jeff bridges poll!

woo

Bridges seems to be trying to outgrizzle Old Kristofferson in HoHW, but it goes beyond that, esp in the last 20 minutes. Chris "Nu-Kirk" Pine is the revelation here, as it's a less showy role than Ben Foster's; Pine has the slump of a beaten man throughout.

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/08/hell-or-high-water.html

thoroughly enjoyed

i wanna see this

"hell or high water" is great btw, prob deserves its own thread

probably at least David Mackenzie's best film

Ok (I haven't seen it yet), but has anyone seen Perfect Sense?

this was indeed a pretty excellent film, and pine was a surprise, although i suppose i could have done w/o the fashionable roots-rock that the characters would probably not have been caught dead listening to (except for waylon).

Rather good.

Agree that the final scene's tops. My review.

I'm a bit surprised to see Bridges getting so much awards season notice for Hell or High Water, mostly because it seems like the kind of movie whose critical love was as much a result of it having been released in the slim pickings of summer than anything else. I thought it was reaching for No Country For Old Men but landed a lot closer to Shotgun Stories--hicksploitation cliches delivered with a straight enough face to convincingly fake Significance. Possibly the most overrated 2016 release I've seen so far.

You're right about everything except the hicksploitatin part. It's smarter than that.

Stay Hungry is one odd duck of a movie

Bridges v RG Armstrong brawl at the end outshines any of the laidback Schwarzenegger scenes

Aw man

As the Dude would say.. New S**T has come to light.

I have been diagnosed with Lymphoma. Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good.

I’m starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery.

— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) October 20, 2020

I’m profoundly grateful for the love and support from my family and friends.

Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. And, while I have you, please remember to go vote. Because we are all in this together. https://t.co/6sAU4MYixl

Love, Jeff

— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) October 20, 2020

Mr. Jeff Bridges has heretofore led something of a charmed life, but he has always repaid this inestimable gift by being, in return, endlessly charming. I wish him nothing but the best.

well shit

Love this dude. Morbs was right: he and Dennis Quaid star in my slash fic version of Brokeback Mountain.

You know what movie always gets overlooked? "Starman." It's a John Carpenter film from his peak years, it got Bridges an Oscar nom, and yet ... afaict totally forgotten.

nice run-down, but no Fat City?

Starman was only available on a shitty pan'n'scan DVD for the longest time.

Bridges and Karen Allen were terrific together in it.

nice run-down, but no Fat City?

― Neil S,

It's fine, sort of repeating himself that era.

Starman is on Netflix and is as wonderful as ever.

Died @ Alien Bridges saying goodbye to Charles Martin Smith. Had completely forgotten that it happened the way it happens.

They've also got Against All Odds.

Should I? I've seen Out of The Past.

He's getting a well-deserved Chaplin Award:

https://www.filmlinc.org/about-us/chaplin-award-gala/jeff-bridges/

Have not seen Against All Odds but I don't think I can watch a remake of Out of the Past, one of my favorites (and one by a really great filmmaker).

Cutter's Way may be my favorite Jeff Bridges film and performance though it's hard to pick a favorite when he's delivered a wide range of great performances. I really love him as Lebowski - it's not like playing Richard Bone demands similar qualities from Bridges, so it feels absurd to say either is better than the other.

Baker Boys was real hard to find on blu ray until last year when it was reissued. Copies were going for $100+. This article by a Seattle local sums up how I feel about it, it’s so crazily underrated. Shame that Kloves had to get involved with Rowling but at least it made him rich I guess.

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/the-fabulous-baker-boys-at-30-elegantly-captured-a-bygone-seattle-even-as-weve-moved-on/

I think about Fat City all the time since seeing it a year or so ago

Should I? I've seen Out of The Past.

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain),

It has a schlocky charm. Bridges is illegally hot all pumped up. James Woods steals the show, as he often did during this era.

xps Baker Boys is really good. I'm not sure why the director hasn't made a lot of films, but at least he's had a lucrative career as a screenwriter. I'm sure the Harry Potter films alone made him comfortable for life but he also adapted Wonder Boys for Curtis Hanson, which may be my favorite film from either.

Fat City is great too - John Huston's had a very uneven filmmaking career, but that's definitely one of the gems from his later years.

I bought Fat City on Blu-Ray a few years ago and never got around to watching it. I have a copy of Cutter's Way, too. That one rules. (It's currently on Tubi.) I should watch Starman. I've always heard really good things about his performance in that.

Just about every time I go to Lincoln Center these days, which has been a lot recently, I enjoy seeing the trailer for him and his award.

A terrific Bilge Ebri essay:

From the start, there was always something likable about Bridges. With those pleading eyebrows and that broad smile, he has a face that hovers between bafflement and acceptance, which is probably an attitude more relatable to the average viewer than the brooding turmoil of so many leading men of his generation. He moves with ease, but we can sense a halting indecision behind the eyes. Many of Bridges’s best films mine this tension, and part of his appeal as a movie star over the last 50-plus years is rooted in familiarity and openness. When we watch Jeff Bridges, we see, and understand, ourselves a little better.

https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/jeff-bridges-the-wanderer/

*Ebiri