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mooncat
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response 98 of 323:
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Oct 5 17:44 UTC 2000 |
Kevin Kline really is amazing... hmm, reminds me that I need to see
_The January Man_ again...
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mcnally
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response 99 of 323:
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Oct 5 19:48 UTC 2000 |
re #98: some sort of penance?
re #94: even giving it the charitably light scrutiny I give to movies
that are supposedly about computer use, I still found the plot of "the Web"
unenjoyably moronic.
Sandra Bullock generally plays likable characters and I've enjoyed her
performances in a few movies but she really needs to learn to say "No" to
some of the scripts that come her way. If she's not in a position to
demand better parts (perhaps because directors have a pretty accurate
notion of her dramatic range) she still needs to avoid making any grade-B
movie that comes here way.
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mooncat
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response 100 of 323:
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Oct 5 21:27 UTC 2000 |
Hey! <grins> I actually *like* _The January Man_
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tod
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response 101 of 323:
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Oct 6 08:37 UTC 2000 |
Sandra Bullock is Michael Jackson without the nuts.
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birdy
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response 102 of 323:
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Oct 6 16:19 UTC 2000 |
Kevin Kline and Johnny Depp both belong to the Chameleon Club. They can do
anything.
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tod
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response 103 of 323:
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Oct 6 16:41 UTC 2000 |
Johnny Depp is a deer in the headlights. You mean he acts?
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mooncat
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response 104 of 323:
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Oct 6 19:44 UTC 2000 |
Yes, and he actually does a fine job of it.
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xcalibur
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response 105 of 323:
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Oct 6 19:56 UTC 2000 |
Much better than pretty boys Leo and Brad, that's for sure. I still consider
Edward Scissorhands to be his best portrayal believe it or not. =P
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ric
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response 106 of 323:
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Oct 6 20:34 UTC 2000 |
re 101 - since when does Michael Jackson have nuts?
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mcnally
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response 107 of 323:
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Oct 6 21:03 UTC 2000 |
<insert rude comment about ulterior motive for purchasing "Elephant Man"
remains..>
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brighn
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response 108 of 323:
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Oct 6 21:06 UTC 2000 |
Michael Jackson has nuts...
Macauley Caulkin is nuts
Liz Taylor is nuts
Lisa Marie Presley is nuts
The mother of his child is nuts
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albaugh
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response 109 of 323:
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Oct 6 21:36 UTC 2000 |
I was duly impressed with Kline in the Pirates of Penzance.
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wyrefall
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response 110 of 323:
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Oct 7 03:53 UTC 2000 |
I like Keaneau Reeves. Now, before you flame me, or dismiss me completely,
go watch _A Walk In The CLouds_.
As for Leonard DiCaprio--I think he looks like a mishapen alien unless the
light and makeup are just right.
Brad Pitt allows himself to be typecast, although I think he has potential.
I like Kevin Klein, too, especially in _French Kiss_ (although, having some
formal training in the language, his accent (a relatively good one for its
purposes) would almost never pass in Paris).
Another actor, who is primarily in French films (hes like their Tom Cruise),
although he did do a reall awful one with Whoopi Goldberg called _Bogus_ or
something like that, is Gerard Depardieu. _Les Bon Nouvelles de Dieu_ and
_Cyrano Debergerac_ are very good films, and I highly recommend them. I have
seen him in a few other American films (again, he is primarily a French
actor), and like it.
Another 'international' actor, is Antonio Banderas, and also Salma Hayek (whom
I prefer to the Welsh woman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, I think).
The first actor who turned my eyes toward hollywood was Val Kilmer. I think
he is poorly underrated, although some incidents on the set of _The Island
of Dr. Moreau_ probably justify his being basically 86-ed from most roles.
Another favorably viewed actor is Edward Norton--EXCELLENT in _Fight Club_,
and everything else I've seen him in, for that matter.
The pinnacles of acting (on the male side) however, would have to include:
Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, Robin Williams, Adam Alda, Sidney Portier, and a few
others, whos names escape me.
As far as Meg Ryan goes--I just am not completely sure what to think. Her
role in _Courage Under Fire_ made me think that possibly she was being moved
away from the romance movies (not that she does them badly, but there just
isn't much for a fully-fledged actor (if she, in fact, is) to spread their
arms in). However, she went right back into them with _City of Angels_, which
I thought was probably the most varied from her romance-norm.
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birdy
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response 111 of 323:
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Oct 7 06:59 UTC 2000 |
Gerard was also good in _Green Card_.
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brighn
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response 112 of 323:
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Oct 7 15:02 UTC 2000 |
K. Reeves is an excellent comic actor: Bill and Ted's.
I did see him in one dramatic role that I liked, but it was an independent
film whose name eldes me.
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mrmat
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response 113 of 323:
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Oct 7 16:34 UTC 2000 |
Some sad news: Actor Richard Farnsworth committed suicide at his New Mexico
home last night. Latest movie was The Straight Story. He was an excellent
actor. I first became really aware of him when I saw "The Grey Fox". He will
be missed.
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ric
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response 114 of 323:
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Oct 7 21:16 UTC 2000 |
Brad Pitt has been typecast? I dunno, he's done a LOT of different roles..
I mean, look at "Meet Joe Black".
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mcnally
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response 115 of 323:
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Oct 7 23:31 UTC 2000 |
re #110: I think it's highly appropriate to misspell "Poitier"
in the same sentence in which one proclaims Robin Williams one of
our greatest living actors..
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jerryr
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response 116 of 323:
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Oct 7 23:47 UTC 2000 |
re: #113 that totally sucks.
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richard
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response 117 of 323:
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Oct 8 03:41 UTC 2000 |
"NURSE BETTY"-- funny comedy where Renee Zellwegger plays this ditsy
waitress in Nebraska who is addicted to this hospital soap opera and
thinks all the characters are real. Her husband is murdered,and she
convinces herself that she is in love with a doctor on the tv show (played
by Greg Kinnear) and takes off for LA to meet him. She is chasedby the
murderers (Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock), actually meets Kinnear in LA,
who realizes she's neurotic and plays along with it. She ends up on this
soap opera. Funny movie, weird script, good performances *** (three
stars)
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slynne
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response 118 of 323:
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Oct 8 15:23 UTC 2000 |
I saw "Meet the Parents" last night. It is painful but cute. Very funny.
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tpryan
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response 119 of 323:
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Oct 8 18:00 UTC 2000 |
I nearly gave up on watching VHS "Committed" last night, then
the action moved out to El Paso, Texas, so I seen the remainder of it.
Then I went back to RHDVDS and watched with the audience participation
track on.
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ashke
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response 120 of 323:
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Oct 10 18:18 UTC 2000 |
I saw Meet the Parents last night. I liked it, I thought it was hillarious.
I like Ben stiller and I love Dinero as the dad.
RE: 110: If you want to talk about French Actors, Vincent Perez. <melts>
I know he was in Crow 2 (awful movie, in my opinion, taking away for the
beauty the first one was written and acted in) but if you watch Queen Margot,
the French adaptation of the Dumas book, it's great.
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jazz
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response 121 of 323:
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Oct 10 19:07 UTC 2000 |
I'd like to smack whomever was responsible for the movie adaption of
The Crow, which was a beautiful if somewhat jerky indie comic book series.
The protagonist wasn't a rock star, the men responsible for murdering him and
his girlfriend weren't kingpins and drug lords, just local crackheads and
small-timers, and Detroit, while dark, was never a pseudo-Gothick metropolis.
And the Crow itself was an archetype, a figure hovering between dream, legend
and hallucination, never really real, not some weird connection to the
otherworld that could be shot. I think I'll save another smack for whomever
missed the references to Joy Division and the Cure in the original, and
figured Pearl Jam would be more appropriate.
Of course, I don't know if a movie as dark and somber as the original
work, with such in-jokes and old Goth crowd references would've made it with
the new generation of Marilyn Manson fans, but it would've been wondefrul to
see.
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brighn
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response 122 of 323:
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Oct 10 19:11 UTC 2000 |
Detroit isn't a pseudo-Gothick metropolis?
Damn, I'm moving.
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