yourfavouriteuncle wrote:
He is well worth checking out a bit more. In a Lonely Place is particularly good, especially if you like Noir!davyK wrote:@XOMuggins I never liked Bogart much and I don't know why. I think his problem is that he set a template for many of the roles he played that others copied so retrospectively he looks hackneyed to the uninitiated (i.e. me). I've always found him "acty" - he doesn't feel real to me. His style seems a bit too broody to me and that fast talking staccato delivery never matched the content of what he was saying to my mind. I could never really buy him in a romantic lead either. Just seemed to be angry all the time. I have since learned more about him; his intelligence, loyalty and humour have warmed me to him. What changed my attitude to his acting was Treasure of the Sierra Madre though. He is brilliant in that. The African Queen is another great turn but that film suffers from being almost too iconic and that probably detracts from the performances. Maybe I should have look at those other films.
nick_md wrote:I think they get to worst couple and best couple pretty much spot on, but what did they do for the middle, just blindly pick from a hat? Nonsense.
regmcfly wrote:That list does Brosnan the dirty. Sure Die Another Day is trash, but he did 2 good Bonds.
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