Intolerable Cruelty

Bigarbel wrote:
>> Opinions?
>>
> Never heard of it
> ---

George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my local art
house.
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>Bigarbel wrote:
>>> Opinions?
>>>
>> Never heard of it
>> ---
>
>George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my local art
>house.
>
Shudder, two "great actors" in one movie. Will put this one on my
ignore list
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Bigarbel
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:21:55 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
<tomparle.nospam.TakeThisOut@no_junk.hotmail.com> plied uk.media.films with:

>Bigarbel wrote:
>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>> Opinions?
>>>>>
>>>> Never heard of it
>>>> ---
>>>
>>> George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my
>>> local art house.
>>>
>> Shudder, two "great actors" in one movie. Will put this one on my
>> ignore list
>> ---
>
>Well that was my first thought too... however it is supposed to be not bad..
>it was directed by the Coen Brothers and Clooney has been quite good with
>them in the past.
>

Thing about Clooney. Lets be honest here, clearly some of his acting
skills are questionable but can someone honestly say he's been in a
bad film since leaving the ER series ( yes I know about 'Knight Rider'
and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes').

Solaris was quietly superb and I'm glad it was made. This idea that
you can't like a film just because he's in it is a bit silly really.
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Joel Cooney wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:21:55 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
> <tomparle.nospam RemoveThis @no_junk.hotmail.com> plied uk.media.films with:
>
>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>>> Opinions?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Never heard of it
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my
>>>> local art house.
>>>>
>>> Shudder, two "great actors" in one movie. Will put this one on my
>>> ignore list
>>> ---
>>
>> Well that was my first thought too... however it is supposed to be
>> not bad.. it was directed by the Coen Brothers and Clooney has been
>> quite good with them in the past.
>>
>
> Thing about Clooney. Lets be honest here, clearly some of his acting
> skills are questionable but can someone honestly say he's been in a
> bad film since leaving the ER series ( yes I know about 'Knight Rider'
> and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes').
>
> Solaris was quietly superb and I'm glad it was made. This idea that
> you can't like a film just because he's in it is a bit silly really.

I agree... I personally think he is a good actor.
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:30:05 +0000, David Hemmings
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>On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:37:58 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
><tomparle.nospam.DeleteThis@no_junk.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Joel Cooney wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:21:55 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
>>> <tomparle.nospam.DeleteThis@no_junk.hotmail.com> plied uk.media.films with:
>>>
>>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>>>>> Opinions?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Never heard of it
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>> George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my
>>>>>> local art house.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Shudder, two "great actors" in one movie. Will put this one on my
>>>>> ignore list
>>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Well that was my first thought too... however it is supposed to be
>>>> not bad.. it was directed by the Coen Brothers and Clooney has been
>>>> quite good with them in the past.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thing about Clooney. Lets be honest here, clearly some of his acting
>>> skills are questionable but can someone honestly say he's been in a
>>> bad film since leaving the ER series ( yes I know about 'Knight Rider'
>>> and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes').
>>>
>>> Solaris was quietly superb and I'm glad it was made. This idea that
>>> you can't like a film just because he's in it is a bit silly really.
>>
>>I agree... I personally think he is a good actor.
>>
>I thought Three kings had no redeeming features at all.

I've not seen that one, to be fair. A quick search of IMDB brings up
the following:

Ocean's Twelve (2004) (pre-production) .... Danny Ocean

Intolerable Cruelty (2003) .... Miles Massey
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) .... Devlin
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) .... Jim Byrd
Solaris (2002) .... Chris Kelvin
Welcome to Collinwood (2002) .... Jerzy
Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Danny Ocean
.... aka 11 (2001) (USA: poster title)
.... aka O11 (2001) (USA: informal short title)
Spy Kids (2001) .... Devlin
Perfect Storm, The (2000) .... Captain Billy Tyne
.... aka Sturm, Der (2000) (Germany)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) .... Ulysses Everett McGill
.... aka O' Brother (2000) (France)
Fail Safe (2000) (TV) .... Col. Jack Grady, Command Pilot Group 6

Three Kings (1999) .... Maj. Archie Gates
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) (voice) .... Dr. Gouache/Dr.
Doctor
.... aka South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (USA: closing
credits title)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) .... Capt. Bosche
Out of Sight (1998) .... Jack Foley
Peacemaker, The (1997) .... Colonel Thomas Devoe
Batman & Robin (1997) .... Batman (Bruce Wayne)
One Fine Day (1996) .... Jack Taylor
Curdled (1996) (uncredited) .... Seth Gecko
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Seth Gecko

Erm....

I forgot about Batman & Robin (and the perfect storm but even that
wasn't *utterly* awful).

[I feel a 'What have the romans ever done for us?' moment coming on]

But even within that list, there's at least 4 bone-fide excellent
films (admittedly some where he's NOT been the leading male role) a
few fine films and a few, at least, adequate films.

Of course, this makes no mention of his pre-ER CV, which should be
investigated with some care.
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Joel Cooney wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:30:05 +0000, David Hemmings
> <davids.spamtrap.TakeThisOut@virgin.net> plied uk.media.films with:
>
>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 21:37:58 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
>> <tomparle.nospam.TakeThisOut@no_junk.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Joel Cooney wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:21:55 -0000, "..:: tom parle ::.."
>>>> <tomparle.nospam.TakeThisOut@no_junk.hotmail.com> plied uk.media.films with:
>>>>
>>>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>>>> Bigarbel wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Opinions?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Never heard of it
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> George Clooney & Catherine Zeta Jones are in it... its on at my
>>>>>>> local art house.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shudder, two "great actors" in one movie. Will put this one on
>>>>>> my ignore list
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>
>>>>> Well that was my first thought too... however it is supposed to be
>>>>> not bad.. it was directed by the Coen Brothers and Clooney has
>>>>> been quite good with them in the past.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thing about Clooney. Lets be honest here, clearly some of his
>>>> acting skills are questionable but can someone honestly say he's
>>>> been in a bad film since leaving the ER series ( yes I know about
>>>> 'Knight Rider' and the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes').
>>>>
>>>> Solaris was quietly superb and I'm glad it was made. This idea that
>>>> you can't like a film just because he's in it is a bit silly
>>>> really.
>>>
>>> I agree... I personally think he is a good actor.
>>>
>> I thought Three kings had no redeeming features at all.
>
> I've not seen that one, to be fair. A quick search of IMDB brings up
> the following:
>
> Ocean's Twelve (2004) (pre-production) .... Danny Ocean
>
> Intolerable Cruelty (2003) .... Miles Massey
> Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) .... Devlin
> Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) .... Jim Byrd
> Solaris (2002) .... Chris Kelvin
> Welcome to Collinwood (2002) .... Jerzy
> Ocean's Eleven (2001) .... Danny Ocean
> ... aka 11 (2001) (USA: poster title)
> ... aka O11 (2001) (USA: informal short title)
> Spy Kids (2001) .... Devlin
> Perfect Storm, The (2000) .... Captain Billy Tyne
> ... aka Sturm, Der (2000) (Germany)
> O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) .... Ulysses Everett McGill
> ... aka O' Brother (2000) (France)
> Fail Safe (2000) (TV) .... Col. Jack Grady, Command Pilot Group 6
>
> Three Kings (1999) .... Maj. Archie Gates
> South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) (voice) .... Dr. Gouache/Dr.
> Doctor
> ... aka South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) (USA: closing
> credits title)
> Thin Red Line, The (1998) .... Capt. Bosche
> Out of Sight (1998) .... Jack Foley
> Peacemaker, The (1997) .... Colonel Thomas Devoe
> Batman & Robin (1997) .... Batman (Bruce Wayne)
> One Fine Day (1996) .... Jack Taylor
> Curdled (1996) (uncredited) .... Seth Gecko
> From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Seth Gecko
>
> Erm....
>
> I forgot about Batman & Robin (and the perfect storm but even that
> wasn't *utterly* awful).
>
> [I feel a 'What have the romans ever done for us?' moment coming on]
>
> But even within that list, there's at least 4 bone-fide excellent
> films (admittedly some where he's NOT been the leading male role) a
> few fine films and a few, at least, adequate films.
>
> Of course, this makes no mention of his pre-ER CV, which should be
> investigated with some care.

I enjoyed Solaris, Ocean's Eleven, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Three Kings,
Out of Sight & From Dusk Till Dawn. I have two of these on DVD. I think he
picks soem interesting films.
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