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New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

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Brenthoven said:
Shawshank:

I have to admit, it's worth the "oh my God you haven't seen Shawshank?!" hype. Very solid movie. But, since it's me, and I like to nitpick hyped movies, why does Freeman have to play yet another wise grisled veteran whatever?

I love him, he's great, but stop the typecasting!!! He can do other things!
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I think that between Glory and Shawshank, those are the two movies that got him typecast.

Although, there was Driving Miss Daisy in between there, and even if I've not seen it, I'm pretty sure that he wasn't typecast in that movie. the old lady was much more grizzled looking.
 
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St. Clown said:
I think that between Glory and Shawshank, those are the two movies that got him typecast.

Although, there was Driving Miss Daisy in between there, and even if I've not seen it, I'm pretty sure that he wasn't typecast in that movie. the old lady was much more grizzled looking.
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Robin Hood (1991), Se7en (1995), and Chain Reaction (1996) also come to mind.
 
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He is an old black guy what do you want him to do play James Bond? :p
 
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Handyman said:
He is an old black guy what do you want him to do play James Bond? :p
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Its what works for him. Some actors should be so lucky as to be typecast. Means people think of you when they're casting for those type of parts. ;)
 
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bigmrg74 said:
Its what works for him. Some actors should be so lucky as to be typecast. Means people think of you when they're casting for those type of parts. ;)
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I understand that aspect, but he's more talented than a typecast actor. Just sayin'.
 
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Brenthoven said:
I understand that aspect, but he's more talented than a typecast actor. Just sayin'.
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his typecasting goes in spurts, though. after that penguin movie came out, he said that everyone wanted him to do voice over work.

He has had other roles outside of the "type" he's been given. He played God in that Bruce Almighty movie and its sequel. The Bucket List was also outside his normal type, and then there's the new Batman movies.

I think people associate him with a certain type because he does excel at those, even if he does very well in other sorts of roles, too.
 
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St. Clown said:
his typecasting goes in spurts, though. after that penguin movie came out, he said that everyone wanted him to do voice over work.

He has had other roles outside of the "type" he's been given. He played God in that Bruce Almighty movie and its sequel. The Bucket List was also outside his normal type, and then there's the new Batman movies.

I think people associate him with a certain type because he does excel at those, even if he does very well in other sorts of roles, too.
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Can't count Batman. That was a wise grisled veteran. He was the voice of reason. :p

But I'll agree on the voiceover work. Bro Gin and I had a talk tonight, and he is the new James Earl Jones. Great voice, can carry a movie, but is typecast.
 
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French Rage said:
Can't be worse than "Quantum of Solace".
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Did you see the last couple Brosnan movies...they were putrid! I would take Quantum of Solace over that crap that had Denise Richards in it any day of the week!
 
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Handyman said:
Did you see the last couple Brosnan movies...they were putrid! I would take Quantum of Solace over that crap that had Denise Richards in it any day of the week!
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Quantum of Solace was terrible but its a masterpiece compared to Die Another Day.
 
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Alright, so I saw Kick Ass tonight. It had its moments and hopefully marks the return of send-up films that are actually entertaining.
 
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Terrierbyassociation said:
Quantum of Solace was terrible but its a masterpiece compared to Die Another Day.
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The latter Brosnian ones were over the top for sure, but at least they tried to have cool evil sinister plots. I can't get over QoS's "let's get 60% of the water supply in Bolivia" plan.
 
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Believability/practicality of evil plan is not a criterion for Bond films. In fact, I'd say quite the opposite. :p
 
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Kepler said:
Believability/practicality of evil plan is not a criterion for Bond films. In fact, I'd say quite the opposite. :p
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True.

The sad thing about Brosnan is that we waited years for him to play the part and then he peaked (or the scripts they wrote for him probably more than anything) on his first Bond picture.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
True.

The sad thing about Brosnan is that we waited years for him to play the part and then he peaked (or the scripts they wrote for him probably more than anything) on his first Bond picture.
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You got a frog in your pocket?
 
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