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In Reply to: honorary mention posted by cetaele on April 16, 2004 at 19:04:13:

Bob,
Agreed, Anger Management was a strange choice for Nicholson...maybe he just wanted to work with that fine thespian Adam Sandler. One of the very few movies I quit on before the end.
I gotta say, imo, Jack has a pretty strong body of work...I just watched Something's Gotta Give...total lightweight chick flick, though not horrid, the saving grace being the charming performance by Jack...the guy's in his late 60's, overweight, balding (for 30 years)...and he still has something about him ...that's indefinable. IMO, Diane Keaton got the Oscar nom. for her role in the film, and Jack blow her off the screen.
Even playing against type in About Schmidt...a depressing movie if there ever was one...he just comes across with the goods (imo). We won't have Jack on the screen forever...I, for one, will miss him when he stops making movies.

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The fact that... - gwlvrns 15:32:26 04/18/04 (0)
... the movie-going public can pretty much ignore 'The Pledge', and 'About Schmidt', and flock to 'Anger Management', is just a sad sign o' the times... having to see Nicholson and DeNiro play in comedic roles in bankable films rather than parts that display their talent... I just hate it, what's next?... Pacino in a Farrelly Bros flick?
Re: Jack - Cetaele 06:49:10 04/17/04 (0)
Agree fully about Jack, and I like him and Adam Sandler, but I actually turned off Anger Management part way through, something I seldom do.
Cetaele (aka Bob)
Re: Diane desrveed it - rico 06:30:04 04/17/04 (4)
Although I am a huge Jack fan, I thought in "Something's..." he jsut pplayed himself and the real acrting was Diane Keaton's. Keanu was as always truly horrible.
- Re: Diane desrveed it - Buckeye 08:31:10 04/17/04 (3)
  Rico,
  I didn't say DK didn't deserve it...she was at her very best! I just think when they were in scenes together, Jack dominated the screen.
  I agree, in this film Jack somewhat has the "John Wayne syndrome"...playing himself. But what a self!
  ...possibly the "coolest" guy ever to act on film!
  FWIW & imo, I'm glad Keaton didn't get the Oscar here...I thought she was a little over the top in the "crying" scenes, and a few others.
  Just my two cents,
  Gary
  - Re: For me - rico 10:33:27 04/17/04 (2)
    Jack Nicholson's all time top role is as Jake Gittes in Polanski's "Chinatown".
    - Re: Two Jakes - Buckeye 14:00:08 04/17/04 (1)
      Rico,
      What's your feeling on The Two Jakes? FWIW, I think it pales next to Chinatown (what doesn't in the mystery/noir genre?)...but it's not a bad film. Expectations were running a little high for this sequel, and Jack ending up directing after writer Robert Towne bailed on him.
      My fave Nicholson part...Garret Breedlove, in Terms/Endearment. The lines he was given are so funny (I'd rather stick needile in my eyes...I was this close to a clean getaway" etc) are still some of the best imo...not a bad co-star, either!
      Have a good w/e,
      Gary
      - Re:" The Two Jakes" - rico 15:15:15 04/17/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: Re: Two Jakes posted by Buckeye on April 17, 2004 at 14:00:08:
        
        I was disapointed, let down, when I first saw this, but then again who wasn't? Over the years I have returned to it and now appreciate it for what is. There originally was supposed to be a third installment, I think involving road construction and which took place in the fifties. There are some nice touched in TTJ but I still have trouble with the pat ending. And I don't understand the "Green Parrot" sequence.

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