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• Re: Diane desrveed it - Buckeye 08:31:10 04/17/04 (3)
  In Reply to: Re: Diane desrveed it posted by rico on April 17, 2004 at 06:30:04:

  
  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
  
  

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  • Re: For me - rico 10:33:27 04/17/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Diane desrveed it posted by Buckeye on April 17, 2004 at 08:31:10:

    Jack Nicholson's all time top role is as Jake Gittes in Polanski's "Chinatown".
    
    

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    • Re: Two Jakes - Buckeye 14:00:08 04/17/04 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: For me posted by rico on April 17, 2004 at 10:33:27:

      
      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

      
      
      

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      • 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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