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LinkMarioSamus 12/20/21 8:19:19 AM #1:	Mostly felt like making this to follow on from a post I made in the No Way Home topic without derailing it. I kind of feel like Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor is overrated as an iconic movie villain. He was too bombastic to really be believable as a conniving real estate scammer, though Hackman's screen presence and his evil plan were enough to save the character for me. And led me to the conclusion that Hackman is physically incapable of giving a bad performance. Maybe it didn't help I witnessed Hackman's performance as Bill Daggett in Unforgiven not long before. In fairness, I know the intention was for him to be like a Bond villain. It mostly just doesn't hold up in a day and age where Donald Trump can get elected US President (no political statement intended), and also it might have just brought to mind the criticisms of Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor. I also had similar problems with Tommy Lee Jones going way over-the-top as Two-Face in Batman Forever to the point of undermining the seriousness of all his scenes. Not saying a hammy villain is automatically bad. I think Dennis Hopper's Howard Payne in Speed is maybe an underappreciated movie villain, but at least there it feels like there's method to the madness and Hopper's over-the-top performance makes sense since his character is supposed to be "crazy". --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders? <cite>LinkMarioSamus posted [p:961069757] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>Mostly felt like making this to follow on from a post I made in the No Way Home topic without derailing it. I kind of feel like Gene Hackman's Lex Luthor is overrated as an iconic movie villain. He was too bombastic to really be believable as a conniving real estate scammer, though Hackman's screen presence and his evil plan were enough to save the character for me. And led me to the conclusion that Hackman is physically incapable of giving a bad performance. Maybe it didn't help I witnessed Hackman's performance as Bill Daggett in Unforgiven not long before. In fairness, I know the intention was for him to be like a Bond villain. It mostly just doesn't hold up in a day and age where Donald Trump can get elected US President (no political statement intended), and also it might have just brought to mind the criticisms of Jesse Eisenberg's Luthor. I also had similar problems with Tommy Lee Jones going way over-the-top as Two-Face in Batman Forever to the point of undermining the seriousness of all his scenes. Not saying a hammy villain is automatically bad. I think Dennis Hopper's Howard Payne in Speed is maybe an underappreciated movie villain, but at least there it feels like there's method to the madness and Hopper's over-the-top performance makes sense since his character is supposed to be "crazy". </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 12/20/21 5:24:33 PM #2:	Ok but how are you going to talk about Dennis Hopper movie villains and not mention Frank Booth from Blue Velvet? --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:961082521] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>Ok but how are you going to talk about Dennis Hopper movie villains and not mention Frank Booth from Blue Velvet? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb 12/20/21 5:27:00 PM #3:	I actually ran a bracket contest for movie villains here back in 2015 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=457041&tclass= Maybe I should bring that back --- Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs <cite>Johnbobb posted [p:961082592] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>I actually ran a bracket contest for movie villains here back in 2015 https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=457041&tclass= Maybe I should bring that back </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFDragon 12/20/21 5:30:01 PM #4:	Heineken!? Fuck that shit. PABST BLUE RIBBON --- If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? #theresafreakingghostafterus <cite>FFDragon posted [p:961082673] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>Heineken!? Fuck that shit. PABST BLUE RIBBON </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Aecioo 12/20/21 5:43:01 PM #5:	FFDragon posted... Heineken!? Fuck that shit. PABST BLUE RIBBON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0YI_eHg3Aw --- http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcb35gGx0t1qailr4o1_500.gif http://www.megavideo.com/?v=57N0YAEJ <cite>Aecioo posted [p:961082981] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>FFDragon posted... </cite> <quote>Heineken!? Fuck that shit. PABST BLUE RIBBON</quote> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0YI_eHg3Aw </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LinkMarioSamus 12/21/21 7:11:29 AM #6:	Never seen Blue Velvet. --- Why do people act like the left is the party of social justice crusaders? <cite>LinkMarioSamus posted [p:961096640] in The movie ... [t:79818614]...</cite> <quote>Never seen Blue Velvet. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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