'Same Time, Same Place'
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I don't find Russell Crowe sexy at all. I often like his acting, but I would never see a movie just because he was in it.
I really liked the Insider and LS Confidential. He did a great Australian movie when he was quite young called Proof that I really loved.
I feel like I have seen a lot (well at least 2) Russell Crowe movies because they contained Paul Bettany. Of course, I own the movie Wimbledon because of Paul Bettany because my love of him knows no bounds.
Oh, yeah, speaking of iliac crests...
I liked 3:10 to Yuma a lot. And spent much of it going, "Oh yeah, there's a reason Crowe is a movie star. I'd forgotten." L.A. Confidential was the only other movie of his that I'd seen, and it had been a while.
I have liked a couple of the movies that Russel Crow has happened to be in, LA Confidential and 3:10 to Yuma, but I can't stand him as a rule. I hate Gladiator, so any movie associated with that holds no interest for me.
I fell asleep during Gladiator.
I loved 3:10 to Yuma and I liked L.A. Confidential, although it's been a long time since I've seen it. I thought he was really good in A Beautiful Mind but the movie itself annoyed me by the end (except for Paul Bettany, Sophia -- I'm with you there).
Still, he's never the reason I go to see a movie.
I hated LAC the first time I saw it, but I was rebelling against my noirish tendencies then. 10 years later, I thought it was the shit. My women's group would hate how much I love Ellroy. And even I know he writes the same book *every time* and has since he freaked out his class with what he did on his summer vacation, probably. I wish I knew how to quit him.
I also fell asleep in Gladiator, but when I watched it with a friend who fast-forwarded through everything but the fight scenes I enjoyed it a lot more.
I love the whole Robin Hood thing, and probably won't see the new movie because I dislike Ridley Scott, and think Maid Marion in armor on a horse is STOOPID.
Apparently it's a Robin Hood / Joan of Arc crossover?
The DH and I went to see Kick Ass yesterday. The theater now has IMAX 3D, and they put stickers to that effect on the doors, which already say "ENTER" and "EXIT." So we amused ourselves for a moment commenting how lifelike an EXIT in IMAX 3D seems...like you could walk right through it.
I liked Kick-Ass and I wasn't expecting too. The swearing and violence pinged me almost not at all. A couple times I thought the movie was going for a deep meaningful thing, like when Hit Girl kills the moll in the red dress. They included the chick in the scene, saved her for last, had her exchange lines with HG, so they were going for something there. Maybe how it was extra-horrible for a little girl to kill a mother figure? And penetrate even. But it was unclear.
I thought it was a quote goldmine, and an excellent use of music, and if it had a better editor it could've been truly brilliant.
I liked 3:10 to Yuma a lot.
And the DVD has great commentary.