[quote]allNatural wrote:
James Woods has a genius I.Q. But I guess his intelligence has nothing to do with his quote. Wait, what was this thread about??[/quote]
And I am so pleased to see that he has left such indelible marks on the face of human intellectual history.
[quote]PGA200X wrote:
Dedicated wrote:
So, who from modern day American culture would be a good example of this?
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Denzel and Norton off the top of my head plus Samuel L.[/quote]
I was wondering how long this thread would go without someone mentioning Samuel L. Jackson. That man is about as great a tough actor as they make em. And not just tough, but cool at the same time.
Sadly, it is not a general trend. I’ve pretty well lost hope for American males. Of course, that means that I’ll get all the women they are too effeminate to get…Suddenly, not so sad.
On the topic of dissention: dissention with firmly held ideals is different from dissention for the sake of dissention. One follows rationale while the other follows the pundits and haters…This second type deserves the worst contempt for being the ultimate in bandwagon follower.
Strangely enough, the majority of the times I hear a Bush hater speak, they spew garbage from the far reaches of the conspiracy realm. Could be just my sample pool though. I’m not a Bush lover, but man, this Bush=Hitler+Devil crap has got to go. That’s a ridiculous combination of outright idiocy and complete disregard for independent thought and fact.
Hate him if you want, that’s fine. Don’t like his ideas, policy, public speaking (ick!), or suits, fine. Don’t be an idiot, that’s all I’m asking. Mr. Chavez can go suck it.
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Kailash wrote:
From there I naturally thought of “A History of Violence” bringing to mind an American who still plays badasses: Viggo Mortensen!
simon-hecubus wrote:
Viggo was cowboy cool in Hidalgo. How long was that horse race through the desert, a 500 miles or so?
Kratos wrote:
Aragorn, also, was not a bitch. And he didn’t even have any guns.[/quote]
He also creeped me out as Lucifer in Prophecy.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
PGA200X wrote:
Kratos wrote:
simon-hecubus wrote:
Kailash wrote:
From there I naturally thought of “A History of Violence” bringing to mind an American who still plays badasses: Viggo Mortensen!
Viggo was cowboy cool in Hidalgo. How long was that horse race through the desert, a 500 miles or so?
Aragorn, also, was not a bitch. And he didn’t even have any guns.
I had no idea Viggo was American!!?!?
It’s an honest mistake. After all, he speaks several languages fluently, is an accomplished poet and artist, and is highly intelligent and articulate.
Not exactly qualities that are associated with being a typical American these days, unfortunately.[/quote]
He went to high school in Watertown, NY which is not exactly a thriving metropolis. I also believe his alma mater is St Lawrence U, a small school in northern NY. I banged a few SLU sluts in my day. I suspect he banged a few more than I.
Saw James Woods’ new show Shark last night, about 8 minutes of it anyway.
He sucked, about the only way I can describe his acting is “forced.”
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I agree with the Matt Damon comments. I did really like Goodwill Hunting and unexpectedly really liked the Bourne movies as well. I rarely go see new movies at the theater because I am usually really disappointed I went.
In the nineties I think movie makers went to hogwild on special or computer effects and forgot how to tell a good story. The Bourne movies were quality and high suspense and made you feel they were believable (even though I’m not a globe hopping secret agent and have nothing to base that on).
Looking back on characters that really inspired me I would have to point to Sigourney Weaver in the first two Alien movies. She gave me that “yeah, I’d follow your ass into combat with aliens,” feeling.
Gandolf in the Lord of the Rings movies and dare I say that arrow shooting elf (strike me down) as well as the ax wielding dwarf, I liked as well.
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