In Reply to: He is a walking snooze fest. * posted by mr grits on May 19, 2012 at 09:07:08:
cheered for Tim Roth's character, one of the greatest villains in modern filmdom, so multi-dimensional. John Hurt and Brian Cox also were spectacular. Jessica Lange, as usual, was horrible. How so many critics, at one point, considered her our greatest film actress I'll never know.
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- He is one-dimensional, but he was terrific in "Rob Roy." That said, I mightily cheered for - tinear 11:53:48 05/19/12 (14)
- I have Rob in queue. Dood from Scootland said it's a great film.... - mr grits 11:57:46 05/19/12 (13)
- Roth, Cox, and Hurt are in fine form and that should be enough for ANY fan of film. nt - tinear 14:10:32 05/19/12 (0)
- Tin's pretty much spot on about this one, altho his criticism about Lange is pretty harsh, especially - Road Warrior 12:16:11 05/19/12 (11)
- As a film actress, she mainly acted in unseen films, though she garnered, I think, 4 Oscar nominations. It may - tinear 14:21:05 05/19/12 (10)
- OK, I get it. It seems yer criticism of her has more to do with the regard in which she's held. - Road Warrior 20:58:26 05/19/12 (7)
- Man, Frances was devastating. - sjb 13:42:58 05/23/12 (2)
- Here here! Frances takes top honors. ~t - mpathus 22:51:10 06/06/12 (0)
- Yup, simply awesome in that role ^ - Road Warrior 15:15:35 05/23/12 (0)
- I thought her best role was in King Kong, and it was her first and then she didn't get another role for 4 - tinear 09:09:05 05/20/12 (3)
- Kinda like Jane Fonda'[s best role was in Barbarella. All downhill after that! - Road Warrior 15:08:21 05/20/12 (2)
- Disagree. Jane was fantastic in, "Klute," "China Syndrome," "Fun with - tinear 08:45:16 05/21/12 (1)
- Barbarella comment T.I.C.. Altho I did like her, uhhh, performance in it - Road Warrior 09:26:32 05/21/12 (0)
- She has big cans......they do it every time. * - mr grits 16:47:48 05/19/12 (1)
- Big cans do what? nt - tinear 13:27:17 05/20/12 (0)