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For me, it is Matt Damon. Never got what the big deal was about him in The Bourne Identity. Had no sex appeal for me at all. His acting seemed wooden -- just another pretty face with no personality.
I agree these women are way too hot for them, but also the show (at least what I have seen of it) is laughably bad and the characters are beyond annoying. I have no idea how this became a hit.
Beth was my favorite in the book (but I disliked her in the movie).
Jo was my favorite in the movie.
I did not particularly enjoy Claire Danes in this role. She was not terrible -- for me her performance was average. The script did not properly flesh out the character, which did not help.
When she did have screen time, she used the same expressions she uses in Homeland. The loud, gasping, wrenching cry, or the blank stare, with some smiles thrown in. She doesn't seem to have much of a range as an actress (but I am no Danes expert, just comparing those two performances).
By the time Beth died in the book, I felt I knew her character so well, and I cried and felt her loss deeply. I did not feel the same during the movie. The screenplay could have done a much better job with Beth, but even if it had, I am not sure Danes could have managed it. Maybe she would have; I just felt that in the movie, Beth was very one-dimensional. Whereas in the book, Beth, as quiet as she was, leapt off the page.
Links, plenty of them here:
[url]https://ronanfarrowletter.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/qa-with-dylan-farrow/[/url]
"DF: Allen refused to take a polygraph administered by the Connecticut state police.
"RW: Allen was actually never asked to take a polygraph test by the CT State police. However, soon after Mia made her accusation, Allen voluntarily submitted to a polygraph test by an independent examiner. [b]Some low-information commentators have implied that Allen’s legal team must have found someone who could be paid off to fudge the results. In fact, the examiner was the most respected man in the field, Paul Minor (1940- 2015).[/b] He had been Chief of the Polygraph Office for the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he was the Chief Polygraph Examiner for the FBI. (He not only taught polygraphology at the FBI Academy, but had set up the entire program there.) Minor conducted polygraph tests in the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case, the Jon Benet Ramsey case, Enron, O.J. Simpson, DeLorean, and others. Allen fully passed the test. The results were submitted to the CT State police, with Minor flying in to answer questions. The State police concurred with Minor’s findings, which is probably why they never proposed administering their own test. Mia was then asked by Woody’s lawyers to take a reciprocal polygraph test. She wouldn’t. Maybe it’s not too late."
Source: [url]https://ronanfarrowletter.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/qa-with-dylan-farrow/[/url]
Some history on this 25-year-old case:
(Lots of links, all worth reading)
[url]https://ronanfarrowletter.wordpress.com/2017/12/13/qa-with-dylan-farrow/[/url]
Also, Moses Farrow Speaks Out:
[url]https://ronanfarrowletter.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/moses-farrow-speaks-out/[/url]
I am missing these as well.
I read that Scott Caan negotiated for less time on the show. "“I do five episodes less than [series star] Alex [O’Loughlin],” said Caan, who lives in Los Angeles while the show shoots in Hawaii. “I just do a couple episodes less so I can come home to see my family and stuff. They were cool about it so we just all came to that.”
I watched some of the first season, but the show wasn't for me.
My mother loves it, though.
Thanks for sharing this! I didn't know that about Viggo's stance.
I found some interesting 1/6 military figurine images made of Viggo's character and Ed Harris's character in Appaloosa:
Hitch Everette (Viggo Mortensen):
[url]https://ransomechua.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/appaloosa-hitch-everette-viggo-mortensen/[/url]
Virgil Cole (Ed Harris):
[url]https://ransomechua.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/appaloosa-virgil-cole-ed-harris/[/url]
I liked Renee for the part, but I did a double-take at her swollen face. If not for that, she would have been great as she played the role very convincingly. But her face was a distraction.
I like that Ed Harris wanted historical accuracy and didn't cast 10s; I appreciate historical accuracy. And he had it, except for Renee's puffy face.
He really does. He is known for his thorough role preparation, including the character, weapons, horses, terrain, weather, etc., but dislikes the term "method" actor.
"Mortensen dislikes the term 'method' but he sure knows how to throw himself into a role: he studied Russian history and literature ahead of his Oscar-nominated turn in Eastern Promises (2008), he slept in sub-zero temperatures and wore wet shoes during the shoot of The Road (2009), and he drove around Germany and Poland visiting concentration camps to play a Nazi in Good (2008)." -- quoting Tara Brady in [i]The Irish Times[/i]
I agree that she was brainwashed. There was a thorough investigation of this done at the time. It sounded like Dylan was coached by Mia Farrow. [url]https://radaronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/yale-new-haven-hospital-allen.pdf[/url]
Agreed. He is writing about life within his sphere and from his unique, personal perspective; it wouldn't be a Woody Allen film otherwise.
Hahaha, I needed to read something like this and laugh after seeing what I experienced as a tense, suspense-filled movie!
Even though I got anxious while watching it, I can see how it has comedic elements if viewed in the right light (and after the fact). Like most horror/suspense movies (especially anything made in the 70s!) it has some cheesy elements which can be both horrific and, upon later reflection, can be funny as well.
I agree about the turtle -- although even though I clearly knew it was rubber, I knew from Amy's face there was going to be hell to pay.
I haven't seen the new version and, after seeing the original, am pretty sure I don't want to see it. I imagine it as a politically correct blandness; hope I am wrong.
Ugh, maybe not wrong -- just ran across some headlines like "Sofia Coppola's whitewashed new movie The Beguiled" -- doesn't sound promising.
This was hilarious (and a needed laugh; that movie was tense!).
I just saw this one as well, for the first time I believe (at least, I cannot remember seeing it). Really enjoyed it! "Enjoy" may not be the right word choice ... very suspenseful and never a dull moment. It was different than anything else I have seen him in.
I agree. I think you meant Bob Gaudio. If Joe Pesci hadn't arranged the meeting between Bob Gaudio and Frankie Valli, none of it may have happened for sure! Fate sure did play a part in this band's journey.
After rewatching this movie, I was also curious about this practice. I couldn't find much discussion on this. Someone on Quora said the following:
"It gets the dust and water off.
"Squeezing dirt between a bullet and your rifles barrel is like running sandpaper down the barrel. It can permanently damage the polished interior of the barrel, ruining future accuracy.
"Water can be a hazard as well, as it is not compressible. If you have a layer of water between the bullet casing and the rifles chamber, and then subject it to 50,000 psi or more, it's possible to damage the chamber wall. Corrosion can also be an issue.
"It's best to subject the insides of a gun to as few contaminants as possible.
"EDIT: Not sure if water is actually as much of a hazard, as I remember seeing guns fired underwater without any damage (as far as I know)."