tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8380984267813715830..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Summer Movies Preview -- the SequelBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58984511950587797362011-04-30T08:41:28.482-07:002011-04-30T08:41:28.482-07:00Yeah Michael Sheen stars in "Beautiful Boy&qu...Yeah Michael Sheen stars in "Beautiful Boy" - and he's from the UK.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936042470523695383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17259096920192193472011-04-29T16:33:18.054-07:002011-04-29T16:33:18.054-07:00Doug...can you let Blogger know that either you or...Doug...can you let Blogger know that either you or Tallulah will sue for identity theft if they don't correct this?Paul Ducanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60778835071784439042011-04-28T15:34:20.622-07:002011-04-28T15:34:20.622-07:00"Lance Mannion said...
When I was a kid I saw...<i>"Lance Mannion said...<br />When I was a kid I saw Plummer play Cyrano on Broadway. Whatever else Plummer is, he's a great actor!"</i><br /><br />Boy, <i>that</i> is the truth! See his amazing Ralph Nickleby in the 2003 movie of <i>Nicholas Nickleby</i>, the one with Dame Edna and Nathan Lane as The Crummles. Plummer was magnificent.<br /><br />(Blogger is now signing all my comments as Tallulah, whether I post as her or not. This is a "D. McEwan comment.)Tallulah Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416330735326405496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-62794923993697706722011-04-28T10:29:20.191-07:002011-04-28T10:29:20.191-07:00I'm betting Jim Carrey at least won't have...I'm betting Jim Carrey at least won't have an accent as brutal as DVD's attempt at a Cockney dialect was...KXBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08983189903120381242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43544527277495846812011-04-28T06:42:57.220-07:002011-04-28T06:42:57.220-07:00I'm guessing Ken hasn't read Christopher P...I'm guessing Ken hasn't read Christopher Plummer's autobiography. But I think where he made his mistake is that he forgot Plummer's Canadian.<br /><br />When I was a kid I saw Plummer play Cyrano on Broadway. Whatever else Plummer is, he's a great actor!Lance Mannionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063296489181466628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64667674163543617472011-04-28T04:45:56.312-07:002011-04-28T04:45:56.312-07:00"YEKIMI said...
@ D. McEwan
They could have b...<i>"YEKIMI said...<br />@ D. McEwan<br />They could have been adopted...."</i><br /><br />7 kids gay-adopted in pre WWII Austria? On what planet?<br /><br />The fact is, I've never seen <i>The Sound of Music,</i> quite deliberately, as it's the sort of sacchrine sentimental crapola I dispise, not to mention my loathing of singing kids, and I was afraid if I was forced to sit through it, I'd end up rooting for the Nazis. So I can't say for certain, but I've certainly never heard that the Von Trapp Family Singers were adopted, though I'd understand someone wanting rid of them.Tallulah Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416330735326405496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17991428680266058902011-04-27T23:25:23.511-07:002011-04-27T23:25:23.511-07:00Another shoutout to Lookout Landing, please! (It&#...Another shoutout to Lookout Landing, please! (It's a place that appreciate your brand of high octane snark). And maybe the Mariners can score 10 runs again...gwangunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12157448484837431226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60156961438614029782011-04-27T22:17:38.464-07:002011-04-27T22:17:38.464-07:00"All the movies I've seen Christopher Plu..."All the movies I've seen Christopher Plummer in, he played gay": For me the best-remembered latter-day Plummer role was as General Chang, the chief antagonist in Nick Meyer's <i>Star Trek VI</i> about 19 years ago. In that role he often quoted lines from Shakespeare with relish, as only a Klingon can. Thanks, Max, for the amusement I felt imagining Chang as a gay character (with bolted-in-place metal eyepatch, yet).gottacooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86517775336147385772011-04-27T20:43:39.011-07:002011-04-27T20:43:39.011-07:00@ D. McEwan,
Sorry for the confusion. I was havin...@ D. McEwan,<br /><br />Sorry for the confusion. I was having fun with Ken's strange remark about the movie and Plummer. I don't know anything about Christopher Plummer, the only thing I've seen him in from the last two decades was a trailer for the movie with his Mike Wallace portrayal. Still don't know what Ken meant, please forgive the fictitious revisionism.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83208484517877450622011-04-27T20:34:04.455-07:002011-04-27T20:34:04.455-07:00I want to see:
Bad Teacher
Hangover 2
Everything ...I want to see:<br /><br />Bad Teacher<br />Hangover 2<br />Everything Must Go<br />Super 8<br />Cowboys & Aliens<br />And which ever of those wedding movies that has Kristen Wiig in it, unless it totally tanks.cshelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-45091772117937759802011-04-27T20:22:49.076-07:002011-04-27T20:22:49.076-07:00King James I of England -- the Bible guy -- "...King James I of England -- the Bible guy -- "sought solace with extravagant and unsavoury male favourites" according to one biography. Also had eight children with Anne of Denmark. You make the call.Buttermilk Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430011403223875192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18699556018438711322011-04-27T20:15:35.862-07:002011-04-27T20:15:35.862-07:00@ D. McEwan
They could have been adopted....@ D. McEwan<br /><br />They could have been adopted....YEKIMIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921751875397071034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39851782927883832932011-04-27T18:53:29.701-07:002011-04-27T18:53:29.701-07:00Well Max, "Gay" usually means "pref...Well Max, "Gay" usually means "prefers to have sex with is own gender," not "doesn't measure up to Max Clarke's personal milestone of masculinity."<br /><br />Speaking as a gay man myself, one who actually has sex with other men, I know some gay men who are fathers, but none with seven kids. That sort of repeat straight sex reveals Captain Von Trapp was straight.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66511570756337506532011-04-27T18:28:49.946-07:002011-04-27T18:28:49.946-07:00I'm waiting for Bad Teacher because I'm ea...I'm waiting for <i>Bad Teacher</i> because I'm eager to see if something we contributed for one of the sets made it into the final cut.<br /><br /><i>Cowboys and Aliens</i> - I have no idea what the movies about beyond cowboys and aliens, but it stars Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford and that's enough for me. Yes, I can be that shallow.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76665386909506541562011-04-27T15:40:48.153-07:002011-04-27T15:40:48.153-07:00Ken's right.
All the movies I've seen Chr...Ken's right.<br /><br />All the movies I've seen Christopher Plummer in, he played gay. How was he in <i>The Sound Of Music</i>? Gay dad, seven kids, had a penchant for uniforms and discipline.<br /><br />How was Plummer in <i>An American Tragedy</i>?. He played a gay F. Lee Bailey. Made me cry.<br /><br />He was never so gay as when he played Herod in <i>Jesus Of Nazareth</i>. Some love can never be requited.<br /><br />While we were staring at the dancers in the Madonna videos, Christopher Plummer was building the longest, thickest resume of great gay performances. I never saw him coming.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64049293629755571842011-04-27T15:28:57.064-07:002011-04-27T15:28:57.064-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Max Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706524941272103444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86585235756508782712011-04-27T15:18:33.426-07:002011-04-27T15:18:33.426-07:00Maybe he meant gay as in happy. Though certainly m...Maybe he meant gay as in happy. Though certainly many are both.bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19111511891894215372011-04-27T15:17:29.188-07:002011-04-27T15:17:29.188-07:00Yeah, I didn't get the Christopher Plummer dig...Yeah, I didn't get the Christopher Plummer dig at all. Maybe Ken was thinking of Christopher Marlowe.<br /><br />Count me among those who found the BAD TEACHER trailer to be funny. As for funny Cameron Diaz films, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY had a few million admirers, I believe. Why people are still stumped by the subjective nature of comedy, I'll never know.jbryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26040466235433110442011-04-27T13:18:27.554-07:002011-04-27T13:18:27.554-07:00"Ewan McGregor learns his dad, Christopher Pl...<i>"Ewan McGregor learns his dad, Christopher Plummer is gay. Really? He didn’t know? </i>Christopher Plummer<i>?"</i><br /><br />Well, when I met his well-known actress daughter Amanda Plummer, she didn't know. Nor does his wife, nor do either of his two ex-wives. And it's news to me also. And you should see how surprised Chris is.D. McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-76535635271279296642011-04-27T10:32:20.888-07:002011-04-27T10:32:20.888-07:00Couldn't they combine the last two films on th...Couldn't they combine the last two films on the list and come up with "Conan O'Brien's Trollhunter?" Not sure who'd get the Leno and Jeff Zucker roles, though.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65732607339045301182011-04-27T10:31:25.834-07:002011-04-27T10:31:25.834-07:00Thinking of making up film titles, I remembered Bl...Thinking of making up film titles, I remembered Blake Edwards speaking through Larry Storch in S.O.B. - <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jsadOs2eUk<br /><br />The Invasion of the Pickle People may be just what this nation needs - the feel good movie of 2011!Phillip Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498595633633248863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-19589523885554907012011-04-27T09:14:47.836-07:002011-04-27T09:14:47.836-07:00Bad Teacher has a funny trailer and a great comedi...Bad Teacher has a funny trailer and a great comedic cast. Justin Timberlake is the only recent host who is actually funny on SNL, so I, too, am looking forward to that one. All of the others sound boring.Mike in SLOnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77529159132498266552011-04-27T09:02:19.621-07:002011-04-27T09:02:19.621-07:00Be fair in critiquing GREEN LANTERN's costume ...Be fair in critiquing GREEN LANTERN's costume - the image attached is a photoshop mockup some fans did before the real pics were released by the studio.<br /><br />Hate on this, if you will:<br />http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/poster-xlarge1.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-46886990299026652202011-04-27T08:24:52.567-07:002011-04-27T08:24:52.567-07:00Wait, of all the movies you've listed in these...Wait, of all the movies you've listed in these two parts you cite "Bad Teacher" as 'could be funny'?<br />Really?<br />Have you seen the incredibly unfunny trailer? And how in the world can any film starring Cameron Diaz be funny? <br />Wow Ken, I know there's a lot of crap that comes out in the summer but there are occasional gems and from what I've seen of this film (unless they've cleverly hidden all the humor) it sure don't look like one.Richard J. Marcejhttp://www.theblabbingbaboon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-22698809418622198012011-04-27T08:14:18.290-07:002011-04-27T08:14:18.290-07:00Most of the time I think you are just making these...Most of the time I think you are just making these titles up. Looks like a good summer to hit the library and read, or check out documentaries on Netflix.<br /><br />We will probably see "The Hangover 2" in the theater though. We've found that movies like the 40 year old virgin and the hangover are only funny with the extra audience reactionJanet Tnoreply@blogger.com