Henry Jones VII
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Great looking poster,
this one should be an interesting western.
this one should be an interesting western.
Pale Horse said:Don't tell me this is the NDA you're currently operating under:
kongisking said:What's that GIF from, Gonzo? Because, to be honest...it's really disturbingly realistic. Can I ask for it to be removed somehow?
Attila the Professor said:Not a real snuff film, but removal is, perhaps, worth considering.
Dr. Gonzo said:I already peeked at the first couple pages and the five or six times he tells the reader "in 70mm SUPER CINEMASCOPE FRAME"...
Attila the Professor said:Not a real snuff film, but removal is, perhaps, worth considering.
Pale Horse said:
Stunning, and this isn't even to scale.
But what are Jeff Bridges and Danny Glover doing in this film?
Pale Horse said:
Stunning, and this isn't even to scale.
But what are Jeff Bridges and Danny Glover doing in this film?
Joe Brody said:Kurt f'ning Russell. Man I wish he would just disappear.
Pale Horse said:Okay, now this sounds like a great discussion to get into.
Why, good friend. Why?
Joe Brody said:Look at his filmography. The guy is the poster boy for 'Bad Hollywood'
Joe Brody said:?whose whole career has been a bad inside joke.
What exactly that joke is, I'm not sure ?and some I'm sure would even argue that it's kinda cool.
What that whole bad-inside-joke-of-a-career (note, I've never seen the Miracle) seems to have built up to perfectly is Death Proof -- where QT did what he does best and create a part for the bad-inside-joke that helps take the given film to another level.
Ouch. True, but ouch. Maybe he?s just supposed to be the straw-man Scientology uses as a distraction? (That?s not a hair plug joke, I promise) Nevertheless, I won?t contest this. He did make a good Nick Cage, though. LOLAnd once the bad-inside-joke is bestowed with a Band Apart role there just ain't nothing left. I'd argue there's even less than nothing left. FOR EXAMPLE What purpose had there been to John Travolta's existence since 1994 except to rebut Vega Brother rumors?
I haven?t seen Furious?from 2-7 so I am unable to offer perspective on his character therein. I hardly think he was brought on for anything besides the ?coolness? factor. But that?s just my assumption, too.Similarly for Russell. What the heck was he doing in Furious 7 -- other than (shudder) give Toretto a reason to drink something other than a Corona? You'll never find me defending Furioius 7 as a quality film but Russell's character brought the whole film down a very big notch. Is it as bad a Travolta's Michael or Phenomenon? No-
- but I wish we were spared.
Pale Horse said:A little about the man that Robert Osborne dubbed the Walt Disney Company(ies) top studio star of the 1970’s. Y’all remember he auditioned for the role of Han Solo, but lost to Ford, right?
Pale Horse said:...and perhaps that is the basis for your unsettled approach to one Kurt Vogel Russell (yes, like the villain in Last Crusade)
Pale Horse said:…but it’s here I take exception.
Escape from New York, The Thing , ghost directed Tombstone, “the best sports movie of all time ~Ebert” Miracle. Backdraft, Golden Globe nominated Silkwood, Emmy nominated Elvis, Tequila Sunrise, The Deadly Tower each with a unique merit on its own, yet all propelled by the quiet cool, slightly older kid who lived next door magic that the aforesaid ‘bad-joke’ may play to its own demise.
Pale Horse said:I think is some regards, it’s very cool.
Pale Horse said:Coincidentally enough, he criticizes the use of Scottish Gerard Butler as Snake Plissken because to Russell, Snake is ‘quintessentially American.’ That’s moxie.
Pale Horse said:Ouch. True, but ouch. Maybe he’s just supposed to be the straw-man Scientology uses as a distraction? (That’s not a hair plug joke, I promise) Nevertheless, I won’t contest this. He did make a good Nick Cage, though. LOL
Pale Horse said:I haven’t seen Furious…from 2-7 so I am unable to offer perspective on his character therein. I hardly think he was brought on for anything besides the ‘coolness’ factor. But that’s just my assumption, too.
Pale Horse said:What I respect about Russell, is that he, like that slightly ever-cool older boy next door, doesn’t give a F**k.
chuckle, among other things.Joe Brody said:I did not. Too much Sellect talk here over the years I guess.
Trust me, '[C]oolness' is a little past his prime. For me, there's a coolness continuum for actors from that age: starting with (post Ghost, pre-death) Patrick Swayze (G*d rest his soul), then (pre-Big Lebowski) Jeff Bridges, Kurt Russell, then Alec Baldwin (watch Miami Blues), then someone like Michael Madsen, etc..
Now, back to Death Proof. QT could have gone for the tough and scary talent like Madsen for Stuntman Mike. Madsen would have been effective and scary. Instead, QT goes with someone ironic like Russell and the whole feel of the movie changes. Suddenly there's this creepy twisted quasi realism to the performance because of Russell's stunted career. That's cool. Mr. Nobody in Furious 7? Trust me, it's not cool. It's sad.
Well said. I like the way you think and put that. Frankly, I did not know all the background on Russell and you've given me a new appreciation though I still wish he'd disappear from film.
Pale Horse said:Does Jeff Goldblum and Michael Keaton fit that bill yet? (or is that another discussion, a poignant one as our children are getting on now...)
Pale Horse said:You got me thinkin'. The stereo-consensus is that QT makes what wasn't cool/new/fresh again. Looking at his actor bullpen, is there any one, besides maybe Waltz, who has reinvented themselves? That may be rhetoric.
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Joe Brody said:I would submit that you sir selected his finest moment on-screen right there.
Pale Horse said:It was that one, or this one:
roundshort said:Great news about Hateful 8! They are using my old town of Telluride to film it. This is great news and proves QT knows what he is doing! Not even going to mention I plugged Tride to him on a 4th of July pool party once.....