Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 ... by Keanu Reeves. Figuratively speaking, of course. As some of you might be aware, I'm a very big James Ellroy fan so you'll forgive me if I get a little spooked out by this news. Keanu fans can rest assured though, as this film is an original screenplay by the great man so I therefore have no frame of reference with which to make any comments on Mr Reeves' suitablility, or lack thereof, for the role. Keanu Reeves, James Ellroy and Spike Lee? Now THAT'S thinking outside the box! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh 6 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Keanu Reeves and Spike Lee, fresh from the critically acclaimed Constanteen and She Hate Me. You lucky guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 I know. The hit just keep on coming. I thought 25th Hour was shite too. But Spike's always been a bit hit and miss. Keanu too, for that matter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shanice 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Who exactly are James Elroy and Spike Lee? I've never heard of them...I wonder if anyone in Holland knows 'm. Can someone catch me up on them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Spike Lee James Ellroy James Ellroy's bibliography Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogan 176 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 can't wait to see James Elroy messageboards overcome with Keanu-fans... ;) do you think there's a part for Shia in there somewhere? :p Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Knowing Ellroy, it'll be as a dismembered, anal rape vitcim. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogan 176 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 ah, a pretty boy-toy male prostitute that ran into the wrong punter? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Yup. We live in hope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rogan 176 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 Now your avatar reminds me of that old chap from Boondock Saints, who keeps shouting profanities... :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 heh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nettie 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2004 You guys kill me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lou K 1,128 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Who exactly are James Elroy and Spike Lee? I can't speak for James Ellroy, but you're not missing anything with Spike Lee. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J. White 6 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 I liked The 25th Hour. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red 467 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Me too. Didn't he make "X" as well? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Yes. Now there's a great film, right there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh 6 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 ah, a pretty boy-toy male prostitute that ran into the wrong punter? How would they take care of the pretty part, with plastic surgery or CGI? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Oooooh, catty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh 6 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Tom, thanks for the Ellroy info. I had never heard of the guy before, though I've heard of LA Confidential. I'm thinking about looking for a couple of his books now. I didn't mean to totally rip on Spike Lee. I've liked every film of his I've seen (She's Gotta Have It, Jungle Fever, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X), but I've read that he has anti-Semitic portrayals of Jews in one movie, he isn't totally cool about gay people, and he's kinda sexist, so I'm not saying everybody should love his movies either. But he's made many movies over the past 2 decades, and some of them are IMO well worth seeing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Tom Willecome 0 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 Josh, if you're going to read any Ellroy you should start with "American Tabloid". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abhimanyu 20 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 I thought 25th Hour was his best film in a while. Do the Right Thing was quite the classic too. But yeah he really is very hit and miss. Some of his movies, like Bamboozled, are just messy, hit-you-in-the-face polemics. Never heard this anti-Semitic thing before, btw. Which movie is it associated with? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Josh 6 Report post Posted December 7, 2004 According to one review there were anti-Semitic character portrayals in Lee's movie about the jazz musician. That was a movie I never saw, so I can't comment from direct experience there. I don't get this thing about Lee's movies being "hit and miss." Is that recent? The movies I've seen by him were all earlier ones, and all were pretty good. Maybe his more recent ones are often not that good? (She Hate Me sounds like a real piece of crap, but I have a strong antipathy toward media portrayals of fake lesbians intended to tittilate men.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites