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I LOVE YOU PHILLIP MORRIS
SFEnnisSF:
Ugh, more unflattering gay stereotypes pushed by straight actors. (BARF)
"Good Christian Man and then oops, bang your head and now your gay..."(as if it's a disease you contract) How fucking insulting!! >:(
I may have to wage a boycott.... >:(
At first I thought this won't appeal to straights nor gays, and It won't make a dime, and will probably ruin Jim Carrey's career, which is on it's way out anyway... But, I'm guessing this will appeal to the narrow-minded folks who saw The Birdcage. Terrible terrible unflattering stereotypes that only hurt us... :(
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: sfericsf on January 16, 2009, 03:21:12 am ---Ugh, more unflattering gay stereotypes pushed by straight actors. (BARF)
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Money talks.
--- Quote ---"Good Christian Man and then oops, bang your head and now your gay..."(as if it's a disease you contract) How fucking insulting!! >:(
I may have to wage a boycott.... >:(
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Well considering the movie is based on a true story, I think I'm going to read the book and see what's real and what's Hollywood. Truth is stranger than fiction. Besides, that's just what the preview is showing. The man is obviously a con. Was his wife a beard? He used the accident as an excuse? No way to tell.
--- Quote ---At first I thought this won't appeal to straights nor gays, and It won't make a dime, and will probably ruin Jim Carrey's career, which is on it's way out anyway... But, I'm guessing this will appeal to the narrow-minded folks who saw The Birdcage. Terrible terrible unflattering stereotypes that only hurt us... :(
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I liked the Birdcage. My sister loved the French version. We're hardly narrow-minded [shrug]
Kerry:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on January 16, 2009, 08:49:26 pm ---Well considering the movie is based on a true story, I think I'm going to read the book and see what's real and what's Hollywood. Truth is stranger than fiction. Besides, that's just what the preview is showing. The man is obviously a con. Was his wife a beard? He used the accident as an excuse? No way to tell.
I liked the Birdcage. My sister loved the French version. We're hardly hardly narrow-minded [shrug]
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I loved the original French "Birdcage" (can't remember the correct French title). It had me in fits of laughter all those years ago, when it first came out. Wasn't so fond of the Hollywood remake with, I think, Robyn Williams.
Re "I Love You Phillip Morris," I was just wondering if it could have, more successfully, been made as a legitimate true-life story with real drama and pathos, being as it's a true story, rather than as this ludicrous, vapid comedy? I think it would have worked better as a drama.
And is it only me who thinks this must be the worst case of miscasting in the history of Hollywood? Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor? Hunh? What on earth was the Casting Director thinking? Instant flop! :-\
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Kerry on January 16, 2009, 09:25:52 pm ---
Re "I Love You Phillip Morris," I was just wondering if it could have, more successfully, been made as a legitimate true-life story with real drama and pathos, being as it's a true story, rather than as this ludicrous, vapid comedy? I think it would have worked better as a drama.
And is it only me who thinks this must be the worst case of miscasting in the history of Hollywood? Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor? Hunh? What on earth was the Casting Director thinking? Instant flop! :-\
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I would have though so too, considering this opening entry to his Wikipedia article, but if you read the entire article, his life starts to read like a farce. Truth is stranger than fiction:
Steven Jay Russell (born September 14, 1957) is a US con artist and impostor who has escaped from prison a number of times. He has been nicknamed "Houdini" and "King Con". His IQ was measured at 169.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Jay_Russell
delalluvia:
GLAAD loved the movie, so I guess it must be better than it looks. Guess we'll see how Sundance likes it.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-morris18-2009jan18,0,6442245.story
They recently showed the film to GLAAD, the gay and lesbian advocacy group, and "they loved it," says Requa.
"They're hosting our Sundance press conference. They were really into it. Most gay movies with gay people are about being gay and treat being gay as this affliction," says Ficarra. "That's got nothing to do with it. It's about two people in love."
"We wanted to do a movie that wasn't about gay and suffering," says Requa.
Jim Carrey was their first choice to play Russell, perhaps because of his ability to blend comedic high jinks with pathological neediness, and he immediately signed on, explaining that there have been only three scripts that he truly felt compelled to do: "The Truman Show," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and this.
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