John Adams Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Great cameo by Bill Murray. While we're on the subject of mind-numbingly fun movies, Tropic Thunder is one of the most entertaining I've seen in a while, if only for Robert Downey Jr and Tom Cruise. "Where's the key grip? I want you to punch that director in the face, really !@#$ing hard." And while we're on the subject of zombies...Pride and Prejuidice and Zombies is supposed to be a very good, very funny book. Apparently dropping the concept of zombies into the middle of that novel works quite well, since it's just one more thing for the repressed characters to avoid discussing, and highlights rather than detracts from the themes of the book. Zombieland was brainless fun. Tropic Thunder is a classic. I'm glad Robert Downey got sober. Pride and Prejudice and zombies sounds awesome. Just Kindled it up for sometime when I'm bored and need an hour or so of light reading in which I can enjoy a bemused trip to Jane Austen's world.
/dev/null Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 I can't help noticing that this passage also specifically references zombies. They've been voting in Chicago for several decades
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Zombieland was brainless fun. Tropic Thunder is a classic. I'm glad Robert Downey got sober. Downey's got the worst luck with Oscars, though. 1993, nominated for Chaplin...great performance, he's up against Al Pacino (for Scent of a Woman). 2009, nominated for Tropic Thunder (for one of the best comedic performances to be nominated since Kline in A Fish Called Wanda). And who's he up against? Heath Ledger as the Joker. Any other years, Downey probably wins those Oscars.
John Adams Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Downey's got the worst luck with Oscars, though. 1993, nominated for Chaplin...great performance, he's up against Al Pacino (for Scent of a Woman). 2009, nominated for Tropic Thunder (for one of the best comedic performances to be nominated since Kline in A Fish Called Wanda). And who's he up against? Heath Ledger as the Joker. Any other years, Downey probably wins those Oscars. Ledger was not as good as Downey. If Ledger had lived, he wouldn't have even been nominated. I view that Oscar as a posthumous award for taking it in the ass in Brokeback.
IDBillzFan Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Zombieland was brainless fun. Tropic Thunder is a classic. I'm glad Robert Downey got sober. Everything about Tropic Thunder was great. And I say that knowing Jack Black is in it. His "tied to the tree with withdrawals" scene was hysterical.
John Adams Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Gold actually is very easy to understand, as I always tell my clients "You have paralysis by analysis". It's an alternate currency, plain and simple. I don't have paralysis by analysis. I just like things that make sense. I understand that gold is a safe haven in times of currency destabilization. But it still makes no sense. I own a fair amount of it so I'm not ignoring its value (especially on a day like today). It's a part of my portfolio and for the last year, one of the better performing parts as the rest is about break even or down. Meh. I am not retiring for 20 years. By then all the Toyota stock I've been buying should be worth something...I predict they are just a few years from making a real rice-burner.
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Ledger was not as good as Downey. If Ledger had lived, he wouldn't have even been nominated. I view that Oscar as a posthumous award for taking it in the ass in Brokeback. I actually disagree - I think Ledger's performance was every bit as good as Downey's. Ledger nailed "creepy psychopathic anarchist" just as well as Downey did "black stereotype". They were both phenomenal performances. Agree, though, on the posthumous nature of the award. Ledger's corpse was a shoe-in for that Oscar. Ledger alive...Downey has a much better chance.
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Everything about Tropic Thunder was great. And I say that knowing Jack Black is in it. His "tied to the tree with withdrawals" scene was hysterical. And Nick Nolte. And whoever the effects guy was - "I don't know what it's called, I only know the sound it makes when it LIES...." And Matthew McConaughey too, for that matter. "I just killed the thing I love most in the world." "A hooker? Okay, here's what you're going to do..."
John Adams Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 And Nick Nolte. And whoever the effects guy was - "I don't know what it's called, I only know the sound it makes when it LIES...." And Matthew McConaughey too, for that matter. "I just killed the thing I love most in the world." "A hooker? Okay, here's what you're going to do..." Don't overlook Tom Cruise. Probably the best and most unlikely performance of his career. that's NSFW.
DC Tom Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Don't overlook Tom Cruise. Probably the best and most unlikely performance of his career. that's NSFW. Mentioned Cruise in my first post on the topic in this thread. "I couldn't have done it without you." "Really?" "No. A nutless monkey could do your job."
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 You guys are better at hijacking threads than al-quaeda is planes.
GG Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Ledger was not as good as Downey. If Ledger had lived, he wouldn't have even been nominated. I view that Oscar as a posthumous award for taking it in the ass in Brokeback. Kinda like Halle Berry winning the Oscar for Monsters Ball?
IDBillzFan Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Kinda like Halle Berry winning the Oscar for Monsters Ball? Halle Berry is dead? That's unfortunate.
Dante Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 And Nick Nolte. And whoever the effects guy was - "I don't know what it's called, I only know the sound it makes when it LIES...." And Matthew McConaughey too, for that matter. "I just killed the thing I love most in the world." "A hooker? Okay, here's what you're going to do..." Danny McBride. If you like him in that you will really love him in Foot Fist Way . Unknown but really funny movie.
John Adams Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 You guys are better at hijacking threads than al-quaeda is planes. Is your mic working?
Gene Frenkle Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Danny McBride. If you like him in that you will really love him in Foot Fist Way . Unknown but really funny movie. He's awesome in Hot Rod as well.
/dev/null Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 You guys are better at hijacking threads than al-quaeda is planes. Show me a thread on TSW that never got hijacked and I'll show you a thread that never made it page 2
Booster4324 Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Show me a thread on TSW that never got hijacked and I'll show you a thread that never made it page 2 Here!
/dev/null Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Here! That threads been hijacked almost 6,000 times
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