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smoking

posted 16 years ago by rrpostal
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Is it possible for this guy to act without a smoke? He just seems so scrubby and smelly. There are other actors, especially younger ones, who do this almost as much, but this guy is KING. Others such as Ethan Hawke in "Reality Bites" where I kept thinking 'this smelly a#$ is a heart-throb?', but then W Ryder is racing them both to emphysema I think anyway. I almost couldn't watch "Moscow Chill" as it makes me feel smelly and cough phlegm. That probably makes me seem prudish. Maybe it's combined with the unwashed appearance and general look of BO, like in the above mentioned movie also.

[–] bogwart-1 16 years ago

I don't think you belong on a film comments board. What on earth has the above garbage got to do with the film itself? The acting, the script, the direction - all take second place to some dimwit smoking?

I thought the film itself was total rubbish, and an embarrassment to Konchalovsky's magnificent record. Put *that* in your pipe and smoke it.

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[–] dgreen66 12 years ago

Norman rocks. He smokes in real life, and in lots of his movies, his character also smokes. Makes me thinks maybe the smoking was written in after they cast him. Love, love, love him in Walking Dead, and currently passing the time until February watching every single movie he's been in that Netflix has in stock. Moscow Chill is in the top 5 of all the movies that I have seen of him so far. I have around 5 left to go. For the dude who said he looks like he reeks of BO and looks dirty: Makes me think your girl must have a hard-on for Norman(as do most women with a heartbeat), so your probably just jealous. What else could make you say such mean things?

[–] Norma_Snockers 12 years ago

I really like Norman and think he's great in TWD. There are also a couple of films in which he's given a really good performance. There are some films he's been in that have been average and he has been the best thing about them. I also have no objection to the smoking.

Moscow Chill however - is just not a very good film - I've seen about a dozen of his films so far and Moscow Chill is down there with Until the Night and Red Canyon. As for Norman's scenes - his acting gets better towards the last 30 minutes or so - but up until then - its just bad all-round.

Time flies like the wind - and fruit flies like bananas!