tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post7302400120196716300..comments2024-03-17T23:08:28.960-07:00Comments on Raybeard: New film: 'LAWLESS'Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-79097653609571284852012-09-14T23:24:22.522-07:002012-09-14T23:24:22.522-07:00Yes, J.G. Tom Hardy certainly has a screen presenc...Yes, J.G. Tom Hardy certainly has a screen presence. I think his unusual looks, not 'conventionally' attractive (to me, at least) gives him a ruggedness, making him one of the few to whom, when on-screen, all eyes veer towards.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-81585188925917628302012-09-14T23:20:36.284-07:002012-09-14T23:20:36.284-07:00If kicking the living daylights out of someone is ...If kicking the living daylights out of someone is not your bag, Paul - as well as knuckle-dustering, throat slitting, neck-breaking and tar-and-feathering - you need to give this film a wide berth. Oh, did I not mention a castration?<br /><br />On Gary Oldman's first brief appearance I thought "Great! Following his deliberately under-stated roles in 'Tinker, Tailor' and 'Dark Knight' he's now playing a part to which he can give full-throttle!" Alas, he hardly gets the chance. It's a mystery to me.<br />The opening credits list him third (or was it even second?) - with "....and Guy Pearce" at the end. It should have been the other way round. It's Pearce, as the principal 'baddie', who merits star billing with his major screen-time as a terrifying, sadistic thug. <br /><br />'Mildred Pierce' I didn't see and I can't think why not. Must have been one of the rare ones that got away. Perhaps it came round when I was visiting my sister last year.<br /><br />'Arbitrage' I'd never heard of. No talk about when it will open here, but seeing it on the IMDb site I certainly want to see it. Not only Susan Sarandon - but the Tim Roth, all too rarely seen on cinema-screen - with those eyes that do the talking! I shall look out for it.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-21100716863844247702012-09-14T12:45:07.567-07:002012-09-14T12:45:07.567-07:00To Hardy has a certain "magnatism" dont ...To Hardy has a certain "magnatism" dont you think?<br />a bit like Brando me thinksJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-21648893466543154442012-09-14T11:18:57.159-07:002012-09-14T11:18:57.159-07:00"Lawless" is playing in my area, unlike ..."Lawless" is playing in my area, unlike "Anna." But this is one movie I have decided not to see, despite Guy Pierce being in it. Loved him as Monty in "Mildred Pierce." Gary Oldman of "Prick Up Your Ears" and "Immortal Beloved" reduced to a couple minutes of screen time! What gives? I'll see the new Ricard Gere movie, "Arbitrage" this weekend. Is that movie in your plans?paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085842904367441128noreply@blogger.com