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Post by darksparrow on Nov 18, 2010 0:43:01 GMT -5
Another review, clearly trying to appear objective, but mostly positive. I found this very ironic: ... yeah.
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Post by Raffy on Nov 18, 2010 1:26:03 GMT -5
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Post by claired80 on Nov 18, 2010 1:53:07 GMT -5
Thanks Anna and Raffy! From the one in LA Weekly: That sounds actually like a well-written funny scene .
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Post by Raffy on Nov 18, 2010 2:20:21 GMT -5
I'd like to have a chance to judge by myself
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Post by Raffy on Nov 18, 2010 14:53:03 GMT -5
Noah talks about "Queen of the Lot"
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Post by darksparrow on Nov 18, 2010 17:46:01 GMT -5
'Pleasantly surprised', eh? Sooo... fun and charming. Ummmkay. I'll give this movie a chance just 'cause he said that. And because the clip they showed looks good. Aaaaaaaaaaalso when he says 'she and I got along quite well, had this... had a lot of fun" did it sound to anyone else like he was gonna say 'had this chemistry' but then changed his mind? I would have probably screamed if he said that.
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Post by Raffy on Nov 18, 2010 18:05:22 GMT -5
I think he's trying to chose the right words which is hard when you know there's always around you a bunch of vipers who try to take advantage of everything they can distort, just to make money. Aaaaand mostly I think he's avoding the over-used word ;D
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Post by bpentecost on Nov 18, 2010 23:24:13 GMT -5
I think it's funny that once again someone is having a problem with his last name, the guard asking how do you pronounce that!!!!
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Post by darksparrow on Nov 19, 2010 3:07:01 GMT -5
it's unbelievable how people still have problems pronouncing his name. it's not such a difficult name to grasp! The other day my friend mentioned something about a medic (at the clinic she works in) that looked a lot like Noah Wyle, except she pronounced it 'While', and got a 5 minute lecture about correct pronunciation.
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Post by janet on Nov 19, 2010 4:17:25 GMT -5
I agree that Noah chose the words "quite well" carefully. Being intelligent, he would be aware of the interviewer's possible intention in his question.
I was intrigued that he said that Jaglom uses improvosation techniques for his actors. I guess this explains the "talky" kind of messy feel that some of the reviews have crticised, but this could make it feel more "real". It could go either way. I guess , if we get to see it soon, we can judge for ourselves.
I loved Noah in the clip, though. Puppy dog perplexed? Ahhh!!!
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Post by Raffy on Nov 19, 2010 10:37:22 GMT -5
Another review Queen of the Lot: The AMG Review November 18th, 2010 | 11:58 pm est | Nathan Southern As a sequel to the 2006 Hollywood Dreams, writer-director Henry Jaglom’s seriocomedy Queen of the Lot resumes the chronicle of Maggie Chase, née Margie Chizek (Tanna Frederick). At the outset, aspiring actress Maggie lies in bed with her aunt Bee (Melissa Leo) and watches George Cukor’s The Women on television, reflecting candidly that she longs to attain the status once held by Norma Shearer — “Queen of the Lot.” The narrative then leaps forward in time three years, to a point when Maggie has fulfilled her dreams of A-list stature, with lead roles in glossy action pictures. But accompanying the fame are salacious developments ripe for tabloid fodder: a DUI charge, a court-ordered ankle bracelet, and temporary house arrest for Maggie. Over the trajectory of the story, Maggie obtains permission from the cops to relocate to the home of her agent and his partner (Zack Norman and David Proval), after which she follows actor boyfriend Dov Lambert (Christopher Rydell) to the estate owned by his legendary Hollywood parents (Jack Heller and Kathryn Grant). At that house, Maggie also crosses paths with Dov’s brother, novelist-turned-screenwriter Aaron Lambert (Noah Wyle of ER), little realizing that this stranger may soon change her life. For the first half of the picture, Jaglom delights in re-exploring the show-business landscape he’s known intimately for over 40 years, with bright, original touches. The most remarkable of these may also be the sneakiest: our initial feeling at the agents’ home of complete bewilderment, of being dropped into a maelstrom of characters swirling around the periphery of each scene, and wondering who they are — minutes before Jaglom begins to identify the individuals populating Maggie and the Lamberts’ inner circles, one by one. This expository demarche functions as a profound metaphor for the social fabric of industry life. The filmmaker also tickles the audience with whimsical yet sharp character riffs, each of them delightfully offbeat and unexpected. Take, for example, Maggie’s agent, Kaz (Norman), who lets the actress stay in the bedroom that he and companion Caesar (Proval) occupy; the gentlemen spend the night together on a cramped living room couch, and when Caesar complains, Kaz reassures him with a reminder of the percentage they’re collecting from the gross on Maggie’s films. Or consider the inclusion of a character named Pedja Sapir (Peter Bogdanovich) — an arty director who’s getting pressured to remake Ernst Lubitsch’s Trouble in Paradise as a Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie vehicle, à la Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Jaglom pairs all of this light jocularity with darker and more disturbing glimpses of fame and glamour — such as the creepiness of lurking and leering paparazzi, the naïveté of Maggie’s willful interaction with the clamoring photographers, and the Lamberts’ teenage daughter’s (Sabrina Jaglom) conniving and successful attempt to strong-arm Maggie into a show-business deal of her own design. All of this, by itself, would constitute a fascinating movie. But Jaglom one-ups himself by layering, on top of this Hollywood commentary, a winning romance with an unusual angle. When Aaron (a sincere and intelligent character who stands in contrast to his ne’er-do-well brother Dov) begins to fall headfirst for Maggie, his attraction to her isn’t one of idealization, but of deep-seated perception. He instantly recognizes what a warm and vulnerable heart she has, masked by her desperate need for public approval. And in a way that can’t quite be articulated, Jaglom somehow enables the audience to catch Aaron’s vision of Maggie — from their first moments together, Aaron knows exactly how special she is, and so do we. Of course, this couldn’t happen without the stunning onscreen chemistry that exists between the leads, or superlative performances from both. Frederick, in particular, glows with a unique radiance throughout and brings to bear a whole spectrum of behavioral and emotional complexities that make the character of Maggie as fascinating as she is compelling. And in the gifted Wyle, Jaglom has found the perfect male counterpart for his female lead. In reflecting on Jaglom’s prior work, one feels repeatedly struck by each motion picture’s singular, cohesive vision. Queen of the Lot is certainly no exception, but it marks a bold leap forward for the filmmaker in terms of the depth and breadth of the canvas on display. In deftly intertwining its two tonally and thematically distinct threads — the insider’s satirical dissection of life in the movie business with the unusually mature adult romance at the center of the story — Jaglom achieves the perfection of a master artist. blog.allmovie.com/2010/11/18/queen-of-the-lot-the-amg-review/movies.tvguide.com/queen-lot/review/308174
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Post by Raffy on Nov 20, 2010 1:04:19 GMT -5
3 Clips from Queen of the Lot ;D
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Post by darksparrow on Nov 20, 2010 2:22:58 GMT -5
Wha... how... Raffy, how do you do that?! ;D ETA: I want to watch this movie more than ever. There's something really intriguing about Aaron and what he stands for. I think there's a reason Noah looks so natural and easy in this role. And I love these clips. I love the google point discussion (well, there's no actual discussion, but the silence on his part was loud enough) and I love the peek into the dinner table dynamics of his childhood and I LOVE the last clip which we already saw before. It sends shivers down my spine. it's almost powerful enough to overrule all the things that are making me predisposed to hate this movie.
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Post by Raffy on Nov 20, 2010 2:29:27 GMT -5
Someone else did. But I found out. And I'd like to know how they DID ;D
If those 3 clips are representative of Noah's job, well, even only that thing could be a good reason to watch it because it looks really good. I think the movie is not as good as someone wrote but also not as bad as someone else thought. I think it could be worth watching and as I said I'd like to judge it by myself. And the dinner table clip is my favourite. It doesn't even seem he's acting there. Just so natural.
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Post by darksparrow on Nov 20, 2010 5:18:30 GMT -5
I know... It's amazing, actually. If I hadn't known it was from the movie I could have thought it was Noah on some talk show sharing a story.
That's the whole point though, isn't it? To make this feel organic?
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