tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post43076556873177927..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Who Takes You Right Out of the Story?pattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59108514841482126262009-03-26T19:42:00.000-04:002009-03-26T19:42:00.000-04:00James nesbitt -a good actor but he was in EVERYTHI...James nesbitt -a good actor but he was in EVERYTHING once!....I saw THE DUCHESS recently and everyone in that film was rotten because the film was so dire.would have made a good comedy...Paul D Brazillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881642426845398389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-47939571338465744822009-03-25T21:10:00.000-04:002009-03-25T21:10:00.000-04:00Debra-For some reason, that is the craziest thing ...Debra-For some reason, that is the craziest thing I ever heard. Especially Del Toro. <BR/>I like Daniel Craig as Bond. Not as much as Connery, of course, but more than Roger Moore. Living in England, you've probably seen him a lot more than I have and that might explain your distaste.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40733835883186074782009-03-25T20:29:00.000-04:002009-03-25T20:29:00.000-04:00I heard on NPR that a new movie of the 3 Stooges i...I heard on NPR that a new movie of the 3 Stooges in the works, and that Sean Penn will play Larry, Jim Carey,Curly,and Benicio Del Toro, Moe.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29242418270188740692009-03-25T20:23:00.000-04:002009-03-25T20:23:00.000-04:00I can't handle daniel craig's james bondI can't handle daniel craig's james bondGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-71906445764242172032009-03-25T17:23:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:23:00.000-04:00I just don't get the charm of Brad Pitt. Sure, he'...I just don't get the charm of Brad Pitt. Sure, he's cute but how far does that get me in a movie.<BR/>I am a bit movie-crazed, Linda. I have been known to go to three movies a week. And not necessarily good ones.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-29004928943768392672009-03-25T16:31:00.000-04:002009-03-25T16:31:00.000-04:00Patti, I see so few movies these days, it's hard f...Patti, I see so few movies these days, it's hard for me to comment, though I will say I've never been a big Nicholas Cage fan. Like Todd, I try to divorce the art from the artist, but it's hard sometimes with the more high profile actors, like Tom Cruise. Some of his movies I've liked; some I haven't. <BR/><BR/>FWIW I love William Holden. H was great in Picnic (very sexy) as well as Stalag 17 and The Devil's Brigade about a join US-Canadian special forces unit during WWII. Cliff Robertson starred also, another actor I love. (Giving my age away.)Linda McLaughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291670592316021851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-74774887704896728082009-03-25T09:06:00.000-04:002009-03-25T09:06:00.000-04:00After THELMA AND LOUISE, it's been all downhill fo...After THELMA AND LOUISE, it's been all downhill for Brad Pitt the actor. Brad Pitt the Tabloid star is still going strong.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-15018442822512361742009-03-25T08:29:00.000-04:002009-03-25T08:29:00.000-04:00Costner-I have to agree with that.Costner-I have to agree with that.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-73214201596310151502009-03-25T05:13:00.000-04:002009-03-25T05:13:00.000-04:00If it's not about baseball I find that Kevin Costn...If it's not about baseball I find that Kevin Costner seems to lack passion in most performances.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-75491960114248623362009-03-24T19:29:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:29:00.000-04:00Is it the personal that has made Pitt less credibl...Is it the personal that has made Pitt less credible? Or were we fooled for a while?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14213744176734138242009-03-24T19:27:00.000-04:002009-03-24T19:27:00.000-04:00Any leading man could have played the role Nicolas...Any leading man could have played the role Nicolas Cage played in KNOWING. Cage brought nothing special to the role. I find it very hard to watch Brad Pitt in any of his recent movies.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32815997892138880882009-03-24T17:45:00.000-04:002009-03-24T17:45:00.000-04:00Sometimes it seems like Hollywood was determined w...Sometimes it seems like Hollywood was determined we shouldn't see an actor inhabit a part, but only play him/herself. I've only seen this once, I need to revisit.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-84267763531765155722009-03-24T15:33:00.000-04:002009-03-24T15:33:00.000-04:001969-An old-school Hollywood leading man named Wil...1969-An old-school Hollywood leading man named William Holden in a little western called The Wild Bunch. I figured the best I could hope for was maybe a knockoff of a John Wayne flick. It wasn't. If you've seen the movie you know what I mean.<BR/><BR/>After I got over the shock of the realistic violence I was absoloutely stunned by the gritty performances of Holden, Edmond O'Brian, Robert Ryan and some guy I knew only from McHales Navy, Ernest Borgnine. Even though it was released almost forty years ago[and the level of violence is no longer as shocking as it was in 1969] it remains one of my favorite films and contains several of my favorite performances by "star" class actors. <BR/>John McAuleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-87892102353721888192009-03-24T15:08:00.000-04:002009-03-24T15:08:00.000-04:00Loved MONA LISA and THE CRYING GAME, but Michael C...Loved MONA LISA and THE CRYING GAME, but Michael Collins was not my cuppa either. <BR/>Neeson is another actor that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. He can weigh a movie down for me. I hated NELL, for instance, and KINSEY too. <BR/>But in SHINDLER's LIST, he was perfect.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41763530312922998772009-03-24T14:46:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:46:00.000-04:00Over the last few years, I’ve discovered that I ha...Over the last few years, I’ve discovered that I have a real affection for Neil Jordon movies. He’s not someone I’d ever claim as a favorite, but I do seem to have an alarming number of his films on DVD.<BR/><BR/>It was armed with this knowledge that I picked up his ’Michael Collins’ one day, partly for his direction and partly because I have a real interest in the time period. <BR/><BR/>Ugh. I will say that apart from the script itself (which appears to be compelled to make some kind of moral statement on Collins actions, but is equally confused as to whether it approves or not) Liam Neeson is far too iconic an actor for the title role, jarring the viewer every time he’s on screen. (apparently the role was originally meant for Gabriel Byrne.) while his right hand man is Adian Quinn (known for playing ’Hollywood Irish’ roles) and then, in a horrendous piece of miscasting, JULIA ROBERTS is the woman who comes between them. <BR/><BR/>Most good films are improved by performance, this one is completely hobbled by the presence of it’s stars.Gordon Harrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752143420582279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7920370117048333342009-03-24T14:13:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:13:00.000-04:00Oh, thanks for bringing Sean Penn into it. He's ju...Oh, thanks for bringing Sean Penn into it. He's just amazing. MYSTIC RIVER, MILK and DEAD MAN WALKING especially. He should make more movies. No, he shouldn't. He probably makes the right amount. MILK was just a knock your socks off performance. Although there were lots of good ones this year for men.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-21788791833057902752009-03-24T14:01:00.000-04:002009-03-24T14:01:00.000-04:00I don't see too many movies, but I react in a simi...I don't see too many movies, but I react in a similar way to John Cage---it's the sleaze factor for me.<BR/>I like Johnny Depp and Sean Penn, too, and Susan Sarandon, Olympia Dukakis, Meryl Streep.....debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-14101904111335459402009-03-24T13:50:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:50:00.000-04:00Sean Penn! How could I have left him out. He's bee...Sean Penn! How could I have left him out. He's been brilliant in everything I've ever seen him in. I almost had nightmares over his performance in Dead Man Walking and Milk was a triumph.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665632105920753931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27951621408069917892009-03-24T13:42:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:42:00.000-04:00Whose movies do I avoid? Gibson, yep because i ca...Whose movies do I avoid? Gibson, yep because i can't separate actor from person (not to mention he just doesn't make movies that appeal to me). I don't know that i've ever seen a Cruise movie either.<BR/><BR/>Alas, DeNiro only for that latter reason (I've seen him in 2 films. "Brazil" and "Stardust" neither of which strike me as the usual.) I'm also a heathen when it comes to "the best actress ever" because I can never watch Meryl Streep without knowing it's <I>Meryl Streep</I>. for me, she never disappears into the role (and her roles in recent years haven't appealed.) And there are all the 14 year olds (as i dub them, no matter the age. The fart, bathroom, jerk off movies by the same bunch of young men. Never not ever, nope. Though Will Ferrell can act if given a good role and a strong director.)<BR/><BR/>To balance all this whining, I'll offer that i went rather gaga over Sean Penn's brilliance in "MILK" a role he completely disappeared into. I now DO have to go back and take a look at his films because I don't know that I've ever seen better acting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-59892987277250557072009-03-24T13:26:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:26:00.000-04:00I thought he was good that too. Peoole either desp...I thought he was good that too. Peoole either despise that movie or love it. I loved it the first time but catching a few minutes the other night, I am not sure what my response would be this time out. I thought he was fine in RAINMAN.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-8486943720311347022009-03-24T13:16:00.000-04:002009-03-24T13:16:00.000-04:00If anything, you're both too kind to the inept DeP...If anything, you're both too kind to the inept DePalma.<BR/><BR/>Cruise has never been worse than in THE COLOR OF MONEY, where he ruined that film...so bad that I have to think the director insanely asked him to do that. I think he was well used in EYES WIDE SHUT, however...and he's an appropriate tool, in several senses, in the underwhelming MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE films.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-28763780271285618412009-03-24T12:51:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:51:00.000-04:00Ditto for Cruise and ironically I used to like him...Ditto for Cruise and ironically I used to like him and thought he made brave choices--like Born of the Fourth of July. But now his personal life has soured my ability to see beyond that. <BR/>Brian DePalma just drives me crazy. He is the definition of the word "Excess"<BR/>Malkovich-sometimes I love him and sometimes he's too noticeably quirky. Veering into Christopher Walken or Val Kilmer territory. <BR/>Loved him in Ripley's Last Game and Being John Malkovich.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27023962059993624382009-03-24T12:22:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:22:00.000-04:00Brian DePalma will keep me out of a theater. He st...Brian DePalma will keep me out of a theater. He strikes me as too concerned with showing how clever he is, working in his homages to other films, whether they fit the current project or not. <BR/><BR/>His name hasn't come up yet in this discussion, but I'll give serious consideration to any movie with John Malkovich.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67360159998589317142009-03-24T12:21:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:21:00.000-04:00Tom Cruise is one I can't watch anymore. He was ne...Tom Cruise is one I can't watch anymore. He was never a huge favorite, but after his "pre-adolescent" jumping up and down on Oprah's couch, so obviously fake, he just leaves me cold.<BR/>We don't see any young actors today in the mold of a Hoffman, Pacino, oe De Niro, capable of making you believe they are the part they are playing.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738462837640721126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-68532384255709170002009-03-24T12:10:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:10:00.000-04:00Maybe that's why I love foreign films too. I rarel...Maybe that's why I love foreign films too. I rarely know the actors in them. Even if their face is familiar, not recognizing the words in their language makes them remote. Or maybe I like to read my movies.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com