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posted by [personal profile] leoniedelt at 03:13pm on 03/06/2007 under ,
Been re-watching this today. Have a new appreciation of David as Eli, especially when he held Chickie as he died, on the beach. I wanted to cry with him.

The shootout when rescuing Chickie, to the tune of the House of the Rising Sun - sheer brilliance.

"Small case of mood poisoning - must be something i hate." and the whole designated drowner bit before they drowned Eli, was superb.

The soapy elements of this annoyed me the first time around, but this time, i'm finding it a lot more engaging, yes.

And I confess to liking Jim Belushi's nose.
Mood:: 'entertained' entertained
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posted by [identity profile] woodyallen66.livejournal.com at 09:34pm on 04/06/2007
Hey, just letting you know I added you as a friend because it is strange to run into a fellow David Warner fan, especially in
Louisiana. Thanks for the cool icons, and posts.
 
posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 07:18am on 05/06/2007
This journal is where DW fans across the globe meet and swoon together, so welcome aboard! :D
 
posted by [identity profile] mooncove.livejournal.com at 05:51am on 05/06/2007
Hey, nice new banner! :-)

Can you believe I have Wild Palms but haven't watched it yet? (He has so many films, I don't think I'll ever run out of David Warner stuff to watch.) But I'm putting that at the top of my list now. Thanks for the review! (The "House of the Rising Sun" with the awesom Eric Burdon on vocals? Oh my. If it is, I could go into sensory overload!!! This could be dangerous.)
 
posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 07:16am on 05/06/2007
Wild Palms is a 6 part soap opera mini series thingy that's part scifi- and everyone's related by marriage or by blood, it comes out in the end, as soaps do. It can be confusing, and many compare it to Twin Peaks, a show i never really watched at the time or now, though I've seen David's 3 episodes, and was utterly confused.

But David's acting is superb, though he says a few things with a thoroughly Yank accent, thank god he'd mended that by being back in the UK! And Jim Belushi, you'd have thought was miscast, and a few things he sayd woodenly or possibly not relaly understanding what he was supposed to be doing, but he tries really hard.

I dislike Angie Dickinson and Kim Catrall, Angie is slimy (its her character, i think) and Kim just plays Valeris without the Vulcan ears. Still the technology is kindof like Lawnmower Man's warnings of doom and such, and its pretty damn cool i think. The messages about scientology and drug use are clear as a a bell.

I think i wrote most of this in my first review, when i was irritated by the soapier elements of it, but this time around, i found them intriguing.

And YES, David shoots a very automatic gun, blows up a bunch of people, carries his son (Brad Dourif) to the beach, and holds him while he dies. Its really quite beautiful if you ignore his son's daft name, Chickie Levitt.

I took my banner cap from the dinner he and Josie go to have in the bottom of an empty swimming pool, just because he gets up to kiss her.
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posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 08:18am on 09/06/2007
He did a Brit accent in the movie, but it wasnt flawless. He said 'water' wrong a few times, as if he's melded to being in the USA for too long.
 
posted by [identity profile] mooncove.livejournal.com at 08:11am on 09/06/2007
Oh, and I've noticed that smooching scene has inspired more than one banner!
 
posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 08:19am on 09/06/2007
Just 2 icons and a banner :D
 
posted by [identity profile] mooncove.livejournal.com at 01:48am on 22/06/2007
I wasn't just talking about your journal! :-)
 
posted by [identity profile] leoniedelt.livejournal.com at 07:19am on 05/06/2007
Oh and I dont know which version of House of the Rising Sun you refer to, but its the one they play on the radio so much, the 'original' 60s' hit.
 
posted by [identity profile] mooncove.livejournal.com at 08:13am on 09/06/2007
Ah, that would be the Animals version then. OMG, Eric Burdon's voice on that is just sublime!!! I crumble every time he gets to "I got one foot on the platform ..." Must ... watch ... Wild ... Palms!

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