On Mar 3, 2007, at 3:26 PM, authfriend wrote: > Beymer was extraordinary in "Twin Peaks." Hard to > believe after his pathetically callow performance > in "West Side Story."
Well, he was a couple of decades older in TP. And also, he couldn't sing, so it's really not clear why they picked him for WSS in the first place. > >>> In any case, when a TMer does >>> something neat, I'm pleased, but an artist just being >>> a TMer isn't enough to *make* something neat, as far >>> as I'm concerned. I mean, "Bridges of Madison >>> County"?? >> >> The movie, even with a great cast, wasn't great, and >> the book was truly awful, writing-wise. But for some >> reason I loved the book. > > Never read the book... I really loathed the movie. > Somehow it managed to expose Meryl Streep's artifice. > I've never enjoyed a performance of hers since. > Eastwood was OK but seemed out of his depth. I don't > think romantic is his thing; he's too edgy. I really didn't think either one of them seemed right for the roles, and the movie seemed flat to me. > And his direction just had no continuity, or maybe > it was terrible editing, but the director should > have control over the editing. >
