Posted on 01/22/2008 1:45:20 PM PST by peggybac
Just broke on Fox - details to come.
I rented "Once" because I was a little down from a rough month and didn't want to see any action movies or what stands for comedies these days. I was disappointed with "I am Legend" and "3:10 to Yuma".
I was spellbound by "Once". It was simply amazing and then halfway through I started to realize they still could destroy the ending. It was perfect. I bought the soundtrack and the movie as soon as it was released for sale. 17 days and 130,000 dollars made a masterpiece.
Please give it a try.
Even my 13 year old said it was wonderful, so I think I will based on hers and your recommendation. I think its with the 19year old at college, so I may need to wait awhile!
Just a little tiny warning on the movie. When they were filming they found out the singer just couldn’t act so they let him hold his guitar and sing his lines to the girl. They let him go and then he was quite good. The problem is he was discussing the love of his life who cheats on him so his language earned the movie an “R” rating.
Without the language, the movie would have had a “G” rating and far more people would have discovered it.
Don’t wait. Rent it this weekend. You can always watch it again when the 19 year old brings it back.
It’s time to demand a Congressional investigation into the illegal drug use and abuse in Hollywood. Something is killing the mega stars of Hollywood and that something is ignorance!
As concerned citizens and movie goers we need to step up and demand that all film and television production companies begin immediate drug testing on all of it’s performers, writers, producers and technical staff. Also we need to demand that all film and television production companies take a Zero Tolerance policy when it comes to those who are found to be using illegal drugs (as well as large amounts of prescription drugs), and impose stiff penalties, including permanent banishment to those who fail a third drug test.
The time has come to make Hollywood that we will no longer stand by and watch our favorite actors and actresses fall prey to the folly of illegal drugs!
If is is good enough for professional sports and many other professions, then it should be good enough for Hollywood!
This was a good article with only facts reported.
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TMZ has learned the paramedics who first attended to Heath Ledger were interviewed by NYPD today and said the scene looked “normal” — meaning it didn’t appear as if illicit drug use had occurred.
As we reported earlier, the rolled $20 bill found at the scene tested clean for illegal narcotics, and the numerous pill bottles were nearly full.
The exact cause of Heath’s death will be determined when the toxicology results come in sometime in the next two weeks.
TMZ has learned what types of pills were discovered in the apartment where Heath Ledger was found dead.
NYPD sources tell TMZ that nearly full pill bottles containing the anti-anxiety medications Alprazolam (Xanax), Diazepam (Valium), Lorazepam (Ativan) were found in the apartment. The sleeping medication Zoplicone (Lunesta) and the sedative Temazepam (Restoril) — which is used by people with “debilitating insomnia” — were also found.
All of the drugs were prescribed to Ledger.
Plus another nice interview with Christopher Plummer whom he was just making a movie with
No traces of drugs found on that rolled up bill.
I have 3 male labs and when they try the dominate dance I holler “no brokeback mountain boyz” the no that means dismount and knock it off.
A friend has heard me say that and he laughed this past week saying I always wondered why you say that ....I just saw the movie this past week soooo ya I get it now.
Got be careful what you use as command words...I say OK alot and that is not a command word to teach the boyz.
Thank you. I just heard that today. I was so glad. I have the feeling he mixed too many drugs and it was an accidental death.
I concur with Pablo64; this is a matter of respect and I think respect is "earned" (and, yes, I know that it cannot be compelled).
I give my respect to those who I think have earned it. Just as many in Hollywood do not respect me (as a son, brother, Christan, husband, father, soldier, grandfather, and as a Taxpaying American Citizen!), I do not respect most of those in Hollywood today. There are rare exceptions! There was a time when many in Hollywood were worthy of respect; not only for their acting talents but for their actions on behalf of this nation during World War II and Korea. There were a few who were genuine American Heroes; Jimmy Stewart flew combat bombing missions over Europe! Most "actors" of today are selfish, self-centered, and self-absorbed, and care little for this nation.
Just as most actors of today do not respect or emphathize with the decent, hard-working American Citizens of today, I do not have to "render" respect to Heath Ledger! His so-called "Oscar" portrayal was of a Sexual Deviant & Social Degenerate and of Homosexual Obsession; I remember another movie a few years ago starring Denzel Washington, entitled "Courage Under Fire". It was an outstanding movie! It will filled with mystery and suspense; you couldn't tell for the first half of the movie whether the second main character, Meg Ryan, who protrayed a woman helicopter pilot who had been killed in combat was a real-life hero or a psychopath. In any event, she had been nominated for Award of the Medal of Honor. In finding the truth about Meg Ryan's character, Denzel Washington comes to terms with the "demons" that have been destroying his own life, career, and marriage. This was an Oscar-Worthy Movie that was all but ignored by almost all of Hollywood.
The "Academy" in general, ignored the movie. They, instead decided to "honor" Brokeback Mountain a couple of year later; I do not have to spend my money or empathy, or time on something that glorifies perversion and typifies the highest levels of disgust that I am able to attain!
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