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Rachel McAdams would be the type I go for, down to earth beauty but wouldn't stick out in a crowd. I wouldn't be able to deal with a world class beauty like Robbie, you'd have to be at you're best at everything just to keep other guys away from the door lol.
Sometimes the jock/popular guys can be shy and not great with women even though they are with sports and such. I don't think most guys that age are as sex mad as some.
Damn I feel old remember seen it when it came out here in Ireland when I was 17 during it's first weekend out lol. I actually went back to watch the main cast 4 films a few months ago, not none of the rubbish side ones.
I think the first one stands out for having more heart to it then the other's, also helps Stifler work's better as a side character then the lead as he became later on. Also Shannon Elizabeth as Nadia has to go down as one of the hottest women in Teen films ever, she was never as knockout beautiful as she was in the first. Also Tara Reid was a lot worse then I remember her. But the cast were excellent, you can see why Mena Suvari went on to do well for a few years, she's at her cutest in this and most likable. Jason Briggs was great, as was Chris Klein. For all the gross out humor, it's a sweet film about friends at the end of the day. I agree with people saying it wouldn't get made day, well it would get made if the four leads were a female cast instead of the guys, it's the truth lets be honest.
I actually prefer the 2nd film as a straight out comedy, sad some of the original cast clearly didn't want to be there, looking at you Tara Reid, Mena Suvari and Natasha Lyonne. But it's awesome that Alysson Hannigan's Michelle got a bigger part and she's the heart of this film. American Wedding loses something not having some of the original cast there but is the weakest of the four films. Worth a watch though. American Reunion, I loved and think it's underrated and in Ali Corbin they had someone to match Shannon Elizabeth for the hottest babe in American Pie series. But it bought back the heart of the first film and all the cast.
I go in my rankings
1. American Pie 8/10
2. American Pie 2 7/10 (I prefer it as a comedy moreso then the first)
3. American Reunion 7/10
4. American Wedding 5/10
No his problem is been a sexual predator, no matter what way he swung. Anyway no one should be forced to tell anyone their own sexual preference unless they feel comfortable as it's none of our business at the end of the day. Does it take away him been a great actor.
Do I think it would have effected his career even as a character actor if he came out, yes I do. I think Hollywood is more open as it used to be but I think it still they sit uncomfortably with a top leading actor or actress or anyone who's high up been out and proud. Look at Ellen Page for example, her career has taken a slump since she came out.
Death of Stalin 2017
Living in Oblivion 1995
In The Soup 1992
I can see why many go for the likes of Fargo, Reservoir Dogs, Con air and such cause they are his best known works but you need to check out his work in little or underseen films as that's where you truly see Buscemi at his best.
One of those Films that was critical acclaimed by audiences and critics that I just struggled to understand, I really wanted to love it as I love The Virgin Suicides but just left me with a bad taste. Maybe it's the whole main character bitching and moaning while living up a nice rich life doesn't really connect, taking shots at a far better directer in Spike Jonze was a bitchy move. Don't think it's a bad film or anything but when some put it as one of the best film's of 00's and stuff I find it sitting uncomfortable for me.
Bill Murray and the Soundtrack and some beautiful cinematography are reasons to watch this. Scarlett Johnansson is good but nothing really award worthy but it's the type of performance that will make a star of a young actress. Sofia Coppola, I like her work but a lot of it's flawed and I thought Somewhere and The Bling Ring were two meh films. But The Virgin Suicides is her best work for me.
I think it's a film if it was 1hr 40mins or lower it would have suited the film a lot better. I wasn't gripped by the robbery, it should have been the films main focus. I love Steve McQueen but I could have done without the lingering shots. These type of films need to be brisk and paced well.
But it's got a great central performance from Viola Davis, and Elizabeth Debicki was the most interesting out of the other widows. Colin Farrell did well with a underwritten role. Daniel Kaluuya was a very good villain who was also underused. Robert Duvall had a great cameo. Carrie Coon, Jackie Weaver, and Jon Bernthal must have done the film cause it meant working with McQueen. I actually think this would have made a better one off HBO season and I'm sure most of the cast would have done it.
Anyway well worth watching or picking up on the cheap if you can. McQueen's weakest film to date but still a enjoyable watch and his most commercial film to date.
Definitely agree, it made it's impact and made British cinema cool again for a while. It's a film that is edited and acted so well, it feels like it's only on for a hour. It moves that quickly. I don't think Ewan McGregor has bettered in turn in this in anything since, same goes for Robert Carlyle. I still go for Shallow Grace and Sunshine as better Danny Boyle films imo, but Trainspotting is up there with them.
The sequel although nowhere near iconic is a far better film that many people give it credit for and it's sadly underseen by many or dismissed on it's release. It's a whole different vibe to it then the 90's film. But it's a very good sequel imo.
I say that's the best description of her to be fair. I don't agree with O.P saying she steals every film she's in. Shadow Dancer aside what film has she really been the best thing in.
She's cast more as a supporting actress, and does a good solid Job in almost anything she's done. But she's yet to top that Shadow Dancer role or have a lead role in a film that sets her apart. I'm not taking pot shots at her but facts are facts. She's done supporting roles in films I like such as The Death of Stalin, Birdman, Mandy, Made in Dagenham. But hand on heart would you even dare to say she's the best thing in those films.
It's definitely a lot darker then anything Armando Iannucci has every done, and it probably had to be considering what was happening during that period of time in the Soviet Union. It mixed well it's dark comedy with it's more dark themes, the way human live is just thrown away without much fuss is the scariest part in the film for me. Simon Russell Beale played a right evil bastard, and yet you somehow feel for him in a way by the end. I love that Michael Palin's character is seen as a bit of a fool but is probably the most dangerous one out of the group, he's willing to give up his own wife. Jeffrey Tambor character is just a man out of his depth, without a backbone and not to be relied on. Steve Buscemi, the best thing in it, is really doing it for his own needs and will betray anyone to get power.
It's a sad film in a way as much as it's funny. Andrea Riseborough who plays Stalin's daughter is basically told to get out of her own country and not see her brother again without a second thought was heartbreaking. Fantastic film.
I just think she got into the groove of doing the money Jobs that she lost her way a little. As I also said I just see in her someone who sees acting as something to pay the bills and her true passions lay elsewhere. You find great films on her C.V and you find some very good performances dabbed here or there on her C.V. But I would put her in the top 10 of acting talent that didn't live up to their potential.
After you see her in Somersault, Candy and Bright Star, you get a sad tinge of what could have been with her. I get the vibe from her that acting is her Job that pays the bills and not her passion, maybe I'm too harsh on her. Maybe she wouldn't have reached the heights of fellow countrywomen like Nicole Kidman or Cate Blanchett but I was expecting a few more top notch roles on her C.V.
She's underrated when it comes to how good looking she is, for a 45 year old, she could easily pass for a late 20's or early 30's and either she has good genes or she takes good care of herself or maybe both lol.
When she had to play sexy in some of her SNL skits, she was smoking hot.
I don't think she's that bad, she probably knows her limit as a actress and it helps she's a beautiful woman to boot. I think she's the go to woman for the girlfriend and wife roles in blockbusters or bigger budget films, she isn't going to cost much and is a professional and probably doesn't complain about how big her part is. She's got a charisma to her and she seems like a good person off set, that's why she gets offered so many jobs. That's why you see her in "Every" movie as she does more bigger budget films then indies.
She's a good comedian, one of the reasons she's got work on Spy, Neighbors, Bridesmaids and is solid in most blockbusters she's done like X-Men. She's got some good work on her C.V, Sunshine (2007), Marie Antoinette (2005), underrated sequel 28 Weeks Later (2007), Two Hands (1999) and Adam (2009). And some of her comedy work is very good especially Bridesmaids and Spy.
I think she does stuff to pay the bills and probably doesn't take enough chances to challenge herself but not every acting talent will do that.
She's one of those actresses if she wasn't famous and just a normal everyday woman and without all the best make up people and fashions would you give her a second look. I'd put her in the same group as Emma Stone, Keira Knightley, J.Law and Rachel McAdams, beautiful but not striking beauties that if they weren't famous would make you turn you're head on the street.
I think she's at her hottest when she has longer dark hair and not trying to hard to be hipster and act younger then she is lol, Passion (2012) is probably the film she was the hottest in for me. She's no way ugly, I think she's helps that she's charismatic and clearly has a ton of confidence in herself. Which makes her hot in a way.
You probably already watched it by now. I think it's still Martin McDonagh's best work, even over the Oscar winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which I loved. I think his Oscar winning short film Six Shooter might actually be his best film overall, probably his best written film. Even the flawed Seven Psychopaths is very good.
As far as In Bruges goes, When I first saw it I didn't like it. The trailers totally sold a fish out of water comedy about two Irish hitmen, what I got was a darker more downbeat film and I don't think I was in the right mood for it at the time. I felt maybe I should give it a second chance and did and I loved it a lot more and after a few watches it has a place in my top 50 films of all time. It's Colin Farrell probably gives his best performance to date and him and Gleeson have great chemistry, Ralph Fiennes is fantastic as is Brendan Gleeson. First thing I saw Clemence Poesy in too, and she's probably at her hottest here before she got far too skinny for me.
I think the comedy is fantastic, but I think the bleaker undertones as the film go on could put many off and I think it has. It did me when I first watched it. But Overall definitely must see.
He's fantastic, probably go down as one of Ireland's greatest actors and if anyone would put him as their greatest Irish actor, I wouldn't fight them on it. I think he's been better served by his work outside Hollywood, to real get the best of him check out his non Hollywood work.
Films I would recommend to see him at the height of his powers,
The Treaty (he plays a better Michael Collins then Liam Neeson for me)
Braveheart (he's given a nice little role in that)
I Went Down (a proto type In Bruges in a way, he's fantastic in this and well worth catching)
The General (his breakthrough worldwide performance, probably his best to this day)
Lake Placid (the film is hokey but he delivers a good performance)
Harrison's Flowers
28 Day's Later (he leaves his mark in a short role)
Kingdom of Heaven
Gangs of New York (in a small role, he leaves his mark)
Breakfast on Pluto
In Bruges
The Guard
Calvary
Trespass Agaisnt Us
I think those films I've mentioned are probably his best work to date. He's done big budget and more well known work, but like Harry Potter, Mission Impossible and stuff. But he's either underused or given underwritten roles.
In Bruges. It's a stronger film and better written also get's the mix of comedy and tragedy right. Also throw in career best performances from Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. It just a strong film from start to finish and I think it's a modern day classic.
As for The Guard, it's a very good film. Gleeson again is excellent, and him and Don Cheadle have good chemistry. It has it's tragic moments in it but it drags in places for me. It's pretty damn funny for the first two thirds of the film before it becomes more serious. Worth it for Gleeson's performance alone.
He probably be in the shadow of his younger brother Michael, I think In Bruges is pretty much a untouchable masterpiece and Three Billboards and Six Shooter are fantastic as well. I even like Seven Psychopaths, although it's flawed it has great performances from Walken, Farrell, Rockwell and Harrelson to really make it worth while.
But as far as John Michael is, I think The Guard is a cracking little movie, great performance from Brendan Gleeson. Don Cheadle is also great. It's probably still his most easy to get into film out of his three so far. I loved Calvary, definitely not a film for everyone as it's a pretty bleak one for it's 90 something minute running time. But again Brendan Gleeson delivers a great performance, and top notch support cast. I think it's his best film to date but many would probably go for The Guard.
War on Everyone was a massive misstep for him, he had a top notch cast and it was his first film set in America and it just doesn't work for his style, even his brother struggled with his first American set film. It's better then it's 5.8 score on IMDB, I say a lower 6 would be more fair imo. I thought Skarsgard and Pena were the best things in it but overall for me definitely the weakest film in McDonagh brother's canon of works.
His next film sounds interesting The Forgiven with Ralph Fiennes, Mark Strong and Caleb Landry Jones will be a step back on the right track.
Definitely Luhrman's worst film to date, Australia is one of those film's that in no way needed to be 2hrs 40mins long. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman are very good, I think Kidman does overact in the first hour or so in the movie but I think that's what was called for. It's definitely Lunrman's most cheesy and campiest film and that's really saying something with the last one. Some of the CGI isn't great. The film should have been all about the journey with the cattle, cut out all the stuff about the Japanese bombing and David Wenham's character turning into the most OTT villain. Keep it under 2hrs and it would have been a solid film at best.