George Clooney: I Am Not the Godfather

If you do watch the film, try to get the director’s cut. Even Orlando looked different!
I could really smash his face in American History X (If his eyes did not melt my heart first…). He could be hated with passion! But then, at the end I cried with him, understood the pain that he’s been going through….

Did I tell you the ones I despised so much? WORM! (ROUNDERS). God, how can somebody so low like that exist! And JACK TELLER (THE SCORE). Arrogant and cold. But, big but, he ate Robert De Niro alive!! De Niro looked so pale in this film.

Yes, I like The Fight Club, too. Brad Pitt looked good in this film. I would like to see George and Edward together. The screen will be busted out because of their magnetisms! For sure!

What I like about Edward is that he doesn’t have to be in the central of attention to get one. In Primal Fear, Gere had all the lines for himself. But there is a split moment, when Edward changed his character, the whole screen was stolen!

So, Tiger. I have to warn you. Knowing that George loves the attention, don’t be disappointed when “my Edward” steals the whole screen…quietly, or even secretly. And knowing Edward, he will have no mercy!!

Not that I know. He won Golden Globe for his role in Primal Fear. 2x nomination. I though Painted Veil was nominated, but I guess I was wrong. What a shame, Scorcesse won for a re-make film! I like the original one better.
The problem with Edward is, that he is a pain in the ass, so they say. I see it as an artist tries to keep his integrity. If you follow the wish of the producers all the time, by the end of your carrier you will not recognize yourself any more. I think Edward doesn’t want that. May be he does not make so many blockbuster, but hey, since it is a film, an art, then it does not have to be. Matrix was a blockbuster, but I fell a sleep in the middle of Matrix 3. With Edward, I was captured until the end.

I think you heard already, Edward plays the Hulk. What the Hulk is that? Oh, I believe it will be hulking awesome! You do not want to make Edward angry. You will not like it when he is angry…..I can not wait to see it!

I visit Nerd World from time to time. Surprised, surprised, I am one of Nerds. And you should read how “The Hulk” (Lev Grossman) complained about it. It is so hulking funny (stealing Grossman’s word).

I tell you, Tiger. Behind that fine brilliant actor, he is the biggest pain in the ass. Or should I say the other way around? Anyway, I love him. Not more than the way I am crazy about Jude Law, but I love him dearly. And if he doesn’t fight for his ideas, than it is not Edward whom I know.

I wonder if he will still have the clothes when he grows..o yeah, I want to see too…But hey, I think I saw every inch of him (except that Hulky thingy, what a pity), in Down In the Valley…

Ralph Fiennes once said, that award is like an applause, and every actor likes it. I think Oscar, BAFTA, or any other Awards is important for them. For me, I always believe in the actors themselves. For Directors, there are 5 directors that I will go to see their works without any complaints. Ridley Scott, My Beloved Anthony Minghella, David Cronenberg (for a Nerd, He is a must), Brian de Palma, Sidney Lumet. And one in process of liking, Clint Eastwood.

Were American History X and Fiht Club considered failures?

Was Ed Norton in Larry Flynt? I have seen that movie, I don’t remember him in it. What character did he play?

I agree with what he says there. He reminds me of Brad Pitt with his attitude about movie making. Ed might be a bit more direct in saying it, but I think this is the manner that Brad chooses his roles as well. A big part of why I enjoy his work so much and the amazing talent he is.

I compeletely agree about the awards. Your only as good as your last award. It always makes me laugh when celebrities are considered somehow “better” because they won the oscar. Nevermind it was 5 years ago. LOL

Far as I can say there are only a few actors that grow in their talent and usually it isn’t the ones with the awards.The outstanding talents don’t need awards to truly make a statement like all the rest of the puppets in Tinsel Town. :-)

Which actors do I mean? Brad Pitt for one. He is the most impressive to me because he didn’t have any big name family members to help him along when he first showed up in Tinsel Town. He has lasted as a major talent as well as having his choice of movies that he wishes to make. I find that very attractive on him. I loved him in Babel. His look, everything. He is an actor who has matured and he has no problem exposing it through his craft.

Tom Cruise, another actor that you know, if he is in it, likely, it will be entertaining. Although his past choices are better compared to the movies I have seen him in lately.

I know people go on about Sean Penn being spectacular but, I am not drawn to his movies at all. The only movie I remember him in is the one where he was a stoner and he orders a pizza in class. :-)

Judd Law, I am sorry, I just don’t get it at all.

And rien, I don’t know what an IMDB is so i couldn’t answer if you sound like one.

Have Penn and Law ever won any major awards?

Well, I am not as broad as you are when it comes to movies. I don’t search them out, if I stubble upon them and they speak to me, that is how I relate to them.For the exception of Brad’s movies, and he is about the only actor that can get me into the threatre to watch his craft at work.

It will be interesting to see Sean Penn and Brad in their new movie. Maybe I will see for myself what the big deal is about with Sean Penn. Course, that is if their personal drama doesn’t over shadow the movie. I will be very curios to see these two in chatacter in the same movie. I have always felt that Sean couldn’t hold a candle to Brad even though Brad always went on about him as someone he respects and admires for his craft. We shall see if they share the chemistry Brad had with Ed Norton in Fight Club.

Jude Law. I still don’t get it, i don’t find him attractive at all. But, to be fair, I have never seen him in a movie. I just know that he screwed his nanny while his children were present and that is just unacceptable to me. I wouldn’t give his movies the time of day and contribute to making him any richer than he already is. That is just my honest opinion on that.

PS: If you do want to watch other films from Sean Penn, try “21 grams”, “State of Grace (there you can watch Gary Oldman)”, and really, try to watch “At Close Range (that’s the correct title)”. The last title is his favorite, and mine.

You know what Eastwood said about Sean Penn: “Sean Penn’s problem is that he always plays good in each and every movies he’s in.”
Taken from Eastwood, I believe it.

Oh, then you will not be able to enjoy the work of my beloved Anthony Minghella. I am still sad about him (he passed away recently). Forget about the others, see the works of my beloved Anthony. Close your eyes if it’s necessary. But then you will not be able to see the atmosphere that he built. Even London looked so amazingly beautiful (The Holidays).

Yes, Brad Pitt is a very talented actor. Oh, my cold cold heart! I wish I could simply say : sod it! Forget Troy! But Illias is one of my favorite books, and I can not do anything against it.

May be I will try Jesse James……ehhhh I have to swallow my pride, and it is a damn hard thing to do.

You know, if you really think about it, we do not know anything about them, except what the tabs write. Will we spoil our own fun because of it? We are not sheep, are we? Let the celebs dance naked on the middle of the street, so to speak, well..when it’s Jude then I don’t know how my reaction will be…., we simply go to the cinema, see what we like, and that’s it.

It is very nice also to chat with you. Finally, I can “talk” with somebody who doesn’t always have the same opinion with me, but there are line that we can agree to.

About Troy, it is simply they follow the line of HW. Menelaos did not die. Paris did not survive. Achiles never entered Troy. Patroclus was not Achieles’ cousin, he was his lover. Helena returned to Menelaos. So, it is not Troy from Homer they made, but Troy from anywhere else. That is the reason why I did not like it.

Then Hector upbraided him. “Paris,” said he, “evil-hearted Paris, fair to see, but woman-mad, and false of tongue, would that you had never been born, or that you had died unwed. Better so, than live to be disgraced and looked askance at. Will not the Achaeans mock at us and say that we have sent one to champion us who is fair to see but who has neither wit nor courage? Did you not, such as you are, get your following together and sail beyond the seas? Did you not from your a far country carry off a lovely woman wedded among a people of warriors–to bring sorrow upon your father, your city, and your whole country, but joy to your enemies, and hang-dog shamefacedness to yourself? And now can you not dare face Menelaus and learn what manner of man he is whose wife you have stolen? Where indeed would be your lyre and your love-tricks, your comely locks and your fair favour, when you were lying in the dust before him? The Trojans are a weak-kneed people, or ere this you would have had a shirt of stones for the wrongs you have done them.”

That’s the way Hector talked. Yes, Hector was just like what I imagined. Yes, Menelaos survived, and returned to his country. Otherwise, to whom shall Telemachos ask about His Father’s (Odyssey) whereabouts?

You know, I would like to have Achilles as great lover, and etc. But if Petersen made the film according to Homer, then he must follow it. I am also a woman. But BP is an actor. Is he afraid to play “gay” character? Or “Bi”? Just like many other Greeks Hero? Achilles was dressed up like a woman to avoid Trojan war (asked by his mother). Because he was predicted to be killed in this war. He was a mama’s son. A spoil rotten mama’s son. But, he was also a great warrior. A good fighter. That’s why the gods loved him.

You know, that’s my other problem. What I saw was, a rape scene. An Apollo Priest has to be a virgin. It was not a love scene. This Priest decided to give her life to worship Apollo. Why do you think Apollo was angry to the Greeks? Not only that Posseidon was angry with them (well, Odyssey in particular), but so was Apollo. That’s why they never could enter Troy. It was like raping a nun, you know. Well, at least in my eyes.

Sorry, I only get angry if I talk about Troy.

Why can’t you imagine Helena returned to Menelaos? Because Paris was more handsome? Paris was nothing but a coward spoiled womanizer. Or, you don’t want to have any imagination that may be BP will return to JA? Now I make the JP’s fans angry!! :-)

AH, Tiger. If only we lived not so far from each other, we could discuss on and on.

Anyway, if you want to “visit” me, and “talk” to me, just say hello to me on Jude”s threads. I will find you, somehow.

So, enjoy “my” actors! Hey, if you want to “fall in love” with Gary Oldman, watch “Dracula” or “Scarlett Letter”. But Demi Moore was in Scarlett Letter, so ignore her, if you don’t like her. She could not cry, you know…he…he…he…she needed eyedrops for the scenes!

Did I say it was a love scene?? I said he was able to love her with such an intense love. The great warrier that he was. So it makes sense he was a mama’s boy. Kinda appeared to me that most of the men disrespected the women.I didn’t see it as a rape scene because I guess the Gods were speaking to her as well, maybe she wasn’t meant to be a nun. I didn’t see her fighting him off. She welcomed his embrace, and in knowing what she was,(a virgin) it was more the reason for him to love her so. She dedictaed herself to the Gods, but, appeared to me, she gladly gave herself to this great warrier. What man wouldn’t consider that a challenge? LOL

Seriously though. Please don’t patronize me with comments like I was surprised Helen returned to Menelaos because of his looks. I am not so shallow rien. Honestly, I thought it was shameful in the manner that she ran off with Paris. The reason I said I can’t imagine her returning to Menelaos because I would of thought he would kill her after embarrassing him in such a manner. I felt the way they presented Menelaos was accurate in the movie.

It is too bad they based the movie on Homers version if they were that far off. I really enjoyed the movie with the manner that they presented it. Like I said, I think it showed the depth of the era they were in.

For me, I don’t have the time to sit down and read a book, unless I am on vacation and relaxing by a pool. As far as Troy goes, the movie did a great job of expressing the passion of what they fought for. To me, it was a success because usually movies about history bore me beyond belief. This one didn’t, I enjoyed the story and how they protrayed all the characters. I felt I walked away with a better understanding of the Trojan War and a “feel” for the era they were in. That is always impressive, when I can walk away with a feeling from a movie.That is what makes it truly entertaining to me.

I must admit, as much as I adore Brad as an actor,TAOJJ put me to sleep. It is not a storyline that holds my attention. But, the men in my house loved it. They felt Brad did an amazing job portraying Jesse James. Just goes to show, movies and entertainment are geered for a certain viewer. We can’t click with all of them. All I saw in TAOJJ was a man who was experencing magic in his private life. He never fell into character for me. He did as Achilles.That would be the difference for me when be entertained by a movie. You said it yourself, it has to touch your soul. Troy did that for me.So in my opinion, he was a huge success.I believe they did take the risk to make it entertaining beyond what was written in the book. The only thing I would of changed was Achilles would of lived and they rode off into the sunset together, but, that probably really would of upset you in comparing it to the book. lol