[the_old_crowd] Never again

Monika Huebner bookworm at agassizde.yahoo.invalid
Sun Dec 5 08:02:46 UTC 2004


sean dwyer <ewe2 at ...> wrote:

>Oldman was a major spur to watching the movie in the first place for me, the
>guy is really underrated outside of UK culture. One of those frighteningly
>good method actors.

Indeed. Unfortunately, I first saw him a couple of years ago in "The
Fifth Element". I hated the movie and somehow he always looked as
unpleasant in my memory as he looked in that movie, which didn't make
me seek out more of his stuff. He seems to play unpleasant characters
most of the time anyway, it was hard to find a movie where he didn't
play a bad guy. If anyone wants to see how funny he can actually be,
I'd recommend watching "Rosencrantz and Guldenstern", but this one is
very "British". I think he himself said once that Hollywood didn't
really know what to do with him and if they were casting people for a
romantic comedy, he would be very low down on the list. <g>

>But face it, the movies needed a change in direction even
>though the topology of Hogwarts looks like a Sims fan took to it, and Harry &
>Co's idea of fun is getting creepy these days, which was an interesting point
>a few viewers noticed. Can't wait for ze next vun.

Oh, I was among the first to cheer when I heard Columbus wouldn't
direct PoA. I hadn't seen any of Cuarn's stuff back then, but the
thought of a Mexican directing a HP movie was somehow intriguing. I
have added three more of Cuarn's movies to my DVD collection since
then because I think he is great with visuals. His stuff is very
stylish and I found myself liking it a lot.

Monika






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