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FANTASTILICIOUS FUN FOR FILM FANS 089: your top 10's of 2020 and most anticipated films of 2021?

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  • boldfingerboldfinger
    edited November 2014 Posts: 5,767
    I find it hard not to be annoyed by child actors.

    Chloe Grace Moretz is an honorable exception.
    Talking about her, Asa Butterfield in Hugo not only did not annoy me, he deeply impressed me.

    The young generation in the last Expendables film were all pretty good ;-).

    Jay Mello was very good as Chief Brody´s younger son in Jaws.

    When I was a kid I was pretty impressed by Inger Nilsson as Pipi Langstrumpf.
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
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    I don't know her name but I always thought the girl who played Newt in Aliens did a good job.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @thelivingroyale

    Her name is Carrie Henn and sadly she didn't go on to do much with acting. I agree she had a couple of great moments, albeit mostly in the shadow of Sigourney. Her "affirmative" to Hudson always gets a laugh out of me. :-)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Billy Mumy & Angela Cartwright. Nuff said.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    How about The Mickster? ;-)

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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited November 2014 Posts: 13,978
    Jena Malone
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    Bastard Out Of Carolina* (where the above image is from), Hope and Hidden In America. Those are the films that Jena made while still a child actress (up to the age of 12). I suspect that I could add Ellen Foster to the list, when i have gotten around to watching it.

    * The most uncomfortable film experience I have had. But there is something comforting in knowing that, despite such an unflinching film to make a debut with (a career baptism by fire if ever there was one), Jena turned out fine.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @MajorDSmythe: two reasons for me to watch and rewatch Sucker Punch: Emily Browning and Jena. ;-)
  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    And who can forget this trio?!

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  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Rocket & Babydoll recently reunited...

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    Ok, so it wasn't the characters reuniting (it was for Jena's recent 30th birthday), but maybe there is a sliver of a chance for Sucker Punch 2 (highly unlikely, but still...).
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
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    DAKOTA FANNING
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    COREY FELDMAN
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    RIVER PHOENIX
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    JOSHUA JACKSON
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    PATRICK RENNA
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    FRED SAVAGE
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    MACAULAY CULKIN
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  • MayDayDiVicenzoMayDayDiVicenzo Here and there
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    The "blow up your pants" kid from Diamonds Are Forever.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    edited November 2014 Posts: 12,480
    Fav child actors thru the years ... let's see: (meaning 12 or under?? I don't know what the criteria is here ...)

    Shirley Temple - I am not kidding. She was wonderful! Could act and dance.

    Elizabeth Taylor - enough said.

    Natalie Wood - Miracle on 34th Street (the original of course), one of my very favorite films.

    Drew Barrymore

    Macaulay Culkin (love Rocket Gibraltar!)

    Jackie Earle Haley


  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    4EverBonded wrote: »
    Jackie Earle Haley
    He was great in Damnation Alley.

  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
    edited November 2014 Posts: 4,512
    Kirsten Dunst. Jumanji. She and that i whas a fan of the Spider-Man animated tv series made i watch Spider-Man in the cinema on my 22th Birthday.

    Macaulay Culkin the only two none Home Alone movies who be intresting i have seen with him are My Girl and Ri¢hie Ri¢h.

    More present:

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    Ellen Page. She is from 1987, but she looks younger. I see as Smartgirl, so it whas funny when i bought Smart People two years back, but i stil must see it. Iam possible one of the less people who don't like ''Juno''. Her part in Inception whas oke, but she whant possible try something difrent. Nice that she also be in couple of X-men movies and if there whas one of person to be cast for the Divirgent movies then it be Ellen Page.

    Bonnie Wright. She is possible be the English Kirsten Dunst of the 90's/00's. Very curious or she wil quite with acting/will only have some small parts or wil be even big star as Dunst.
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  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    And Diane Lane (I think she was young enough to qualify when she started).

    Jennifer Connelly, too
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @haserot, Corey Feldman! Yes. :) I've actually ordered the "Coreyography". Apparently he explains how he was too coked up to appear in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze. :D
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    That kid in Iron Man 3 wasn't too bad, I just can't remember his name.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
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    Agent007391 wrote: »
    That kid in Iron Man 3 wasn't too bad, I just can't remember his name.
    I don´t like him too much, but he´s in Jurassic World.

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    Alongside Star Lord... Interesting...
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited December 2014 Posts: 24,161
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    </b>Are three long movies for one Hobbit book too much of the good stuff?</font>

  • fire_and_icefire_and_ice
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    Two movies at a push I think would have been sufficient, there is just not enough material or narrative to warrant three films.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
    edited December 2014 Posts: 5,767
    Theoretically not at all.
    See CR as an example of shortest Bond novel and longest Bond film.
    However in actuality the Hobbit films drag.
    Which is all the more so disappointing because 1.) they came after TLOTR, yet look often like tired re-hashes (and I don´t see the visual style incl. 48fpm as an issue here), and 2.) it couldn´t have been more obvious right from the very beginning that the book doesn´t offer enough material for three films, let alone long ones as they are, so it remains a mystery why the writers didn´t build something big out of it instead of merely blowing some of the elements out of proportion.

    That said, I guess I still want to see it for the battle. I´m a Hollywood puppet.

  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Two would have been sufficient. To date, I've only watched An Unexpected Journey, because I'm waiting for them all to be released on DVD (and their extended editions), and when I watched that movie, I actually fell asleep. I can't fall asleep to any of the LOTR films even after having seen them as many times as I have. An Unexpected Journey was just boring to me, and that's a disappointment, considering I loved the first three films.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    I am looking forward to the third movie and loved both previous movies, they did credit to the story and took time to tell the story.

    I am fan of the movie series and also like the books a lot, but I see them as separate entities. Not unlike Fleming and the movies. But overal I think that Jackson stuck closer to the Tolkien works than EON did with 007.
  • boldfingerboldfinger
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    But overal I think that Jackson stuck closer to the Tolkien works than EON did with 007.
    And that is precisely what makes making a short novel into three long films so problematic.

  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    But overal I think that Jackson stuck closer to the Tolkien works than EON did with 007.
    And that is precisely what makes making a short novel into three long films so problematic.

    Well While I adore the book, I really enjoy the cinematic outing just as much. I will miss it next year.

  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Give him another 10 years, The Silmarillion will be adapted into six films, I just know it.
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
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    Yes i think so. I liked the first one and thought that the second was just a drag.
    The Hobbit movies are nowhere near the quality of the LOTR movies.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Yes, too many. I have only seen the first Hobbit one, and I found it boring.
    I will see the others at some point ... when I can fast forward. :)

    LOTR films run (yes, I'll say it, I'm in a cheesy mood) rings around the Hobbit films.
    I do love all 3 LOTR films.
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