--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
True, but it was hard to believe it was the same person. > And also, he couldn't > sing, so it's really not clear why they picked him for > WSS in the first place. It was all going to be dubbed anyway (except for Rita Moreno), so they must not have thought that mattered. The big problem, I thought, was that he didn't have the tough-guy chops. He could do dewy-eyed lover OK. > >>> 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, Yup, bad casting. > and the movie seemed flat to me. That's what I meant about lack of continuity, I think. There was no "arc," no build, just a series of scenes one after the other with not much carryover between them emotionally. > > > And his direction just had no continuity, or maybe > > it was terrible editing, but the director should > > have control over the editing. > > >
