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| Befade |
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| I know I'm in the minority but Demi Moore is someone I'd watch at whatever age. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:35 pm |
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Sally Field is another who seems to have had little or no work done and she is a fantastic actress.
Demi Moore has had a multitude of work done but it doesn't look bad. Since her face was always inexpressive, the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
Then there's Jessica Lange, who has so far stopped short of desecration but must be stopped from further work. It's already too late for Meg Ryan and getting there for Nicole Kidman.
Lee Remick was a classic beauty who never had work done. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 10:35 pm |
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Quote: ...the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
What artistry? She can't act worth a shit. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 3:55 am |
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billyweeds wrote:
Demi Moore has had a multitude of work done but it doesn't look bad. Since her face was always inexpressive, the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
LOL. Agree that Sally Field looks great and Lange needs police restraint. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 4:47 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: billyweeds wrote:
Demi Moore has had a multitude of work done but it doesn't look bad. Since her face was always inexpressive, the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
LOL. Agree that Sally Field looks great and Lange needs police restraint.
WORD, Joe. And Billy. But I guess I think Demi Moore is a better actor than she's given credit for. I thought she brought it home in Disclosure. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:11 am |
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marantzo wrote: Quote: ...the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
What artistry? She can't act worth a shit.
You obviously missed my subtle wit. Joe got it. Should we bring back the emoticon, Gary, since we've both needed it? And here I should add... |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 5:14 am |
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Marj wrote: Joe Vitus wrote: billyweeds wrote:
Demi Moore has had a multitude of work done but it doesn't look bad. Since her face was always inexpressive, the plastic hasn't harmed her artistry.
LOL. Agree that Sally Field looks great and Lange needs police restraint.
WORD, Joe. And Billy. But I guess I think Demi Moore is a better actor than she's given credit for. I thought she brought it home in Disclosure.
She was effective in Disclosure and also in Mortal Thoughts. Otherwise, she doesn't move me. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 6:01 am |
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| Whenever I see Billy posting in "couch with a view" I get excited. I keep thinking he may have written a review of one the loveliest films of the past decade, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 7:04 am |
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Billy, I realized that when I read Joe's post.
I don't think I saw Mortal Thoughts, but i saw Disclosure and she was decent because she was playing herself. I think she may have mellowed over the years, but she's still a moron. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 8:02 am |
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Marc wrote: Whenever I see Billy posting in "couch with a view" I get excited. I keep thinking he may have written a review of one the loveliest films of the past decade, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
It's coming up for viewing on Roku. Right now the next film is either As It Is in Heaven or David Mamet's practically unknown but quite well received Spartan. Tonight's mood will decide the choice. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:10 am |
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| Meanwhile, I checked out Seven Men from Now, the Budd Boetticher-directed Western starring Randolph Scott in which Lee Marvin made an early splash. It's not quite as wonderful as some critics would maintain, but it's a great example of the B Western in full flower. Scott in revenge territory, offing the seven men who killed his wife. It's tough and mean and Marvin is in fine form. Gail Russell plays the female lead in one of her final performances before she died of alcoholism at a very early age. You can see the ravages on her still-attractive face. On the sun-drenched Western plains, she's no longer Stella by starlight. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 11:02 am |
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| "Brothers" (2009) -- liked it; Tobey went to his really dark place and kind of scared me spitless as a soldier driven to the edge. Gyllenhaal, with that face of cheerful melancholy, is perfect as the less-responsible brother who kind of pulls it together when Tobey goes missing in remotest Afghanistan. Based on a Danish film. Natalie Portman, as the wife left behind, might be a little too slender and chiseled to be a mom with two kids, but good acting overcomes and she does a compelling job showing a woman being whittled down to nerve endings and some inner reserve of toughness. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 1:20 pm |
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| I didn't like Brothers at all, but I seem to be in the minority. I thought the first half was sleep-inducing, the last part hysterical (not in the funny sense) and that I'd seen it before. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 6:20 pm |
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| Never saw Disclosure or Mortal Thoughts, so can't comment. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:14 pm |
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Spartan was a movie completely unknown to me until it was recommended by a friend. It's written and directed by David Mamet, no attraction for me; even though I love Glengarry Glen Ross, Mamet has never directed a movie I have liked.* Until now.
This is one of the most intense action flicks I can recall, adrenaline-pumping from beginning to end. A group of operatives are trying to save a famous young woman whose name we know but whose importance we are not told. Vsl Kilmer, Derek Luke, Ed O'Neill, William H. Macy, and others do very well, but it's Mamet's direction that seals the deal. Why is this movie such a well-kept secret? Hard to figure out, since the reviews were largely excellent when it opened in 2004. (Ebert gave it four stars, for one.) Check it out.
*Minor correction: I sort of liked House of Games, even though I didn't think it played fair--and was a mite pretentious to boot. |
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