'Lars and the Real Girl'

On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.

Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
playing a retarded person.
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On Oct 15, 8:04 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr....DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.
>
> Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
> those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> playing a retarded person.

because, of course, there are so many unattractive actors who get
leading roles in movies.

John Harkness
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> its one of
> those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> playing a retarded person.

Check out _Oasis_ though, the two lead performances are quite
remarkable.

rms
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On Oct 15, 8:36 pm, Harkness <caliba....RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 8:04 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr....RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.
>
> > Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
> > those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> > playing a retarded person.
>
> because, of course, there are so many unattractive actors who get
> leading roles in movies.

There are some, off the top of my head current ugly actors that get or
have gotten lead roles Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrien Brody, Steve
Buscemi, Chris Cooper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Danny
DeVito.
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On Oct 15, 10:45 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H... DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Oct 15, 8:36 pm, Harkness <caliba... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Oct 15, 8:04 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.
>
> > > Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
> > > those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> > > playing a retarded person.
>
> > because, of course, there are so many unattractive actors who get
> > leading roles in movies.
>
> There are some, off the top of my head current ugly actors that get or
> have gotten lead roles Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrien Brody, Steve
> Buscemi, Chris Cooper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Danny
> DeVito.

You find Maggie Gyllenhaal unattractive?

interesting.

And when has Steve Buscemi ever had the lead in a movie he didn't
direct?

John Harkness
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On Oct 15, 11:25 pm, Harkness <caliba....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Oct 15, 10:45 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H....TakeThisOut@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>
>
>
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> > On Oct 15, 8:36 pm, Harkness <caliba....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > On Oct 15, 8:04 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.
>
> > > > Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
> > > > those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> > > > playing a retarded person.
>
> > > because, of course, there are so many unattractive actors who get
> > > leading roles in movies.
>
> > There are some, off the top of my head current ugly actors that get or
> > have gotten lead roles Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrien Brody, Steve
> > Buscemi, Chris Cooper, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John C. Reilly, Danny
> > DeVito.
>
> You find Maggie Gyllenhaal unattractive?
>
> interesting.

Of course I do. Talented actress but she looks like Droopy Dog from
the old MGM cartoons http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5-6ElPSjc0
and apparently I'm not the only one it was the subject of a sequence
on a recent episode of Family Guy.


> And when has Steve Buscemi ever had the lead in a movie he didn't
> direct?

There was the recent "Delirious" and he's had the co-lead in a few
films.
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On Oct 15, 5:57 pm, "rms" <rsqui....TakeThisOut@REMOVEflashMOO.net> wrote:
> > its one of
> > those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> > playing a retarded person.
>
> Check out _Oasis_ though, the two lead performances are quite
> remarkable.
>
> rms

Agreed. OASIS is amazing as are all of Lee Chang-Dong's film
(incidentally, his latest film SECRET SUNSHINE is the S.Korean
submission for Best Foreign Language Film) and the two leads are
incredible. Of course, Sol Kyung-Gu always radiates that animal
intensity in everything he does (RIKIDOZAN, PUBLIC ENEMY and another
Lee Chang-Dong film, PEPPERMINT CANDY), but the acting of Moon So-ri
was sublime, as good--if not better than--DiCaprio in GILBERT GRAPE.

(if you haven't seen all of Lee Chang-Dong's films, definitely find
them and watch them!)

-goro-
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Garondo Marondo wrote:
> On Oct 15, 2:36 pm, sandy <phaedr... DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Finally a film that speaks to my demographic.
>
> Hiring attractive actors to play nerds seems wrong to me, its one of
> those easy get out of jail things like an actor of normal intelligence
> playing a retarded person.

An actor of subnormal intelligence playing a genius--now, *that's*
something I'd pay good money to see! I'm serious.

Miki
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