Posted on 10/09/2014 2:29:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
That is pretty interesting. I grew up with the Star Wars films, so I just took it all for granted, but I recently saw some behind-the-scenes footage of Hamill training for "Empire" and he was really putting his all into it. He struck me as a very hard worker. I'm sure it was all worth it since he likely never had to work again after "Jedi." His work as the Joker on Batman has always been fantastic, and it was a damn shame he retired from the role.
I agree. It’s a fine film, and Cary Grant is fine in it. But somehow he thought he apparently played his character too ‘broadly,’ and was unhappy with the results.
Speaking of Battlefield Earth, J.D. Shapiro, one of the credited screenwriters (he wrote the first draft, and was fired due to Executive Meddling), started an apology letter
on the movie with this:
And then went and made "One Crazy Summer" with who as director?
(Katherine Heigl, Knocked Up. Judd Apatow’s unplanned pregnancy comedy was a huge hit and helped cement her status as a bankable film actress. After the film’s release, however, Heigl didn’t have all good things to say. In fact, what she specifically said about it was that the film was:
“…A little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys.”)
Sounds like it hit too close to home for her personally! No wonder the movie was a minor hit.
“I’ve seen fans who have that ‘spark of madness’ he spoke of, not only for ‘Star Wars’, but for other things as well. It isn’t pretty.”
The liberal Obama ‘swooners’ at all his rallies! 9/11 conspiracy types. Masonic illuminati conspiracy types.
My theory...must be aliens!(said with a spark of madness in my eyes.../s)
It would have been interesting to see a Mark Hamill take on Joker in one of the Batman movies...to watch the physical acting with the voice acting.
The Heath Ledger Joker was astounding...I think it took something out of him however though they say it was an overdose of pain meds that got him. I could never watch the movie again...not because the movie was bad but because the malevolence that Ledger evoked thru the character was so reminiscent of the veil of malevolence that is hanging over our country. Like the message of the movie and the question asked...”will good people refuse to go along with evil when forced to the wall?”
I think of that when the courts have been overturning Gay marriage bans. This country is its people, and morally righteous folks need to stir up the Holy Spirit within them, as the Bible says, and act as if the courts have not overturned the bans. We have to ultimately do what is right in God’s eyes, not what Pharoah should decree!
Alec Guinness was correct.
I have seen internet arguments over stupidity like IPhone vs. Droid or Xbox vs. PlayStation, and I swear if these people were in the same room they would have possibly killed each other.
Hopefully he helped the boy see some sort of reality
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