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Died By Bear

Joined: 13 Jul 2010 Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:55 pm Post subject: James Gandolfini dead at 51 |
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RIP, I liked him.
Heart attack or stroke, not known yet.
True Romance:
Now the first time you kill somebody, that’s the hardest. I don’t give a shit if you’re ‘ Wyatt Earp or Jack the Ripper. Remember that guy in Texas? The guy up in that f ‘ tower that killed all them people? I’ll bet you green money that first little black dot he took a bead on, that was the bitch of the bunch. First one is tough, no f ‘ foolin’. The second one… the second one ain’t no Mardis Gras either, but it’s better than the first one ’cause you still feel the same thing, y’know… except it’s more diluted, y’know it’s…it’s better. I threw up on the first one, you believe that? Then the third one… the third one is easy, you level right off. It’s no problem. Now… shit… now I do it just to watch their n’ expression change. |
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Lucas
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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It's such a shame to hear about James Gandolfini dying of a heart attack whilst on holiday.
Well, when in Rome. |
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le-paul

Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Location: dans la chambre
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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that means it truely is the end of the sopranos. He made his character an icon in that show.
what can you do...
Tony: What do you wanna talk about?
Richie: F**king Dick Barone!
Tony: Well, as long as the two of you are happy. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| He had some fairly good movie roles. I think my favorite was Welcome To The Rileys, an offbeat domestic drama about a man and his wife who become involved with a young prostitute. Recommended. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:13 am Post subject: |
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| On the other hand wrote: |
| He had some fairly good movie roles. I think my favorite was Welcome To The Rileys, an offbeat domestic drama about a man and his wife who become involved with a young prostitute. Recommended. |
Frankly, although I am a HUGE fan of his Tony Soprano role, his attempt at a Southern accent in this and at least one other movie was painful to watch. I don't know, maybe if I had never seen him in anything else................
I liked him in "Get Shorty" and " The Man Who Wasn't There". |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 11:49 am Post subject: |
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| He also played Leon Panetta in Zero Dark Thirty. His performance was decent, although I thought it was weird casting him in that role. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 2:45 am Post subject: |
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Great actor but he will always be remembered (at least by me) as Tony Soprano. His performance helped create one of the most memorable characters in TV history.
RIP. |
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Good Will Riker
Joined: 25 Dec 2009 Location: South Korea
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Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| He was truly a legend and one of a kind. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
| On the other hand wrote: |
| He had some fairly good movie roles. I think my favorite was Welcome To The Rileys, an offbeat domestic drama about a man and his wife who become involved with a young prostitute. Recommended. |
Frankly, although I am a HUGE fan of his Tony Soprano role, his attempt at a Southern accent in this and at least one other movie was painful to watch. I don't know, maybe if I had never seen him in anything else................
I liked him in "Get Shorty" and " The Man Who Wasn't There". |
Upon further review, I have to say his accent was not as bad as I originally thought in "Welcome to the Rileys". I just sat down and watched it from start to finish and I must have been thinking of another movie. And while I am re-reviewing I must say that even Kristen Stewart was not half bad as the stripper/prostitute. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Sector7G wrote: |
| Sector7G wrote: |
| On the other hand wrote: |
| He had some fairly good movie roles. I think my favorite was Welcome To The Rileys, an offbeat domestic drama about a man and his wife who become involved with a young prostitute. Recommended. |
Frankly, although I am a HUGE fan of his Tony Soprano role, his attempt at a Southern accent in this and at least one other movie was painful to watch. I don't know, maybe if I had never seen him in anything else................
I liked him in "Get Shorty" and " The Man Who Wasn't There". |
Upon further review, I have to say his accent was not as bad as I originally thought in "Welcome to the Rileys". I just sat down and watched it from start to finish and I must have been thinking of another movie. And while I am re-reviewing I must say that even Kristen Stewart was not half bad as the stripper/prostitute. |
Yeah, I'm no expert on accents, but I think there's a tendency to assume that actors usually associated with a northeast urban "ethnic" image just aren't doing it right when they play southerners.
Telly Savalas as the good old boy southerner in The Dirty Dozen, De Niro as the deranged cracker in Cape Fear, and Pacino as the genteel southern lawyer(transplanted to NYC) in People I Know. They all seemed a little out of place to me, at least at first. And from what I recall, Savalas' accent in TDD really did sound oddball.
On the other hand, Marlon Brando is an old-stock midwesterner, of northern European lineage. I wonder if anglicizing his German name with an "o" at the end helped establish his later cred as an Italian gangster. |
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