Friday, November 25, 2005
Reiner - Beatty: Name Recognition But Not Liked
Bwa-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ho-Ho-Heh-Heeeh (said in Letterman-esque style). A Field Poll reports that Hollywood Obesoto Meathead Rob Reiner and Hollywood Rapidly Aging-Former Lothario Warren Beatty both have big name recognition value should either of them decide to run for the California Governors office next year. I'm guessing should either of them run, and Ah-nold seeks reelection, that in the vote count, both Obesoto Meathead and former Lothario would be "Terminated and Erased"!
The Field Poll noted the following "Unfavorable ratings":
41% viewed "Michael Stivic" unfavorably. F-o-r-t-y O-n-e Percent!
48% viewed "Clyde Barrow" unfavorably. F-o-r-t-y E-i-g-h-t Percent!
Those are very high unfave ratings folks, no doubt about it.
Hey guys, maybe you could run as a team?
I don't care for Reiner at all, politically or as a filmmaker. Nothing galls me more than when an unhealthly obese individual tells me smoking is bad for me, those who may inhale the second hand smoke I exhale, and the health costs "society bears" for my smoking. Yeah, Tubby, are you trying to tell me obesity and being severely overweight doesn't pass costs on to society.
I actually like Beatty as an actor and think the guy can do roles that no other actor could take on. I dislike his pathetically liberal political bent. Beatty deserves credit (in my opinion) for two roles that I find exceptionally well done. "Heaven Can Wait" and "Dick Tracy", both of which he starred and directed. "Tracy" is the consummate cartoon strip transferred to film (it's tied with Robert Altman's magnum opus "Popeye"). "Heaven Can Wait", while a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan, it is 'Hal Ashby "Being There"'-like perfect in terms of presentation and execution.
Others note Beatty's performances in "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" and of course, "Bonnie and Clyde."
Mr. Beatty, you still have the acting 'chops'. Forget the physical vanity. You need to make your next role a STRETCH. You need to take a role unlike any you've ever played in the past. You need to take on a role of an ugly (figurative, not literal) and unlikely character. A wife-beater, a pedophile, a child killer - someone older and mean, someone with a chip on his shoulder, someone with a grudge. I know you have it in you, Mr. Beatty. You don't want "Town and Country" as the last item on your filmography, do you?
©2005
The Field Poll noted the following "Unfavorable ratings":
41% viewed "Michael Stivic" unfavorably. F-o-r-t-y O-n-e Percent!
48% viewed "Clyde Barrow" unfavorably. F-o-r-t-y E-i-g-h-t Percent!
Those are very high unfave ratings folks, no doubt about it.
Hey guys, maybe you could run as a team?
I don't care for Reiner at all, politically or as a filmmaker. Nothing galls me more than when an unhealthly obese individual tells me smoking is bad for me, those who may inhale the second hand smoke I exhale, and the health costs "society bears" for my smoking. Yeah, Tubby, are you trying to tell me obesity and being severely overweight doesn't pass costs on to society.
I actually like Beatty as an actor and think the guy can do roles that no other actor could take on. I dislike his pathetically liberal political bent. Beatty deserves credit (in my opinion) for two roles that I find exceptionally well done. "Heaven Can Wait" and "Dick Tracy", both of which he starred and directed. "Tracy" is the consummate cartoon strip transferred to film (it's tied with Robert Altman's magnum opus "Popeye"). "Heaven Can Wait", while a remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan, it is 'Hal Ashby "Being There"'-like perfect in terms of presentation and execution.
Others note Beatty's performances in "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" and of course, "Bonnie and Clyde."
Mr. Beatty, you still have the acting 'chops'. Forget the physical vanity. You need to make your next role a STRETCH. You need to take a role unlike any you've ever played in the past. You need to take on a role of an ugly (figurative, not literal) and unlikely character. A wife-beater, a pedophile, a child killer - someone older and mean, someone with a chip on his shoulder, someone with a grudge. I know you have it in you, Mr. Beatty. You don't want "Town and Country" as the last item on your filmography, do you?
©2005
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