Haha yeah, he seems like a cool guy. Good actor too. When he first came to the big screen my dad hated him, and I was a little skeptical of him. He was really only known for the mediocre Transformer films. Which is unfortunate honestly, because his performance in Disturbia is great. And then when he played in Indiana Jones, a lot of people thought he somehow "ruined" the movie. I didn't think he was *that* bad; I think he could only do so much with what he got. But over the past couple years, he's gotten even better in my opinion. He's also landing better roles than some douchey college teen caricature. His performance in Fury - although a tasteless and generic "suck my red white and blue D" war movie - was solid. You could tell he stepped outside his comfort zone, and tried something different, which was also refreshing.
Yep! Enjoyed that film largely because of Shia's character - not Brad Pitt - who, BTW, was kinda generic. I liked the first two Transformer films though - I think his character there was super funny. The next ones were not so good - even the third with him just sucked overall. And I don't blame Shia for that - I blame the writers - they wrote a very stupid story.
Definitely. You could tell he stepped outside his comfort zone, and tried something different, even in the midst of a mediocre WWII "Americans > Germans" shoot-em-up. I'll be honest, you're right, Shia was probably the best thing to happen to the Transformer movies, when it's directed by Mr. Explosions Bay. Bet you the military industrial complex loves giving to that guy. He's the epitome of "I'm going to try to make up for my lackluster movie with pretty colors", which is a gross problem in modern cinema. But not even Shia can save a cash cow from being milked to death. Brad Pitt was *awesome* in Inglorious Basterds, but that's also a Quentin Tarantino movie. Now he's in some WWII movie about spies or something, and I heard it bombed harder than the Luftwaffe bombed London. But, hey, can't blame a guy who wants to make a paycheck I guess. It's not like you have to go see those movies, and I can smell that sort of lame ass garbage from a mile away.
Oh yes, Michael Bay... between him and Roland Emmerich, the world would have been destroyed like 100 times already. Inglorious Basterds was good largely because of Tarantino. Allied was just Mr and Mrs Smith all over again - just different era.
Speaking of WWII... oh the nostalgia. Lol, very true. And you can imagine how disappointed I was, being a *huge* (or yooge if you're Trump) LotR fan, when they opted to use a shit ton of CGI in The Hobbit. I understand Smaug and what not, but really? All the orcs? Even some of the elves and dwarves? Come on, have a little damn integrity man! Tarantino always puts out something of quality. I personally didn't think Hateful Eight was spectacular, but it was by no means a bad film. To be fair, we saw the extended cut or whatever, and sitting down in a theater for three hours (with an officialized 15-minute break half-way through) is way too much for me. But Pulp Fiction? Classic. Inglorious Basterds? Classic. Never saw Kill Bill, but a lot of people tell me that's a classic, so I'll take their word for it. Tarantino's work is so "him" that it just naturally develops a cult following, and I think sometimes that naturally means it's more exclusive than inclusive. But that's fine. Just means he's sticking to his guns and not pandering to the audience very much, and I highly admire and respect that quality in an artist. EDIT: As a side note, do yourself a favor and go see Manchester By The Sea if you haven't already.
I've seen Kill Bill - reminds me of a Japanese Manga. It's good. I will watch Manchester By The Sea, as per your recommendation
This thread needs more Black Sabbath. While I like the albums with Ozzy best overall, my favourite individual song is from "Dehumanizer", with Dio on vocals. I know nothing else that sounds even remotely as evil and foreboding as that opening riff.
BBC keeps taking this one down. Well, trying to, anyway. I'll stop here before I link videos to every song in their discography. Swear I'm not a fan-girl.
That feeling when you find a new (to you) artist, only to discover that the first song of theirs you heard seems to be the only one they did that's really to your taste.
