I like Julia Roberts

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Posted by RGA on March 26, 2005 at 19:51:33

In Reply to: Re: Take your time, you are young, everything...... posted by patrickU on March 26, 2005 at 10:06:14:

For what she does she does it very very well.

This list is likely about STARS than talent -- There is more talent on the obscure stages of London and NY than most pretty faced actors and actresses -- big deal that's been true since the beginning of film.

hollywood is not the least bit interested in film as art but film as entertainment and it amazes me how so many seemingly intelligent posters cannot grasp this very very simple conceopt -- instead of whining about Ace Ventura not being up some deep brilliant film like "The Grand Iillusion" let's use a BRAIN for a change and figure out WHY this might be.

Let's do a remake of the Grand illusion and see how much money the film will make -- as a concept 10 million. So I am a producer and I see that gee they want me to invest 20 million and the projections of the accountant and marketers is that this movie will tank with no name though excellent actors. So how about I get Mel Gibson and Tom Cruis as the leads -- now the projection is that it'll return 75 million...not bad -- but hey if we have a giant cyclops who breathes fire and turns out to be a Terminator -- well cool the prjection is 210 million...hey let's change the title to Terminator 4 and bring back Cameron -- now we have 450 million.

SEE how art can fall pray to money (Capitalism DOESN'T work for art) Most of the best stuff is created by people who scrape a movie together or are making with their own clout) And many prostiute themselves in horrible movies in order to be able to finance the ones they want made.

It's not Hollywood's fault if Most Americans are morons. (I mean most of them voted for George Bush -- add these slacked jawed folks of Deliverance to the list that watches Jerry Springer and well lots of luck selling your art house flick to them --- don't blame Hollywood for making a few bucks -- capitalism reigns supreme -- all anyone cares about is dollar signs) -- but yeah it's the best system to run a country -- well so they say.

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Topic - Million Dollar Eastwood - Duilawyer 07:57:16 03/26/05 (26)

Clint composed all the music - warrenh@optonline.net 17:17:56 03/27/05 (1)

Boy was she good in boys Don't Cry. But I turned it off at the end - Duilawyer 17:38:20 03/27/05 (0)

Why do you review movies half way through? - RGA 19:34:26 03/26/05 (4)

Finished it, it improved quite a bit. - Duilawyer 07:01:22 03/27/05 (3)

Well...duh. - Harmonia 13:28:23 03/27/05 (1)

Farenheit 911 should have gotten. Whoa, here come the flames! nt - Duilawyer 20:00:12 03/27/05 (0)

Of course it improved... - mkuller 11:44:36 03/27/05 (0)

That's the problem with home DVDs.... - mkuller 10:35:15 03/26/05 (1)

Re: That's the problem with home DVDs.... - michael w 19:28:39 03/28/05 (0)

Re: Million Dollar Eastwood - rico 10:10:45 03/26/05 (3)

He was nominated for Best Actor... - RGA 19:35:57 03/26/05 (1)

They wre great. Clint was Clint. nt - Duilawyer 07:02:20 03/27/05 (0)

Re: Rico-I agree... - Buckeye 18:35:52 03/26/05 (0)

A blow by blow account. We just can't wait for more. (nt - dennzio 09:35:56 03/26/05 (12)

Re: A blow by blow account. We just can't wait for more. (nt - rico 10:12:15 03/26/05 (0)

Re: Take your time, you are young, everything...... - patrickU 10:06:14 03/26/05 (10)

I do now, but only because newscasters had to discuss the "moral" - Duilawyer 07:04:52 03/27/05 (4)

Re: I do now, but only because newscasters had to discuss the "moral" - patrickU 07:25:55 03/27/05 (3)

It did take courage of the film makers to allow an unhappy ending.the "moral" - Duilawyer 11:04:45 03/27/05 (2)

Re: It did take courage of the film makers to allow an unhappy ending.the "moral" - patrickU 12:27:46 03/27/05 (1)

ending-they blow up the shark with compressed air! nt - Duilawyer 17:40:40 03/27/05 (0)

I like Julia Roberts - RGA 19:51:33 03/26/05 (4)

Re: I like Julia Roberts - patrickU 05:43:17 03/27/05 (3)

Notting Hill is liked because it is a semi-attack on Hollywood... - RGA 14:32:27 03/27/05 (1)

Re: Notting Hill is liked because it is a semi-attack on Hollywood... - patrickU 03:00:03 03/28/05 (0)

Re: I like Julia Roberts - Victor Khomenko 10:03:13 03/27/05 (0)

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I like Julia Roberts - RGA 19:51:33 03/26/05 (4)

Re: I like Julia Roberts - patrickU 05:43:17 03/27/05 (3)

Notting Hill is liked because it is a semi-attack on Hollywood... - RGA 14:32:27 03/27/05 (1)

Re: Notting Hill is liked because it is a semi-attack on Hollywood... - patrickU 03:00:03 03/28/05 (0)

Re: I like Julia Roberts - Victor Khomenko 10:03:13 03/27/05 (0)

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