Post subject: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:13 pm
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I got this idea from an article that was posted on imdb of all places, but i actually thought it was semi-interesting. I would be curious to know your list of actors that get a lifetime pass for past greatness in film.
Number one for me would be Harrison Ford. Some of my greatest childhood memories in film are directly connected to Indiana Jones, as well as that other space movie he was in
He could keep on performing in mediocre films for ever and it will never change the fact that he's in my top 3 actors of all time.
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:17 pm
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tom cruise
i could care less what his mental process is, i have enjoyed him in nearly ever single movie i have seen him in, from losing it and legend to war of the worlds
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:24 pm
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None?
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Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:36 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Actually I agree.... None. I am not that big into movies so I have no attachments to anyone. So if a performance sucks, I call it as it is regardless of who it is.
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 4:41 pm
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Yeah, I mean, I love music more than movies, but I lose interest fast when an artist becomes a living-in-the-past kind of person...either producing safe, professional repeats of old ideas or simply bypassing new material and just going on tour. Why would I ignore the fact that I consider a lot of Harrison Ford's recent work to be incredibly tired, and his project selection to be just awful, just because he was awesome before?
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Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:27 pm
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McParadigmatWork wrote:
Yeah, I mean, I love music more than movies, but I lose interest fast when an artist becomes a living-in-the-past kind of person...either producing safe, professional repeats of old ideas or simply bypassing new material and just going on tour. Why would I ignore the fact that I consider a lot of Harrison Ford's recent work to be incredibly tired, and his project selection to be just awful, just because he was awesome before?
All joking aside, I understand where you're coming from. I'm more into movies than music, and those early Harrison Ford movies had such a positive effect on my childhood that it's impossible for me to think of him in a negative light.
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:52 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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McParadigmatWork wrote:
Yeah, I mean, I love music more than movies, but I lose interest fast when an artist becomes a living-in-the-past kind of person...either producing safe, professional repeats of old ideas or simply bypassing new material and just going on tour. Why would I ignore the fact that I consider a lot of Harrison Ford's recent work to be incredibly tired, and his project selection to be just awful, just because he was awesome before?
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:40 pm
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I'm with McP, but if there was anyone, it'd be Seymour Hoffman, if only because I don't think he'd ever need the pass. The man is extraordinarily brilliant and I can't seem him going the way of DeNiro late into his career.
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 6:41 pm
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stompbox wrote:
McParadigmatWork wrote:
Yeah, I mean, I love music more than movies, but I lose interest fast when an artist becomes a living-in-the-past kind of person...either producing safe, professional repeats of old ideas or simply bypassing new material and just going on tour. Why would I ignore the fact that I consider a lot of Harrison Ford's recent work to be incredibly tired, and his project selection to be just awful, just because he was awesome before?
Post subject: Re: Which actor gets a lifetime pass for you?
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:31 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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I'm with McP as well. I guess it depends on how you define "giving a free pass". I mean there are definitely actors that I love and out of that I'll pretty much always be willing to check out a performance, but ultimately I still judge each individual performance on its own, if someone stinks up the joint in a movie, I'll call them out for it.
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X 1,000,000 Right there with you.....
That guys is Flubber and Grease 2. That's all I got.
