Was that the BBC Imagine one?
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Quote: Ben @ October 13 2013, 9:00 PM BSTWas that the BBC Imagine one?
Indeed it was.
brings it back from the ethereal to the mundane.
People who don't put those doo hickey things at the end of their shopping to indicate the end on supermarket checkout belts.
Quote: Harridan @ October 13 2013, 8:51 PM BSTI think Depp is a good actor who keeps taking silly roles where he plays eccentric weirdos without much depth.
Yes, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
That role could have been so interesting if he'd played it straighter.
Quote: Oldrocker @ October 13 2013, 9:05 PM BSTbrings it back from the ethereal to the mundane.
People who don't put those doo hickey things at the end of their shopping to indicate the end on supermarket checkout belts.
Who doesn't do that?? 
Sickos.
Why don't people press the button at pelican crossings?
To be fair they probably think that the chances of being hit by a pelican are vanishingly small.
Quote: Tursiops @ October 13 2013, 9:20 PM BSTTo be fair they probably think that the chances of being hit by a pelican are vanishingly small.
Quote: sootyj @ October 13 2013, 9:17 PM BSTWhy don't people press the button at pelican crossings?
In the radio shows Count Arthur has 'Penguin Crossings'
Quote: Tursiops @ October 13 2013, 9:20 PM BSTTo be fair they probably think that the chances of being hit by a pelican are vanishingly small.
Rspb propaganda
Quote: Tursiops @ October 13 2013, 6:54 PM BSTBrando was pure ham, as were most of the method actors, and theri legacy lives on unfortunately. It's true though that traditional stage actors, notably Olivier and Burton were also woeful on screen (Ralph Richardson curiously was a notable exception to that rule.)
Re: Richard Burton, I remember watching him in the movie, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, on telly a helluva a long time ago, and loving his performance and the movie.
Re: Midnight In Paris, I thought it was a fun idea, and (sorry, Lee) I really like Owen Wilson, but I felt it got repetitive and ran out of steam. Whereas Blue Jasmine builds really nicely.
I was a Woody Allen nut up until the split with Mia and imo his output since then has been nowhere near as good as the run he had from Bananas (1971) to Radio Days (1987), though that's a very impressive streak in itself, and there aren't many artists in any field who can claim a 16 year stretch of top work.
I'd rate Blue Jasmine as his best work since Radio Days, though I've only seen three of his movies since 2000, and I stopped watching them in the cinema after Mighty Aphrodite (1995). The documentary about him is ace and has lots of insights into his way of working.
Re: Johnny Depp, I watched Blow recently which I enjoyed more than I thought I would. He strikes me as an actor without mannerisms, excluding Jack Sparrow obviously. He was terrific too in The Rum Diary, another of my recent favourites.
I liked Depp in Donnie Brasco. It was a straight role rather than Willy Bloody Wonka.
And he was great in The Ninth Gate and The Astronaut's Wife, despite those potentially being hammy roles. Oddly, when he a Tim Burton come together these days they end up producing tosh.
Depp's great in Ed Wood. But he's one of those actors, like Russell Crowe, who get less and less interesting the bigger they get.
Anyone going to defend Alice in Wonderland?
Quote: Tursiops @ October 13 2013, 10:06 PM BSTAnyone going to defend Alice in Wonderland?
Actually, that's a recent Burton/Depp collaboration that I enjoyed. Nice slice of crazy.