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Arkadine
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 4:38 PMThe latest clip from Prometheus has the following line of dialogue" Vickers asks repeatedly "What did he said" to an overwhelmed David (background of ominous music), who says "It's Confidential", but after shes grabs him from the throat he replies "He said Try Harder", as she releases him he asks ironically "Cup of tea, Ma'am?", and she pushes him away from the face threateningly . I know Ridley Scott asked David to see Joseph Losey's "The Servant" in preparation for his role of his android "butler". But the dialogue sounded pretty overblown and campy to me. More like a dramatic confrontation right out of a Dynasty or a Dallas episode. I know the clip is out of context and I know I am risking excommunication from the Overlords of this board, but I would like to know what the rest of you think about this snippet of dialogue and clip.
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Rubirosa
MemberOvomorphMay-28-2012 12:35 AMMy favorite films of all time are listed in order from top to bottom.
1- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2- Alien
3- Lust for Life
4- For a few dollar 's more
5- Hard Times
6- Pans Labyrinth
7- Once upon a time in the West
8- The Planet of the Apes
9- The Thing ( John Carpenter version)
10- Angels with dirty faces.
Rubirosa
MemberOvomorphMay-28-2012 12:11 AMNow this is campy.
Princess Leia: I love you.
Han Solo: I know.
abordoli
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 4:45 PMWas this the 46 second scene played during the Jay Leno show?
David 1
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 4:51 PMI think Weyland is keeping Vickers in the dark, and David is the only one who Weyland trusts [as much as I trust a toaster]
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]
Juxtapose
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 4:52 PMi actually thought it was rather intense and well delivered....but then camp is not necessarily a bad thing either?
Fury 161
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 4:52 PMthere may be camp dialogue in this film but it ain't in this scene....this part has the best acting and delivery from any of the clips I have seen yet
David 1
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:03 PMFury 161:
True. An intense psichological scene.
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]
Juxtapose
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:04 PM....I agree with you fury!....theron looks and sounds very intense!....but camp?...what does that even mean these days....was Hannibal camp in silence of the lambs?....
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:05 PMThe only campy thing I've heard is when Holloway takes off his helmet in the structure saying, "It is the sweetest air I have ever tasted," like you might expect an overly flashy drama queen....It worries me a touch.....
Spartacus
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:08 PMhe's young brash and exaggerates, that's all, it fits his character.
David 1
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:09 PMcraigamore:
for "drama queen" please watch the kid from 6th Sense.
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]
Arkadine
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:13 PMThey are saying David provides the comic relief in the movie. I hope he does not turn out to be some kind of Robin Williams in Bicentennial Man. He was a butler too :-)
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:14 PMWhat??? Osment's performance was fantastic...that kid emoted more brilliantly than most adult actors do.......I respectfully disagree Uncle David 1......
Juxtapose
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:17 PM...i can't stand child actors(well most of them)...those kids in super 8 ruined the movie completely!
Spartacus
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:18 PMyou have got to be kidding me, that film bugged me for just one reason, his over acting caused me to immediately guess what the entire point of the film was, Willis being already dead...soley because of that Dreadful performance in that Dreadful film I was able to know the entire film 5 minutes into it and could not enjoy any part of the rest of it because of it. Good Kid, but I humbly disagree.
artyoh
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:19 PM@craigamore
Whatever else he is, Holloway is clearly an arrogant douchebag. The line you quoted, is perfectly in keeping with that.
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:19 PMWell okay then...yeesh...childrens are gettin' no love here.......stupid Hobbitz'z...they ruined it for everyone under the age of 15...
Sky
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:20 PMWhat vickers said to david while pushing him on the wall? Her sound was less audible or it was just me?
Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:21 PMTrue artyoh......and no worries Spart.......I humbly disagree as well....we can still be humbly disagreeing buddies.....
artyoh
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:24 PMYeah, I'm not getting all the hate on child-actors, either. Over the last couple of decades, we've seen a number of kids who can act [i]amazingly[/i] well, including Dakota Fanning and Haley Joel Osment.
Svanya
AdminPraetorianMay-27-2012 5:27 PMI haven't seen the full scene, where David talks about tea. Is there a link??
As far as camp value goes, someone posted a week or so ago about how cheesy Holloway's "That is the sweetest air I ever tasted" line was. *(Craigamore just posted about it here in this thread too.)
Spartacus
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:28 PMI like em both, but all the same the parts they are paying they are both over acting in !!! and again they are written that way I think.
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:30 PMYeah...I'm lost on that too artyoh.....I'd be pretty f@$%@& up and emotinal at that age too if I was seeing dead people...and not Casper the friendly ghost, but people hanging from nooses oN MY SCHOOL'S BLOODY CEILING and let's not forget the burn victim teacher missing half her face or the crazy lady cutting her self IN HIS BLOODY KITCHEN...........I think we'd all be a touch dramatic and...emotional.....
Fury 161
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:31 PMTheron is an amazing actress. She is absolutely comfortable at comedy (great example of this is all her new vids on funny or die) and she can be extremely terrifying, like in this or monster.
craigamore
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:31 PMIt's ok Spart.....n o harm no foul...we see it different...that's all.....
Juxtapose
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:33 PM....i actually thought the kid in 6th sense was ok....i think my hatred for child actors started after watching "the goonies" when i myself was just a kid.....now that was just terrible!....i was a huge Steven Spielburg fan...but I could not believe how annoyingly crap that movie was!
David 1
MemberOvomorphMay-27-2012 5:34 PMartyoh and Craigmore:
Nothing against people who see dead people [my grandmother is a seer her self], but that kid IS ANNOYING. his face expression IS ANNOYING.
IMHO of course.
[b]Ask nothing from no one. Demand nothing from no one. Expect nothing from no one.[/b]
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