Indiana Jones 5 (2020)

Gavinmad

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Samuel L Jackson takes basically any script that comes within half a mile of him but even the stinkers still generally manage to have some charm to them, or he seems to be having fun.

Can't really say the same about the endless trash scripts or half-assed performances that Ford has done since Widowmaker.
 
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yeah. I mean, how often have you heard any of hollywood assholes talk about investments?
The few that aren't retards with money, are easy to spot. The ones that start directing/producing themselves.

With Ford, its more then just bad scripts, etc. theres plenty of guys out there, that are workhorses. Chris Lee's, Sam Jackson, Nick Cage, etc. but yeah, those guys put the work into even the shit. even if its 100% camp.
Ford has been asleep for like 20 years there.. zero effort. couldn't even get into costume for Blade runner 2049.
 

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its a risky move, because you do enough shit and it destroys your brand. people forgive a lot of the trash Ford has done because his good films were really good so he's been riding nostalgia for a long time. it still sucks that he is no longer relkevant. at least Connery and Nicholson knew when to call it a day.

Wonder if it was Alzheimers. Connery had it in the end and the rumor is Nichilson retired because he was having trouble remembering lines.
 

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Wonder if it was Alzheimers. Connery had it in the end and the rumor is Nichilson retired because he was having trouble remembering lines.
That could be. There is also the rumor that Connery passed on the role of Gandolf in LOTR to play Alan Quartermain in that weird movie he did about Nazis in ww1. He was so mad that he backed a flop and missed a role of a lifetime, that he noped out and retired.
 

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That could be. There is also the rumor that Connery passed on the role of Gandolf in LOTR to play Alan Quartermain in that weird movie he did about Nazis in ww1. He was so mad that he backed a flop and missed a role of a lifetime, that he noped out and retired.

That is not a rumor. He was first pick on Gandalf and turned it down.

Connery discussed the Lord of the Rings, revealing that he simply didn't understand the series. "I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don't understand it," he said

Offer was 30 million in cash plus 15% of box office. He still wouldn't take it.
 
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Chukzombi

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That is not a rumor. He was first pick on Gandalf and turned it down.

Offer was 30 million in cash plus 15% of box office. He still wouldn't take it.
His career would have had a resurgence for sure. I think he would have been an awesome Gandolf.
 

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Connery was notoriously dumb about picking his roles. He turned down Morpheus because he didn't understand the script for Matrix, turned down Gandalf because he didn't understand LOTR, and when he saw both were smash hits he decided he'd pick the next script he didn't understand.. and that was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But let's not forget he also did the stupid ass Avengers movie too.

But thankfully he also did Henry Jones Sr and that was amazing.
 

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Fucking old people. What's there not to understand about LOTR or The Matrix? It can not be your thing or think it's dumb but what's hard to grasp about it? Especially these two, with so many universal themes at play.
 

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Connery was notoriously dumb about picking his roles. He turned down Morpheus because he didn't understand the script for Matrix, turned down Gandalf because he didn't understand LOTR, and when he saw both were smash hits he decided he'd pick the next script he didn't understand.. and that was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. But let's not forget he also did the stupid ass Avengers movie too.

But thankfully he also did Henry Jones Sr and that was amazing.
he was a man of his time. though he should have gotten LOTR since its a works from the mid 1940s. he also did Time Bandits and Dragonheart, so he does get fantasy and comedy. Alec Guinness was super butthurt that more people knew him as OB1 than his previous 40 years of acting. he refused to sign autographs and hated all SW fans. it was just a paycheck to him.
 
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you also have to appreciate somebody like Christopher Lee. dude LOVED being in Star Wars and LOTR. he was bummed out when his shire scenes didnt make the theatrical cut. he wanted to keep playing Saruman. he was just happy to be doing what he loved his entire life.
 
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lol i thought it was The Last Dragon because he was the last dragon.
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Bowen stalks a dragon to its cave, not knowing it's the one who shared his heart with Einon. The confrontation ends in a stalemate, during which the dragon states that he's the last one alive; they agree not to kill each other and instead form a partnership to defraud local villagers with staged dragon "slayings." Bowen later names the dragon after the Draco constellation, unaware of Draco and Einon's connection, through which they feel each other's pain.
 

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Bowen stalks a dragon to its cave, not knowing it's the one who shared his heart with Einon. The confrontation ends in a stalemate, during which the dragon states that he's the last one alive; they agree not to kill each other and instead form a partnership to defraud local villagers with staged dragon "slayings." Bowen later names the dragon after the Draco constellation, unaware of Draco and Einon's connection, through which they feel each other's pain.
Motherfucker I can quote that movie from memory, I don't need a summary from you.
 
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Which is funny I suppose.
Ian McKellen. shit with money, or just LOVES to act?
seems to just love acting. 82, in just a shit ton of movies/tv still.
 

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15% box office on the whole fucking trilogy? I assume that doesn't mean worldwide gross because that would be almost half a billion dollars.