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at the movies
so because my friends (who, parenthetically, i won't be able to see again for at least another three weeks, and very likely longer) preferred to spend twelve hours watching television with a group i couldn't join instead of spending ten hours watching television, etc. and two hours with me -- in one case actually choosing to fall back on tired jokes involving ethnic stereotypes, as though i might have been kidding when i mentioned that i was feeling lonely and abandoned -- i went by myself to see master and commander.
i can't get over the dichotomy that is russell crowe. much like daniel day-lewis, he bugs the living crap out of me and is yet unreasonably good at his job. (in contrast to daniel day-lewis, of course, russell crowe manages to do this without actually trying to convince himself that he's someone or something he's not. he recognizes, as far as i've been able to tell, that his job is to pretend -- unlike all these Method actors who drive me so bananas.) this was a good role for him; less of the Great Big Hero like in gladiator or a beautiful mind, and more of the By The Way, He's The Crux Of The Film like in the insider (and, i could argue if i wanted to, the quick and the dead). i like his subtler work, god help me.
i adore paul bettany. that's about all i have to say about that.
the rest of the cast, and in fact the entire film (except the couple of bits where i looked away), pleased me very much. particularly that first lieutenant, or whatever his rank was, the pretty one with the scar on his cheek. very nice. :-) this is another thumbs-up in favor of the movie.
i can't get over the dichotomy that is russell crowe. much like daniel day-lewis, he bugs the living crap out of me and is yet unreasonably good at his job. (in contrast to daniel day-lewis, of course, russell crowe manages to do this without actually trying to convince himself that he's someone or something he's not. he recognizes, as far as i've been able to tell, that his job is to pretend -- unlike all these Method actors who drive me so bananas.) this was a good role for him; less of the Great Big Hero like in gladiator or a beautiful mind, and more of the By The Way, He's The Crux Of The Film like in the insider (and, i could argue if i wanted to, the quick and the dead). i like his subtler work, god help me.
i adore paul bettany. that's about all i have to say about that.
the rest of the cast, and in fact the entire film (except the couple of bits where i looked away), pleased me very much. particularly that first lieutenant, or whatever his rank was, the pretty one with the scar on his cheek. very nice. :-) this is another thumbs-up in favor of the movie.