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caracas1914

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  1. Oh I agree that the character is not suppose to be “nice” and Hanks as an old curmudgeon was the point. Still think alot of good younger actors could have had better chemistry with the actress playing the younger wife. He looks/doesnt look like his father like so many offspring do. Also agree that Colin is much more like his dad, but since this is the nepotism thread can’t see why Truman won the role other than his parents were the exec producers.
  2. Tom Hank’s “A man called Otto” with his and Rita’s son Truman Hanks playing the character as a young man in flashback scenes. Somewhat resembles his dad, but the “likability” factor that Tom is known for simply isn’t there.
  3. In hindsight Logan’s last live conversation with them, “you are not serious people” establishes the narrative homestretch framework for the rest of the episodes remaining. Can they prove Daddy wrong as they now actually have to battle for succession. From this episode its glaring how Carl, Karolina, Gerry and the rest of the sychophants don’t take the kids serious either.
  4. I thought the “money talk” between Karl and Yaya was an insightful comic highlight. Karl yelling in desperation “Its not about the money” should strike a chord with many per relationships and finance, of course he was only half right. It’s not about the money but simultaneously also it IS about the money. So sad about Charlbi Dean (played YaYa) dying so tragically young.
  5. All these pretentious, above it all actors who moan the competitiveness and race horse aspects of the awards season (Cate Blanchett, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet, etc) conducted their own campaign, now they have horse manure under their fingernails…
  6. https://theweek.com/celebrity/1020500/why-andrea-riseboroughs-oscar-nomination-is-so-controversial
  7. Objectively speaking, Its quite ingenious what the Riseborough camp did to secure her nomination. And yes, Studios/producers spend plenty of money pushing/pandering nominations for their films. Having said that, its still an uncomfortable mix of seeing a tight circle of entitled white power players work the system. Just a wild guess, but I don’t think Viola Dais was invited to these private screenings with her HW “friends” lobbying her to place Riseborough first in her best actress ballot.
  8. Interesting that a circle of friends/business acquaintances figured out that Andrea Riseborough just needed X number of 1st place ballots to secure a nomination. Seemed that was the specific goal for all that outreach by her actor friends. Surprised nobody figured out that strategy before.
  9. Understandably of course she doesn't care for any nepo baby conversations. However Hudson doesn't even acknowledge any advantages she may have had getting her foot in the door, even if her argument is you still have to have talent and work hard regardless. (Many families all the members are storytellers..) I'm not saying Hudson has to wear sackcloth, but to divert from her huge headstart in the business by stating modeling has more nepotism and in others professions it's more dangerous or harmful just seems bizarre deflection.
  10. Understandably, Kate Hudson misses the whole point: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kate-hudson-nepo-babies-debate-hollywood-1235287453/ Here are some of her gems You can't make up her arguments.
  11. The problem goes back to the actual novel by Erich Segal whose writing is really, really bad, sophmorically trite. Segal himself on a talk show actually conceded his book was not great literature to say the least. The line “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” is taken straight from the novel. Even though it doesn’t actually make sense ( only peripherally I suppose in that you should sense the emotions/feelings of your loved one without verbalizing) it came to be of those iconic sayings of that era. This film literally made Ali Mcgraw’s acting career, for that alone it should live in infamy.
  12. I'm not sure if it's because she had few movie roles worthy of her talent, but Helen Morgan as Julie in the 1936 "Showboat" comes to mind.
  13. Yes, look at the example from one of the opening scenes from episode 1 of her Aunt Rhaenys, impeccable pedigree and yet because she wasn't a man, she was not made Queen. The fact that Vicerys had an heir, all Lords swore obeisance to his daughter's future rulership, and yet was still pressured by his court to marry again and produce a male son pointedly indicates that Rhaenyra would not be accepted by many. She could have had a dozen white haired Targaryen babies and still being a woman, could not be expected to rule without a battle.
  14. Still having a hard time with the 180 turn in Alicent's character. I know she's fearful for her children's lives , feels Rhaenyra betrayed their friendship (though Alicent did it first by secretly wooing her father), is scornful of Rhaenyra's sexual freedom, but in the miserable state that that is her own marriage may lie the root of her bitterness. Just wish we could have seen some of that gradual hardening of character. I dunno, in l GRRM fashion, that kid getting the dragon is going to backfire on him something fierce.
  15. The actress portraying Princess Rhaenys: Perfection as “Bitter, party of one.”
  16. Sometimes it’s best not to know the link to the parents. Amazon’s superhero series “The Boys” Hughie is Jack Quaid, yes I just discovered is the son of Dennis and Meg Ryan. It’s a fully fleshed out character, well written role and Jack does well. However now I see his parents every time I watch an episode, LOL. He does and he doesn’t look like them, hard to explain.
  17. There is a storyline purpose with The Deep as a barometer of how obsequious and subservient someone can get with Homelander, well, him and the current CEO bald lady. Or maybe, I dunno, a dumbed down version of Aquaman has endless comic appeal to me. Homelander seems to be a Superhero Caligula, where everyone trembles because at a whim he just offs who he wants if they fall short, and let's face it, EVERYBODY falls short and disappoints him. However the show is in "The Handmaiden" territory of season 3 where the relentless pessimism just grinds everything down. Homelander is so heads and shoulders above everyone that the tension is dissipating. Maybe Frenchie with some mad scientists can improve on the V compound so at least the Boys have a viable reason to stand toe to toe with Homelander, because otherwise the plot convulsions why he doesn't blast them all to smithereens is getting ridiculous. Homelander parenting Ryan is going to be such a clusterf***, imagine the first time that kid really gets petulant and annoying and doesn't give back unconditional love to Daddy. So I expect Becca to rise up with the values she instilled in her supe son.
  18. In hindsight Lloyd is an even bigger tool. My biggest issue with Lloyd is that the film sets up that he is this brilliant playwright and that Margo is practically the Queen of the stage and they have had successful collaborations for years... And yet...somehow writing for her he can't conceive beyond a 20 something year old character for his 40 year old leading lady, and this is hammered home when he basically says (paraphrasing) how refreshing it is to have a part played as he conceived it when the younger Eve auditions to be Margo's understudy. Hello Lloyd, you're a playwright , why don't you write a role suited for Margo's age, you idiot.
  19. The famous car scene where Margo (Bette Davis) says to Karen : I agree that it is of it's time, but there's the trope that success without someone to love and share it with is a less complete life. Of course we acknowledge that not all fulfilled people share that sentiment, but many do. So I take it that Margo wanted to love and be loved and that was her way of articulating that she didn't want to be defined completely just by her career. (The annoying part is that you are not a complete woman whereas a single successful man in that time period is still a man, so yeah sexist). Today we realize that both women AND men come to realization that their life choices have consequences which leaves them less than satisfied. So I think Margo's dialogue still strikes a chord with how many think about life, love and career and the balance of it all, so I don't think it's just sexist tripe Margo is expressing but what she genuinely wants out of life, or her concept of a complete life. I dunno, I never got the impression Margo felt compelled to completely give up her career or Bill was asking her to do it.
  20. Well Sam Elliot has apologized for his earlier bashing: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-elliott-apology-power-of-the-dog-1235128001/
  21. Watching "The French Lieutenant's Wife" you have Meryl Streep and it reminded me that she has her 3 acting daughters, including Louis Jacobson getting a big splash TV debut in "The Gilded Age" but also Jeremy Iron whose son Max is also in the profession. Have to say, like Streep, his son doesn't have that extra star quality that Jeremy Irons has, but he's actually carved out a nice career, and I do think he does very well with his Spy series "Condor" based on the novel and the 1975 Robert Redford flick "Three days of the Condor".
  22. Maybe I'm nuancing it , but the difference with JLO is that she was dissing some of her fellow female actors, so there's a difference between that and knocking your movie or producer or writers on a project or even getting a reputation of being difficult to work with on set. While I'm sure that interview didn't make her look good but it's hard to believe that derailed her career all by itself. Also it's not as if she's just focused on a film career all these years. JLO is an interesting case: in that she established her acting career before going into the music route. Some actors/singers dabble in both but they pull out from one or the other or find it difficult to juggle both simultaneously (Beyoncee, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, George Strait, etc with different levels of success). Of the younger ones, one could count on Haillee Steinfeld as the best dual threat, and of course Justin Timberlake, but again it's fairly rare to keep both going for so long. Love her or hate her, one can't deny she is an icon, JLO is a brand. I remember she had the #1 movie and the #1 album simultaneously around 1999 or 2000, so yeah, she never became a prestigious actress in the Meryl Streep vein, but TBH she's had a film career AND a music career spanning 20 years each and she still has leading roles. Part of it is she's not a white male actor who can get lots of chances even with misfires, (Sue me, I liked "The Cell") so most women actors don't get that many opportunities past a certain point. Still, getting 20 years of Rom/coms is sorta impressive, I mean she can still pull them off. TBH, wouldn't be surprised if in the future she gets offered a few choice character roles, but with her I get the impression her acting career is just one of several things she is managing.
  23. Maybe it's more a plot point, but the quick visual and script shorthand establishing that the city folk are heartless, cold , manipulative and career- driven creatures versus the "real" living, caring, non materialistic and nurturing values people in the idyllic country.
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