Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

[IATT]

 
there's a difference between white women not ageing well and "wait are you sure thats the same person!?"

I'm just adding that as a contributing factor to her going the surgery route..

this shouldn't surprise anyone at all.. she is an aging actress who wasn't overly pretty before (was on the cute side).. and then you factor in her weight gain and loss, which also ages you.. and whatever she may have been doing in her personal life (smoking.. drinking.. drugs.. stress.. poor diet.. lack of exercise.. etc.)

I mean it's definitely Jennifer grey status, in that she looks like another person.. but I could see a number of the above factors factoring in on her decision to go that route.. whereas with grey, she was still young and just made the jump after having insecurities about her nose

also see keri Russell after changing up her hair

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Hollywood is a horrible place. And most people that go there go there for validation. So when the roles dwindle, they get even more self-conscious and desperately turn to plastic surgery for career immortality. Combo of the drugs and psychology ruins beauty out west.

 

[venom lyrix]

Inglourious Basterds was as close to a satire war film as we're going to get. Not to mention I hated it.

Brad Pitt, sporting an accent and in a uniform doesn't = Brad Pitt in every war film. Just because an actor played a role in one genre and decides to do so again doesn't automatically = a comparison.

That's the same lazy opinion that sports writers have when they only compare white players to white players. Or use the same adjectives to describe players.

Fury doesn't remotely compare to Basterds aside from the fact that it's a WWII film.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Shoshanna and Waltz were the best part of Basterds. I don't even consider it a Brad Pitt film.

 

[shogun]

Someone hated Basterds? GTHO.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I don't think anyone is comparing Basterds to Fury as they are clearly 2 different types of films. I think people are saying the character in Fury invokes Raines in Basterds, the uniform, the image, the hair, etc...

 

[iYen]

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It alphabetically organizes your shows and it's simple.

 

[venom lyrix]

I don't think anyone is comparing Basterds to Fury as they are clearly 2 different types of films. I think people are saying the character in Fury invokes Raines in Basterds, the uniform, the image, the hair, etc...

I've seen both, and I completely disagree, hence my "harsh" comments.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Basterds sorta sucks and is sorta great. It's your typical Tarantino movie. Great job from the lead actress, very good dialogue throughout, but a whole lot of meh overall. Direction wise and all that stuff, it's shot really well.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I don't think anyone is comparing Basterds to Fury as they are clearly 2 different types of films. I think people are saying the character in Fury invokes Raines in Basterds, the uniform, the image, the hair, etc...

I've seen both, and I completely disagree, hence my "harsh" comments.

I guess the images of the characters don't invoke one another...

 

[iYen]

I watched Fury trying to find similarities between both of Pitt's roles.

I couldn't find any. I also feel like the comparison is a reach.

Inglourious Basterds is great btw. Don't care what you guys say.

 

[sea manup]

IG is an amazing film

tarantino's usage in pauses between dialogue to build suspense and develop character is flawless in that movie 

 

[lawdog1]

I thought Basterds was good. I didn't love it and don't expect to ever watch it again. Then again, I'm not the Tarantino devotee that a lot of the regulars in this thread are. I recognize his brilliance and appreciate how unique his filmmaking voice his, but I don't necessarily enjoy all his movies that much. I guess I'm in the pacifist club with JRS because I'm not big non watching violence in movies, particularly when its violence for the sake of violence. That's a big part of a lot of Tarantino films and one of the reasons why I don't enjoy them as much as some other people do. I generally just check his movies once and move on. They don't have a high re-watch factor for me, except Pulp Fiction. Pulp is awesome and I generally watch at least part of it whenever it comes on TV. Yes, I realize that Pulp has plenty of violence, but for whatever reasons I find it more palatable in that one than in QT's other flicks. I can't really give a good explanation for that.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

aside from the gimp scene, the violence in pulp is reasonable. but that scene man it's like wtf is wrong with u quentin.

 

[lawdog1]

^^^ Agreed. What happened to Ving Rayhmes in that scene will be forever seared into my memory and not in a good way.

 

[davinci]

Pulp Fiction is in my top 10

 

[Master Zik]

there's a difference between white women not ageing well and "wait are you sure thats the same person!?"

Yeah, basically.

Nobody is saying Renee fell off or she aged quick.

She literally does not look like the same person. She looks another entire human being.

 

Fury was pretty good. I liked the cast. Even liked Brad Pitt even though he's basically Aldo Raines in this movie

No, he isn't.


Just because they are two war films, doesn't mean he plays the same character. That's a lazy comparison.

I haven't seen the movie yet.. and I really need to get on that.. but I've read a couple places that it's a watered down version of the aldo raines character

Damn Before the movie even came out and I was talking about Pitt as an actor one thing I was saying jokingly is I hope Fury isn't just a poor man's Aldo or Aldo taken a bit more seriously.

Dude is mostly a limited character actor so it would not be a surprise if there are similar things between the two characters but now when I watch the movie I'll have that in mind instead of coming in blank.

 

[venom lyrix]

First Trailer for The Gambler, starring Mark Wahlberg in a remake of the 1974 James Caan Classic - http://wp.me/p2CCWq-3Sa

looks completely different than the 1974 film but in hindsight they are 40 yrs apart

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Venom you ever see the original? Thoughts? I'm a fan of Caan so I wanna check it out.

 

[venom lyrix]

Venom you ever see the original? Thoughts? I'm a fan of Caan so I wanna check it out.

yes very good film, and being a gambler myself I can relate. It's on netflix right now if you're interested. Caan is awesome

 

[albooboo5]

I love Brad Pitt and his movies but I understand why people may think he is limited.

One of my favorite stories about one of his characters from a movie is him in true romance. That small role was the basis for Saul in pineapple express.

 

[venom lyrix]

I love Brad Pitt and his movies but I understand why people may think he is limited.

One of my favorite stories about one of his characters from a movie is him in true romance. That small role was the basis for Saul in pineapple express.

True Romance launched his career based off that 1 small scene. He owes his career to that scene

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Cool, I'll check it out. I'm a borderline gambler as well if you count the art of speculation.

Pitt, well, he's my favorite actor, but mostly because I think he's a cool dude to chill with. Sort of like that line from Catcher in the Rye about the best writers being the ones you want to hang out with.

But, he is limited somewhat. He's gotten drastically better since starting his career, but he's more so movie star than actor.

Having said that, Jesse James was one of my favorite roles of his and I think he handled it well. Same goes for Benjamin Button, but I love that movie for the comment the sea captain made about being a damn artist. Just related to me as a writer.

 

[proshares]

They're remaking The Gambler?

Jesus Christ.

1996 Mark could have possibly pulled that off. They need to stop with this ****, next thing you know Channing Tatum is gonna be in The Sand Pebbles

 

[lawdog1]

Whenever I see "the Gambler" I automatically think of the Kenny Roger's song. Country is one of only music genres that I almost categorically reject, but that song is the ****. (There's some pretty good Johnny Cash tunes as well).