Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Deebs]

Originally Posted by bewitched

Dear Movie Gods,

Please, please, please make Clive Owen's next movie, The International, be (at least) decent viewing. Please don't make me sit through another big pile of crap of a movie just for the 1 1/2 hours of Clive yumminess. I mean, look at him
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Shouldn't there be a rule about just how crappy of a movie someone that beautiful can star in? I'm not asking for much. It doesn't have to be Oscar caliber or anything, just watchable.

I've spent 30+ years of my life as a Cubs fan, give me something here. Please.

Thanks.
Whitney

Dear Whitney,

The movie gods care not what you say. They do not listen! They do not respond to us, no matter how we beseech them. I have tried, believe me. Take Colin Firth, for example. For every one fabulous thing he's done (Pride & Prejudice, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Love Actually, The Importance of Being Earnest) he has done something twice as horrible to go with it. And I have sat through every stinking one of them: Nanny McPhee, which I must admit I did like a little -- do not judge me -- Hope Springs (Heather Graham!!), What a Girl Wants, The Last Legion... I finally stopped. I have not seen Mamma Mia!. Can you blame me? I could not stand to watch. Jude Law is another case in point. From Cold Mountain to Alfie? Wait, I can't lie. I would watch Jude Law in just about anything.

Still, I say that the movie gods just don't care what we say.

Love,
Deebs

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Deebs

Dear Whitney,

The movie gods care not what you say. They do not listen! They do not respond to us, no matter how we beseech them. I have tried, believe me. Take Colin Firth, for example. For every one fabulous thing he's done (Pride & Prejudice, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Love Actually, The Importance of Being Earnest) he has done something twice as horrible to go with it. And I have sat through every stinking one of them: Nanny McPhee, which I must admit I did like a little -- do not judge me -- Hope Springs (Heather Graham!!), What a Girl Wants, The Last Legion... I finally stopped. I have not seen Mamma Mia!. Can you blame me? I could not stand to watch. Jude Law is another case in point. From Cold Mountain to Alfie? Wait, I can't lie. I would watch Jude Law in just about anything.

Still, I say that the movie gods just don't care what we say.

Love,
Deebs

Okay, I like Nanny McPhee a bit, too. It was filled with too many fine actor people not to like it.

You're right, the movie gods do not care.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by bewitched

Dear Movie Gods,

Please, please, please make Clive Owen's next movie, The International, be (at least) decent viewing. Please don't make me sit through another big pile of crap of a movie just for the 1 1/2 hours of Clive yumminess.

Originally Posted by Deebs

Wait, I can't lie. I would watch Jude Law in just about anything.

There are a number of actresses that I find quite sexy--Kate Winslet, Julianne Moore, Angelina Jolie, etc.--all of whom are quite talented and all of whom as often as not appear nude in their films in a manner that is not unpleasasnt. Still, neither their presence nor that of any other star, male or female, is enough to make me spend time and money on a badly reviewed movie.