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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 09, 2008, 03:39:24 pm ---Yes, I could see him in that role, provided he gets a haircut!! Thanks for the heads-up friend!
I hope he does better than Kirstie Alley as a Vulcan!!
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Of course, playing Kirk shouldn't require much acting ability considering who originally portrayed the character, lol!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on October 09, 2008, 04:06:07 pm ---Of course, playing Kirk shouldn't require much acting ability considering who originally portrayed the character, lol!
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No, but William Shatner's "acting" was part of Kirk's charm:
"WE THE PEOPLE ... these words . . . were not written only for the Yangs ... but for the Kohms as well. They must ... apply to ... everyone ... or they mean nothing."
ednbarby:
My apologies if this one has already been brought up recently, but I just watched We Are Marshall for the first time (I say that because there probably will be others) last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I found it to be about the most inspiring football movie I've ever seen - even moreso than Invinceable or Rudy - and one of the most inspiring sports movies I've ever seen. Matthew Fox really is a wonderful, wonderful actor, and as much as Matthew McConaughey annoys me outside of acting, he's always big fun to watch onscreen, too. Both are capable of such subtlety in both their line readings and their non-verbal acting. And you can almost never go wrong with David Straithairn. It was also nice to see our dear Kate Mara in a relatively new movie, though I thought she was a bit underused in this one. The only distracting thing about it was that Ian McShane couldn't quite pull off an authentic West Virginia accent - I kept hearing Irish, is it, in there.
I especially liked that the movie wasn't about the importance of winning, just as that first team after the plane crash wasn't - it was about the importance of moving on with life after enduring a devastating loss. What made me cry at the end was how one character in particular really wasn't able to. And it made me want to learn more about the real coaches and players who kept that program alive.
serious crayons:
Thanks for the review, Barb. I'm puttin it in my queue!
MaineWriter:
Speaking of sports movies, my son and I saw The Express this afternoon, the story of Ernie Davis, star running back for the Syracuse Orangemen who died of leukemia at the age of 23. He was the first African American to win the Heisman trophy. Dennis Quaid plays the coach and does a fine job. Dennis always does a fine job in sports movies! It was good--not great--but definitely watchable. Good Saturday afternoon entertainment.
I am debating about whether or not to see W. If anyone wants to weigh in with an opinion, I'm listening.
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