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Post by rueful on Feb 19, 2009 0:52:49 GMT
You're not wrong to have your own opinion, Lizap! Also, don't forget that our blind Rufus love often leads some of us to watch and accept films that we wouldn't otherwise touch with a 100-foot pole (Extreme Ops, in my case). So Tip and I might just be reading depth into the role because Rufus added so much to it. I mean, would I have watched beyond the initial couple of eps of Eleventh Hour if he weren't in it? Doubtful. Luckily it's improved, but I wouldn't have given it the chance if I wasn't watching for him. So you may be right and we are probably biased.
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Post by tipou on Feb 19, 2009 1:41:52 GMT
- about extreme ops, make it a 200-foot pole for me.
- about EH - i certainly would not have toughed it out, had it not been for that green eyed guy that somehow seemed to float above the whole production, talent-wise..
- and i am sure that, was it not for my own iris/jasper experience, i would share lizap's opinion wholeheartedly. it's kind of like hiring robert redford to play the 5 minutes janitor role.
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Post by bastognegirl on Nov 3, 2009 13:12:12 GMT
Again a little late here, but better late than never huh  I do like this "fluffy romantic" movie. So sad though that Rufus's part is so small and that he is again sort of a bad guy  He looks great though (and his voice * sigh*...) and I really felt for him when Kate Winslet threw him out...but what did she see in Jack Black for Pete's sake  Didn't they have a 'yummie' American actor to play that part? Now on Jude Law...I too find he looked delish yes...sorry for that   |
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Post by francesca on Nov 3, 2009 15:23:16 GMT
Yep , i agree with everything you girls say!! It IS an addiction to the green eyed wonder ;D I know that I wouldn't have bothered with 11th hour after 2nd episode if it wasn't for Roofie  ... and my addiction carried me through to the end AND to record it AND am now watching it again on its re-run As for ex ops ...would I have watched if it were any one else ? I don't think so but he is so beautiful  It's all a bit perverted ?? Or is it pathetic ?? |
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Post by rueful on Nov 3, 2009 16:10:46 GMT
Neither perverted nor pathetic, Frannie! Just evidence of your very, very good taste!
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Post by pixie on Nov 3, 2009 16:54:56 GMT
Again a little late here, but better late than never huh I do like this "fluffy romantic" movie. So sad though that Rufus's part is so small and that he is again sort of a bad guy He looks great though (and his voice * sigh*...) and I really felt for him when Kate Winslet threw him out...but what did she see in Jack Black for Pete's sake Didn't they have a 'yummie' American actor to play that part? Now on Jude Law...I too find he looked delish yes...sorry for that I like it, too! They play it on tv fairly often, and I try to watch it when I know it will be on. But, with every viewing, I wish that someone would have realized that Rufus and Jude should have been switched! And it's not that I don't like Jude Law, because I've enjoyed several of his movies, but I can definitely picture Rufus as Graham and Jude as Jasper. I do agree that Rufus' part is WAY too small for his scene-stealing presence (obvious), but he did an excellent job with what he had to work with. Let's face it, Rufus would make a one-line character great, haha. |
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Post by dippyponge on Nov 3, 2009 21:12:44 GMT
Rufus should have got Jude's part. (I'm sorry but Jude Law is not a patch on Roof in looks, acting, sex appeal, screen presence or general talent)
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Post by numbat on Nov 4, 2009 0:40:51 GMT
I agree dp, Jude Law is ok to look at but has nothing on Roof in terms of acting chops and grown up sex appeal (not that i'm at all biased). The scene that made the least sense to me was when Iris threw Jasper out when he travelled half way across the world to see her (maybe it had something to do with him still marrying whatsername!!!!) I mean, she should have at least had sex with him before she threw him out - girl power and all that!!!! (not that i'm at all biased ) |
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Post by pixie on Nov 4, 2009 1:56:56 GMT
Nope, this is a non-biased forum. Yeah, I too was thinking that as long as Iris knew that her new found "gumption" was there to stay, then why not have one last evening with Jasper? Couldn't hurt! LOL Numbat, I do wish you had been supervising the script on this movie, hehehe. |
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Post by numbat on Nov 5, 2009 12:14:53 GMT
Hahahaha pixie - Roof would be in no end of sex scenes if any of us had anything to do with the scripts for his movies, that's for sure!!!!  R: Um, i'm not really sure having sex while hanging over the edge of a building is really feasible do you?N: Sorry Rufus, i'm not asking, i'm telling. Do we need to go over this one more time - now who is in charge of scriptwriting and who is supposed to do what the scriptwriter says? |
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Post by rugirl on Nov 6, 2009 2:31:44 GMT
This is a great thread, first because I actually do like the movie (mostly because I am a HUGE Kate Winslet and Eli Wallach fan, they had great chemistry in the movie), and second because I got to see Rufus, even for a few minutes. I agree that Rufus and Jude's roles should have been switched.
I just have one question - why is Jude Law, who is English and living in London in the winter snow so TANNED in this movie? He looks like he just got off a plane from Hawaii......other than that, I thought the Kate Winslet/Eli Wallach scenes were wonderful. I could have done without Jack Black and whoever played his girlfriend (she was in a Knight's Tale, and I thought she was pretty wooden then too).
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Post by vmaciv on Nov 6, 2009 5:30:16 GMT
I taped holiday. I watched the scenes with Eli Wallach and Kate Winslet. Was very disappointed with how little there was of Rufus and after the first 10 minutes of Jude and Jack Black fast forwarded.
I did not know Rufus Sewell before EH but I am very happy to have seen him as Jacob Hood. Too bad the show did not live up to the talented actor. But he did create a character that I will not forget.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Nov 6, 2009 21:11:03 GMT
I just have one question - why is Jude Law, who is English and living in London in the winter snow so TANNED in this movie? Well, we do have a tanning-shop on every corner these days... |
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Post by francesca on Nov 6, 2009 21:22:13 GMT
Is it only me or does Jude Law ALWAYS fail to live up to his full potential on screen?
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Post by rufluvr on Nov 7, 2009 22:41:40 GMT
Have to disagree on that point. Athough I'm not a huge fan, thought Law was rather good in Cold Mountain and that one (Talented Mr. Ripley?) with Matt Damon. He did okay in The Holiday, where to be fair, he was given some hokey lines here and there. Besides, very few actors are as good as Kate Winslet, so lets not compare there, it just wouldn't be fair! (Hee, hee.)
Not completely appropo to this discussion, but, I don't usually think blonde men much attractive, but I can find Jude Law to be sexy at times, but maybe that's only because I know him to be such an easy tart? Is that very wrong of me??? Ha, ha, ha...
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