Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[innerSpaceman]

I didn't mean to pick on you, Alex. Many people - me included - have a selective sense of where disbelief can be suspended. You're certainly not alone by being distracted by fake accents from a voice you know while accepting the playacting visage of a face you know. It's just an odd disconnect that I wanted to highlight.

Gosh, I used to freak out whenever I heard Jim Neighbors sing.

[innerSpaceman]

And yet, when most of us "playact," we put on a fake accent as one of the primary ways to differentiate to the desired persona. But when professional actors do it, it tends to stand out. I wonder why we don't allow them the most elementary trick of the trade.



Actually, I find women get a pass from me. Kidman's American or English accents, Blanchett's recent German-accented work, Streep's accents of every stripe. And yet DiCaprio's accent stood out to me. Fortuntately, having known some South Africans, I recognized it as a very passable job. But I think I let female actors get away with what I hold males' tongues to the fire for.

[Alex]

Watched Peggy Sue Got Married today.

I had never seen. Sadly, I wish that were still true. Could anybody have predicted a long career for Nicholas Cage based on this movie (and the one's he'd made to this point)?

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Watched Peggy Sue Got Married today.

I had never seen. Sadly, I wish that were still true. Could anybody have predicted a long career for Nicholas Cage based on this movie (and the one's he'd made to this point)?

Aw, I thought that movie was cute, years ago when I'd seen it. But, you are right on, no way would I have seen that for Nicholas Cage.

And, woman that I am, fan of Kathleen Turner that I am, it was a bit hard to swallow....

But cute. {I like how things in the past come back in the future/future in the past, like Back to the Future movies, fun to see who catches what while watching}.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Watched Peggy Sue Got Married today.

I had never seen. Sadly, I wish that were still true. Could anybody have predicted a long career for Nicholas Cage based on this movie (and the one's he'd made to this point)?

I think that was his first big role. I know one of his first was Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

[Alex]

Yes it was, that and The Cotton Club the year before. Uncle Francis gave him both those roles. Then the next year came Raising Arizona.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

I think that was his first big role. I know one of his first was Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

I thought "Valley Girl" was his "next big thing" movie. Then "Birdy" was his first big serious movie. I thought it and he were terrible.

[Mousey Girl]

Nickolas and I half watched, half sped through Snakes on a Plane Saturday night. I only let out 2 blood curling screams. Poor Nick, when I screamed he jumped a foot off the chair. At one point he sent 2 sleeping rats airborn (we took out the girls for comic relief).

I timed it right, I was too tired to have nightmares.

[CoasterMatt]

It was fun to see Hugh Laurie at Universal with a group of people who didn't believe it was really him because he was speaking with a British accent.

[innerSpaceman]

Ok, so Cage was great in everything from Raising Arizona on. Go back and look at other great actors' earliest works. Sometimes the progression from crappy to outstanding is part of the awesomeness.


And Hugh Laurie, imo, gave the best acceptance speech at the Globes last night. His sardonic take on awards-season booty-gift overload was really funny. Perhaps not as drop-dead laugh-out-loud as Sasha Baron Cohen's speech, but Laurie's dry wit and appropos topic was more appreciated at this end.







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