Movie Marathon (Part 3)

Thread Games
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  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
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Films of Basil Rathbone

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
  6. The Last Days of Pompeii - Pontius Pilate (1933)
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Films of Basil Rathbone

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
  6. The Last Days of Pompeii - Pontius Pilate (1933)
  7. The Bishop Murder Case - Philo Vance (1930)
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Films of Basil Rathbone

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
  6. The Last Days of Pompeii - Pontius Pilate (1933)
  7. The Bishop Murder Case - Philo Vance (1930)
  8. If I Were King - King Louis XI (1938)

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

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Films of Basil Rathbone

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
  6. The Last Days of Pompeii - Pontius Pilate (1933)
  7. The Bishop Murder Case - Philo Vance (1930)
  8. If I Were King - King Louis XI (1938)
  9. Innocent - Amadis de Jocelyn (1921)

His screen debut.

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Films of Basil Rathbone

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sherlock Holmes (1939)
  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood - Sir Guy of Gisborne (1938)
  3. Hillbillys in a Haunted House - Gregor (1967)
  4. The Court Jester – Sir Ravenhurst (1955)
  5. Tower of London – The Duke of Gloucester → Richard III (1939)
  6. The Last Days of Pompeii - Pontius Pilate (1933)
  7. The Bishop Murder Case - Philo Vance (1930)
  8. If I Were King - King Louis XI (1938)
  9. Innocent - Amadis de Jocelyn (1921)
  10. A Tale of Two Cities - Marquis de Evremonde (1935)

Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher

The character in the books is 6’5".

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert

In the 2012 movie version of “Les Miserables”. Whatever qualities he may have as an actor, his singing talents and voice simply do not extend to Broadway-quality musical singing.

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)

It wasn’t a good movie at all, but Branagh as a legless evil supergenius really tanked.

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III

She has somewhat redeemed herself with her competency in the director’s chair.

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I actually thought Branagh was hilarious in WWW, especially in the scene where he and West are trading thinly-veiled insults.

Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
  6. Billy Boyd - Master and Commander

His character, Barret Bonden, is much bigger and stronger in the books.

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
  6. Billy Boyd - Master and Commander
  7. Denise Richards - Dr. Christmas Jones (The world is not enough)

In no universe is Ms Richards a nuclear physicist. Yes she was a bond girl, but it’s possible to play sexy smart, just not possible for her.

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
  6. Billy Boyd - Master and Commander
  7. Denise Richards - Dr. Christmas Jones (The world is not enough)
  8. Val Kilmer - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman Forever)

It’s difficult to pin down whose performance is worse: Kilmer or Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/Two-Face.

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Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
  6. Billy Boyd - Master and Commander
  7. Denise Richards - Dr. Christmas Jones (The world is not enough)
  8. Val Kilmer - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman Forever)
  9. Rosie O’Donnell – Betty Rubble (The Flintstones)

Sorry, but Betty was never drawn as being a female counterpart to Barney in shape, size, and weight. Sure there are roles for BBW, but this wasn’t one of them … and the producers/casting director must have agreed, since she was replaced for the prequel, ‘Viva Rock Vegas’.

-“BB”-

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“BBW”?

Awful casting choices

  1. Tom Cruise - Jack Reacher
  2. Russell Crowe - Inspector Javert
  3. Kenneth Branagh - Dr. Arliss Loveless (Wild Wild West)
  4. John Wayne - Genghis Khan (The Conqueror)
  5. Sofia Coppola - The Godfather Part III
  6. Billy Boyd - Master and Commander
  7. Denise Richards - Dr. Christmas Jones (The world is not enough)
  8. Val Kilmer - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman Forever)
  9. Rosie O’Donnell – Betty Rubble (The Flintstones)
  10. Mickey Rooney - Mr. Yunioshi (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)

Painful, stoopid and offensive to see today.

Next up:

Skilled courtroom lawyers

  1. Maj. James Thomas (Jack Thompson) - Breaker Morant
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Skilled courtroom lawyers

  1. Maj. James Thomas (Jack Thompson) - Breaker Morant
  2. Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) - Inherit the Wind
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Chatroom abbreviation that means ‘big beautiful woman’ … in other words, one with some meat on her bones…

-“BB”-

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Skilled courtroom lawyers

  1. Maj. James Thomas (Jack Thompson) - Breaker Morant
  2. Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) - Inherit the Wind
  3. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) - The Rainmaker
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Skilled courtroom lawyers

  1. Maj. James Thomas (Jack Thompson) - Breaker Morant
  2. Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) - Inherit the Wind
  3. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) - The Rainmaker
  4. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) - To Kill a Mockingbird
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Skilled courtroom lawyers

  1. Maj. James Thomas (Jack Thompson) - Breaker Morant
  2. Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) - Inherit the Wind
  3. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) - The Rainmaker
  4. Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) - To Kill a Mockingbird
  5. Fletcher Reed (Jim Carrey) - Liar Liar