Saw Child 44 yesterday. Tom Hardy is an amazing actor. The way he changed during the course of the story just blew me away.
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Oh I didn't find it boring at all. Mind you it's not an action movie, but I found it an interesting character study.
My husband enjoyed it. I just thought it was 98 minutes of "Lets see how stupid and disturbed we can portray Marilyn Monroe". I did like the brief appearances by Jim Carter and the blink-and-you'll-miss-him flash of Malcolm McDowell.
Yeah, that Kammerer was a creep. Started molesting Carr when he was the boy's scout master. Lucien was maybe thirteen, fourteen. Followed him around from state to state, never left him alone. The dude was a damn monster, not a sympathetic character.
Well, you can call Dibs all you want. I called Tom, he came over and we had a marvelous time....I CALLED DIBS FIRST!
If that murder would have happened today and the circumstances were known, I doubt Carr would have done any jail time.
I've never read any of the Beat Generation writers work. If you were to pick something out for me to start with, what would you pick? From what I know about them, Burroughs sounds the most interesting to me but give me a title and I'll read it. I don't know how I've skipped these guys.
I don't even know who he is!
edited: Tom Hardy? (just went back and checked)
Still don't know him...
If either of you have seen 'Inception' he is the guy that DiCaprio meets in the bar in the Middle East, and creates a scene so that Leo can escape the bad guys. Tom is wearing a light-colored suit. He has a British accent. He has dreamy eyes.....
Saw the beginning and the very end and fell asleep during the rest of it.
Burroughs can be a pain. I'd avoid his cut-up stuff (unless you've got some peyote stashed away for such an occasion) and start with Junkie, then Naked Lunch.
Since you've never read any Beat stuff, I'll go ahead and recommend On The Road. Most folks here will tell ya it's garbage; I like it, and it's a good starting point, but it only represents one phase of Jack's writing--his better stuff came later. Desolation Angels, Dr. Sax, Visions of Cody--these are some great, wild books, but not for the beginner.
Tell you what, I'll give ya three good starter beat books that should introduce you to their world quite nicely:
On the Road, by Jack Kerouac
Junkie, by William Burroughs
Go, by John Clellon Holmes
(maybe finish with an aloud recital of Ginsberg's Howl)
After that you'll be on your way.
Watched the movie 'Razorback' on DVD, on Saturday.
I'm not saying there weren't any redeeming qualities - just felt it could've been so much better. That role was a huge undertaking for Michelle Williams.
I've never seen it, but I love the TV Guide description of it from decades past: "Arguably the best movie ever made about a large, man-eating hog." (That's repeated only from memory.)
Oh no way! Have you seen The Drop?Oh, my dear skimom, you are a little late...he's all mine, you two!
It is recorded on my DVR, but I haven't watched it yet!
Does this mean you win?
I can resist anything but temptation.~Oscar Wilde
Heaven. Just look under 'heaven' in the dictionaryI don't even know who he is!
edited: Tom Hardy? (just went back and checked)
Still don't know him...