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I seem to recall that the first season of Slings and Arrows based one of the plot threads on Keanu's Hamlet experience. There's an American movie star who has been cast as Hamlet, and he ends up being unexpectedly good. The director agrees that he's doing well, but also states that no one will give the actor credit, because he's cemented as a dumb action star in everyone's mind.
Hmmmmm. Now I want to go rewatch Slings and Arrows.
Now I want to go rewatch Slings and Arrows.
Is this not a constant state? Is that just me?
And now I just found out the first two seasons are on Hulu. This is dangerous information.
Nobody ever gives up their seat on the subway. Signed, Was Once (Twice) Pregnant In New York. All hail the Keanu, for he is an extremely decent guy on top of being ridiculously easy on the eyes and also is good at acting and things.
Nobody ever gives up their seat on the subway. Signed, Was Once (Twice) Pregnant In New York.
No one ever gives up their seat on MUNI, either. Okay, I've seen it, but rarely. Very rarely.
I'm sorry to hear that Jess, in my memory NY was way better than SF in that regard.
I've seen people give up seats on AC Transit. Although generally only when I pointedly look at the kid and say, "offer your seat".
... or I do it myself. Even when surrounded by high school kids.
Hi, zenkitty. I'm not mew (ha, too good a typo to correct), I just am deep in lurkerdom. The combined power of Keanu and obscure movies compelled me to de-lurk.
In a desparate attempt at topicality, I finally saw Mockingjay part 1 this weekend. Woody Harrelson, as usual, stole his scenes, and damn, Donald Sutherland can still bring the creepy.
Who could resist the power of Keanu?
Woody Harrelson, as usual, stole his scenes
I never would have guessed how perfect he would be as Haymitch.
For those interested, Insurgent is a fun, popcorn flick. Lots of action that often kept me on the edge of my seat. At times it felt repetitive in terms of narrative/style choices, but I certainly enjoyed myself while watching. And, as with the first film, I appreciated the many roles for women. Other than that, it's a standard superhero movie.
I'm not sure you would appreciate it if you hadn't at least seen the first movie. I haven't read the book, and the action made sense to me while watching, but I was surprised to find how much of the plot they had changed when I came home and read the Wikipedia summary. So fans of the book should be prepared for that.