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[Admiral Yi]

I think John Hurt is one of our greatest living actors.  As far as I am concerned, saying "John Hurt/Ian Holm/Philip Seymour Hoffman/Daniel Day Lewis" was great in that role is a bit like saying "it is nice to breathe air".

Those toture scenes were the first in which I think I've seen him emote.

[Agelastus]

 

Just rewatched "And Now for Something Completely Different", shown again on BBC2 tonight as part of a Python evening.

It never ages, even if it is just a compilation of a compilation sketch show.

[The Brain]

Shakespeare In Love. Again. I think it's a great movie.

It's also a movie where Ben Affleck isn't annoying.

[Queequeg]

I think John Hurt is one of our greatest living actors.  As far as I am concerned, saying "John Hurt/Ian Holm/Philip Seymour Hoffman/Daniel Day Lewis" was great in that role is a bit like saying "it is nice to breathe air".

Those toture scenes were the first in which I think I've seen him emote.

He's a character actor, so I suppose most of the roles you've seen him in previously would be small.

Check out Midnight Express or I, Claudius though.

PHS WAS GREAT IN MI3.  YOU SPEAK BLASPHEMY.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum.


Zero Mowhatever Named Names.  Commie.

Big Lobalski or however its spelt.  Good movie.

[Lettow77]

 Watching a terrible movie made by some yankee on the glorious William Walker for latin american history.

It just reminds me how much I swoon over the grey-eyed man of destiny, however.

[Darth Wagtaros]

-mew.

[CountDeMoney]

Watching a terrible movie made by some yankee on the glorious William Walker for latin american history.

It just reminds me how much I swoon over the grey-eyed man of destiny, however.

Meh, wasn't that bad, until the very end with that whole "let's insert a helicopter just to make a political point" part.

[Lettow77]

 The historical inaccuracies! They fired bolt action rifles! they made his wife look to be some woman far beyond decency, when she should have been dead before the film started.

The bit with the Southern mercenaries about to have sex with sheep? Or Walker being a madman who completely ignored his men being mowed down and wasnt himself killed due to some sort of providence of fools?

Or the fact that Walker never met vanderbilt, and was infact in league with his competitors, rather than suggesting he was in the pocket of some evil capitalist..

it's a propaganda peace by some yankee who aims at making an overarching, communist-symphasising point and has no qualms with smearing Walker's good name in the process.

[CountDeMoney]

Oh, fuck you.  Squee.

[Lettow77]

 Cat sounds have lost their charm now that beloved Ennui is languishing in some idyllic prison in milan.

[katmai]

it's a propaganda peace by some yankee who aims at making an overarching, communist-symphasising point and has no qualms with smearing Walker's good name in the process.

sigh, made by a crazy Englishman, not a real Yankee you moronic assclown

[Josephus]

Watched Into The Wild for the second time.

Love it. Sad, sad movie, but somehow spiritually uplifting.

[Queequeg]

The bit with the Southern mercenaries about to have sex with sheep? Or Walker being a madman who completely ignored his men being mowed down and wasnt himself killed due to some sort of providence of fools?

Right, cause Southerners were known for their boundless civilry when dealing with Latin Americans and natives.

[Octavian]

...written by a South Park guy...

It was written by a South Park producer; Pam Brady