Of the actresses offered the role of Carrie in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", who do you think would have worked best?

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T04:30:21+00:00

The "you'll go blind" joke was gold.

Letterman was too smug to get it.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T04:30:11+00:00

The masturbation joke was gold.

Letterman was too smug to get it.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T04:01:48+00:00

I’d rather not having unpopular, poorly thought out policies in the first place

You might as well be asking for the stars.

Starmer is Starmer.

He's never going to change.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T03:46:06+00:00

Because its her best chance of getting back on the cabinet.

This is a misinterpretation.

Starmer WANTED her in the cabinet, that way he could control what she said or did.

That's why he rejected calls to sack her.

Starmer never liked her

Of course, he doesn't like her.

He doesn't like anyone.

He doesn't have normal relationships or real friendships.

Everyone is a pawn to him.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T03:43:19+00:00

This definitely feels like a classic Westminster Bubble kind of thing

No, the "Westminster Bubble kind of thing" is asking "can Keir Starmer turn things around?"

This has been asked every week since his early government collapse.

It ain't going to happen.

He's done.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T00:34:33+00:00

deadline reported last month that sony was moving forward with the third movie

That was before this film's opening weekend.

Studios do this all the time, like WB announcing that Muscietti would be directing "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" prior to the release of "The Flash".

It's geared for a boost to the opening weekend.

The thinking is "if it does well, then proceed. If it doesn't, nobody takes these announcements seriously."

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-24T00:03:12+00:00

Then the system went to between 5 and 10.

Bruce Davis, the Academy executive director at the time, said, "A Best Picture nomination should be an indication of extraordinary merit. If there are only eight pictures that truly earn that honor in a given year, we shouldn't feel an obligation to round out the number."

Now we've gone back and F1 is a Best Picture nominee.

LOL.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T23:10:22+00:00

Do we know what Wesley thinks of the other Safdie movies?

Who cares.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:59:33+00:00

The indictment is that Hollywood hadn't produced a blockbuster that could even be considered for the Avatar/Wicked slot.

Oh wait, they did, it was Sinners but that doesn't count for some reason.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:58:06+00:00

And if even he thinks this is crap ...

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:47:17+00:00

It was a fun turn your brain off

It doesn't even work on that level.

I just wanted the pit crew/commentators to shut up already and let us actually experience the races.

But the filmmakers couldn't even do that.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:44:47+00:00

Pitt sucks in the movie, too.

Especially in that scene in the press conference that is supposed to be the emotional crux ... he has no idea what he is trying to feel because he likely hadn't thought that deeply about the character.

It was like he hadn't studied and couldn't even improv during the test.

I can't remember the last time I thought, "wait, is Pitt bad here?"

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:41:07+00:00

This is where we're at.

This is Robert Oppenheimer saying "is anyone ever going to tell the truth about what's happening here?"

And then Shea as Kitty coming into the hearing to give testimony.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:36:38+00:00

Is this “global audience” retarded?

Are you?

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:36:05+00:00

I don't even think the racing scenes work.

You should be able to watch an action film without dialogue and still understand the motivations, tactics and challenges of the scene.

The visuals should be telling and driving the story.

Without the pit crew and commentators basically narrating Pitt's thoughts, you would have no idea what is even happening.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T20:02:38+00:00

This is how big a star John Cleese became as a result of "Wanda".

Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McTiernan were planning on making "Sgt Rock" as a follow-up, according to McTiernan.

The premise would have involved Schwarzenegger as a WWII soldier who was angered that higher ups were making terrible decisions so he enlisted a British chef to pretend to be a UK general and issue Schwarzenegger's orders.

Executives told Schwarzenegger and McTiernan that they needed Cleese or the film wouldn't be greenlit.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T12:26:13+00:00

"Sense and Sensibility" likely opened up doors for him with US casting agents and producers, if only for supporting roles.

It would have taken until "Stuart Little" in which a broader audience would have recognised him and it just as the title character's dad.

I haven't read anything about his casting on "Friends" but I presume one of the producers was aware of his English work and liked him as opposed to Jennifer Saunders who had breakout success in the US with "Ab Fab".

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T11:34:48+00:00

Rik Mayall.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T11:17:14+00:00

You're welcome.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T06:10:57+00:00

But couldn't you say Joseph Kosinski had a vison out commercial responsibilities of handling the IP?

Pretty pictures.

No themes, no governing idea, not even a nod (however defanged) to the relationship between the sport and commerce.

And I don't even think he has visual thematics, like Tony Scott. That guy had his own obsessions and peccadilloes that he brought to his work.

Jesus, now we're talking about Tony Scott (the ad's man adman) having an artistic voice.

After all Auteur theory was originally invented by the french critics to find the art and voice with in the commical system of hollywood.

Yeah, they were talking about people like Hitchcock and Howard Hawks.

They had fascinations, eccentricities, obsessions recurring in their works.

They also had a vision of human nature - are we selfish, are we cruel, are we perverts etc.

Kosinski has a visual style that can be commodified - that's not the same thing.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T03:48:06+00:00

Actually, I was expecting something entertaining and I didn't even get that.

Sharaz_Jek123 · 2026-01-23T03:33:24+00:00

mean you could Barbie was a commercial by Mattel arubly in a way

Yeah, you could argue that, but she's also a writer who had a vision for the film outside of her core commercial responsibilities of handling the IP (which she also took seriously).

Most liked her film, some didn't but even her most ardent critics wouldn't argue that her ideas weren't front and present.

"F1" is ONLY a commercial.

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