what to do...
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fufarawI am not a Kevin Costner fan. The bloom fell pretty quickly off the rose of our relationship when he decided mid-movie that Robin Hood had an Indiana-ish accent, and I realized Prince of Thieves would have been a nearly-perfect movie with a Kevin of another name (Kline) in the role.
My preference for his absence on whatever screen I was watching was cemented the year both Wyatt Earp and Tombstone were released. Tombstone was flashy, with wonderfully cast characters, some in roles I'd never imagined for them. Earp was grittier, in many ways more realistic, and more honest. But two-thirds of the way through my only sitting, glorying in Quaid's Doc Holiday, I realized Wyatt Earp would have been a superb movie with the removal of forty minutes of Costner closeups.
This is my own prejudice, and I own it. I do not burden fans of Costner with it, nor expect anyone to share it. I abstain from comment when he and his movies are a topic of discussion.
So now, I'm faced with a decision of avoiding Draft Day, or seeing it and putting up with far more than forty minutes of Costner closeups and Indiana-esque accent, in order to see Tom Welling in what I think is his first post-Smallville role, and hear Sam Elliot's rumbly growl for the four or five lines he's probably given. If I wait for dvd or streaming, I can FF through all the Costner parts, right?
(There are exceptions to every rule, and Costner's is Bull Durham. Oh, my.)
My preference for his absence on whatever screen I was watching was cemented the year both Wyatt Earp and Tombstone were released. Tombstone was flashy, with wonderfully cast characters, some in roles I'd never imagined for them. Earp was grittier, in many ways more realistic, and more honest. But two-thirds of the way through my only sitting, glorying in Quaid's Doc Holiday, I realized Wyatt Earp would have been a superb movie with the removal of forty minutes of Costner closeups.
This is my own prejudice, and I own it. I do not burden fans of Costner with it, nor expect anyone to share it. I abstain from comment when he and his movies are a topic of discussion.
So now, I'm faced with a decision of avoiding Draft Day, or seeing it and putting up with far more than forty minutes of Costner closeups and Indiana-esque accent, in order to see Tom Welling in what I think is his first post-Smallville role, and hear Sam Elliot's rumbly growl for the four or five lines he's probably given. If I wait for dvd or streaming, I can FF through all the Costner parts, right?
(There are exceptions to every rule, and Costner's is Bull Durham. Oh, my.)
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Date: 2014-05-09 05:21 pm (UTC)So, uh, you're not the only one.
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Date: 2014-05-09 05:35 pm (UTC)A girl needs a frothy movie every now and then. Ten-Inch Hero, Her Minor Thing, and Still Breathing all fit that category for me, and Bull Durham is another one.
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Date: 2014-05-09 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-10 02:44 am (UTC)Eh, maybe. At least it's not period or costume. Guy sucks at those.
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Date: 2014-05-09 10:49 pm (UTC)Maybe we can support Thomas by buying the DVD?
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Date: 2014-05-10 02:46 am (UTC)And I was busy dismissing the whole movie during the preview, until I saw that single split-second flash of Tom. It's been too long since he's been on my screen.