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Post by kingkoopa on Jan 18, 2018 22:49:23 GMT
Long story short, my father-in-law is not American (I am) but loves westerns. In his vacation house, he doesn't get a lot of useful internet signal, so I usually bring him a DVD of a western and we'll watch together. This time I brought a box set of "Deadwood." We both loved it (my first time seeing it too) and it makes me wonder...why isn't Timothy Olyphant a bigger leading man?
The remake of "The Crazies" has him largely at the helm and he projects an aura of capable though gruff action hero. He reminds me a lot of Harrison Ford. I'd like to see more of him. Anyone agree? This guy oozes a combination of Bruce Willis/Harrison Ford...to me at least.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 22:51:29 GMT
Don't know, he's been good in things I've seen.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 22:58:06 GMT
You ever see A Perfect Getaway?
I agree, I've liked him ever since Scream II.
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Post by eplay on Jan 18, 2018 23:38:42 GMT
I love him, he's great.
Hope you and your father-in-law have seen the series "Justified". It was so fantastic and had some of the best dialogue on television.
I'd love to see him in another dramatic series.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 18, 2018 23:53:35 GMT
Good question. Quite a few tv actors I wonder the same thing. Like Josh Holloway or Travis Van Winkle.
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Post by kingkoopa on Jan 19, 2018 0:33:25 GMT
I love him, he's great. Hope you and your father-in-law have seen the series "Justified". It was so fantastic and had some of the best dialogue on television. I'd love to see him in another dramatic series.  I ordered the first two seasons of "Justified" for next time. I saw one episode in passing (probably 2 or 3 seasons in) and loved it. Hard to explain, but it was like "Mad Men" or "Breaking Bad"...instantly thought it was worth starting from the beginning. Very much looking forward to getting into it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 0:35:29 GMT
Yeah I've wondered this as well . Its pretty baffling . He SHOULD be a leading man in films .
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Post by kingkoopa on Jan 19, 2018 0:41:11 GMT
You ever see A Perfect Getaway? I agree, I've liked him ever since Scream II. "A Perfect Getaway" is way underrated. Liked it a lot. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 19, 2018 0:44:12 GMT
I say we should be happy that he was in Justified.
Such a wonderful show even KY is all wrong in it. Actually that's probably why it's so good.
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Post by eplay on Jan 19, 2018 1:14:16 GMT
I love him, he's great. Hope you and your father-in-law have seen the series "Justified". It was so fantastic and had some of the best dialogue on television. I'd love to see him in another dramatic series. I ordered the first two seasons of "Justified" for next time. I saw one episode in passing (probably 2 or 3 seasons in) and loved it. Hard to explain, but it was like "Mad Men" or "Breaking Bad"...instantly thought it was worth starting from the beginning. Very much looking forward to getting into it. Great!! You're in for a treat!
(The show also made me a huge fan of Walton Goggins who created a wonderful character in Boyd Crowder.)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 20, 2018 7:30:47 GMT
I think he's okay, but he's never overly impressed me in anything. Wasn't surprised to find out his family is American royalty.
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Post by poelzig on Jan 20, 2018 8:34:46 GMT
Long story short, my father-in-law is not American (I am) but loves westerns. In his vacation house, he doesn't get a lot of useful internet signal, so I usually bring him a DVD of a western and we'll watch together. This time I brought a box set of "Deadwood." We both loved it (my first time seeing it too) and it makes me wonder...why isn't Timothy Olyphant a bigger leading man? The remake of "The Crazies" has him largely at the helm and he projects an aura of capable though gruff action hero. He reminds me a lot of Harrison Ford. I'd like to see more of him. Anyone agree? This guy oozes a combination of Bruce Willis/Harrison Ford...to me at least. Deadwood is brilliant. Travesty that it was ended too soon and we will probably never get the several 2 hour movies that HBO promised. Even more annoying is Deadwood was (supposedly) ended because David Milch wanted to make the moronic John From Cincinnati. Then his racehorse series was ended because they kept killing the poor horses. Anyway I'm a big Olyphant fan and he was excellent on Deadwood. Never has the profane been so poetic. I see you have ordered Justifed as well. Also a great series. Like Deadwood the entire cast is amazing. Maybe the two best ensemble casts ever. I love how even the town drunks are philosophers even though they don't mean to be. Walt Goggins as Boyd Crowder is every bit as good as Olyphant and maybe even a bit better. Goggins is always great and should be a much bigger star than he is already. Too bad he's not the classic pretty boy or the classic dumpy looking comedic goofball. He does comedy and drama equally well. I'm sure you and your dad will enjoy Justified as well. If you have never seen Go you should check that out as well. TO was a standout in an early role there as well and it's a very good if a bit underrated movie. |
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Post by poelzig on Jan 20, 2018 8:41:00 GMT
I say we should be happy that he was in Justified. Such a wonderful show even KY is all wrong in it. Actually that's probably why it's so good. They rarely if ever get the South right in anything. I'm sure many regions in the US and the world have similar complaints but Southern accents by non Southerners almost always are borderline insulting. I thought Olyphant's was okay although not very authentic for KY. Walt Goggin's Southern accent is good but again not neccesarily an authentic KY one. WG is a Southerner though so it should be good. |
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Post by Xcalatë on Jan 20, 2018 8:57:53 GMT
Good Question, I've always liked him a lot.
Last saw him in "This is where I leave you" a great little movie.
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