Avatar in 3D
Jan 27th 2010, 11:38 am
#31
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Jan 28th 2010, 7:57 am
#32
why ayeeeee man!
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Re: Avatar in 3D
He has just received a Shakespearian Actor award for his latest theatrical role playing Hamlet so he can't be all that shitty. Just the Hollywood types he normally plays, perhaps. Doesn't he play Dr.Watson in the Sherlock Holmes movie? Incidentally I watched Stop Loss the other evening on the box and thought Ryan Philippe (whom I would normally detest) was bloody marvellous as a soldier returning from Iraq. A very good film, especially the second half...and with a feel good ending.
Jan 28th 2010, 1:41 pm
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Re: Avatar in 3D
Saw the Holmes movie over the holidays. Its one advantage over the fantastic Jeremy Brett versions is that Ritchie's Holmes is physically active, engaging in fights and boxing matches, which was part of the Holmes character in Doyle's books but which was Brett's weakest point.
But otherwise Ritchie's Holmes just doesn't even begin to touch the caliber and even plausibility of the Jeremy Brett versions. Ritchie's movie is fun to watch but it is a Hollywood movie and as with Hollywood movies, very overdone. Holmes' rooms are ridiculous (it'd take Harry Potter type imagination to believe that the interior of Holmes' chambers can fit within the exterior shot of the townhouse). The plot is ludicrous and involved an end scene in which a main character manages to get from Westminster to Tower Bridge in a few seconds.
But otherwise Ritchie's Holmes just doesn't even begin to touch the caliber and even plausibility of the Jeremy Brett versions. Ritchie's movie is fun to watch but it is a Hollywood movie and as with Hollywood movies, very overdone. Holmes' rooms are ridiculous (it'd take Harry Potter type imagination to believe that the interior of Holmes' chambers can fit within the exterior shot of the townhouse). The plot is ludicrous and involved an end scene in which a main character manages to get from Westminster to Tower Bridge in a few seconds.
