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Post by snsurone on Sept 11, 2018 0:05:34 GMT
Great responses, TC!
I blocked that troll a few months ago.
I suggest you do the same.
It'll save a lot of aggravation.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 11, 2018 0:29:21 GMT
Burt always enjoyed a brawl (or a potential one ! )   |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 11, 2018 3:46:01 GMT
I blocked that troll a few months ago.  |
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Post by jeffersoncody on Sept 11, 2018 8:35:21 GMT
Burt Reynolds has died at the age of 82. RIP Burt. And now can somebody please release WW AND THE DIXIE DANCEKINGS on BluRay? |
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Post by jeffersoncody on Sept 11, 2018 8:57:06 GMT
For my tastes, he did well with Deliverance - 72' and The Mean Machine - 74',aka The Longest Yard -I presume you have seen BOOGIE NIGHTS (which contains Burt's finest performance) Toastie, But do check out him out opposite catherine Deneuve and Ben Johnson in the gritty, downbeat, Robert Aldrich-directed HUSTLE (1975).  |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2018 10:58:58 GMT
For my tastes, he did well with Deliverance - 72' and The Mean Machine - 74',aka The Longest Yard -I presume you have seen BOOGIE NIGHTS (which contains Burt's finest performance) Toastie, But do check out him out opposite catherine Deneuve and Ben Johnson in the gritty, downbeat, Robert Aldrich-directed HUSTLE (1975). I haven't seen Hustle, but it looks interesting. I like Robert Aldrich and the other cast members. The thing with Reynolds for me, and while I acknowledge his on-screen persona and charisma, there was something about him that just rubbed me up the wrong way. I find him handsome, but not sure if I find him exactly attractive. He was a real ladies man more than anything and many men would have wanted to be him for this reason. I also feel much of the success of Smokey And The Bandit, was due to Sally Field's presence as well. While her and Reynolds were in a relationship, she tended to make all the right moves regarding her career onwards.
I think Boogie Nights is ok. It has been yonks since I last saw it and again, in spite of the praise he got, I wasn't that sold on Reynolds as being anything special. I think 1997 was a pretty ho-hum year for film and the film was also being celebrated for it's 70's era presentation as well. I liked The Ice Storm better and my choice for picture of the year. I also liked P.T. Anderson's Magnolia more than Boogie Nights.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Sept 12, 2018 11:09:26 GMT
Maybe it's just me, no one else ever seems to mention it, but I thought Burt was great in Striptease (1996) as the kinky politician, such a departure and unexpected performance from him.  |
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 12, 2018 19:08:53 GMT
I presume you have seen BOOGIE NIGHTS (which contains Burt's finest performance) Toastie, But do check out him out opposite catherine Deneuve and Ben Johnson in the gritty, downbeat, Robert Aldrich-directed HUSTLE (1975). I haven't seen Hustle, but it looks interesting. I like Robert Aldrich and the other cast members. The thing with Reynolds for me, and while I acknowledge his on-screen persona and charisma, there was something about him that just rubbed me up the wrong way. I find him handsome, but not sure if I find him exactly attractive. He was a real ladies man more than anything and many men would have wanted to be him for this reason. I also feel much of the success of Smokey And The Bandit, was due to Sally Field's presence as well. While her and Reynolds were in a relationship, she tended to make all the right moves regarding her career onwards.
I think Boogie Nights is ok. It has been yonks since I last saw it and again, in spite of the praise he got, I wasn't that sold on Reynolds as being anything special. I think 1997 was a pretty ho-hum year for film and the film was also being celebrated for it's 70's era presentation as well. I liked The Ice Storm better and my choice for picture of the year. I also liked P.T. Anderson's Magnolia more than Boogie Nights.
Toasted Cheese, I always liked Burt Reynolds pretty well. And thought he was quite gorgeous, especially without the moustache. And he was a good actor to, have to give him credit. But what you say is interesting because one of my best friends always said that even though he liked Reynolds well enough and found him to be attractive and sexy, there was something about Reynolds that he didn't feel right about and it was hard to put his finger on. I think maybe Burt was just a tad arrogant, but I liked him anyway. But, for the record, I think Tom Selleck was even sexier and more handsome than Reynolds, but not quite so charismatic. Which goes to show how relevant charisma is. But to give Reynolds his niceness props, I read before (from more than a couple sources, I have a huge collection of vintage fan magazines from the 70s) he took a younger (and every bit as handsome and sexy) Robert Urich under his wing. I always thought it was interesting and touching kind of relationship with maybe a little bit of "keep your competition close to your side", with a dose of envy and then probably more than a dose of good will and affection, because everybody has some generous impulses in them and, IRL, Robert Urich seemed like a super sweet person who would attract kindness in others, anyway. For better or for worse, Mr. Urich seemed to have very little ego and he always gave off that nice guy vibe on his tacky, but fun show, "Vega$", whereas Robert Wagner seemed to me and my nine year old, already inquisitive mind, like a sleazebucket on his ridiculous, but equally fun "Hart to Hart". My favorite character on that show was Freeway, by far. I love the episode where the villain puts some secret formula in the dog food that makes people's pets turn vicious and kill, and Freeway is the foil. God, what a dumb show! |
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 12, 2018 19:22:31 GMT
amyghost I always imagined that the Burt in Evening Shade was what he was like off screen as well. May not have been true … but it just felt so right !  I'm going to do my best to hijack this thread, but for a very, very good reason. Ann Wedgeworth was a lovely, sweet, sexy presence and a totally underutilized actress. For fans of performers winning awards and giving acceptance speeches, look no further, her whole speech (including almost falling down about five times on her way to the stage) for winning Best Featured Actress Tony award for "The Goodbye Girl" is absolutely unparalleled in its charm and and warmth and sincerity. If you have any inclinations toward feeling any affection for this actress at all or simply for watching an actor be genuinely surprised by her win (re: true modesty), the following is a must. My God, what an adorable creature. (One poster likened her to "Elvira", and boy did he get that right!) Skip to 1:20 for the good stuff. Ann Wedgeworth wins Tony... |
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Post by dirtypillows on Sept 12, 2018 19:26:42 GMT
Toasted Cheese Once again , thanks so much for an excellent job of corpse kicking... our usual resident disser of the dead has been comparatively quiet this go round as she is unaware that Burt ever played in anything but Gunsmoke. All I am saying (again) is TIME AND PLACE and this was neither the time nor the place. Sorry to disappoint you if I am not crying in my cornflakes like you. I have made some salient points about Reynolds and I have also acknowledged his passing in my first post. It is not your place to tell anyone what the time and place is on a discussion thread, this is not a funeral home or mausoleum. It's not even like you said any mean or uncharitable things about him. I liked Reynolds well enough, but don't feel evil by saying what I said (re: maybe he was a little on the self-absorbed side.) |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2018 23:29:01 GMT
Sorry to disappoint you if I am not crying in my cornflakes like you. I have made some salient points about Reynolds and I have also acknowledged his passing in my first post. It is not your place to tell anyone what the time and place is on a discussion thread, this is not a funeral home or mausoleum. It's not even like you said any mean or uncharitable things about him. I liked Reynolds well enough, but don't feel evil by saying what I said (re: maybe he was a little on the self-absorbed side.) Yes Mr. Dirty, I acknowledged and honored his passing. I feel—and Brando also expressed it—that if Reynolds had any failing that did affect his career and choices he made, it was due to narcissism, hence arrogance due to being caught up in the image of self. I feel that in spite of his acting talent—and he was great with his comic timing and that ain't easy—to put it bluntly, he was a tad up himself.
He appears to have wasted his talent and even his romantic turns where he was very good, like Starting Over — 79' with Jill Clayburgh whom I love and Best Friends - 82' with Goldie Hawn whom I love as well and enjoy these films as overall presentations, they are just so grounded in the era that they were made, they don't appear to offer anything of much substance, apart from a top class teaming of actors, but with a superficial feel as well that comes across as phony. Neither of these films tend to be recalled much from what I read and they are just not really keepers.
I think Reynolds may have been afraid to step out of the box a little bit and challenge his own image\persona with roles that would show him in a different light. Did he ever play a bad guy or a subtle villain when he was popular in the 70's? His 80's choices appeared to be an image parody of those low-brow 70's action films he made as well, as though he was clinging onto this charismatic and cool guy persona that people weren't buying anymore. Audiences were still happy to watch Bronson and Eastwood though. There was no subversiveness, or much depth on display.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2018 23:35:06 GMT
I haven't seen Hustle, but it looks interesting. I like Robert Aldrich and the other cast members. The thing with Reynolds for me, and while I acknowledge his on-screen persona and charisma, there was something about him that just rubbed me up the wrong way. I find him handsome, but not sure if I find him exactly attractive. He was a real ladies man more than anything and many men would have wanted to be him for this reason. I also feel much of the success of Smokey And The Bandit, was due to Sally Field's presence as well. While her and Reynolds were in a relationship, she tended to make all the right moves regarding her career onwards.
I think Boogie Nights is ok. It has been yonks since I last saw it and again, in spite of the praise he got, I wasn't that sold on Reynolds as being anything special. I think 1997 was a pretty ho-hum year for film and the film was also being celebrated for it's 70's era presentation as well. I liked The Ice Storm better and my choice for picture of the year. I also liked P.T. Anderson's Magnolia more than Boogie Nights.
Toasted Cheese, I always liked Burt Reynolds pretty well. And thought he was quite gorgeous, especially without the moustache. And he was a good actor to, have to give him credit. But what you say is interesting because one of my best friends always said that even though he liked Reynolds well enough and found him to be attractive and sexy, there was something about Reynolds that he didn't feel right about and it was hard to put his finger on. I think maybe Burt was just a tad arrogant, but I liked him anyway. But, for the record, I think Tom Selleck was even sexier and more handsome than Reynolds, but not quite so charismatic. Which goes to show how relevant charisma is. But to give Reynolds his niceness props, I read before (from more than a couple sources, I have a huge collection of vintage fan magazines from the 70s) he took a younger (and every bit as handsome and sexy) Robert Urich under his wing. I always thought it was interesting and touching kind of relationship with maybe a little bit of "keep your competition close to your side", with a dose of envy and then probably more than a dose of good will and affection, because everybody has some generous impulses in them and, IRL, Robert Urich seemed like a super sweet person who would attract kindness in others, anyway. For better or for worse, Mr. Urich seemed to have very little ego and he always gave off that nice guy vibe on his tacky, but fun show, "Vega$", whereas Robert Wagner seemed to me and my nine year old, already inquisitive mind, like a sleazebucket on his ridiculous, but equally fun "Hart to Hart". My favorite character on that show was Freeway, by far. I love the episode where the villain puts some secret formula in the dog food that makes people's pets turn vicious and kill, and Freeway is the foil. God, what a dumb show! I don't know much of Robert Urich, but what I had seen him in, he appeared to have no pretense and was super cute. I would rate him over Reynolds and Selleck in the looks department, but like you said, not quite as charismatic. He looked like a real puppy dog sofite.
I enjoyed Hart To Hart and my little cousin and I used to pretend to be on H2H adventures when we were kids. She loved Jennifer Hart. It was a dumb but fun show and had that nice soft and easy-going Charlie's Angels vibe to it.
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