tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post1807518559293035440..comments2024-03-05T19:50:31.497-08:00Comments on World O' Crap: When Bad Roles Happen to Good ActorsScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-25475851881020194302013-03-07T09:50:07.248-08:002013-03-07T09:50:07.248-08:00D Sidhe, I think one of the bots hollered that at ...D Sidhe, I think one of the bots hollered that at the screen in an MST3K ep, though I don't remember which movie it was (could have been any of them, if ya know what I mean).<br /><br />My first Depp performance was his Edward Scissorhands role, which was, yes, quirky, but given the Tim Burton universe (not for everyone), well handled.<br /><br />Bonus Tim Burton Story:<br /><br />When I first started working at InterVideo in Burbank, my first order of business was to find the nearest pub, and having found it in the Blue Chip tavern at Hollywood Way and Victory Blvd, pulled up a barstool.<br /><br />I looked down, and there was on the floor under the barstool, a hairbrush, which I picked up and brought down the house, right outta the gate with:<br /><br />"Hey, somebody call Tim Burton's people and tell 'em we found his hairbrush."<br /><br />Ba-dump-bum.<br /><br />Turned out the owners of the bar lived across the street from the Burton family, and were as puzzled as anyone else by how Tim turned out.<br /><br />Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-69931516656160589572013-03-05T10:15:28.264-08:002013-03-05T10:15:28.264-08:00"GO TO HELL, MOVIE!"
Hah! I'm steal..."GO TO HELL, MOVIE!"<br /><br />Hah! I'm stealing that. Also, pretty sure Johnny Depp is the skeleton in Johnny Depp's closet. Never understood the appeal. I mean, usually I can see why women like men, but this one? Nope. Got nothin'. He's annoyingly all affected eccentricity. Quirky is one thing. Premeditated quirky? Not so much.D. Sidhenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-40803953775669854812013-03-04T00:15:40.922-08:002013-03-04T00:15:40.922-08:00Having just seen Johnny Depp in Jim Jarmusch's...Having just seen Johnny Depp in Jim Jarmusch's <i>Dead Man (1995)</i>, I take back everything I said about <i>21 Jump Street</i> being Depp's skeleton in the closet. <br /><br />Among other things, most irritating score ever (consisting solely of an echoplexed electric guitar randomly noodling, and it won't shut up, ever). GO TO HELL, MOVIE!Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-90456908825615357472013-03-01T21:09:14.019-08:002013-03-01T21:09:14.019-08:00"Freebie & The Bean". What I remembe..."Freebie & The Bean". What I remember is that James Cahn used a sanitary napkin supposed to staunch his bullet wound. I wanted to shout "Idiot! That's not what it will do!" But I refrained.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-38013038486699073392013-03-01T13:48:40.028-08:002013-03-01T13:48:40.028-08:00Sorry - Stacia missed the boat on Freebie and the ...Sorry - Stacia missed the boat on Freebie and the Bean. <br />She described Valerie Harper as "an actress in brownface".<br />Major league fail.<br /><br />TommyTommy Thttp://www.first-draft.com/tommy-t/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48733880370266824662013-03-01T08:06:43.644-08:002013-03-01T08:06:43.644-08:00For pity's sake, they're toxic dead mice! ...For pity's sake, they're toxic dead mice! With tiny parachutes! AND a snake invasion! I'm sad that this tickles no-one but me. I'd make with the funny myself, but I've had a migraine since Thanksgiving. D. Sidhenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-64131083891587046412013-02-28T02:33:07.528-08:002013-02-28T02:33:07.528-08:00Depp got great reviews in 21 Jump.
If anyone shou...Depp got great reviews in 21 Jump.<br /><br />If anyone should regret it, it's Richard Grieco. Career-killed.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-57415617956751376482013-02-27T17:46:14.046-08:002013-02-27T17:46:14.046-08:00Hey, I watched "21 Jump Street". I even ...Hey, I watched "21 Jump Street". I even bought season 1 on DVD when I found it in a store at a huge markdown. I'd say "Private Resort" is more embarrassing (and also wastes Rob Morrow as well).<br />In re this year's nominees in the "Best Supporting Actor" category: all five was a previous winner. This has never before, in any category(I looked it up).Bill Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-46443384915514360602013-02-27T08:12:27.121-08:002013-02-27T08:12:27.121-08:00Scott, very funny-- I remember it was down at the ...Scott, very funny-- I remember it was down at the pub where I first saw the trailer for <i>Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter</i>, and I fell off the damn barstool, I was laughing that hard. <br /><br />Dear God, where do we go from here, I wondered.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-70556331559830820362013-02-27T07:57:21.184-08:002013-02-27T07:57:21.184-08:00Re Liz Montgomery:
Hard to believe that it was Gl...Re Liz Montgomery:<br /><br />Hard to believe that it was Gladys Kravitz obsessed with peering through the blinds across the street at the doings of the Stevens couple, instead of Abner. What the hell was wrong with that man, know what I mean? Liz was hot.<br /><br />By the way, Bill, thanks for that, which I'm sure all of these fine actors would pay good money to make go away. Actually, they wouldn't, it's just part of any career, and if you have a thin skin, you simply won't last long in this business.<br /><br />However, everybody gotta start someplace, and Elmer Bernstein's score for "Robot Monster" comes to mind, after which he did "Cat Women of the Moon" [laughing] but then struggled into respectability with fifty fucking years of very very good scoring, and too many films to mention.<br /><br />It's true-- everyone in this business has a skeleton or two in the closet, and they are a lot of fun. See also Johnny Depp's big-haired work in "21 Jump Street."Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-38196437488062386722013-02-27T02:42:19.969-08:002013-02-27T02:42:19.969-08:00@D.
I would but I'm sick and tired of those m...@D.<br /><br />I would but I'm sick and tired of those muthafucking mice on that muthafucking plane.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-74828419840742668162013-02-26T16:23:57.133-08:002013-02-26T16:23:57.133-08:00I remember that ABC Movie of the Week, Woodrow, an...I remember that ABC Movie of the Week, Woodrow, and how it made a young me realize that the nose wasn't the only part of Ms. Montgomery that could make magic.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-61105847048126801932013-02-26T15:37:05.685-08:002013-02-26T15:37:05.685-08:00Elizabeth Montgomery also did a bit of a side-boob...Elizabeth Montgomery also did a bit of a side-boob flash in "Mrs Sundance." <br /><br />That was 1974. i was 15. It was very important to me at age 15. 8-) Woodrowfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-76842005502831155942013-02-26T14:24:55.399-08:002013-02-26T14:24:55.399-08:00simply stopping by to say heysimply stopping by to say heyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-44398628706606381602013-02-26T12:17:49.286-08:002013-02-26T12:17:49.286-08:00The whole thing was a pathetic farce, and the only...The whole thing was a pathetic <i>farce</i>, and the only explanation for the year's most egregious snub is that Academy members who nominated Tony Kushner's script for <i>Lincoln</i> did so only through a clerical error, after having voted -- in a clear majority! -- for Seth Grahame-Smith's screenplay for <i>Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter</i>.<br /><br />History will vindicate me.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-28631358266003926592013-02-26T12:04:28.627-08:002013-02-26T12:04:28.627-08:00Scott writes: a big, armored, LAPD Bomb Squad truc...Scott writes: <i>a big, armored, LAPD Bomb Squad truck is parked on our doorstep.</i><br /><br />Actually I think that had more to do with the bomb threats that you phoned in to the nominees of the Best Screenplay category.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-40813210911374781182013-02-26T11:33:20.808-08:002013-02-26T11:33:20.808-08:00Suezboo, oh that damn movie, which I know every li...Suezboo, oh that damn movie, which I know every line of dialog in by heart, I've seen it that many times.<br /><br />Won best screenplay in a few award ceremonies (BAFTA, etc.), but was completely ignored by the Academy--<br /><br />--och, ye great daft pillocks.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-44560913654039195502013-02-26T11:18:07.951-08:002013-02-26T11:18:07.951-08:00Best Supporting Actor category was especially hear...Best Supporting Actor category was especially heartbreaking, because, well, Alan Arkin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Tommy Lee Jones are all just so very very good in whatever role they do-- I wanna give the category a five-way tie.<br /><br />This fact may contributed heavily to Christoph Waltz's win-- all these other guys already got enough critical acclaim, so let's give it to the relatively unknown new guy.<br /><br />Slightly OT, my California Driver's License for years identified me as Christophe Vosburg, because the database software they used, for reasons that defy explanation, exacted a ten character limit in the "First Name" field.<br /><br />People who I handed the license over to (check cashing, liquor store, bar, etc.) used to ask if I was French or something, to my great amusement.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-24505915901898778432013-02-26T11:13:47.204-08:002013-02-26T11:13:47.204-08:00Chris Vosburg quoted "Local Hero" on TBo...Chris Vosburg quoted "Local Hero" on TBogg.<br />You know that little smile and glow you get when someone whose taste in movies you really respect quotes your Alltime Fave Movie of All Time?<br />I got that.<br />Suezboo<br />PS I prefer commenting here where I feel at home than Tbogg's place where I do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-56064841349188389042013-02-26T10:44:18.826-08:002013-02-26T10:44:18.826-08:00Another not often seen movie of Daniel Day-Lewis&#...Another not often seen movie of Daniel Day-Lewis' which may be worse than Stars and Bars is Eversmile, New Jersey. I worked at a video store in the 80s, I saw all the terrible beginnings of our big stars, including some kind of sex romp resort movie starring Johnny Debb and a similar one with Tim Robbins. maurinskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544229846494590060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-11842789032612409012013-02-25T10:31:47.551-08:002013-02-25T10:31:47.551-08:00I once met a Girl With Something Extra
I was surp...I once met a <i>Girl With Something Extra</i><br /><br />I was surprised.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(Talk about a hanging curve ball. And that's about the level of my wit today. Feel better Ms. Sidhe)Weird Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-9113037606089678622013-02-25T06:54:49.899-08:002013-02-25T06:54:49.899-08:00Please, god, let one of you witty people make some...Please, god, let one of you witty people make some funny about this:<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/02/22/1628401/toxic-mice-fight-snake-invasion/<br /><br />(Too migrainy to work out html. Sue me.)D. Sidhenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-50332418387216956872013-02-25T04:49:31.608-08:002013-02-25T04:49:31.608-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-24511916541396668042013-02-25T02:41:46.833-08:002013-02-25T02:41:46.833-08:00One of the pleasant surprises of Silver Linings wa...One of the pleasant surprises of Silver Linings was seeing DeNiro not imitate DeNiro.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-11232239330945342002013-02-24T23:54:09.459-08:002013-02-24T23:54:09.459-08:00Well, now I gotta go find me a copy of Stars &...Well, now I gotta go find me a copy of Stars & Bars.<br /><br />I also want to know HOW Sally Field can look the same as she did 20 years ago in <i>Soapdish.</i> Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com