Even having not seen the movie in question, those ARE fighting words!
Seriously. Helen Mirren's talent and career crush Bill Nighy like a grape.
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Xander ,'Chosen'
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DavidS - Apr 17, 2009 7:33:42 pm PDT #835 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
le nubian - Apr 17, 2009 7:34:17 pm PDT #836 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just came back from State of Play. This is an entertaining movie that had my attention the whole time. I don't think this is a great movie, however. I never did see the BBC miniseries, but I found certain plot elements to be predictable.
Russell Crowe is pretty awesome and certainly holds the movie up. Affleck just doesn't have the acting chops against Crowe. Robin Wright (I love her to death too) is really fabulous and Crowe brings out the best in her too.
This is very shallow, but Wright's hair extensions and Affleck's toupee/hairpieces were just so bad. The makeup department gets no awards for this movie. I could see the bumps in Wright's hair and there is a scene when Affleck's hair gets hit by a breeze and only the front 2 inches move. It is hilarious.
For those going to see the movie, there is newspaper porn at the end of the movie (before the final credits) that is really great. And I'm not a journalism junkie.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 17, 2009 8:24:35 pm PDT #837 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Seriously. Helen Mirren's talent and career crush Bill Nighy like a grape.
I've loved her ever since my brother took me to see O Lucky Man! when I was in high school (at a repertory theater, not when it was released). Talk about your formative experiences (I didn't end up seeing Clockwork Orange until I was in college, so that was also my formative Malcolm McDowell experience).
Dana - Apr 17, 2009 8:25:10 pm PDT #838 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Bill Nighy is wonderful in the original State of Play. I imagine Helen Mirren will also be wonderful.
DavidS - Apr 17, 2009 8:26:40 pm PDT #839 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bill Nighy is wonderful in the original State of Play. I imagine Helen Mirren will also be wonderful.
But you concede that Helen is more wonderful, right?
Because...you know. She's Helen Mirren.
Dana - Apr 17, 2009 8:34:23 pm PDT #840 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
As a whole, I agree that Helen Mirren is more wonderful than Bill Nighy. For the movie, I'm not going to take that leap without seeing it. Which I probably won't, because the original rocked and had John Simm and Kelly McDonald and James MacAvoy and David Morrissey and Phillip Glennister and that guy from Hustle.
Atropa - Apr 17, 2009 8:37:38 pm PDT #841 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
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I finally got around to watching some of the special features on the Blu-Ray of The Nightmare Before Christmas. There's a tour of the Haunted Mansion with the NMBC make-over, and now I want to got to Disneyland again. RIGHT NOW.
erikaj - Apr 17, 2009 8:48:04 pm PDT #842 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Kind of over Disneyland, but I'd love to go with you, Jilli.
§ ita § - Apr 17, 2009 9:01:42 pm PDT #843 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm grabbing the miniseries of State of Play so I can have a look see before braving the cinema. I have a couple AMC passes I spend with little guilt.
Laga - Apr 17, 2009 9:32:09 pm PDT #844 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
because the original rocked and had ...and ...and James MacAvoy
oh that's why it's already in my Netflix queue.