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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 17, 2022 16:07:10 GMT -5
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Post by Barbara on Oct 18, 2022 0:27:44 GMT -5
Savannah Gutherie on The Today Show asked Pierce if the Bond's have a clubhouse where they can all hang out, and he said no. But really, how did he get the suit, if didn't borrow it from DC.
And folks, stay off of Twitter because the plot is leaking out and if you don't want spoilers, don't look at Twitter in particular.
-- B
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 18, 2022 12:16:48 GMT -5
And folks, stay off of Twitter because the plot is leaking out and if you don't want spoilers, don't look at Twitter in particular. -- B
Please, as usual, do NOT post spoilers in these threads!
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Post by mkelly on Oct 18, 2022 22:45:45 GMT -5
And of course Mum was there - Great to have your Mum available to support you when you're 69 Mel
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Post by Barbara on Oct 19, 2022 0:16:32 GMT -5
In other news, I am starting a fundraiser to buy the Rock some dress shirts since this is the third premiere he has attended wearing a suit but no shirt. All donations can be sent to...
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 19, 2022 0:32:01 GMT -5
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Post by mkelly on Oct 20, 2022 20:57:51 GMT -5
The Lad and I saw Black Adam at a matinee today. The money is up on the screen with sets and F/X. I think it needs a bit more editing or this film could easily be in 2 parts. Certainly understand the constraints just to get this one delivered. Yes, critics are correct PB steals every scene he's in as does the young actor Bodhi Sabongui. Aldis Hodge is fabulous. The Rock does his thing and anchors the film. Won't do spoilers, but there is helmet magic at the end so perhaps .... Please support this film by adding to its box office - a sequel/prequel would be great. DC is not Marvel and so does need the support.
Enjoy Mel
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Post by Bond on Oct 21, 2022 5:44:56 GMT -5
The Lad and I saw Black Adam at a matinee today. The money is up on the screen with sets and F/X. I think it needs a bit more editing or this film could easily be in 2 parts. Certainly understand the constraints just to get this one delivered. Yes, critics are correct PB steals every scene he's in as does the young actor Bodhi Sabongui. Aldis Hodge is fabulous. The Rock does his thing and anchors the film. Won't do spoilers, but there is helmet magic at the end so perhaps .... Please support this film by adding to its box office - a sequel/prequel would be great. DC is not Marvel and so does need the support. Enjoy Mel I'm curios, what thing does The Rock more exactly, "does his thing" meaning what precisely? )))))))))))))) now seriosly, The Rock is not an actor.... he is(can be) anything else but not an actor! )))))))) I will see the movie only because of Pierce Brosnan. Anyway, thanks for sharing your first impressions about it.
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Post by eaz35173 on Oct 22, 2022 12:12:50 GMT -5
Pierce Brosnan: ‘I know not magic, only the old alchemy of acting’
Exclusive: The celebrated actor on Black Adam, sorcery and superheroes...
By Marc Chacksfield 21 October 2022
At the age of 69, Pierce Brosnan has become one of the most dapper superheroes ever, thanks to Black Adam.
His character, Doctor Fate, is an elder statesman in the world of DC comics and a key part of The Justice Society, the band of supes brought in to try and temper Dwayne Johnson’s anti-hero in the movie. This is a group Brosnan was all-too familiar with before he got on set. “My eldest boy Christopher has a vast collection of these comic books, so I went and looked at them,” he told ShortList, when we met up with him in London. “As an artist myself, a painter, I very much enjoyed the transformation of Doctor Fate over the years, from the 1940s to now - the flamboyance and the great artwork done by these men. I think the movie captures that.” Pierce Brosnan: ‘I know not magic, only the old alchemy of acting’
Theatrics is certainly what Brosnan brings to the role of Kent Nelson aka Doctor Fate, a sorcerer who can see the future (futures?) and has myriad tricks to his name, including multiplying to deter enemies. Magic, though, is not something Brosnan partakes in away from the screen.
“I know not magic, only the old alchemy of acting,” Brosnan tells us, before explaining a little bit about the cinematic tricks that brought his character to the big screen.
"I play Kent Nelson until he puts on the 'helmet of fate' and he transforms into this magnificent superhero, Doctor Fate."
To create the character from there, Brosnan donned a motion capture suit.
"Luckily, I'm versed in the world of theater and costume dramas, you name it, so I know how to wear a motion capture suit and I have enough imagination and physicality to be able to perform in a motion capture suit,” he tells us. While CGI may take over when Doctor Fate conjures up his sorcery, this didn’t deter Brosnan from making friends on the set. “My best memory is making the whole movie,” he explains. “The friendships that have been sown with Quintessa [Swindell, Cyclone], Noah [Centrina, Atom Smasher] and Aldis [Hodge, Hawkman] who is like a brother. They have all become my family. “There’s also Jaume [Collet-Serra, director] who really is a superhero, along with all the men and women who created this feast of a film.”
And then there's Dwayne Johnson, Black Adam himself. Always a powerhouse on and off camera, did he offer up any tips to Brosnan about how to deal with the physically demanding aspects of the shoot? “I followed none of his tips, or any other man’s tips,” said Brosnan. “I got into the costume, learnt the lines, hit the mark, packed my suitcase and went home.” A pause, then a laugh: “No, I’m being flippant about it but it wasn’t me who needed to work out. It was Aldis who needed to - he was the man that worked... Dwayne was the man that worked. “Me? My character was computer generated, in the sense of my costume, so my only endurance was getting into that motion capture suit.” Black Adam is out in cinemas now, courtesy of Warner Bros.
Main image credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Pierce Brosnan on the sage wisdom he gave—and learned—as Black Adam's Dr. Fate
Todd Gilchrist Thu, October 20, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Pierce Brosnan absolutely does not want to talk about James Bond—and who can blame him? It’s a role, for decades, that has come with endless expectations, speculation, and judgment, which explains why there’s almost a refreshing distance from the legacy he’s a part of whenever he’s publicly quoted. But also, if as an interviewer you get too close to asking a question about it, his understandable impulse may be to shut down the conversation immediately.
The other reason for him to tire of Bond questions is because he’s frequently terrific in other films—especially Black Adam, where he plays Dr. Fate, a conjurer and mustachioed dispenser of wisdom to his scrappy young costars. Brosnan recently spoke to The A.V. Club about his scene-stealing role opposite Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, and others, which evidences an approach to acting that’s no longer beholden to the public’s expectations—until this press cycle began, anyway—and discussed how his black box theater work enabled him to play a part where so much of what he did was gussied up (or otherwise invented) in post-production.
The A.V. Club: Having in the past played roles where you shouldered significant expectations from a lot of people, how did this compare in terms of either anticipation or perhaps judgment?
Pierce Brosnan: I’ve actually felt it acutely more these last few days as I’ve begun to talk about it and we’re coming to showtime, curtain up. When I was offered the job of Doctor Fate in Black Adam, I was just absolutely enamored and charmed and honored to be part of such a magnificent movie. I was aware of Black Adam a little bit, and Dr. Fate—my sons are comic book aficionados. And so they told me that I was absolutely right for the job, and what a spectacular opportunity it was for me. And the making of the movie was relatively easy and kind of casual and there was a big responsibility there, but the cast was so welcoming. And the character, Dr. Fate and I seemed to fit. We seemed to meet at the right time in life. And the look of the character, the costume by Bart and Kurt, was just magnificent. The digital effects were spectacular. I didn’t know what I was going to look like. My character puts on the helmet and then he becomes Dr. Fate, so it was really just jumping into the kind of the wild blue ether and the whole theatricality of it all.
AVC: Your character dispenses sage wisdom to these younger statesmen. As a person who has a different kind, but a greater experience than a lot of the people who are your costars, what if anything did you teach them, or perhaps learn from them?
PB: I learned a lot from them, actually. They gave me the greatest energy, of wisdom in their passion and their own intellect. And as I say, just from today, as they speak, because I’ve been sitting here for the last few days listening to Aldis talk about the research that he did and the passion for the character. This film works on so many different levels—politically, socially, culturally, and of course, theatrically. It’s a spectacle. But just their voices as a company is so rich to listen to and so invigorating. And it was the same when I was on the set working with everyone. You know, I’ve been in this business many, many years, and to come in as the elder, so to speak—you look around, you’re the oldest man on the set—and to see the wisdom and the passion of these players was invigorating. And we became a family. There was a real kinship between us. So I want the world for each and every one of them.
AVC: There’s a tremendous ease to this character, particularly as a juxtaposition to the typical anxiety superheroes have. What reasoning did you come up with to explain how a person who knows everything that’s going to happen can take it all in stride so effortlessly?
PB: Grace under pressure, my liege, grace under pressure. It’s wonderful when a character has secrets, and most characters do have secrets. Every character has secrets. But in the proscenium arch of this theatrical story, it’s a very significant one. And so as a sorcerer, as one of the Justice Society, as one of the most beloved characters in the JSA, you feel the burden of that. But at the same time, the text, the story, the company of actors, Jaume Collet-Serra as a director gave me confidence, gave me an ease to play within it and to be able to sit back and observe.
AVC: You talk about grace under pressure, which is very much a hallmark, I think, of James Bond. Do you look at your former roles and go, “Oh, that’s a thing that I can draw upon to bring to this character,” or do you look at them completely separate?
PB: I don’t look. I see the movie at the premiere, and that’s it. I move on. I’ve never watched the James Bond movies with my sons, much to their chagrin. Maybe one day I will. But I don’t particularly enjoy looking at the work. It’s done. It’s over. It’s on to the next one.
AVC: Well, I’m really referring more to your creative process. Do you think about a former role that you played and go, “That was something I figured out that I can apply to this role here”?
PB: In regards to this character, I think of my own mortality. I think of my own life—time past, time present, time future. This character, Kent Nelson, has lived and endured the sacrifice of his own father from entering the tomb of Naboo and being given this curse and a blessing, the helmet of Naboo. And so you have to enter into this and then try and find a way to personalize it, as fantastic as it is. And those are my secrets. Those are my own personal moments of turbulence, tragedy, loss. And you dwell on them or you think about them. And then you have to do the text that is there. But having sat with such emotions, then you have to play. And luckily I’m opposite people who are very gifted—Quintessa, Noah, and they were all pitch perfect in casting, and Aldis. I mean, Aldis and I are like brothers. It’s a father-son relationship. It’s whatever it takes to create a believable, truthful moment.
AVC: There are many more things that can be done on film that couldn’t be done 20 or 25 years ago. Was this experience different, shooting an action or an adventure film, than the ones you did a few decades ago?
PB: Well, it’s all about listening. It’s all about the emotion that you bring to the words. As an actor, I was trained in the theater, black box theater. So I was used to working in an empty space and having the presence of one’s own body and one’s own voice. But this was exhilarating, because this works on a completely different level of technology I’d never seen the likes of before. When you have six or seven cameras on large tentacles floating around you and the director is way down at the end of the soundstage and there’s just three or four or five of you on a small set, which is maybe just a pillar and a throne, you have to use your imagination and put your trust and faith into what they’re doing. But it’s really the interconnectedness of two people. So I try not to get caught up in all of that. Otherwise, I lose myself. And I can’t play all of that. I can only play what you and I are dealing with as characters.
But it is extraordinary. Having done the Bond movies, which were exhilarating, and when you read a text like Bond or you read text like Black Adam, you think, “How are they going to do this?” And that’s the joy, that’s the magic, that’s the thrill of being able to enter into this world. And then you get to go on to the soundstage and you get to see how they put it together. So every day was a joy. Every day was an exhilaration of storytelling.
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 1, 2022 0:29:22 GMT -5
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Post by Barbara on Nov 1, 2022 1:03:28 GMT -5
I wonder if they let him keep this. He looks like a domino puked on him. Notice how intently he is looking at his phone? Do you think he is checking out this page?
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Post by mkelly on Nov 3, 2022 13:58:01 GMT -5
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Post by mkelly on Nov 3, 2022 14:06:49 GMT -5
Not his first mocap suit rodeo Attachments:
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Post by Barbara on Nov 4, 2022 3:18:29 GMT -5
That Esquire article annoys the hell out of me because even in jest, it negates the very hard work of Kim Last and the woman who is Mourning Becomes Elektra, aka Ace, AKA the two women Brosnan better thank for making this Brosnaissance possible.
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Post by mkelly on Nov 4, 2022 11:01:46 GMT -5
Per the Esquire article - I wrote it off to ignorance of PB's very obvious choices in directors, writers, and actors as well as his decision to go the Indie route with his post-Bond career.
Mel
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Post by a2237853 on Nov 13, 2022 8:57:35 GMT -5
Is it true China released for Black Adam was cancelled due to Pierce Brosnan comment on Dalai Lama.
Will this make his return as Dr Fate for prequel or solo movie in limbo?
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Post by Barbara on Nov 14, 2022 2:18:08 GMT -5
What we know for sure is that Black Adam is not being released in China. Sadly, the Chinese withhold movie releases for many horrible reasons including people supporting the Dali Lama, (which Pierce does) or members of the cast being part of the LGBTQ community which Quintessa Swindell is. Or, because this movie talks about overthrowing a tyrannical power, the Chinese might be nervous about that too. We just don't know.
Everything, and I do mean everything, at DC / Warner Brothers is in limbo right now. What is fated for Pierce remains to be seen.
-- Barbara
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Post by eaz35173 on Nov 17, 2022 23:24:49 GMT -5
First Superhero from Navan ...
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Post by Barbara on Dec 11, 2022 2:37:48 GMT -5
For those like me who are living in areas where going to theatres and other enclosed spaces is still dicey, take heart: Black Adam finally will be on HBO Max and HBO as part of the subscription on December 16th.
-- Barbara
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