Saturday 28 March 2020

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 1996: Ed Harris in The Rock

Ed Harris did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Brigadier General Francis X. "Frank" Hummel in The Rock.

The Rock follows an improbably named chemist, Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage), and an imprisoned SAS soldier, Mason (Sean Connery), who must infiltrate Alcatraz to stop a group of rogue marines. Marines who have taken control of the island with hostages along with missiles carrying a deadly poison.

Michael Bay movies are stupid. This is known. This is the good Michael Bay movie, on the virtues that it is a successful action picture, though his unfunny juvenile humor often rears its head indicating his later features though thankfully more minimally here. It might also help is one thing that Michael Bay seems to take pretty damn seriously is the US military. This creating then at least the allowance for anything of even a remote substance, though I will still say in a limited fashion, in the character of General Hummel played by Ed Harris. Harris's performance here, honestly is in a different movie than Cage and Connery, but that's alright, since he barely shares any scenes with them, and we can essentially take in what he is doing separately from their antics which are of a more ridiculous, though definitely entertaining, action spectacle. Harris basically is there to take upon all serious intentions and gravity of the film on his shoulders. This is something he seems more than ready to perform from the opening scene of the film. This is right from the outset of the film as we see Hummel making his technically villainous decision, at the grave of his wife. Harris does not play the scene like a dumb action movie, what the Rock is, but rather reflect the grief within a conviction in his voice. This as Hummel offers almost an apology to his wife in explaining his soon to be actions. Harris offering the devotion of a drama in the moment by reflecting the sadness in the General as some sense of motivation for what it is that he is about to do.

What he is about to do is a lead a group of his solders, and a few extra wild cards (for the sake of a last act villain switch), to steal chemical weapons then take Alcatraz. Harris, as shown elsewhere, excels as the company man military role to begin with. His innately intense delivery, and rigid demeanor help to reflect a man who has lived life by a code of discipline. This even being shown as we see the man in his villainous enterprise,  as Harris doesn't portray Hummel as a lunatic, but rather a General prepping for a mission he deeply cares about. This as we see him running it as he would any mission, with Harris delivering each line with a careful measure, and even subtly in his eyes, showing a real sense of loss, when one of his men dies, though hiding it within the veneer of maintaining order as a leader. This is even in a brief, but important moment, when taking Alcatraz, where Hummel asks children to leave the island before he takes it. Harris doesn't make the moment a sociopath putting on an act, but an honestly caring guy asking the children to be out of harms way. This supports as we finally hear the General's demands, which is money, however money specifically for the sake of the families of soldiers killed in Black ops mission, disavowed by the government. Harris delivers on the idea in the initial threat in offering a controlled passion, showing the man absolute belief in his objective, while again still presenting himself as the controlled General feeling he is performing just yet another mission.

Harris makes for a good villain in that he manages to deliver on the idea of the menace within the controlled certainty of the character. Where his performance though goes beyond that is creating a definite tragedy within the role, that he manages to weave from that opening scene and throughout the film. This is that he doesn't just make him some military mad man, but a genuinely caring person. This is within the film as written, however Harris is essentially in not only giving it sense, but even a power to it. Take the scene where his men kill all the government's infiltration team, sans Mason and Goodspeed. The argument that prefaces the massacre, Harris makes more out of the scene, this as he begins with the strict intensity of the General asking for surrender, however as it continues his delivery offers a greater frustration. This not being a frustration at disobedience, but rather seeing the situation is about to go out of his control with innocent lives being taken. His yells of "cease fire" is with harried expression from Harris as man whose resolve has been shaken, and his moment of looking upon the dead soldiers, Harris grants an honest poignancy to as he subtly reflects the real regret in the General within the moment. The one scene where the two sides do collide is where Mason, briefly, turns himself into the marines, and he and Hummel have a brief battle of words. Even in this scene, that is primed as the testing the villain moment, Harris manages carry on the specific arc of the General. This as even reaction to Mason's words, it is with a greater internalized frustration that externalizes as violence.Those that Harris does not act as a beat down for sadism, but rather a gut reaction of a man who can't fully rationalize his choices in the moment. Harris is consistently compelling in granting a severity to the worsening situation, as the General is pushed by his men to launch his poisoned missiles. This as he continues to capture it as the idea of the man slowly getting in over his head on his idea, than a lunatic. This as when they launch one missile, where Harris portrays with a resignation. This not being a resignation to kill, but rather a resignation that his plan is a failure. This naturally comes to a head when his additional wild cards, question his actions and attempt to relieve him of his command. Harris is fantastic in this scene. This as he begins it first with the same conviction explaining his plan was a bluff, therefore it is over. This with the same determination in his voice in his threat as he does explain that he never had intention to kill innocents. I love the moment in which Harris attempts though to tell one of rogue men to stand down, first with his General's confidence, however as the man doesn't listen the second time Harris's voice cracks. This emphasizing the man not only losing his confidence, but also realizing he's lost his control of the situation. Harris finally fully realizing the real desperation of the General as loses that strict assurance of himself essentially. This in his very final moment, that Harris does not waste, in speaking with a genuine regret as he asks "What have I done". This is terrific work from Harris, as he finds a real tragedy within his villain. This even in an absurd action picture, Harris maintains a gravitas within his role, and even offers a semblance humanity into the plot, that is pretty ridiculous when you break it down.

74 comments:

Calvin Law said...

What are your thoughts on Hans Zimmer’s score here? I think it’s one of the best elements of the film which I do kind of love (I consider the opening sequence and the showdown between the rogue marines to be some of Bay’s best directing). Also, thoughts and ratings for the rest of the cast.

Anonymous said...

Louis: Rating and thoughts on Biehn and the rest of the cast?

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings and thoughts on Gershon and Tilly in Bound.

Mitchell Murray said...

Colour me intrigued; I haven't seen "The Rock" in it's entirety, but have been meaning to for quite some time if only for Harris, Connery and Cage. Michael Bay's track record certainly doesn't add to my anticipation (Given that I also watched "Bad Boys" for the first time a few days ago, a disliked almost everything about it), but again, the quality of talent in "The Rock" has peaked my interest.

Louis: Would I be right in thinking that for yourself, Harris is one of those actors whose oscar nominated turns generally represent the lower end of their talent? Oh, and where might I find your top 20 acting moments of his, if you've posted them?

Bryan L. said...

Louis: Fair enough, in regards to Sam Jackson. For cinematographer, definitely Elswit for that version?

Also, your thoughts on the direction and screenplay for Uncut Gems?

Tim said...

I have Always been a huge fan of this Performance. An action-movie antagonist with actual Depth, with actually understandable motives, and played in a way that is both three-dimensional and believable is a sight not seen often enough. I woul also give him a 4,5 although a high one.


Have you ever made a ranking of your Top 10 Harris Performances? (Apollo 13 on number 1 of course *wink)?

Tim said...

ah, shit. I just looked again and saw that you actually liked him less in The Hours

Anonymous said...

Louis: Any missed opportunities in William Holden's career?

Louis Morgan said...

Calvin:

It is a good score, though as Bay of a score as you get, but the best Bay score one can get. This is that everything is bombastic as possible, through every piece of the orchestra in there, as loud as possible, and just go. Well it goes well though aided greatly by some fantastic melodic pieces by Zimmer, that are kind of variations of some later melodies he would sort of perfect eventually. That isn't to say these are broken however, just different. It is a score that honestly would define Bay, as he seemingly would try to get that score with or without Zimmer from then on.

I'd agree regarding Bay's direction of those scenes. I'd also what probably helped him here, was it was his first big budget film, so he had to keep his indulgences relatively in check. I'll say in general Bay isn't talent-less, rather he's someone like Zach Snyder, who has clear and obvious deficiencies, with some ability if only it could be reigned in.

Cage - 3.5(I used to be more negative on this performance but watching it again, Cage actually takes a very standard role and shakes it up. He's definitely over the top, and always at the very least touching ridiculousness, however it works. It works in helping give a bit more of anything to a role that really otherwise would have been "bland action hero" guy, so I'll give Cage definite credit there.)

Connery - 3(He's coasting hard, as he did most of the time post-Last Crusade, it is that performance in particular that makes it a bit frustrating. Connery though still delivers on bringing his presence here, and certainly brings the appropriate swagger to his master spy. He doesn't really do anything more than that however, even his major scene with Harris, he basically just leaves it to Harris to really carry the dramatic side of the scene. Connery is mostly there for the quips and the one-liners.)

Spencer - 2.5(A bit much as the overt sleazy routine, and not quite as entertaining as one would hope in this type of role.)

Forsythe - 3(He really doesn't have much of a role, but tries anything to make something within his reactionary moments.)

Biehn - 3(Seems definitely wasted, and though Sporleder does his job, I think they probably should've had Biehn play that part, as I think he would've made more of an impact overall. Having said that Biehn actually does deliver best he can, particularly in the showdown with Harris, where he brings more than just a general soldier type.)

Todd & Sporleder - 3(Both are slimy and evil effectively. Todd's voice in particular is always welcome particularly in his demanding of his money and degrading of Elton John.)

Morse - 3(Honestly wouldn't really have a part if it weren't for just how soulful Morse's face can be, and well because of that he does make an impact.)

Luke:

Gershon - 3(She's the best actor in the film, unfortunately she is burdened with the worst role. There is nothing to her character other than she is a lesbian and an extremely, extremely, generalized idea of "tough". Gershon does her best to try to make something out of this by the sheer virtue of her presence, but honestly if it weren't for the then "non-mainstream" element of the character, the role would be less than nothing.)

Louis Morgan said...

Tilly - 3.5(Her role is considerably better however Tilly is very much a surface performer. Now she does deliver on that surface here, and can make an impact because her surface presence is rather striking in itself. Having said that though, Tilly doesn't really make the conflicts of the character and her attempts to change with any real nuance. Her performance is so limited that she doesn't really create the sort of empathetic chord that part should reveal, to bring a greater catharsis in her final confrontation with Pantoliano in particular.)

Mitchell:

Yes, though I will probably upgrade his 95 and 99 work slightly (by a .5) when I get back to them, as I think was slightly too critical towards those two.

1. "Ask him why he's so good at killing" - A History of Violence
2. CPR - The Abyss
3. The Man in Black explains his quest - Westworld
4. "How you doing Joey?" - A History of Violence
5. Moss After the police interrogation - Glengarry Glen Ross
6. The Man in Black meets Ford - Westworld
7. Time for a Ride - A History of Violence
8. Man in black does the right thing - Westworld
9. Breakdown of command - The Rock
10. Meeting Wilford - Snowpiercer
11. Theoretical crime - Glengarry Glen Ross
12. Discovery - The Abyss
13. Speaking to his wife on his image - The Right Stuff
14. Confession - Gone Baby Gone
15. See you later - Under Fire
16. Call before flight - The Right Stuff
17. No one else sees it - Westworld
18. Stand off - The Rock
19. Final speech to Palin - Game Change
20. Argument with the astronauts - The Right Stuff

Bryan:

Naturally.

I'll begin with the screenplay, which is considerably different than the likely shooting script, naturally given they wrote several years ago. Every change in the shooting script is better, obvious ones like getting Kevin Garnett for examples, but more so in the climax is far more interesting in how it plays out. Also just little things add up so much more into creating both more interesting scenarios and effective scenes. Having said that the qualities of the Safdies writing is even evident in the less complete form. This in managing to find a certain flavored, yet genuine dialogue that they utilize. It isn't a strict reality, but like most writers/directors with potential, it is just right within their style that it forms its own reality. Where the screenplay excels though is creating the downward spiral of the man, through his endless deals of the man who lives for the win. I'll say where they took it in the final film was even more compelling in every change, but even their original script realizes an obvious potential, while also laying out most of the scenario effectively plot wise, most of it.

Tim:

No.

1. A History of Violence
2. Westworld
3. The Abyss
4. Glengarry Glen Ross
5. The Right Stuff
6. The Rock
7. Snowpiercer
8. Game Change
9. Under Fire
10. Gone Baby Gone

Calvin Law said...

I’d say Snyder and Bay are a bit different in that the former thinks he’s very intelligent in his choices while Bay overly embraces stupidity to the point of over saturation.

Louis Morgan said...

Calvin:

Well I'd agree they are different in the ways that they're deficient. My point was that both do have talent, just clearly gaping holes within it. This is as I ponder if Snyder wouldn't have been better as maybe a cinematographer and Bay couldn't have been a great second unit action director.

Louis Morgan said...

Anonymous:

There don't appear to be any major ones. This as he was someone who in a way developed his presence with age, when he came into his own as the man's man type, so the fact that is pre-Sunset work isn't often noted isn't a surprise. He really didn't miss out on any roles, that were outside of his prime (the 50's). Then even some of those it was probably for the best. For example, though he was a better actor than Farley Granger, Granger was a better casting choice for Strangers on a Train.

Michael McCarthy said...

Are you planning on watching I Shot Andy Warhol before the results? Jared Harris as Warhol has me intrigued.

Louis Morgan said...

I've seen it.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your thoughts on it and ratings & thoughts on Harris and Taylor.

Mitchell Murray said...

Louis: Speaking of Harris' 98 work, what are your thoughts on this deleted scene from "The Truman Show"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EynCFAF8Q2Q

Personally, I can see why it was taken out of the film since it feels a little to much like exposition, of events that were to be shown/alluded too anyways. But to his credit, Harris does play the scene with the right kind of detachment and self importance.

Luke Higham said...

Louis: With 2016 not being that crowded of a year to return to, do you intend to watch War & Peace, The Hollow Crown II and The Night Manager.

Lucas Saavedra said...

Louis: do you consider The People vs. Larry Flynt a missed opportunity. If so, your thoughts on it as such?

Anonymous said...

Luke, having seen War & Peace, what would be your thoughts on it? You've been going on and on about it for years lol

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: One of my favourite mini-series of the past decade, love the cast (especially Dano and Buckley, who I've been going on for ages it seems. The former gives his best and most endearing work in my opinion), Costumes and Production Design are brilliant. Absolutely love the score as well by Martin Phipps.

RatedRStar said...

Louis: Crikey Louis you have been reviewing things a lot quicker than usual my friend =D, dont over do it ok, hugs I hope your doing well.

Luke Higham said...

Well, If his home state is in lockdown, he'll want to keep himself busy. Anyway, he'll likely go back to a slow-burn process once it's over and get to enjoy his life more.

Calvin Law said...

Agreed, the score is terrific and very underrated.

Louis: any chance of Eddie Albert going up to at least a 2.5 or 3 for Roman Holiday? Having re-watched it recently I do think a 2 is a bit too harsh.

Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

I Shot Andy Warhol, actually is a proper companion piece to Basquiat as you get a bit more of that scene, although earlier. It is a similar idea though in portraying the fringe group around Warhol and how he is the center of it in a curious way, here though in darker circumstances. Although the film might suffer a little, as it is difficult to decipher what the filmmakers think of Solanis, nor do they find a thematic through line within an ambiguous take. Even in that it manages to create a largely compelling film just by seeing the various extreme personalities bounce off each other, until something more extreme occurs.

Harris - 4(One of his best early performances, and it is interesting to compare his and Bowie's performances as different points in Warhol's life. This as Harris's creates a similar sense of the strange personality of Warhol, managing to realizes his idiosyncrasies effectively. Where Bowie's Warhol was warm beneath it all, Harris is more distant. Harris though is effective in this sense in creating a more unpredictable force, that you can quite tell if he's just being aloof or purposefully manipulative. He's effective in creating this ambiguity though because he doesn't just become a caricature of Warhol. There's some subtle moments where he finds the nuance to create the humanity particularly his final interaction with Taylor and his last scene of thinking he sees her.)

Taylor - 4.5(Ideal casting as I think in most hands this performance would've gone very wrong, however the naturalistic Taylor is ideal for the extremely mannered Solanis. This as the character needs to be at a constant 11, and Taylor is able to deliver that without going full ham which is impressive in itself. She certainly delivers on the constant intensity, and really insanity of the character with a ferocity of someone both damaged yet also intending to say something. Taylor manages to create a mix of passion with equal parts derangement into something that is both prickly but still humane. There are vulnerability however she's particularly effective in wrapping them with her ever growing intensity, that is particularly good in showing the spiraling out of control nature as she gets closer to the titular event. Her performance working on a high wire, of basically having that person falling of it. Taylor delivers on that, promise without falling off herself.)

Mitchell:

Properly deleted for the most part, as the majority of the scene is covered other places, or can be naturally inferred. Although it is unfortunate that "Marlon" guilt is really in the final film, as Noah Emmerich is very effective with that one line in showing the only cast member who isn't somewhat sociopathic towards Truman.

Luke:

Possibly.

Lucas:

No. I'll be honest, while I think Harrelson himself could've been better by just not going so hard into the imitation later in his performance, I do think the film does a good enough job telling its story. It is well directed by Forman, other than perhaps reining in Harrelson regarding that earlier element. I personally just don't really find that much interest in Flynt as a main character for an entire film, and I guess for a film about censorship I'd probably take Lenny and for a film about porn I'd take Boogie Nights.

Louis Morgan said...

RatedRStar:

I'm doing more than just fine, but I appreciate the show of support. I'm not in a lock-down area, but the situation nonetheless has given me a great deal of extra time.

Calvin:

I'd agree, I think with some of my earlier reviews, the score reflected more the nomination than the performance. As it is a bit ridiculous as a nomination, but Albert does what he can with what he has.

Calvin Law said...

Nice. Also, I don't think you've ever given your full thoughts on the score to The Last Emperor, could I have them? Whenever you've time of course.

RatedRStar said...

Louis: Glad to know your ok =D, I think we all have quite a bit of time on our hands nowaday.

RatedRStar said...

I still can't believe Wrestlemania is still going on.

Luke Higham said...

RatedRStar: Fuck Vince.

RatedRStar said...

Luke: Roman Reigns is out, The Miz is out, I mean I just cannot believe this is continuing.

Calvin Law said...

RatedRStar: the silver lining in all this is more time to write. And that’s crazy wrestling of all things you’d expect them to postpone immediately.

Anonymous said...

RatedRStar, Have to agree with Luke. Vince McMahon is an out of touch lunatic who refuses to look out for his Employees well-being.

Anonymous said...

Luke, when you actively watched it, who were your favorite wrestlers?

RatedRStar said...

Calvin: Virtually everything has been postponed aside from WWE, NBA, Soccer, the Olympics, even Eurovision has been cancelled.

RatedRStar said...

I am basically desperate for Video Games coming out soon to be good, please Persona 5 Royale, Resident Evil 3 and Final Fantasy 7 Remake, please save me lol Xd.

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: I'll say that I haven't completely given up on it. I still get entertainment from pre-2009 WWF/E.
Chris Benoit (Tragedy aside, he was undoubtably my favourite to watch)
AJ Styles
CM Punk
Eddie Guerrero
Ric Flair
Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Rock
Brock Lesnar
Kurt Angle
Chris Jericho
The Undertaker
Edge
Randy Orton ('Legend Killer' gimmick)

RatedRStar said...

Luke: Did you watch the recent documentary on Benoit, I heard it was pretty good, especially regarding his son?

RatedRStar said...

I actually saw Eddie Guerrero live at Wrestlemania Revenge back in 2004 in Sheffield, England. it was amazing seeing him as champion =D.

RatedRStar said...

Anyway aside from my rant on WWE, how is everyone doing, is everyone OK at the moment? xxx =D

Luke Higham said...

RatedRStar: Yes I did, I felt so sad for his son David as well as his Sister-in-Law, Sandra. Vince McMahon and many of his employees at that time should be ashamed of themselves for not giving them support in the aftermath.

Luke Higham said...

Doing fine. I could only do my daily walks in the Evening now when everyone else is indoors.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

RatedRStar: I'm alright, got my SAT results a few days back, and I got a pretty decent score thankfully.

Bryan L. said...

RatedRStar: Fine as well. I am kind of bummed that the MLB season (which is to me as what wrestling is to you & Luke) is delayed indefinitely, as it was supposed to start on Thursday.

RatedRStar said...

Tahmeed: Hugs big Well done =D I am glad you did well.

Bryan: What team you support?

Bryan L. said...

RatedRStar: My main team is the NY Mets (for some reason), although there are a couple of others I keep tabs on.

RatedRStar said...

Bryan: What are your thoughts on your neighbours the NY Yankees?

Luke Higham said...

Bryan: And the Boston Red Sox.

Bryan L. said...

RatedRStar & Luke: I honestly don't really feel any hatred for either, as they're not in the same league as my main team anyways. Just kind of neutral on them.

That said, I pretty much just shrug every time they win the World Series recently (except for 2004 with Boston). Apologies if either of you are fans lol.

Anonymous said...

Louis: Your rating and thoughts on Stephen Dorff in I Shot Andy Warhol

Tim said...

How would you rank Bay's Career?

I myself have not seen the fifth Transformers and 6 Underground, but i actually don't want to.



12) Bad Boys 2
11) Transformers 2
10) Transformers 4
9) Bad Boys
8) Transformers
7) Pain & Gain
6) transformers 3
5) 13 hours
4) Armageddon
3) The Island
2) The Rock
1) Pearl Harbor

Anonymous said...

Luke, are there any other Mikkelsen performances you think Louis could give a five to.

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous:
Open Hearts
Pusher II (Louis' thoughts on him in the original has me even more excited for his review)
Hannibal (My 2nd favourite work of his after The Hunt)

Luke Higham said...

I must say, Lead Actor 2004 is gonna be a beast of a year, especially with Cheadle, Bacon and Considine (incredibly likely) possibly going up.

Anonymous said...

Louis: Your choices for the rest of the cast in a 50's Macbeth? (directed by Olivier, with him and Leigh in the main roles)

Anonymous said...

Luke, having seen Hannibal, what are your overall thoughts on Mikkelsens performance?

Calvin Law said...

Luke: I legitimately think Considine has a chance of making the top 5.

Luke Higham said...

Calvin: I completely agree.

Anonymous: It's an incredibly impressive piece of work from him. It's a more internalized portrayal of the titular character when compared to Hopkins but deserves just as much recognition. He has brilliant chemistry with Dancy and Fishburne (Both give their best work here) and is just so innately compelling to watch. Such a shame it got cancelled.

Anonymous said...

Luke, your top five/ten Paddy Considine performances

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: I'll do a top 5. I've yet to see A Room For Romeo Brass, so Calvin, please don't kill me If I don't have it on the list.

1. Dead Man's Shoes
2. Journeyman
3. The Death Of Stalin
4. Hot Fuzz
5. Pride

Michael Patison said...

I'm most disappointed about the cancellation of the EPL. Everton were just getting off the ground under Ancelotti and I really think we had a chance at Europe. Oh well.

Anonymous said...

Let's just wait until this whole crisis ends. Then football seasons can resume. Liverpool and Leeds fans would be pissed if this season was voided.

Michael Patison said...

Louis: Can I have your rating and thoughts on Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone?

Bryan L. said...

Michael P: You can find those here

actoroscar.blogspot.com/2017/04/alternate-best-actor-1984-results.html

Luke Higham said...

Anonymous: God help Liverpool fans, The one year the title's in the bag and is snatched away from them. I do think they should be given the title given the massive points gap and were by far the best performing team, otherwise it's 31 years and counting.

Leeds are gonna be stuck in Championship limbo forever it seems.

BRAZINTERMA said...

Hey Louis and followers

Tell me what are the best blockbusters films and posters of 1996?

RatedRStar said...

Only thing I can think of is teams playing behind closed doors and taking private flights to play Europa/Champions League and even that isn't a given

Bryan L. said...
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Louis Morgan said...

Calvin:

The Emperor's score is a brilliant mix of beauty and pathos by Sakamoto. This in a score that creates its unique feeling while intelligently utilizing cultural motifs and style, particularly the instrumentation, related to the Emperor. This is as the main title by Byrne brings almost a playfulness yet so wonderfully so in its weave of Chinese traditionalist percussion, with the dancing strings. This as opposed to Sakamoto's main theme, that is this enriched and glorious, yet so powerfully somber work. This in its sad strings, with that main melody that is just bursting with feeling. Although those are the highlights of the score, each piece within it, capture such a strong sense of mood and place in equal measure. Quite simply one of the best winners of the category.

Anonymous:

Dorff - 3.5(He makes Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl look....well as bad as he is. Dorff though is very good here in creating a wholly believable portrayal here, in that I would've never guessed it was Dorff playing the part unless someone would've told me that was the case. Dorff transformation alone is remarkable, and I felt non condescending. This is even with his character being particularly distant within the narrative, as just another one of the fringe people around Warhol, however Dorff brings real energy and life to his part, that goes far past that of caricature despite have relatively constrained perspective to work with.)

Tim:

1. The Rock
2. Pain & Gain
3. Bad Boys
4. Transformers
5. 13 Hours
6. Armageddon

I've seen enough of the transformers sequels (particularly the scene of Texan Irish accented Jack Reynor explaining his get out statutory rape free card), to know not to see any of them.

Bryan L. said...

Brazinterma: Posters

Fargo
Trainspotting (Not the “Choose Life” poster, but the one with the five characters on it)
Bottle Rocket
From Dusk til’ Dawn
Hamlet
Basquiat

Louis Morgan said...

BRAZINTERMA:

Over 50 million:

The Hunchback of Notre Dame Mission Impossible, The Rock, The Nutty Professor, Ransom, Jerry Maguire and Star Trek: First Contact.

Posters:

Fargo
The Frighteners
Hamlet
Dragonheart (drawn)
Fly Away Home
Mars Attacks (Alien heads)

Calvin Law said...

Louis: you ain’t seen Bad Boys 2?

Luke Higham said...

Calvin: Shit just got real. :)

Louis Morgan said...

Calvin:

I had a chance to see it, but I decided to go and water my Japanese peace-lily instead.