Seriously, since I mentioned her, I am probably the biggest Linda Hunt fangirl ever. I watched that excreble Disney Pocahontas *just* for her character. And when I think of The Year of Living Dangerously, it's not Weaver and Gibson I remember, hot as they were together then, but the pool of reporters, Michael Murphy and the rest, Bembol Roco, who played Gibson's assistant and driver, Kumar, and Hunt as Billy. She won me forever with that character and I've followed her through bad movies and better tv ever since.
Okay, um, I'm lost. Uh, I'm angry, and I'm armed, so if you two have something that you need to work out --
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Beverly - Jul 04, 2009 7:13:18 pm PDT #2868 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Beverly - Jul 04, 2009 7:16:04 pm PDT #2869 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I still think Wyatt Earp would have been a decent movie if they took out 40 minutes of Costner closeups. Holliday may have been the best role of Dennis Quaid's life, but it was buried in that stinker of a movie. Everybody in Earp turned in professional portrayals. There was just 1/3 of the movie's length devoted to Costner's profile or soullessfull eyes.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2009 7:22:43 pm PDT #2870 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Surprisingly, Open Range is a damn good picture. Costner had the good sense to let Duvall carry the film.
DavidS - Jul 04, 2009 7:44:18 pm PDT #2871 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Costner's very good (acting and all) in A Perfect World.
He's sort of like Jane Fonda as an actor. The less good his character is, the better his performance.
I did catch the snark in Bev's praising his performance in the Big Chill, though.
Juliebird - Jul 04, 2009 7:45:19 pm PDT #2872 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Really liked him in that serial killer one, Mr. Jones or somesuch.*
* see David's post above
Cashmere - Jul 04, 2009 8:19:57 pm PDT #2873 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I did love him in A Perfect World.
I hated Mr. Brooks because of Dane Cook. But the idea was a good one--but it was poorly executed. The subplot with the daughter and everything involving Demi Moore was lame.
Juliebird - Jul 04, 2009 8:32:22 pm PDT #2874 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Didn't know who DC was at the time and just assumed we were supposed to loathe him and root for KC to kill him.
erikaj - Jul 04, 2009 8:35:38 pm PDT #2875 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
seeing his standup does not change this impression.
Fay - Jul 05, 2009 1:03:01 am PDT #2876 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Bev speaks for me wrt Linda Hunt, and her awesome performance in The Year of Living Dangerously. I'm always delighted to find her in things - but I had no idea she was in Pocahontas! I'm guessing Grandmother Willow?
scurries of to imdb
Yes indeed. Oh, well, good for her!
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 4:40:18 am PDT #2877 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
That one or The Big Chill.
::snickers quietly::
I loved Costner in Fandango, but then, I have an unreasoning love for that movie and its entire cast.
Agreed on wishing they would have developed the relationship between Paden and Stella more.