To cash in on the Christopher Walken Supercut fad, I'm cutting together clips of him playing Russian roulette and clips of him talking to children about hiding uncomfortable hunks of metal up his ass.
Okay, I'm not really doing this.
Just so everyone knows, I'm not Laurence Fishburne either. Not yet...
If Lana and Andy Wachowski ever make another movie in The Matrix series, maybe there should be a scene where a character tells Morpheus that he was great in Pulp Fiction. "We don't all look alike!"
2014: The Year Of Chris Pratt
I've been a big fan of Chris Pratt for years because of his role as Andy Dwyer in the television show Parks And Recreation. Since then, I've seen him in a few movies, such as Moneyball and Zero Dark Thirty. Sports movies and war movies typically aren't my cup of tea, and it's not like he had a large role in either movie, but he was quite good in both. I also thought he was hilarious in the trailer for Delivery Man. It looked like a good movie, and I really like seeing Vince Vaughn in a dramatic role (or should I
say dramedic role because it is what some would call a dramedy?), so I ended up seeing that when it came out. Pratt had a much larger role than I've previously seen him in, and he was great, but he was still just playing a supporting role.
This year is special for me though as a fan of Pratt. He's the lead in two big movies coming out that I've been very much looking forward to seeing.
Even though I've had a LEGO obsession all of my life, I initially wasn't that interested in The LEGO Movie. The marketing of the movie has completely sold me though, and it's possibly my most anticipated movie of this year. All of the trailers and TV spots have been hilarious. I loved Pratt's character, Emmet, ever since the first teaser trailer, when after a long expository monologue by another character, he says, "I think I got it, but just in case, tell me the whole thing again. I wasn't listening." That's an awesome line, and it was such great delivery. Pratt seems perfect for this character. I am so very excited to get to see The LEGO Movie in a couple of weeks.
Pratt is also in this summer's Marvel movie Guardians Of The Galaxy. Even though I am into comic books, I know almost nothing about these characters. I've been interested in the movie ever since first seeing the beautiful concept art though. Pratt is again the lead in this movie, playing the character Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord. While most fans probably know Pratt as the slightly chubby Andy Dwyer, he has really transformed his appearance for this movie, much like he did for Zero Dark Thirty. I know I haven't seen any footage of the movie yet, but Pratt looks very believable to me as an action star, and I'm looking forward to seeing him in that kind of role. Guardians Of The Galaxy comes out on August 1st, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Next year we'll be seeing him in Jurassic World as well, but now I'd very much love to see Pratt lead a movie, in a purely dramatic role.
This year is special for me though as a fan of Pratt. He's the lead in two big movies coming out that I've been very much looking forward to seeing.
Even though I've had a LEGO obsession all of my life, I initially wasn't that interested in The LEGO Movie. The marketing of the movie has completely sold me though, and it's possibly my most anticipated movie of this year. All of the trailers and TV spots have been hilarious. I loved Pratt's character, Emmet, ever since the first teaser trailer, when after a long expository monologue by another character, he says, "I think I got it, but just in case, tell me the whole thing again. I wasn't listening." That's an awesome line, and it was such great delivery. Pratt seems perfect for this character. I am so very excited to get to see The LEGO Movie in a couple of weeks.
Pratt is also in this summer's Marvel movie Guardians Of The Galaxy. Even though I am into comic books, I know almost nothing about these characters. I've been interested in the movie ever since first seeing the beautiful concept art though. Pratt is again the lead in this movie, playing the character Peter Quill, a.k.a. Star-Lord. While most fans probably know Pratt as the slightly chubby Andy Dwyer, he has really transformed his appearance for this movie, much like he did for Zero Dark Thirty. I know I haven't seen any footage of the movie yet, but Pratt looks very believable to me as an action star, and I'm looking forward to seeing him in that kind of role. Guardians Of The Galaxy comes out on August 1st, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Next year we'll be seeing him in Jurassic World as well, but now I'd very much love to see Pratt lead a movie, in a purely dramatic role.
The Philip Seymour Hoffman
July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014
It was very sad to hear the news today. The guy was an incredible actor.
I don't know if anyone will appreciate this silly story, but the sad news today made me think of it. Back when my best friend lived near a Domino's, we ordered food on their website a few times when I was visiting him. You could design your own custom pizzas, which we liked doing, and then you could give your order a name and save it so that you could order it again if you wanted. The first time we did that, for some reason we named our order after an actor whose performances we admired. We named it The Philip Seymour Hoffman. We later named another order The Dame Judi Dench.
It was very sad to hear the news today. The guy was an incredible actor.
I don't know if anyone will appreciate this silly story, but the sad news today made me think of it. Back when my best friend lived near a Domino's, we ordered food on their website a few times when I was visiting him. You could design your own custom pizzas, which we liked doing, and then you could give your order a name and save it so that you could order it again if you wanted. The first time we did that, for some reason we named our order after an actor whose performances we admired. We named it The Philip Seymour Hoffman. We later named another order The Dame Judi Dench.
Three actors from the Star Wars movies were in Tim Burton's first Batman movie.
For that reason, each of them had a pretty substantial presence throughout my childhood. You most likely know about at least one of them...
Billy Dee Williams of course played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, and many people know that he also went on to play district attorney Harvey Dent in the 1989 Batman movie. Although the character of Dent becomes Two-Face, Williams never got a chance to play the villain. The role was recast for Batman Forever, and I always thought it was a shame that Williams didn't get to play Two-Face. I think he would have done a great job.
It's much lesser known that actor Garrick Hagon, who played Luke Skywalker's friend and fellow rebel Biggs Darklighter in A New Hope, was also in Batman. He played the father of the family who gets mugged in the beginning of the movie. It's a little bit difficult to recognize him without his Biggs moustache. He's not the only X-Wing pilot who traded in his helmet for a fedora though...
William Hootkins is probably most well known for playing overweight pilot Jek Porkins in A New Hope. Fans of Star Wars seem to mostly think of him as a joke, but to be fair, Jek's creators obviously did too. I mean, they put the word "pork" in his name. Guy never stood a chance. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but I've also noticed that his character in Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Major Eaton has the word "eat" in his name. If you look through his credits on IMDb, you'll also see other rather unfortunate names. Unless there's some kind of word play I fail to recognize, I think Burton was a little more kind, for Hootkin's played corrupt police lieutenant Max Eckhardt in Batman.
Billy Dee Williams of course played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi, and many people know that he also went on to play district attorney Harvey Dent in the 1989 Batman movie. Although the character of Dent becomes Two-Face, Williams never got a chance to play the villain. The role was recast for Batman Forever, and I always thought it was a shame that Williams didn't get to play Two-Face. I think he would have done a great job.
It's much lesser known that actor Garrick Hagon, who played Luke Skywalker's friend and fellow rebel Biggs Darklighter in A New Hope, was also in Batman. He played the father of the family who gets mugged in the beginning of the movie. It's a little bit difficult to recognize him without his Biggs moustache. He's not the only X-Wing pilot who traded in his helmet for a fedora though...
William Hootkins is probably most well known for playing overweight pilot Jek Porkins in A New Hope. Fans of Star Wars seem to mostly think of him as a joke, but to be fair, Jek's creators obviously did too. I mean, they put the word "pork" in his name. Guy never stood a chance. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but I've also noticed that his character in Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Major Eaton has the word "eat" in his name. If you look through his credits on IMDb, you'll also see other rather unfortunate names. Unless there's some kind of word play I fail to recognize, I think Burton was a little more kind, for Hootkin's played corrupt police lieutenant Max Eckhardt in Batman.
Rewind
I still don't have a Blu-ray player, but I just dug out and hooked up my old VCR. I guess I'm a hipster now?
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