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I finally started "Ted Lasso" a few days ago... excellent so far...I am on the 5th episode of season 1.
I am a guy that refuses to watch any serial TV show until its series finale has aired. I am doing the same for "Dynasty" on Apple+ (it is why I joined)....I will start watching episode #1/#2 tonight...and finish episodes #7/#8 by next Fri before #9/#10 drop. I absolutely hate waiting for episodes....
I am a guy that refuses to watch any serial TV show until its series finale has aired. I am doing the same for "Dynasty" on Apple+ (it is why I joined)....I will start watching episode #1/#2 tonight...and finish episodes #7/#8 by next Fri before #9/#10 drop. I absolutely hate waiting for episodes....
What movie scene nearly killed the actor performing it?
I’d say Eli Wallach probably takes the cake. Famous for playing Tuco in Sergio Leone’s timeless classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Wallach thrice(!) almost died during shooting. It’s a miracle he made it out the set alive before the end credits. A better question would be: “What movie scene didn’t nearly kill Wallach performing it?”
At one point, Wallach tried to drink from a soda bottle only to find that a careless set assistant had left an identical bottle filled with acid around… he drank it, nearly passed out and had to have his stomach pumped out immediately. The next day, like a trooper, Tuco was back at the set!
Another time, Wallach was filming a scene in which he was seated on a horse with a prop noose around his neck. A fake pistol shot was fired and the noose broke, but the shot frightened the horse. It started running with the actor still on its back, unable to free himself because his hands were tightly tied behind his back for the scene. The horse ran for almost a mile before some film crew members managed to catch up to it, calmed it down, and freed Wallach, who had somehow managed to stay on the horse and survived.
Lastly, our unlucky buddy Tuco almost got decapitated by a train. During an elaborate scene in which Wallach and his captor were chained together, the two men were supposed to jump out of a moving train. They successfully carried out the stunt, but Wallach was then supposed to place the doll representing the other man on the railroad track so that an incoming train could sever the chains that bound them together.
Wallach placed the rather heavy doll on the tracks and remained beside it in the prone position to wait for the train. However, the technicians were unaware of heavy iron steps that jutted out of each train car. Wallach remained on the ground as all cars of the train passed over him; if he had raised his head just once he would have lost his head.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is an amazing movie. Easily one of the best Westerns ever made, a legendary piece of cinematic history… but few people know that in making the film, director Sergio Leone seemed almost hell-bent on killing one of the movie’s main characters, poor Eli Wallach who only through some divine intervention seems to have made it to the end alive. In the end, his legendary luck prevailed and Eli lived until 2015, dying at the age of 98.
I’d say Eli Wallach probably takes the cake. Famous for playing Tuco in Sergio Leone’s timeless classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Wallach thrice(!) almost died during shooting. It’s a miracle he made it out the set alive before the end credits. A better question would be: “What movie scene didn’t nearly kill Wallach performing it?”
At one point, Wallach tried to drink from a soda bottle only to find that a careless set assistant had left an identical bottle filled with acid around… he drank it, nearly passed out and had to have his stomach pumped out immediately. The next day, like a trooper, Tuco was back at the set!
Another time, Wallach was filming a scene in which he was seated on a horse with a prop noose around his neck. A fake pistol shot was fired and the noose broke, but the shot frightened the horse. It started running with the actor still on its back, unable to free himself because his hands were tightly tied behind his back for the scene. The horse ran for almost a mile before some film crew members managed to catch up to it, calmed it down, and freed Wallach, who had somehow managed to stay on the horse and survived.
Lastly, our unlucky buddy Tuco almost got decapitated by a train. During an elaborate scene in which Wallach and his captor were chained together, the two men were supposed to jump out of a moving train. They successfully carried out the stunt, but Wallach was then supposed to place the doll representing the other man on the railroad track so that an incoming train could sever the chains that bound them together.
Wallach placed the rather heavy doll on the tracks and remained beside it in the prone position to wait for the train. However, the technicians were unaware of heavy iron steps that jutted out of each train car. Wallach remained on the ground as all cars of the train passed over him; if he had raised his head just once he would have lost his head.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is an amazing movie. Easily one of the best Westerns ever made, a legendary piece of cinematic history… but few people know that in making the film, director Sergio Leone seemed almost hell-bent on killing one of the movie’s main characters, poor Eli Wallach who only through some divine intervention seems to have made it to the end alive. In the end, his legendary luck prevailed and Eli lived until 2015, dying at the age of 98.
What are the best examples of subtlety in movies?
Quentin Tarantino movies are enjoyable because of the many subtle clues dropped during the course of the film. Viewers cannot take anything for granted. I think this is why they are so fun to watch again and again!
Vincent Vega (John Travolta) is instructed by his boss, Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), to take his wife, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), out while Marcellus is away for business.
When Mia and Vincent are eating at Jack Rabbit Slim’s, and the emcee announces the restaurant’s world-famous dance contest, Mia decides she wants to take part in the contest – and she wants to win. Winning a dance contest boils down to dancing well to win a trophy.
Mia sums it up perfectly: “I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you to take me out and do whatever I wanted. Now, I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.”
Side note: another subtle point that I found interesting; Vincent Vega has money to travel to Amsterdam, has money to spend $500 per gram for his heroin, but considers $5 an outrageous price for a milkshake!!
After the movie’s iconic dance scene, you see Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace walk into her house holding a trophy. The audience assumes they won the contest, but later in the film, a barely audible advert states the trophy had been stolen – meaning Vince and Mia lost the competition then stole the trophy!
Quentin Tarantino movies are enjoyable because of the many subtle clues dropped during the course of the film. Viewers cannot take anything for granted. I think this is why they are so fun to watch again and again!
Vincent Vega (John Travolta) is instructed by his boss, Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), to take his wife, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), out while Marcellus is away for business.
When Mia and Vincent are eating at Jack Rabbit Slim’s, and the emcee announces the restaurant’s world-famous dance contest, Mia decides she wants to take part in the contest – and she wants to win. Winning a dance contest boils down to dancing well to win a trophy.
Mia sums it up perfectly: “I do believe Marsellus Wallace, my husband, your boss, told you to take me out and do whatever I wanted. Now, I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.”
Side note: another subtle point that I found interesting; Vincent Vega has money to travel to Amsterdam, has money to spend $500 per gram for his heroin, but considers $5 an outrageous price for a milkshake!!
After the movie’s iconic dance scene, you see Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace walk into her house holding a trophy. The audience assumes they won the contest, but later in the film, a barely audible advert states the trophy had been stolen – meaning Vince and Mia lost the competition then stole the trophy!
@LordDingleberry If you're interested, they did a really good review of the movie..
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The Zendaya stuff concerns me, and I liked the first "half" a lot more than I liked the lead actor, but I'm all in on seeing this.
Shogun is easily the best show on television right now. It’s not even remotely close. Every single episode has been an absolute banger.
I hadn't recorded the first two episodes, so I've been waiting for a rerun. But, last night, the episodes became viewable. So I'll start watching the series this weekend. And, if it's any good and goes on sale as a hard copy, I'll end up buying it to have along with the classic version.
Keep in mind, I came into this having not seen the original nor reading the book. I have no idea how much the show has strayed from the source material, but it’s been absolutely outstanding television. Every single episode has depth and weight. Every word they say to each other bares some sort of weight. It’s smart, too. At first, Blackthorn is enamored with the country. Then, culture shock takes effect. That’s accurate. Just ask expats. I won’t say much more other than that, and I’ll let you catch up.
Which actor/actress nailed their role so well that no one else will be able to live up to their performance?
Thats easy.
Mel Brooks read a screenplay by Andrew Bergman poking fun at the old west, especially racism, and fell in love with it. He wanted to embrace the absurdity of racism, and get people to laugh at the least funny of the darker segments of America’s history. He gathered some great writers, including Bergman, and told them, “Dont be polite”.
Originally Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to star in the movie as Sheriff Bart, but Warner was, as usual, to chickenshit to make any waves, anywhere. Eventually they insisted because of past drug use Pryor wasnt insurable. So Brooks made Pryor a writer (as even when cast as Bart Pryor was heavily involved in the screenplay), at first uncredited and unpaid. Later Warner relented and provided both.
So Brooks tapped Clevon Little, someone Pryor recommended from the cast call.
Little’s portrayal of Bart was genius, and he brought the character to a level Pryor wouldnt have been able to find. Not that Pryor wouldnrt have killed the part, and delivered funny (he IS Richard Pryor, after all!) but it would have been a very, VERY different film, without a lot of the nuances you found with Little’s smooth,
suave character playing off of
Harvey Korman,
Gene Wilder (so glad John Wayne didnt say yes!),
Slim Pickens and, of course,
Madeline Kahn, who was absolute genius, and should have won best supporting actress (yes, she was nominated)… although there’s no shame in losing to Ingrid Bergman.
But Little “stole the show”, as even though he wasnt as well known as most of the cast he made the movie his against some really great actors. I honestly cant think of a single actor who could have made that movie better playing that role.
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Thats easy.
Mel Brooks read a screenplay by Andrew Bergman poking fun at the old west, especially racism, and fell in love with it. He wanted to embrace the absurdity of racism, and get people to laugh at the least funny of the darker segments of America’s history. He gathered some great writers, including Bergman, and told them, “Dont be polite”.
Originally Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to star in the movie as Sheriff Bart, but Warner was, as usual, to chickenshit to make any waves, anywhere. Eventually they insisted because of past drug use Pryor wasnt insurable. So Brooks made Pryor a writer (as even when cast as Bart Pryor was heavily involved in the screenplay), at first uncredited and unpaid. Later Warner relented and provided both.
So Brooks tapped Clevon Little, someone Pryor recommended from the cast call.
Little’s portrayal of Bart was genius, and he brought the character to a level Pryor wouldnt have been able to find. Not that Pryor wouldnrt have killed the part, and delivered funny (he IS Richard Pryor, after all!) but it would have been a very, VERY different film, without a lot of the nuances you found with Little’s smooth,
suave character playing off of
Harvey Korman,
Gene Wilder (so glad John Wayne didnt say yes!),
Slim Pickens and, of course,
Madeline Kahn, who was absolute genius, and should have won best supporting actress (yes, she was nominated)… although there’s no shame in losing to Ingrid Bergman.
But Little “stole the show”, as even though he wasnt as well known as most of the cast he made the movie his against some really great actors. I honestly cant think of a single actor who could have made that movie better playing that role.
Read more>>> https://tinyurl.com/89y5fzjy
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