What DVD's are we Watching?

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by DanaC

So - it's ok for an actor to tell everybody what they should think about guns as long as they're pro-guns, but not if they're anti?

Heh Heh Heh. You catch on quick.

I'm really on the fence re: any actor spouting their moral and philosophical opinions. Often, even when I'm in agreement with them

How is it that being an actor suddenly adds weight to a person's opinion? Does it work in both directions? Should pundits show up on sets and start telling people how to act? I think it all goes back to Reagan and Thatcher and deregulation. Anybody can do anything.

OH and I watched K-19 the other night and it was pretty fecal.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

...I watched K-19 the other night and it was pretty fecal.

Yeah, I love submarine movies, but, that one wasn't too hot.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Yeah, I love submarine movies, but, that one wasn't too hot.

I know, despite the nuclear reactor meltdown!

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's because it was water cooled.

It's still in theaters, but when it comes around I'd highly recommend Jersey Boys . I wasn't a big Four Seasons fan, I'd listen on the radio but didn't buy their records. Too hard to sing along with Frankie Valli, although late at night alone in the car, I'd sound bad trying.

I saw this movie on a "yes dear" and was very pleasantly surprise... very. It's much more than singing group hits big time, fades, and hits nostalgia trail, that I expected. The story of the group, the music business, and well, Jersey, is well told and only embellished within artistic license, I think.

I may have been fooled because I'm not up on the real Four Seasons' story, but I was sure entertained. Three thumbs

[BigV]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

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How is it that being an actor suddenly adds weight to a person's opinion?

I reckon it's because they're easier to notice/harder to miss. It's kind of part of their function, getting noticed "... there *is* no bad publicity."

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Does it work in both directions? Should pundits show up on sets and start telling people how to act?

--snip

I think they already do that, but they're not showing up on the set, they're doing it from where they write/speak (which is often a television set).

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

How is it that being an actor suddenly adds weight to a person's opinion? Does it work in both directions? Should pundits show up on sets and start telling people how to act?

Most pundits usually are just acting like they know something anyway. Actors and pundits have weight added to their opinion for the same reason - a TV camera is pointed at them.