The always great Radar Online has their Hollywood poll up now, the end result of black-op undercover work to get the true feelings of "more than 50 top power players: studio execs, high-level agents from every major firm, and dozens of A-list producers, directors, managers, screenwriters, and publicists. These are people who have run studios, released blockbusters, won Oscars." So, you know, powerful people. The kind of people who commission snuff films. Some of the highlights from the poll:
The Nightmare Actor : Russell Crowe won big here. One producer said, "Some incident can occur and he won’t show up on set for the next week—and you're screwed." A studio head said, "Russell is an unhappy guy. His process is difficult. You have to talk him through everything, and he always has an opinion. He thinks he's smarter than everybody else." Crowe beat out Lindsay Lohan and Jim Carrey, who one source described as "depressed and weird."
The Most Sought After Actor : Brad Pitt and Will Smith top the list, with Pitt described as "charming, talented, handsome, and has international appeal." Will Smith is in demand for his ability to make a hit from almost anything. One source said, "I mean, you couldn't get a movie much worse than 'I, Robot', and it did giant business."
The Biggest Hack Director : Brett Ratner. Second place wasn't even mentioned here, the "X-Men 3" director won and it wasn't even close. His success "reflects more on his ability to kiss ass than any actual talent."
The Blogger With Million Dollar Abs And A Twinkle In His Eye : well, technically, Radar didn't address this hot button issue, clearly afraid of the swooning that would be sure to follow if they mentioned me with any ladies in the room.
see the whole list here. (I can't remember who but someone made the point about X3 that, in the first XMen, Magneto couldn't escape from a plastic prison with metal about 30 yards away. in Ratners X3, Magneto could pick up the golden gate bridge. hey continuity - fuck you.)
Good, i’m happy that Brett Ratner got shafted. He destroyed one of my favorite movie franchises, and turned it in to some crappy cereal box bullshit. Not to mention how the prick was talking AFTER he made the movie. That worthless anal wart.
I’m very happy about Ratner, too! What a shit. Hey, Magneto, how about dropping the bridge a few feet more in front of you, eh? Smart.
However, as much as I recognise that Crow is difficult, I can’t think of one bad performance from him. Maybe he’d difficult because he hears so many shit ideas from directors that he has to stomp the boot down? Fair play to him, I say. GIVE HIM AN OSCAR ROFLZ!
How about actress who spends the most time on the casting couch?
I, Robot wasn’t that bad. Men in Black II, now that was a stinker.
Brendon, you’re probably thinking of Gregg Easterbrook. He wrote about Magneto’s powers getting stronger with each film in his TMQ column on espn.com. He also gets all blockhead in the New Republic and the Atlantic Monthly. I’ll let him get away with the smart-guy act because he posts nice shots of cheerleaders in his articles.
let’s get the nerd conversation flowing. Magneto could totally lift that bridge. If anything, the continuity mistake was in X-2, unless there was some form of mutie power dampers in the prison.
i thought i, robot was not half bad, wild wild west? you gotta respect someone who makes a comeback after that…
Nerd on:
I don’t get why he moved the bridge. Sure it was impressive. But it would be more tactically sound to grab a hunk and levitate it with everyone on it. Then nobody can come through the backdoor to attack. They need to fly over to the island or take a boat.
Nerd off:
I’m sorry - I couldn’t read any of the stories - I’ve spent the last 10 minutes gazing at the picture of Brad …mmmm…YUMMY!
Not everyone. I love Russell. He’s yummy.
Russell Crowe: Fightin’ Around The World
Isn’t Brad like forty freakin’ five years old or something. The man’s approaching middle age and he’s “yummy?” Glad to see that adulterers are still judged by their looks alone. As for Russell Crowe, if you held a gun to my head and asked me to name three films he’s been in, I’d be like, “Can you move the barrel over to my temple? I really don’t want to feel any pain.”
And look, ability to act is mentioned nowhere! Hooray for Hollywood!
Um, Ass, try: The Quick and the Dead, L.A. Confidential, and Gladiator. Not that hard.
Brad and Russell: In their 40s and YES, yummy. People who call themselves “Ass Tagger” on internet forums? Not so much.
My new hero: Doctress Leisa
Everyone in Hollywood has their bad moments. Pitt’s was Cool World, after that I completely respect him for the roles he’s chosen. My meagre understanding of feminine intuition says that if a woman does not desire Brad on first glimpse in person her head will explode or she becomes an hermaphrodite. That is all.
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Quote: (I can’t remember who but someone made the point about X3 that, in the first XMen, Magneto couldn’t escape from a plastic prison with metal about 30 yards away. in Ratners X3, Magneto could pick up the golden gate bridge. hey continuity - fuck you.)
first off, it was a plastic prison with no metal in it, and it was xmen2, not 1. 2nd off, he could pick up the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE cuz pheonix (jean grey) was doing it, not him.
idiot.
This is such BS. Where the fuck does this Radar Online get the ounce of credibility to try to make such a list? Odds are these secret correspondents of theirs, work at Hollywood falafel stands or something. Or that they just made the whole list up. Or both. Anyway X-Men 3 might suck, but compared to most Hollywood shit, it’s not half bad. And Red Dragon was awesome. Brett Ratner is quite good.
So anyway…it’s a retard list. And yeah, Doctress Leisa rocks. :D