Gwyneth Paltrow ...Jake Gyllenhaal
Posted on 03/07/2006 6:28:34 AM PST by ex-Texan
Although I think he should have let a few roles go (sequel to "Silence of The Lambs"),
I've liked him in most roles.
One of my favorites is "Peter and Paul"; he portrayed Paul as best as any actor could:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082900/
"learnt from his improbable marriage to an atheist, Jewish, socialist, New York divorcee. "
She did convert you know and became a Christian!
Wow!! A star with intelligence...has this ever happened before?
I call it the "shiny ball syndrome". We have a culture of ADD kids from all teh video games and tv so they get bored after .78 seconds of anything.
Not too long ago I wa having a discussion regarding my favorite films and it occurred to me that Hopkins was in quite a number of them including, "Lion in Winter,"(with a very young Timothy Dalton), "84 Charring Cross Rd.", and "Legends of the Fall."
They're afraid of the Muslims.
I wish you could too!
Why not just go ahead and write a film script, and pass it on to your children and tell them,
"I wanted to do this, I never gave up no matter what, I did it on my own without funding, let this be an example to you to go ahead and do what matters to you."
Have it bound it a nice cover with your name in gold.
This title has me all tied up in conflicted knots.
V for Vendetta is a comic book actually, but it was written WAY before the War on Terror by the fantastically talented Alan Moore. Who, I have heard (but not confirmed), actually refused to put his seal of approval on the final movie version.
I call is Sesame Street Syndrome. For too long, little ones are plopped in front of Sesame Street where they are fed a new visual image every 45 seconds or so. They develop enough attention by adolescence to watch an entire music video, at 3 minutes. And now, those generations are artistes who bounce like grasshoppers on crack instead of telling a story.
Now, I have to climb down from this soap box I'm on before I fall and get hurt.
duly noted...thanks!
I strongly suspect that the two "stars" who wouldn't "come out of their trailers" are Sean Penn and Kate Winslet.
Hopkins just completed a remake of All The King's Men, in which Penn and Winslet were his costars. Both are actors eaten up with themselves, and condescending.
The greatest acting performance I ever saw was Hopkins in Remains of the Day. How he kept his steely composure at all times, how he portrayed the steady devotion to duty--what a great movie.
I like this guy too. I saw him interviewed some years ago. "inside the actors studio" probably. He was asked how he chooses what roles to take. And he answered "i do this for the money. that's it. nothing deep about". Somewhat paraphrased but he was very blunt about it. No shame about it. No excuses.
A wonderful actor with a huge body of work...all of it worth seeing!
..Sir Anthony's role as John Quincy Adams in "Amistad" was inspirational--so much so, I forgive him for "Nixon"...
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