Have any of them got a star in the pavement in Hollywoodland yet? If not I would imagine that Jen is the only one who is going to manage it, as she's have the most success movie role wise, with the rest producing tepid to turkey(s) movies, since they finished with Friends.
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Christopher wrote:
I was always under the assumption that one has to pay for such a tile.
Say what! Name all those successful movies? The whole ? yards movies of Matthew or the Analyze movies from Lisa are much more successful then Jennifer's pictures.
Matt's movies were good. I even enjoyed Serving Sara Analyze this & that were also good but had little to do with Lisa. She was hardly in the 1st one. Her role has been more supporting rather than center stage.
As for Jens successful movies the ones I can think of are: Bruce Almighty Office Space The Object of My Affection Picture Perfect Along Came Polly The Good Girl Rock Star & she has about 6 others in the works (last time I checked IMDB)
As for deserving a star... I don't think she has hit that yet. Certainly in popularity status but I don't know if tabloid exposure is a qualification :-) Does anyone know what exactly are the qualifications to get a star in Hollywood?
Kukie wrote:
I said SUCCESFUL movies. One could almost think that all her movies were nominated for a Razzie.
Their best movie performance was in "The Terminal" when a picture of them was shown :)
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Butting in to the conversation, IMO Courteney is the only one who qualifies (as yet) - Scream Trilogy and Ace Ventura (1st one obviously!).
Jennifer doesn't qualify with any of them - even Bruce Almighty was about Jim not her. Her other movies are good but not 'star' quality (to me).
Lisa's movies are weird and I don't really like them. Good acting I suppose but nothing earth shattering for me.
I have seen Lost In Space for Matt L.B which was OK.
David S - well - um.... nuff said!
Matthew P has done some enjoyable movies but like Jen and Matt, nothing major for me.
Back to lurking and reading all the posts!
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:21:13 -0000, "MON & PJC" wrote:
Err not really. In the Scream trilogy all of which we're just mid range B movie's, and which got dafter and worse as they went along, she shared top billing with several younger more talented actors and actresses, and she didn't carry the movie as really top line actresses do, like Nicole Kidman, or Ren�e Zellweger can do. As for Ace Ventura, Courteney was the 'romantic interest' to Jim Cary, and her role was just as a supporting character.
True, like the rest of the Friends cast IMHO all maybe be A list celebs but are merely just B to B+ movie thespians.
Yeah, but the movie just sucked.
<nods> Last I heard he was going into the movie production field, as is Courteney, just as well I suppose.
True, but to me he still comes across as Chandler, but with different co-stars. Their was once a sort of rumor that he was listed as the next James Bond, I'm glad to say it WAS just a rumor.
Feel free to join in at any time.
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Christopher wrote:
So? It's called typecasting.
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:14:23 +0100, Lambik wrote:
Or the bear trap of a thespian.
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Christopher wrote:
Famous "typecasted" actors didn't do all that bad. Richard Geere may complain but his bank account is much bigger then mine.
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:15:02 +0100, Lambik wrote:
Poor old George Reeve killed himself, as did Jack Larson. And Geere isn't a type casted actor.
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 14:30:42 GMT, Christopher wrote:
You just said the magic word: celebs. That's all they are.
These people were chosen for their respective roles on Friends because they represented the perfect image of the characters the writers wanted. These actors' reputations were made by perfect casting; not by talent. Out of their limited element they are just ordinary actors, except for maybe Jennifer. This is why few TV actors make it on the big screen.
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:52:04 -0500, Dan wrote:
Jen obviously thinks different, but look what it's got her. :-)
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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:10:50 +0100, Lambik wrote:
Dosn't 'success' in Hollywoodland, equatew to the amount of money the movie makes?
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
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Christopher wrote:
No it doesn't.
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:07:48 +0100, Lambik wrote:
So you could make a perfect movie, and if it makes only $10 at the box office, it'd be judged as a successful movie?
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
What is a 'successful movie' anyway.
Of all the mvoies that have won Oscars, I can't recall liking any of them. They tend to be either chick-flicks, or appeal to a specific, narrow demographic.
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 06:27:08 +0000, Paul Hyett wrote:
As Green is the only colour that really matters in Hollywoodland, a successful movie is one that makes lots and lots of it.
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Christopher wrote:
This is moo, you know like a cow's opinion. The perfect movie makes more then 10 bucks. There are always people like Ross whom would go.
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:07:24 +0100, Lambik wrote:
That was a metaphor.
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"Christopher" wrote:::
What's a Meta For? ;-)
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:52:10 -0500, "Kukie" wrote:
Very funny...not. :-p
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher wrote:
Which I replied to.
Lambik schrieb:
Actually it wasn't even a metaphor in the first place...
Christoph
Christoph Bohm wrote:
Well, it is. A metaphor is among others defined as "One thing conceived as representing another". Ten bucks represent a small amount of money and not the actual ten dollar.
My response was that a good movie will never make "a small amount of money". There is a causal relationship between good movie and revenues. Christopher just mixed up cause/consequence.
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:55:26 +0100, Lambik wrote:
No, the equation was a *successful* movie. Independence Day was a turkey of a movie, but it made loads of money, so by Hollywoodland's standards it was a successful movie. 3,000 Miles from Graceland, MAY have been a good movie except it wasn't, but it sank without trace, and is considered an unsuccessful movie in Hollywoodland. Plus it terminally damaged the careers of the cast members, which is why Courteney is going into production, as that is the well worn path of all thespians in Hollywoodland who's acting career is coming to an end. Expect to see news that she and David will be starting up their own movie production company, as that is the next logical step. The Hollywoodland yellow pages phone book is full of independent movie production companies.
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher wrote:
Again: you're turning it around. Not all successful movies are good movies. All good movies are successful!
Que? It could have been, but wasn't! So basically a bad movie which had no revenues what so ever? Your point?
On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:42:52 +0100, Lambik wrote:
That depends on how well they do at the box office.
The amount of money they make is how the *players* in Hollywoodland decide on whether her the movie was successful or not.
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
This discussion is leading nowhere. You are either too stubborn or I just can't get through to you!
On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:03:12 +0100, Lambik wrote:
Gee, lighten up Dad. Green as in American $ bill's is the only colour that matters in Hollywoodland, if a movie makes lots of them it's deemed a success to the people who control the movie *industry*, if it doesn't cover the movies cost's or make a lot of #x27;s then it isn't deemed a success. Any counter argument based on the artistic merit of the movie is just so much tosh to the people who run the industry.
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
On 12 Jan 2005 08:52:36 GMT, Christoph Bohm wrote:
Which, my reply or his?
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher schrieb:
The first statement.
Quote Penguins Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory:
[Metaphor is] "A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another".
So
does by no means qualify as one. If you were to put it metaphorically, something along the lines of
If the movie is a lion in celluloid history but merely a mouse at the box office it'd be judged as a successful movie?
but that's really really off-topic now :-))
Cheers Christoph
On 12 Jan 2005 20:09:00 GMT, Christoph Bohm wrote:
Chris, nobody likes a smart arse. :->
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Christopher schrieb:
The first statement.
Quote Penguins Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory:
[Metaphor is] "A figure of speech in which one thing is described in terms of another".
So
does by no means qualify as one. If you were to put it metaphorically, you might end up with something along the lines of
"If the movie is a lion in celluloid history but merely a mouse at the box office it'd be judged as a successful movie?"
but that's really really off-topic now :-))
Cheers Christoph
PENGUINS ARE THE BEST BIRDS
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:37:29 +0100, Lambik wrote:
No you didn't. You said it was a moot point. You are wrong, the money a movie makes is what makes a movie successful in the boardrooms of Hollywoodland, which is why it's called the movie 'industry'.
Christopher ++++++++++++ "The best way to keep one's word is never to give it."
Napoleon Bonaparte
On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:41:50 +0100, Lambik wrote:
How many make to the theaters, and not go stright to video and your local Blockbuster?
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