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I R EXCITED
― winoa ryder sexes creatures of the night (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
four in a row if he does go ahead and make eastern promises 2 then
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
It originally wasn't meant to be a Viggo Vehicle, he just came on board when Christoph Waltz turned down the Freud role... i assume we will all be richer for this
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
no wait i forgot he's making cosmopolis next
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
hes been ruining traffic on my street shooting a don delillo adaptation w/ the dude from twilight for the last month
― "what a great post" - some (Lamp), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
a friend of mine tells this good viggo story that ends with some woman screaming I'M THE ONE WHO WAKES UP NEXT TO VIGGO'S STIFF DICK EVERY MORNING OK
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
haha yeah see above. remembered after i posted. dude from twilight is the only possible way to step down from colin farrell so idk about this
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Was that a boast or complaint?
Maybe Viggo is a lucky charm at this point, as the last two got Cronenberg more mainstream cred than his last few before that. Dude's gunning for Oscars ...
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
if cronenberg was gonna do any delilo he shoulda done running dog
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
think she was in the middle of an argument between viggo n someone else and was asked to take sides, everyone in the room got really quiet after that
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
kinda hoping Cronenberg returns to sci-fi/horror at some point tbh, although he has definitely been on a good streak lately
― winoa ryder sexes creatures of the night (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
i mean its about porn starring hitler. surely that has to punch all the cronenbergian buttons at once.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
didn't know he was doing Cosmopolis, reading the casting history is bizarre (from colling farrel/marion cotillard to robert pattinson/keira knightly to pattingson/Juliette Binoche?)
― akm, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
sorry for all the extra gs
kiera knightley? really?
― i love the smell of facepalm in the morning (ledge), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
works for me http://i.imgur.com/i2WnO.gif
― little dieter wants to FUCK (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
viggo seems like a bro but the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
but he's probably play you a lullaby on his mountain flute so it's all good
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
i can't see why they didn't go with something simple like spanking miss knightley
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
no. 1 sign this is going to go HAM: her accent
― Gukbe, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
okay the spank scene where dude is windmilling like she's a guitar = lol
― chupacabra - a delicious burrito (DJP), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
david cronenberg's "daddy issues"
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
david cronenberg's "daddy day care"
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Would be better if Fassbender wore the Magneto helmet and cape.
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
As long as it's better than Phil Kaufman's "Quills," I'll be happy enough.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
viggo seems like a bro but the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn.― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:29 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
ha! he is indeed a bro.
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
the kinda bro where youd have to tell him you need some sleep 36 hours into a brodown weekend when he's still raring to discuss spinoza and carve a mountain flute out of goat horn
this is awesome in conception, but i do not believe in such bros
― And the piano, it sounds like a carnivore (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
having watched the making-of features on the lotr dvds -- "let's not go back to our hotels and camp out and watch the sunrise!" "but viggo we have a 6 am makeup call tomorrow." "aw come on, i'll kill, skin, and cook a goat by hand if that sways yr vote" -- i believe it to be true.
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:35 (twelve years ago) link
Let's not forget bro sired a child with Exene Cervanka.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 22 June 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
man christoph walz, what a dumbass
― ☂ (max), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
remember viggo on fox news w/kucinich during election season?
― by another name (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
no, Christoph Waltz, what a dumb original choice.
wd've played like a Martin Short SCTV sketch w/out laughs
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
so M. Butterfly is the only other time DC adapted a play?
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
s'okay. its real biopic-y, which i wasnt expecting and i think weakened the movie. the final shot is the same as the final shot in eastern promises. i liked viggo best in it
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
loved a history of violence, but am starting to have serious doubts about act III cronenberg
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
its real biopic-y,
I found this very much NOT so!
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
ppl got on Knightley's case, and she's uneven, but it's the toughest of the 3 principle parts. Viggo is a v funny gameplaying daddy Freud.
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
Hope to see this within the week. I'd have to go all the way back to Dead Ringers for a film I loved, but I continue to hold out high expectations for every one. (Part of the problem, no doubt.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Liked this a lot. Knightley's role is indeed the trickiest but I love the way Cronenberg puts her most extreme bits of performance conspicuously in center frame, with her positioned closer to us than Fassbender, as if to say: "deal with it."
― Simon H., Sunday, 15 January 2012 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.torontostandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/freud-jung.jpg(l-r) Young Freud, Young Jung
― Plato’s The Cave In Claymation (Sanpaku), Sunday, 15 January 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, knightley's role is really tough. i thought it was a really game, even brave performance, even if it didnt always work.
this is a really good interview that fleshes out some of the movies themes:
http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2011/11/an-interview-with-david-cronenberg.html
― maghrib is back (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 15 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone thought this thing was too short? I didn't feel the supposed warmth between the two men. Also: some of the cuts were inexplicable. Why did Hampton and Cronenberg make such a fuss about the trip to America only to film two scenes aboard ship? Why are we told the two men's friendship frayed when we're barely introduced to them?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 January 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
It was vintage 1904 Viennese warmth. Like frozen hot chocolate.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:09 (twelve years ago) link
for those who care about such things, Viggo wuz robbed of a nomination.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:10 (twelve years ago) link
they preferred the psychological depths of a Jonah Hill capturing the essence of someone who never existed
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 January 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
a lady sitting behind me yelped out 'WHAT???' when the last scene ended, so i think she was expecting more too. i think the thing is that the material doesnt feel particularly dramatized, i wanted something with more juice
the America thing... yeah when they were boarding the ship i was expecting/hoping they'd do more with that. i thought all the exchanges between freud and jung were very good. maybe one of the two main relationships should've been foregrounded more to really do justice to either of them
― Hungry4Ass, Sunday, 29 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
thought this was mostly excellent, though it does hit the fast forward button a bit too much. all of the leads were good, especially viggo, who fuckin' nailed it as freud.
― adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
vigo was great, though as a friend of mine said, it would have been pretty dope if they had casted kelsey grammer and david hyde pierce as freud and jung respectively
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― adolf jingle bells (latebloomer), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 15, 2012 2:20 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i thought this was happily un-biopic-y. agree re: fleshing some stuff out more but i get the sense there was an attempt to stay true to the source material (which was prob lacking in this capacity).
in a lot of ways it's a slight movie but i think it will stick with me, for the acting and for how earnest it was in attempting to actually talk about ideas and stuff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 February 2012 02:33 (twelve years ago) link