2015 Off Topic Thread

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Did you not at least think Joel Edgerton was great?




Noah was an insane movie. Literally insane. The story is just fucking crazy. You know what kind of movie you're watching when the rocket launcher comes out. All bets are off at that point.

It's the kind of movie I'm glad I saw once, but I really suspect I will never watch it again.




But is Ben Kingsley really any more authentic than any other Brit?

Noah was laughable to be honest. While watching it I literally started laughing during certain scenes. Like the fucking Neverending Story-esque rock angels, the rocket launcher, Beowulf stowing away on the Arc, Russel Crowe being a fat, alcoholic looking puffy faced Noah who didn't seem at all tortured by the choices he had to make in following God's will, etc etc etc.

I didn't like Joel as Ramses to be honest. He looked more like Ragnar Lothbrok than Ramses to me. It was just disappointing that they couldn't at least find someone who looked the part a little more. It seemed to me more that they let Christian Bale do most of the heavy lifting where performances were concerned, and you know I'm not a fan of Bale.

Kingsly played his part beautifully, and he has just the right look to play a multitude of parts. The only thing that ever betrays him is the accent, but he tends to put in work that sort of helps you forget he's British. He immerses himself so well.

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I didn't like Joel as Ramses to be honest. He looked more like Ragnar Lothbrok than Ramses to me.

Ah, so you've been watching Vikings. In my opinion that is one of the very best shows on TV. In fact, for me it's probably #2 right behind Game of Thrones.

Kingsley played his part beautifully, and he has just the right look to play a multitude of parts. The only thing that ever betrays him is the accent, but he tends to put in work that sort of helps you forget he's British. He immerses himself so well.

Kingsley has has an interesting career. Despite his talent, he'll be in ANYTHING. You give him money, he'll be in your shit.

One minute he'll be turning in an Oscar-calibur performance in something like Ghandi and the next he'll be slumming it in a straight-to-DVD video game movie like Bloodrayne.

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Ah, so you've been watching Vikings. In my opinion that is one of the very best shows on TV. In fact, for me it's probably #2 right behind Game of Thrones.




Kingsley has has an interesting career. Despite his talent, he'll be in ANYTHING. You give him money, he'll be in your shit.

One minute he'll be turning in an Oscar-calibur performance in something like Ghandi and the next he'll be slumming it in a straight-to-DVD video game movie like Bloodrayne.

Love Vikings. In the last ten or fifteen years TV has really stepped it's game up as far as quality is concerned, whereas film has slowly declined overall. It seems like film studios are becoming increasingly unoriginal and lazy, and TV has risen to be where it's at if you really want to showcase your talent.

And, yes, Kingsly is like the white Samuel L Jackson. He just loves to act and doesn't seem to give a shit about the whole formality of it all. He seems like the kind of guy who will act for the sake of acting, rather than the kind of person who wants to be the star, has to have their choice of character, has to change the script to their liking, etc etc etc. He's really easy to approve of in that regard.