X-ray wrote:
Well that isn't what I was getting at, but if you have relatives who regularly throw someone around the kitchen, shoot up the house and then ask them 'Who's your daddy now' I would like to meet them (even if they don't look like Angelina Jolie).
being "strong" has nothing to do with throwing people across the room. my grandmother never raised her voice or used curse words (unlike me :-D ) but she was tougher than anyone I've ever known. you could use words like "stubborn" and "willfull", but they pale in comparison to the real person. you would have see the brilliant intellect beaming out of her small body to begin to even get it.
sometimes it felt as if the walls in a room would pull back as she entered.
she knew where she stood and she took no prisoners.
i wish i could explain it, but i don't have the talent.
I don't look like Brad Pitt,
count your blessings. he's not All That.
Morgan Freeman is good, but he sticks to a formula, or a formula is attributed to him.
i guess you could look at it like that, but i don't care what film he's in, Morgan Freeman is totally convincing. I believe every word he says. the man is SMOOTH!
once i was flipping the dial (to use an old fashioned expression) and i came to a film i had never seen. i think it was "Johnny Handsome" or something like that. i was busy with something and just wanted noise. it was boring, really. blah blah blah.
then SUDDENDLY, Morgan Freeman comes on the screen (I had no idea he was in this film) and i'm rivited!!!
absolutely rivited. can't take my eyes off him. smooth a silk. he's got complete control over the scene without hogging it.
as soon as he's offscreen, the film falls apart again. boring.
and, yes, i thought what he did in Unforgiven is genius - but everything about that film is great. I saw that in the theater also. it's actually very rare for me to go out to see films.
another great film (which i went to the theater for) is "American Splendor" with the amazing Paul Giamatti - another great american actor!
In terms of reading out names, I seem to recall that Rowan Atkinson had a stand-up routine that simply involved reading some names off a list, but its entertainment value was his facial expression and emphasis upon reading those names. If I had to listen to a list of names being read, I would probably choose Rowan Atkinson.
he's brilliant. loved everything he does. Black Adder, bean, i even went to see his film (the bean one). i still cringe at the scene where he paints on the "mona Lisa" Oh, my god, that hurt! :-o
man is he funny.:roflmao:
