable film.
Also, the Lake House is underrated. Pretty good little romance and fascinating premise.
Plus, as noted, he's just a genuinely good, thoughtful person.
Amy - Mar 15, 2015 11:35:34 am PDT #28629 of 30000
Because books.
Oh, Constantine! He was great in that! I loved that movie. Plus, bonus Tilda Swinton as an archangel.
Polter-Cow - Mar 15, 2015 11:45:04 am PDT #28630 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There are actually several Keanu fans here.
No tone on the Internet, I see.
megan walker - Mar 15, 2015 1:08:51 pm PDT #28631 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Never fear, I know you have my back, P-C.
Also, as a heads up for Jess and juliana, 47 Ronin wasn't nearly as bad as I feared.
Consuela - Mar 15, 2015 1:19:24 pm PDT #28632 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I think he's very good in the proper role.
Oh, yes. And I really did like The Lake House.
In other news, I went to see McFarland USA last night, despite my reservations, and was pleasantly surprised. It's a classic inspirational sports movie about underdogs making good, with Kevin Costner in the Gene Hackman role, but it goes a bit farther than most. The best thing about it is the way it really honestly deals with race and class and poverty, because the runners are all Latino kids who work in the fields with their parents, in a little hole of a town north of Bakersfield. There's some very nice work by Costner and others in which his middle-class white assumptions get neatly punctured.
Turns out the movie was directed by the woman who make The Whale Rider, Niki Caro.
Like I said: it's not amazing, but if you're in the mood for a feel-good sports movie based on a true story, and that isn't about a white savior finding the good in some poor brown kids--check it out.
megan walker - Mar 15, 2015 2:09:25 pm PDT #28633 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Top Ten Keanu:
Speed
The Matrix
The Lake House
Parenthood
John Wick
A Walk in the Clouds
The Matrix Reloaded
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
My Own Private Idaho
River's Edge
Worst performance in a decent movie:
Much Ado About Nothing
Worst performance in a bad movie:
Bram Stoker's Dracula
juliana - Mar 15, 2015 2:23:39 pm PDT #28634 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
47 Ronin wasn't nearly as bad as I feared.
Excellent.
My Shakespeare prof in college went up to the Stratford Festival to see their Hamlet one year, and Keanu happened to be a part of their group (friend of professor's friend, he was doing research before tackling the role in Manitoba). This prof, who was sweet and classically absent-minded and didn't really care about Hollywood, couldn't stop talking about how wonderful Keanu was, how he was clearly working so hard, how he would draw each person into conversation, and how much he actually understood the material. So, there's my Yay!Keanu moment.