December Boys Review (spoilers!)

[artsylynda at aol.com]

Thanks for the December Boys review!  It's only on 16 screens  nationwide 
this week.  Go to _www.decemberboys.com_ (http://www.decemberboys.com)  for a 
list of where  and when it opens.  I'll have to drive 100  miles to Cincinnati to 
see  it unless it opens wider by Oct. 19.
 
It was interesting to read some of the reviews after seeing and  reading so 
many of the video and print interviews for the film.  I was  kind of annoyed to 
read a review that made rude comments about his "hairy legs"  - do reviewers 
say anything about Robin Williams' hairy ANYTHING (and Williams  is massively 
hairy!!)?  NO!  But poor Dan, yikes, they won't give him  a break.   The 
combination of pale skin (so pale he's "blue" according  to Dan in one TV interview 
- on Rove, that was it - a VERY funny interview, look  for it on YouTube) 
with dark hair is going to make his legs look different,  especially since he's 
still young and skinny, but to pick on that kind of thing  to comment on in a 
review????  Yikes, that's annoying!
 
As for interesting interviews/reviews, Rove was by far one of the  funniest.  
In quite a few interviews, Dan was asked "why this  film?  Why Australia?"  
He said this was the best script that came his  way that would fit into his 
schedule, and he would go anywhere for a good  script.  He also said a director 
he met with but hasn't worked with told  him the next thing he did after Potter 
should be an ensemble piece where the  burden wasn't on his shoulders, so 
"December Boys," which is really Misty's  story, was perfect for that.  So yeah, 
I think he does have a bit of a  career plan - he's said over and over that he 
won't take a role just to  work.  It has to be challenging, interesting and 
different or he won't want  to do it.  He wants a career like Gary Oldman's and 
Christian Bales's,  with big movies and independent films and stage roles.  
That kind of  "career plan" should give him a long and successful career, much 
more so than if  all he wanted to do was blockbusters.  Yikes, one flopped 
blockbuster at  the box office can do serious damage to some people's careers.  
If December  Boys is a moderate success, I think he'll be well pleased.  I just 
hope  it's enough of a success to open wider so I don't have to drive 100 
miles to see  it!!  

Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

My blog: _www.abraxan.blogspot.com_ (http://www.abraxan.blogspot.com/)   
Read my Harry Potter fics here: 
_http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPRefinersFire/_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPRefinersFire/)   





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