tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7420712970772433428..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Them's Some Sexy ClintonsNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-85177977116516590122009-03-26T21:41:00.000-04:002009-03-26T21:41:00.000-04:00One thing I find interesting about Julianne Moore ...One thing I find interesting about Julianne Moore is how she projects strength and vulnerability simultaneously. I think that contradiction will help make her performance as Clinton more interesting and memorable. Bening seems more brassy, a little too spitfire...<BR/>Plus I can't wait to see Moore and Quaid together again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-82250864720887833552009-03-26T15:20:00.000-04:002009-03-26T15:20:00.000-04:00I'd give the film a shot.I'd give the film a shot.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06039130895443623988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-75959962796560146352009-03-26T12:22:00.000-04:002009-03-26T12:22:00.000-04:00I like that Quaid and Moore are reteaming again. I...I like that Quaid and Moore are reteaming again. I thought that Michael Sheen didn't want to play Tony Blair anymore.<BR/><BR/>I wonder, who is going to play Monica?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-9109179149408776142009-03-26T11:22:00.000-04:002009-03-26T11:22:00.000-04:00This'll probably go the television route with HBO ...This'll probably go the television route with HBO instead of in theatres, which is probably its best bet anyways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39581967153968757952009-03-26T11:20:00.000-04:002009-03-26T11:20:00.000-04:00I'm not too thrilled about the casting, but I love...I'm not too thrilled about the casting, but I loved "The Deal" and "The Queen", and Peter Morgan's work has become a point of interest for me lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-74261397455521966232009-03-26T01:51:00.000-04:002009-03-26T01:51:00.000-04:00Yawn.Yawn.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-31970786415978668542009-03-26T00:22:00.000-04:002009-03-26T00:22:00.000-04:00Yeah, I just wrote a whole post about this over on...Yeah, I just wrote a whole post about this over on my blog.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping Moore -- who brings such a fiercely sexual power and steely intelligence to all her work -- can make Hillary into the Lady Macbeth she deserves.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891444821102096023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-88226777404617214082009-03-25T23:41:00.000-04:002009-03-25T23:41:00.000-04:00If it does air on HBO, the Emmys will eat it up. M...If it does air on HBO, the Emmys will eat it up. Maybe Julianne will find success there like Glenn Close has.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58422870211700382242009-03-25T22:48:00.000-04:002009-03-25T22:48:00.000-04:00But really, theming the film around Clinton and Bl...But really, theming the film around Clinton and Blair's relationship sounds so boring... and the fact that it's Peter Morgan doing a "Tony Blair's relationship with important political figure during controversy" AGAIN, and Michael Sheen is probably going to be playing second-fiddle in a Peter Morgan film for the third time, and it's even the same role he's done before!<BR/><BR/>I think the story is more "Peter Morgan needs to move on with his life" than it is "is Julianne Moore right to play Hillary?"Andrew Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633362421284508483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-25301211922035803222009-03-25T22:44:00.000-04:002009-03-25T22:44:00.000-04:00Part 2 in Morgan/Sheen's action-packed trilogy, Bl...Part 2 in Morgan/Sheen's action-packed trilogy, Blair: the Dark Prime Minister. Helen Mirren already won an Oscar as the holier-than-thou villain in the first film... how will Quaid and Moore ramp up the stakes as a scandalous monster couple, more committed to civil liberties than Blair is comfortable with. Will Bill and Hillary's chalk-and-cheese villainy tear them apart? Or will Cherie have to don her husband's Prime Ministerial spandex to help him defeat this foe?Andrew Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09633362421284508483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54913989478536957042009-03-25T22:36:00.000-04:002009-03-25T22:36:00.000-04:00I don't think Julianne Moore will be nominated for...I don't think Julianne Moore will be nominated for another Oscar...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-40554822913805620702009-03-25T20:39:00.000-04:002009-03-25T20:39:00.000-04:00Hillary is definitely a role for Bening, Thompson,...Hillary is definitely a role for Bening, Thompson, or Streep. Moore is a very odd choice.<BR/><BR/>If Monica were to be cast... maybe Nicole Blonsky?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49781929451209869002009-03-25T20:01:00.000-04:002009-03-25T20:01:00.000-04:00A fatter Sharon Stone would be more appropriateA fatter Sharon Stone would be more appropriateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-54164109518316526162009-03-25T18:58:00.000-04:002009-03-25T18:58:00.000-04:00i really hope it is not a tv moviei really hope it is not a tv movieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64041748652119843892009-03-25T17:59:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:59:00.000-04:00I love Julie because of her ability to spin brilli...I love Julie because of her ability to spin brilliance out of fictional characters. She's never resorted to mimicry before, and I think she's too physically distinctive for me to picture her as Hillary. After all, no matter what we do with hair and makeup I don't think she has the face for it. <BR/><BR/>Like I said before, Annette would be awesome. They have similar vocal cadences, similarly twittery eyes. It'd be amazing.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622435513032131426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23067238628092112122009-03-25T17:47:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:47:00.000-04:00Yeah, I just don't really see it. Maybe they're j...Yeah, I just don't really see it. Maybe they're just not going for realism?<BR/><BR/>I'd always thought either Candice Bergen or Emma Thompson would be the perfect Hillary. But I guess if they're doing Monica-era Hillary, then they need someone a bit younger (or at least younger-looking, which Julianne is).<BR/><BR/>The Bening idea is not a bad one, though...adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32407726445734497002009-03-25T17:38:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:38:00.000-04:00I like the Travolta/Thompson re-pairing idea that ...I like the Travolta/Thompson re-pairing idea that others have mentioned above. As much as I hate Travolta, I must admit he was pretty good as Clinton. And, as much as I love Moore and Quaid, I can't help but think they're all wrong for these parts.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713972514003681234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57026602218330223672009-03-25T16:41:00.000-04:002009-03-25T16:41:00.000-04:00I've always thought La Bening would make the perfe...I've always thought La Bening would make the perfect Hillary. Let's just hope critics take our Julie Anne Smith seriously here, assuming there's more meat to this presumably supporting role than any of those "modern politician" parts in W. (That's you, Thandie Newton!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it would seem that Peter Morgan has surpassed Oliver Stone as the reigning king of political biopics, whether or not he necessarily directs them.Haydenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622435513032131426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-912906274684646802009-03-25T16:10:00.000-04:002009-03-25T16:10:00.000-04:00I want John Travolta and Emma Thompson...I want John Travolta and Emma Thompson...Dominiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904020232072043741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-74005247347118614002009-03-25T15:11:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:11:00.000-04:00I'm a card-carrying member of the Julianne Moore A...I'm a card-carrying member of the Julianne Moore Appreciation Society, as I suspect most of the readers here are, but I cannot fathom how she will succeed in this role. I know looking similar is not a total prerequisite for playing a famous person in a biopic, but still!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09258493877737555910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49815175697618233452009-03-25T15:04:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:04:00.000-04:00Would this make DQ the only actor (outside of sket...Would this make DQ the only actor (outside of sketch comedy) to have played both W (in <I>American Dreamz</I>) & Clinton?Paul Outlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223551781533342142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32331262993160063282009-03-25T15:01:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:01:00.000-04:00holy f***! what was the question?i got distracted ...holy f***! <BR/>what was the question?<BR/>i got distracted by the photo of dennis quaid. yowza. his abs have abs.abstewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420368957576550112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-38465808843011214692009-03-25T14:21:00.000-04:002009-03-25T14:21:00.000-04:00But I want Annette Bening as Hillary!!!But I want Annette Bening as Hillary!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72458145846223056112009-03-25T14:17:00.000-04:002009-03-25T14:17:00.000-04:00As long as Michael Sheen finally wins some hardwar...As long as Michael Sheen finally wins some hardware, I'll be happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-13834798668631090242009-03-25T14:06:00.000-04:002009-03-25T14:06:00.000-04:00It does seem very TV-movie-ish, doesn't it?It does seem very TV-movie-ish, doesn't it?adam k.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13485604493059621307noreply@blogger.com