Comments on: Man of the Moment

By: matt b

matt b — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:09:09 +0000

I should add that I love Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. George Kennedy is also terrific in that one – he manages to be both scary and hilarious. I really enjoyed the dynamic between Eastwood and Bridges and I wish they’d done another film together. Clint says he’s retired from acting now, and I believe him. They would have been dynamite in a western together.

By: The Mick536

The Mick536 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:38:13 +0000

[6] I have to go back and watch it again. I thought Gandofini’s scene involved a joint. Gandolfni goes to the motel where…. The Italian crew comes in later, I think, while he tokes on some crack, or maybe just some smoke in a bottle. He gives them the name of the hotel where …. In my version, the scene stops.

By: Toxic

Toxic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:02:58 +0000

Read the following in the Daily Telegraph the other day

When I ask Jeff Bridges whether he had to dig deep into his own soul to make Bad come alive as a character, he dismisses the idea that that sort of thing is necessary: it’s all about the “magic trick” of acting, he says

For that kind of unpretentious, non-wankerish approach, I do hope he gets the gong.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:21:57 +0000

and if I just ruined the movie for anyone, well…it came out in 1993. You had time to see it.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:09:26 +0000

[4] no they don’t kill him. After he tells them the address of the motel and he invites them in to smoke Gandolfini tells him no but “we may be back later.” They never get out of the motel in one piece, so they couldn’t have gone back for Fuckin’ Floyd.

By: The Mick536

The Mick536 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:23:38 +0000

Worth relooking at several of the movies. Yesterday, I watch Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. Now I know more about both. Check out Clint’s stare and occaisonal silent groan. Terrific. Filled my que on Netflix. Starman next.

I would also like to recommend True Romance. I know Quentin will not win, but I loved the Nazi movie. Let me know what youse think about Brad in Romance. I am still wondering if the Italians kill him. You will hear some precurser lines to Pulp Fiction and see Samuel L and Christiopher Walken and an Arquette.

As for his dudeness, at dinner the other night, a friend asked if I was going to travel from VT to NYC to attend a Yankee game this season. I said I had to “go to my cash machine.” He said, “why don’t you just put it on your credit card?”

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:03:57 +0000

Good pernt, Matt. The character was grating as hell. ANd yeah, I agree about Dargis, actually thoughtshe was off on Bridges in this piece. I enjoy reading her but don’t love her.

By: matt b

matt b — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:21:30 +0000

Alex, the last time I watched Cutter’s Way, what Heard was doing finally clicked with me. You’re *supposed* to groan and think he’s over the top, because that’s what the character does. Meaning, even within the film itself, the other characters react to him that way. He’s always putting on a show of being a character and a loudmouth. So, Heard isn’t overacting – he’s playing a guy who goes through life overacting in everyday situations.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:45:56 +0000

am I off-base in suggesting that Dargis tries to out-Pauline Kael herself 9 times out of 10? I dunno, I just find a lot of her writing to be ego stroking.

Bridges is great though.