Here's a question: was this film marketed as "The Mommy" in the States? Sent from my EVA-L09 using Tapatalk
I think Russell Crowe has done some good stuff. For example :- LA Confidential A Beautiful Mind A Good Year State of Play
Russell crowe seems to split opinion. Can we at least unite the forum around the fact that gerard butler is the absolute pits?
Never seen someone throw away a career opportunity like him. After the first stage of his career faltered, having been in classics like 'Dracula 2001' and 'Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life', he was rescued by an incredibly plum role in 300 that had the potential to launch him as an A-list action focused leading man. Instead he took that and ran, refusing to make a film that wasn't total ****. Solely abysmal romcoms like 'PS I Love You' and 'The Ugly Truth' or abysmal, moronic, semi-un-categorisable action fare like 'Machine Gun Preacher', 'Olympus has Fallen' and 'Law Abiding Citizen'. This is a man with a law degree from a Russell Grup uni we're talking about; how does he continue to make such appalling, ill-informed choices?! Michael Fassbender was a co-star in 300 all that time ago, look at where their respective careers have gone since.
I didn't know this. I've just read that he was born in Paisley (so was I) and that he went to Glasgow University (so did I). I'm Gerard Butler and I claim my £5.
Merson the buffoon, is at it again. West Ham United v Watford (Saturday, 3pm) West Ham had a bad result against Brighton but David Moyes has done well overall, and I don't think the speculation about him this week will hurt them. They've got to get back and win, and I think they will. Watford had a great result against Chelsea, but that was their first for a long time. It does give them a little breathing space, though. They were the team on the glass mountain with moccasin slippers on; it looked like they'd never stop sliding but that was a massive result. PAUL PREDICTS: 2-0 (10/1 with SkyBet) That other pr*ck Lawro is at it as well, although Rhys James thinks we'll win 2-0. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42962842
I love danny dyer and will fight to the death anyone who criticises him. The moment he found out he was related to an ancient king of england was one of the finest moments of telly there's ever been. Closely followed by the time he was talking to a football hooligan in russia in a shop which sold hooligan clothing and other paraphernalia, and picked up a pair of trainers and said "I do like these trotters I must say". Trotters!
Yeah, I'm sure he's made loads of money, but it doesn't change the artistic bankruptcy of his work or the waste compared to what it could have been. Obviously, part of it comes down to what you got into making films for, but that doesn't stop it being disappointing when an observer looks at the disparity between potential and reality. Will he be remembered as an actor? Almost no chance. He's not telling stories. He's just channeling adolescent fantasies. There's nothing vital or necessary about what he's done.
How about the time he was casually filming his tv show 'deadliest men', walked into a pub in an absolutely deprived estate in Manchester, only to find former X Factor winner Shayne Ward sitting about having a pint in there, completely unrelated to his filming. Taught us that Shayne Ward was actually a gypsy.
I saw ps I love you the other night funnily enough. The premise of the film is that gerard butler dies of a brain tumour, but spent his dying days writing a series letters containing clues which lead his wife to ireland to get his hunky irish mate laid. Baffling.
I don't see it as artistic bankruptcy, more that he knew the game was up. His looks and accent carried him, but only so far.
There's a series on Netflix, fronted by Danny Dyer, called "The Real Football Factory" (or something similar). DD trying to pretend that he's as tough as the character he played in the film, although he was shaken up at the level of hostility and tension at the Rangers vs Celtic match.
