The money laundering streaming network just lost $40M it won't get back because of the awful movie it gave a green light to starring the disgraced actor pedophile. It just gave him a chance to be paid to fulfill his sexual fetishes.
$40 million seems like an awful lot of money for anyone to spend on a fetish, especially one that is still illegal & mostly not acceptable to the public.
'United states of amnesia' the Gore Vidal doc made a few years ago with his consent and the help of his family is an incredible work of art. If you want to understand the US in the C20th upto the present, go find and watch it. If you want to be enlightened about history, politics and culture in the last century there is no better primer. Gore was mark twain, henry james and oscar wilde rolled into one.
Opinion all my own - I never liked Spacey's acting. American Beauty is an awful film (according to ME, of course, doubt away.) I didn't like Spacey in particular in that film. Watched 2 seasons of House of Cards and came to despise it's cynicism and Spacey's mawkish performance. The only film where I find him palatable is The Usual Suspects, probably because he wasn't really front and center and had to act with other people.
Then again, I don't like Orson Welles, Marlon Brando is the majority of his films or Denzel Washington.
I agree with plot about “American Beauty.” Not a good film when it was released, and it hasn’t aged well. I also don’t hear young people talking about it very often.
American Beauty is a fantastic movie. I watched it again recently and every performance in it is outstanding. One of my favorites, even with Spacey in it.
I actually agree with that. I saw Ledger in the trailer and said, "nope, nope, nope." The worst Joker casting, though, was Zach Galifianakis in the Lego Batman movie.
If only George Clooney had been allowed to do it right, he might've been the best Batman. Instead, he's the worst. I would pick Keaton, Bale, nobody.
When I first saw "American Beauty," I was blown away. Thought it a work of genius. Seen it twice since and It has not aged well at all.
Gore Vidal was a genius, but I suspect we know only a small part of his perversions and secret life. Let's recall that love note he penned to the man who took credit for blowing up OKC building.
Yes Keaton was the best Batman, because he understood that being a good Batman is about being a good Bruce Wayne. Batman is just the Halloween costume that Wayne throws on.
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ReplyDeleteDid Scott Baio have a movie in the works there?
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ReplyDeleteYep, first up in my newsfeed today. Netflix lost $39 million on Spacey. Good warning to the whole industry what it could cost them hiring creeps.
ReplyDeleteWow I didn't believe they'd hire back Spacey after firing him from House of Cards!
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$40 million seems like an awful lot of money for anyone to spend on a fetish, especially one that is still illegal & mostly not acceptable to the public.
ReplyDelete'United states of amnesia' the Gore Vidal doc made a few years ago with his consent and the help of his family is an incredible work of art. If you want to understand the US in the C20th upto the present, go find and watch it. If you want to be enlightened about history, politics and culture in the last century there is no better primer. Gore was mark twain, henry james and oscar wilde rolled into one.
ReplyDeleteHis career is over
ReplyDeleteThe blind says "just lost..." Didn't the Spacey/Vidal writeoff happen in, like, January or February?
ReplyDeleteGore Vidal?
ReplyDeleteIs this a guy who cuts hair for a living but only uses products which won't harm the environment?
LOL @ Unknown. You forgot about the jeans. They were *the* things to wear when I was a teenager.
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DeleteI think that was his brother...Levi.
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ReplyDeleteSMDH...People not knowing who Gore Vidal was..
ReplyDelete@Kimberly The U.S. educational system is awesome.
ReplyDeleteSMDH... Issa joke, guys...
ReplyDeleteO Ophelia, Scott Baio is not on the list of criminals of this sort.
ReplyDeleteThanks Longtimereader for the movie recommendation!
ReplyDeleteI do not support new projects of Kevin Spacey but love his acting and past work ��
Opinion all my own - I never liked Spacey's acting. American Beauty is an awful film (according to ME, of course, doubt away.) I didn't like Spacey in particular in that film. Watched 2 seasons of House of Cards and came to despise it's cynicism and Spacey's mawkish performance. The only film where I find him palatable is The Usual Suspects, probably because he wasn't really front and center and had to act with other people.
ReplyDeleteThen again, I don't like Orson Welles, Marlon Brando is the majority of his films or Denzel Washington.
I agree with plot about “American Beauty.” Not a good film when it was released, and it hasn’t aged well. I also don’t hear young people talking about it very often.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Jeffrey Jones, there was a blind about him and a new project, a day or two ago.
ReplyDeleteIronic that we have the Gire Vidal fan club on this post, since he also supposedly had a thing for young boys.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/15/gore-vidal-paedophile-work-reputation-wagner
Perhaps that’s what drew Spacey to the role.
American Beauty is a fantastic movie. I watched it again recently and every performance in it is outstanding. One of my favorites, even with Spacey in it.
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I totes respect that, Do Tell, and know my tastes are a bit...eccentric.
ReplyDeleteWanna 'nother unpopular opinion? I HATED Heath Ledger as Joker. Ready, aim, fire...
I actually agree with that. I saw Ledger in the trailer and said, "nope, nope, nope." The worst Joker casting, though, was Zach Galifianakis in the Lego Batman movie.
ReplyDeleteI liked Ledger's performance.
ReplyDeleteBut nobody can touch Jack Nicholson's Joker.
I know, apples and oranges, totally different style of Batman movie...
Interesting that nobody seems to care who plays Batman.
If only George Clooney had been allowed to do it right, he might've been the best Batman. Instead, he's the worst. I would pick Keaton, Bale, nobody.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw "American Beauty," I was blown away. Thought it a work of genius. Seen it twice since and It has not aged well at all.
Gore Vidal was a genius, but I suspect we know only a small part of his perversions and secret life. Let's recall that love note he penned to the man who took credit for blowing up OKC building.
Yes, Keaton for best Batman but he had a great assist from Nicholson. Bale with his super special meth-throat voice is so fucking irritating!
ReplyDeleteDidn't he invent a shampoo too? Damn, that guy did everything!! /s
ReplyDeleteYes Keaton was the best Batman, because he understood that being a good Batman is about being a good Bruce Wayne. Batman is just the Halloween costume that Wayne throws on.
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ReplyDeletei remember the last 30 seconds of The Negotiator where spacey stands there as the ambulance drives away
chris sabian is such a decent man
I think you’re thinking of Vidal Sassoon.
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