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The_wolf_with_the_red_roses 11:04 pm UTC 10/05/10 |
| In reply to: | Continuation Of The Wolf's Favourite Films Thread - steven_stuart 10:58 pm UTC 09/29/10 |
| You mentioned Jack Black before, I can certainly see why he would be considered, hes not that bad a dramatic actor but I dont rate him much as a singer, is the part he's been considered for dialouge heavy or singing heavy. > Wolf, at the risk of getting myself into trouble with > certain board members, I am starting a new thread to > continue the film discussions. Our posts are way down the > page and we seem to be the only two reading them. Its not > really a new thread, its a continuation of your highly > successful favourite films thread. I would really > appreciate it if all the people who contributed to that > thread could also contribute to this continuation. Also, I > am posting the link to your film at the bottom of this > page and I hope that others will review it in the way that > AndrewG did. Anyway, sorry for being long winded as usual. > Below is my response to your latest films post. > > > The Dark Knight is a far superior film to Burton's Batman, > > mostly because of Heath Ledger's awesome performance as > > the Joker. > > > > I was talking about Adrian Brody and the main actress from > > King Kong (Who's name has escaped me) are really quite > > poor. Jack Black's okay but he really is a poor man's Meat > > Loaf in my opinion. > > Yes. Heath Ledger was awesome in The Dark Knight. I have > never seen anything quite like it. I wonder if the idea > for the Joker's look was Heath's own idea. I'm not sure > how to describe it. More messy? More menacing? To me his > acting in that scene where Batman starts to beat him up in > the police station has to be one of the greatest acting > jobs of all time. > > To expand on our favourite films discussion, perhaps we > could talk about favourite film performances. > > What about Brando in The Godfather and Apocalypse Now? > > That reminds me, surely Francis Ford Coppola deserves a > possible best director mention. Has someone already > suggested him? > > The actress in King Kong was Naomi Watts. Apparently her > dad was Pink Floyd's sound engineer (sounds like a really > cool job to me). > > Its interesting that you talk about Jack Black being a > poor man's Meat Loaf. The BOOH people are quite interested > in him for obvious reasons. I'm not sure if he would do a > show. He's probably very expensive and out of the > question. > Oh well. It might have been fun. Maybe if there is a film, > sometime way in the future. > > Can you think of another actor who could take Meat's place > in the way Jack Black could? Is there another famous actor > that you would compare to Meat? Even if the comparison is > not entirely positive. > > Oh, are there any films of musicals that you like? In > another thread I noticed that Ted Neeley (who played Jesus > in the film of "Jesus Christ Superstar") was Meat Loaf's > back up singer for Meat's 1981 tour. > > > > > Problem with Burton is that he creates all these surreal > > > > worlds and characters, but doesn't give the audience a > > > > real protagonist we can experience it all through. > > > > > > That's a very good point. > > > > > > > I don't > > > > think I need to go into how bad his two Batman films are, > > > > > > Did you think "The Dark Knight" was much better than > > > Burton's Batman films? > > > > > > > I haven't seen his Pee Wee film, but may well do if the > > > > opportunity arises. > > > > > > Pee Wee was very talented. Unfortunately his career was > > > damaged when he got caught doing something strange in a > > > pornographic cinema. > > > > > > > Someone who I don't think has been > > > > mentioned yet is Peter Jackson, he is truly awesome, > > > > cant think of a time I've been more immersed at the cinema > > > > since Lord of the rings, > > > > > > Yes. Peter Jackson does deserve a mention. It must have > > > been quite difficult to turn the books into films. > > > > > > > his remake with King Kong is okay > > > > but quite slow paced and the two leads in the film are > > > > just awful. > > > > > > Was that Jack Black? Have you seen Tenacious D? > | |
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