No no no - John Wayne never played anyone but John Wayne, but he played him brilliantly. The Shootist, the last film he made, with Lauren Bacall, is a quiet classic, and as for True Grit, well, I could never tire of that movie. "Fill your hands you son of a bitch!"dellzeqq said:John Wayne in The Searchers. It is, in some ways, a vile film (but a great film) and you get the feeling that the director has somehow got underneath the smug veneer that Wayne carried through most of his career, and uncovered something much bleaker.
Wayne was in some fine films - 'The Man who Shot Liberty Valance' being one, but in that he's just a posturing ninny.
yello said:Can I nominate Nicole Kidman? She annoys me in most films I've ever seen her in, and I really cannot understabd the accolades she gets
bikie said:I don't like Russell crowe but i did like Gladiator
Greedo said:Can't abide Robin Williams. Hate him. People who have to do funny voices and jump around are hiding their true self. Have to turn over the TV if he's on being interviewed.
However, saying that, Dead Poets Society is class and he's brilliant in it.
He's also excellent in Good Will Hunting and believe it or not made me laugh in Mrs Doubtfire (Niece and nephew made me watch it! Honest)
Blackandblue said:I used to go watch the recordings of Clive Anderson Talks Back and one of the them included an interview with him - he was unstoppable. At the end of the interview he just got up and carried on with the audience. Ad libbing and larking around.
O/T but the other great recording I saw was Peter Cook's last TV appearance - also on Clive Anderson Talks Back.
I love the Family Guy take-off, where Brian is teaching the no-hopers: "I could be a street-sweeper?" "I could be a hooker?"Greedo said:However, saying that, Dead Poets Society is class and he's brilliant in it.