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Post by Viktoria on Jun 18, 2005 1:16:34 GMT -5
I bought "Frau im Spiegel" yesterday. There is a one page picture of him (older one) and two small (one from LoA and one with Keely and his two sons on the beach). And LoA is showed in a theater in my town twice a day The reviews weren't very nice here. But I have to admit the movie is so much better in english. Julianne Moore has the dubbed voice of Nicole Kidman To get back to the newspaper thing In a local paper there was a quote of Pierce on the frontpage ;D about not to break up to quickly with a partner..
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Post by sparklingblue on Jun 18, 2005 15:56:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the reviews, Ace! The Merkur-Online one was in my paper. I think it's a shame that they don't release LOA more widely. I tend to think that people would enjoy it. @ Viktoria: I have no doubts that the film is better in the English original (I own the DVD ); I just wanted for my Mum to see it because I think she would really enjoy it. It does play in a couple of cinemas in Munich, but it's a bit far a way just to go see a movie. And besides, Nicole Kidman's dubbing voice? Shocking! I try to avoid that woman whenever I can, you know.
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Post by Viktoria on Jun 19, 2005 1:40:46 GMT -5
@ Viktoria: And besides, Nicole Kidman's dubbing voice? Shocking! I try to avoid that woman whenever I can, you know. I think so, too.
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Post by Kristýna on Jun 19, 2005 4:49:44 GMT -5
Nicole Kidman´s voice?? Terrible!!! I saw it in English with subtitles, so that was good... But yesterday i watched The Mirror Has Two Faces and I found that Pierce is in Czech dubbing by three completely different guys... One, who did all Bond movies, then someone, who made for example Live Wire or Fourth Protocol and now this one!! Terrible, because noone of them has such a nice voice as Pierce!! ;-D
To the reviews... I think critics are sometimes not really objective. They gave 2/5 for After the Sunset as well as 2/5 for Laws... But then, watching users review on web, people gave to it much more stars and found it funny. Well, me too :-)
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Post by sparklingblue on Jun 20, 2005 11:44:17 GMT -5
I've read 10-15 reviews and most say it's light charming film with good performances and most single out PB, even when they say the film isn't as good as it could be... except for Cinema of course. They have on their German website an option to send them comments about anything related to the magazine. I, being miffed as I was about their treatment of PB, wrote them a note. I told them about my impression that they were dissing PB, that it was insulting to him and his fans and that a little diplomacy was in order. Today I got the reply. They said that every actor has their fanbase and they couldn't always be careful not to annoy anyone. They understand themselves as a help for cinemagoers to make a choice of what movies they want to see, unlike magazines that come for free and, they say, are just for publicity. And the guy who wrote the note (bless his cotton socks, as someone we all know would say ) then added that he personally had nothing against PB. I shouldn't have even bothered.
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Post by Ace on Sept 13, 2005 14:32:36 GMT -5
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Post by steeleinc on Sept 13, 2005 15:17:24 GMT -5
Chayna,
Thanks for scanning the PB article/pictures from the GQ 2005 Special Men of the Year Award. Is this a British edition of GQ, or can I find here in the US? Is it literally a special edition of the magazine, or is it their regular monthly magazine? Also, does it have a month on the cover?
Debra
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Post by Ace on Sept 13, 2005 15:37:52 GMT -5
This is the October UK edition-- it comes out monthly and is available in the US at a considerably higher price (as per usual for British magazine) at many of the larger magazine places. I think chains like Barnes & Noble and Borders might stock them.
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Post by Barbara on Sept 13, 2005 16:44:45 GMT -5
Why is it that every article lately has to mention that Pierce is drinking or has a hangover? Is he, or is media people trying to cast him as a lush?
-- B
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Post by Ace on Sept 14, 2005 0:37:40 GMT -5
Why is it that every article lately has to mention that Pierce is drinking or has a hangover? Is he, or is media people trying to cast him as a lush? -- B Huh? This mentioned he had a hangover from a screening party with family and friends -- and there was nothing malicious about the mention. Not a surprise that when people have a party they tend to imbibe too much. Nothing lush like about it. It not as if the interviewer said he was knocking back vodka shots in the AM for a hair of the dog that bit him. ;P Ace
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Post by curious george on Sept 14, 2005 1:13:45 GMT -5
The rest of you pay more attention to all the personal details than I do, and I'm too darned tired to focus on all that small print right now, but mention of drinking doesn't bother me as much as the cigarette. As I may have said before, for someone who is justifiably so anti-cancer.... I'll have to see if I can find a copy of this to skim at the bookstore. Magazines for fun aren't in the budget after an unexpected visit from the plumber a couple of weeks ago. cg
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Post by Barbara on Sept 14, 2005 23:42:27 GMT -5
Let's not forget that the famous EW interview also mentioned him drinking. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I am with my family, I make a point of not drinking too much. ;-)
My greater point is this...Pierce wears sunglasses pretty much all the time, even on airplanes because his eyes tend to be sensitive and he needs the protection. Why assume then that he was hungover, when he just might not have been able to tolerate the light?
My cricitism isn't of Pierce...it's how the media is spinning him these days.
-- B
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Post by Ace on Sept 15, 2005 4:26:28 GMT -5
Let's not forget that the famous EW interview also mentioned him drinking. I don't know about the rest of you, but when I am with my family, I make a point of not drinking too much. ;-) Is drinking at all for you drinking "too much"? Why? Are you a sloppy drinker who can't handle your booze? It's not exactly out of the ordinary for people to have a drink with lunch or dinner. The reporter was also drinking. Neither was described as drunk or even tipsy. Probably because he said he was and the reporter recognized the universal groaning noise as he reached for his orange juice. Sorry I just don't see the "spin" here. The only spin about these articles was that both interviewers seemed to enjoy interviewing him and said so -- hardly a spurious agenda by the press. Ace
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Post by Lauryn on Sept 15, 2005 10:15:41 GMT -5
Odd that when I read these bits they skimmed past my consciousness without causing a ripple of alarm. Which p'rhaps is longhand for saying I may be a serious lush, LOL!
Maybe it's a method acting hangover. Was he still wearing a speedo, or just the shades?
On the flip side, I do seriously worry about Judi Dench's M.
One day I'll learn how to use these smiley winky things...
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Post by migs on Sept 15, 2005 14:43:00 GMT -5
Was he still wearing a speedo, or [glow=red,2,300]just the shades?[/glow]
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Post by sparklingblue on Sept 16, 2005 7:32:41 GMT -5
Wow, I like those clothes. I haven't read the article yet, but I can relate to the sensitive eyes part. I have to wear sunglasses more often that most people because bright light or wind give me trouble. I also tend to wear them when I'm tired or headachey. Of course, a hangover is a very good reason to wear shades, too. And with the hard work Pierce puts into his movies, he has every right to celebrate their success. I'm sure he knows when to stop.
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Post by IcyCalm on Sept 16, 2005 8:13:01 GMT -5
I've had a theory about Pierce's eyes for a long time. I'll bet he wears bifocal soft lenses. There was a clip of him giving a Goldeneye press conference and he took out a pair of reading glasses in order to see a piece of paper. He looked very self-conscious doing it, probably thinking great, here I am, the new James Bond, and I have to wear glasses to read something. Well, I haven't seen him do that since, thus the soft lense theory.
Wearing these things gets uncomfortable at times, I know all too well. Especially in the sun, wind, and camera flashes in one's face. And the man does SQUINT more than Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti western.
IcyCalm
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Post by sparklingblue on Sept 16, 2005 9:08:03 GMT -5
I've had a theory about Pierce's eyes for a long time. I'll bet he wears bifocal soft lenses. There was a clip of him giving a Goldeneye press conference and he took out a pair of reading glasses in order to see a piece of paper. He looked very self-conscious doing it, probably thinking great, here I am, the new James Bond, and I have to wear glasses to read something. Well, I haven't seen him do that since, thus the soft lense theory. Wearing these things gets uncomfortable at times, I know all too well. Especially in the sun, wind, and camera flashes in one's face. And the man does SQUINT more than Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti western. IcyCalm That is a great theory! I wear soft contacts, and they already give me trouble sometimes (see other post). I tried out another kind once (my optician told me they were an in-between thing between soft and hard lenses) and those were even more uncomfortable. You can see the contacts when you look at the person's eyes very closely. Now of course one would have to have a really close look at dear Pierce's eyes. I have never noticed anything in movie close-ups, but then again he certainly is smart enough to take the contacts out before the shoot.
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Post by Yuliya on Sept 16, 2005 9:29:02 GMT -5
He can't wear contacts - he had a enough trouble wearing them while filiming Deceivers where his eyes had to be black if he wanted to pass for an Indian. PB doesn't seem to be a person who'd be uncomfortable wearing reading glasses in public, yet, at the age of 52. He might have been uncomfortable when he was much younger and when he was associated with the image of Bond and could mean success of failure to the entire franchise, not to mention his career, and he might have been especially uncomfortable wearing reading glasses in public if he'd just started wearing them, but I don't see him being overly consious on the long run. He even wore them as Daniel Rafferty and there was absolutely no need for that. Does it mean "less experienced"? Frankly, the first paragraph of that article makes me think the, er, journalist didn't know what to fill it with. I'm not going to discuss PB's drinking habits nor am I goin to defend him because I don't think he needs defense regardless of the how much he drinks; it's his own business. Considering the number of photograhs where he's wearing eyeglasses, I'd say he either has chronic hangover (and a bunch of plastic surgeries to keep up the good looks) or sensitive eyes. Or maybe thinks he looks cool in eyeglasses. Maybe at his spare time he likes to imagine he's James Bond. Scratch that; he is. Maybe he wants to think he's Terminator.
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Post by sparklingblue on Sept 16, 2005 9:54:59 GMT -5
The glasses for Daniel Rafferty were a great touch, imo. I see you subscribe to the no-contacts theory. Fair enough. I guess I just like the idea that he wears contacts like I do. LOL! He probably does have sensitive eyes and thinks that's a cool excuse to wear shades. But really he just loves wearing them. ;D
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