Stop Renting Bad Movies, Pleas from a Clerk on the Edge

Top 2. Sep 8, 2001 12:53 AM

» lisamcramer - Re: I Feel Your Pain!

In response to message posted by Hackenbush:

Oh good! I was kind of nervous that I sounded too angry in my article. But now I know I opened the eyes of one person. And one person makes it all worthwhile. Thanks much and happy viewing!

-- posted by lisamcramer

Top 3. Sep 10, 2001 10:16 PM

» BBNANA123 - Re: Re: I Feel Your Pain!

LISA! angry?? this is the best article i have read yet. not only do you state your opinion of the movie, but you use personal experience to back up what you believe in. You made me wamt to buy the movie without even renting it. It sounds twisted and it would probably give me nighmares but you have the best persuasion.
good job!!

-- posted by BBNANA123

Top 4. Jun 2, 2003 2:22 PM

» Mina80 - Re: Re: I Feel Your Pain!

In response to message posted by lisamcramer:

So sorry I didn't catch this site before. Lisa, I'm another angry person when it comes to the public's movie preferences. I'm a bit older than you all, I'm sure, so there are many times when I'd rather watch an old film noir rather than a higlyy rated new action flick. Some are so mindless, it gives me cause to worry about what world trends may be approaching. Movies have always represented the state of affairs by generations.

"Memento" is one of my favorites to come along in ages. Could it be that the public today just cannot bear using their deprived brain cells for one minute more than necessary? There are many situations in Memento that make the viewer pay attention. Could it be that a movie reviewer who has a deadline to make, might just call it dumb or boring? I call it laziness; the goals today it seems for all jobs is quantity; not quality.

I found it interesting to note that a new movie from Australia, The Hard Word, with Guy Pearce, was advertised as "...with Guy Pearce, star of "The Time Machine.." Pearce is probably the best young actor to grace the screen in my lifetime, and in order to get the US public into a theater, they have to refer to one of his worst films; he even disliked making it because of restrictions on acing freedom. (The star was the machine after all). And it showed.

Hollywood does ignore, for the most part, acting as opposed to "power action blockbuster stars" who get billions for exposing their physical assets with the help of special effects, and computers. Muscular mutes become our acting idols. I don't know if the public can sense the passion some actors have for their roles and what an instinctual genius it takes to portray it on screen, but I know I can feel it and am in awe when I witness it.

I also tried to push Memento on people, but have found it's a waste of time. After the Oscars, I was appalled when I found out that Pearce was pushed out of the running by Sean Penn in a repetitive storyline movie called, "I am Sam".

Guy Pearce is such a diversified actor that he is forever willing to sacrifice his handsomeness, charisma, or charm for a good part, from a geeky professor to an uptight LA cop (with no sign of an Aussie accent btw) to a garrulous drag queen, to an evil and insane foe of the Count of Monte Cristo, and now, to a comedic criminal is fascinating for me to watch. These are just a few of his characters; another is a rock star called "Drumsticks Casey." I could swear the Lizard King, Jim Morrison had returned from the dead.

There are very few of us out here in the movie public who actually enjoy watching the chameleon-like brilliance of Guy Pearce. We look for anything he's done. At first, it was even hard to find his name spelled correctly.

I guess by now you know I have a "thing" for Guy Pearce, but try to name another star who has managed to stay above water by loving his job, his wife, his home, and living in the country he wants without living in Hollywood's "House of Cardboard"? Russell Crowe and you'd probably be half right. But Crowe's acting is inferior to Pearce's from what I've seen.

-- posted by Mina80