GOP Primary Megathread!

[CountDeMoney]

She can act okay, I guess.  But she was a very weak Clarice in Hannibal-- though I guess it'd be nearly impossible to follow Jodie Foster in that role.

Well, she was only as strong as a weak script and a rewritten ending that diverged from the novel--which is why Foster refused to do it.

[Viking]

I'd just like to point out that not being as good an actress as Jodie Foster still leaves open the option of merely being the 2nd best female actress of her generation. I'm not suggesting Moore is the 2nd best female actress of her generation, I'm just pointing out that saying that moore is not as good as foster reduces to saying that moore is not the same person as foster.

[Eddie Teach]

I just noticed there's a Canadian election thread, and it's almost as long as this one. 


Meryl Streep is roughly the same generation as Foster, she's certainly the most acclaimed actress of the generation.

[garbon]

She can act okay, I guess.  But she was a very weak Clarice in Hannibal-- though I guess it'd be nearly impossible to follow Jodie Foster in that role.

Julianne Moore is generally pretty weak though even while likeable.

[garbon]

Meryl Streep is roughly the same generation as Foster, she's certainly the most acclaimed actress of the generation.

Hmm? Meryl Streep is more in Glenn Close/Candice Bergen generation.

[Barrister]

I just noticed there's a Canadian election thread, and it's almost as long as this one. 

We cheated - the election was over more than a year ago, but we keep using the same thread.   

[Eddie Teach]

Hmm? Meryl Streep is more in Glenn Close/Candice Bergen generation.

Withdrawn. I didn't realize she was over 30 when she did Sophie's Choice.

[derspiess]

Gingrich is running radio ads like crazy here.  Literally every commercial break yesterday afternoon.  It ends with something like "People in Washington don't like Newt very much.  But that's a good thing."

I suppose it might be a good thing-- if only people outside Washington felt any differently

[Syt]

Meanwhile in Iran (courtesy of Titanic): "Thrilling preliminaries in Iran: two candidates already eliminated!"

[Neil]

She can act okay, I guess.  But she was a very weak Clarice in Hannibal-- though I guess it'd be nearly impossible to follow Jodie Foster in that role.

Well, she was only as strong as a weak script and a rewritten ending that diverged from the novel--which is why Foster refused to do it.

Nobody came out of that movie a winner.  Even Lecter was diminished as a result of that film.

[Malthus]

Meanwhile in Iran (courtesy of Titanic): "Thrilling preliminaries in Iran: two candidates already eliminated!"

The Republican primaries could use a bit of that approach ... 

[MadImmortalMan]

The Newt "winning our future" PAC is still running ads in Nevada against Romney. Hello, McFly? Caucus is over, please do a better job at buying air time. thx.

[Viking]

I just noticed there's a Canadian election thread, and it's almost as long as this one. 


Meryl Streep is roughly the same generation as Foster, she's certainly the most acclaimed actress of the generation.

Streep is a '49 model Foster is a '62, though they both broke into the entertainment industry in 1976, only Foster was in Bugsy Malone while Streep got famous on broadway.

[Sheilbh]

She can act okay, I guess.  But she was a very weak Clarice in Hannibal-- though I guess it'd be nearly impossible to follow Jodie Foster in that role.

Well, she was only as strong as a weak script and a rewritten ending that diverged from the novel--which is why Foster refused to do it.

I think the book's pretty poor too.  Harris got a bit into writing Hannibal and could have done with an editor to tone it down.  Clarice is weak in the novel and the film.  But I think Moore's really good.  She's brilliant in The Hours, Magnolia, The End of the Affair (otherwise a poor film) and Boogie Nights.  I liked her in that Kids Are Alright film too.

No argument on Foster.  She's a great actress.

I love Meryl but I find her a bit overrated.  She's like a good (but not great) British actor, a female Kenneth Branagh.  There's always something a bit Streep-ish about almost all of her performances.  Plus I think she goes in for not that good award-bait films way too easily.

[Kleves]

Well, she was only as strong as a weak script and a rewritten ending that diverged from the novel--which is why Foster refused to do it.

Meh, the ending of the book sucked and deserved to be changed.