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billyireland
16 Jun 2003, 02:35 PM
Am I the only person in the world who thinks Owen Wilson (Behind Enemy Lines, Shanghai Noon, Shanghai Knights) and his brother Phil (I think it's Phil?) Wilson (Martin Lawrences partner in The Thin Blue Line) are both HORRIBLE actors... they don't look right, they are 1 dimension (light humour) and not even funny... why does everybody like them so much?
scudley
16 Jun 2003, 02:40 PM
do you mean Luke?
Have you seen Bottle Rocket?
amerifolklegend
16 Jun 2003, 03:00 PM
Originally posted by billyireland
Am I the only person in the world who thinks Owen Wilson ... and his brother Phil (Luke, not Phil. Andrew is the other one. All three are in Bottlerocket and Royal Tennenbaums) are both HORRIBLE actors... ?
Yes.
You obviously have a soul incapable of accepting humor.
oman
16 Jun 2003, 07:01 PM
You're right! I never realized Luke was in The Thin Blue Line! I thought that was the real guy.
http://filmsociety.wellington.net.nz/graphics/ThinBlueLine.jpg
champmanager
16 Jun 2003, 07:42 PM
I imagine the blond one (I can't remember their names either) will be tempted to appear in a lot of Hollywood crap, but as long as I don't have to watch it, I'll always love them for BottleRocket.
billyireland
16 Jun 2003, 10:20 PM
Oh no, I love comedy. Anything from the Jim Carrey Brand to Jack Dee (the dryest humour imaginable). Dogma is possibly my favourite comedy movie, as I prefer more intelligent, offbeat type comedy. But I fail to see the funniness in the Wilsons (and yes, it must've been Luke). I mean, all Owens lines in the Shanghai movies are just AWEFUL and old, too ("you must work out" is take DIRECTLY from Dumb & Dumber "Harry, look at the ass on that!" / "yeah, he must work out"), and his acting in Behind Enemy Lines (the WORST movie ever made) is laughable.
As For BottleRocket, I've never seen it, what's it about/like
Barbara
16 Jun 2003, 11:49 PM
Owen and Luke Wilson
http://www.wilson-brothers.com/luke/photos/mags/w-owen2.jpg
Their brother Andrew was in Bottle Rocket with them. He played Bob's brother, John.
Barbara
16 Jun 2003, 11:50 PM
Originally posted by amerifolklegend
Yes.
You obviously have a soul incapable of accepting humor.
Indeed.
Lucid
17 Jun 2003, 02:12 AM
I loved Owen in Zoolander and I think Old School (which Luke plays the lead) is my favorite movie ever, he did a pretty good job in.
While I absolutely hated The Royal Tenenbaums, I thought they did a good job for what they had to work with (an awful script).
It's been way too long since I'd seen Bottle Rocket, but I think I liked that movie.
As far as Behind Enemy Lines, it is really close to the worst movie ever made (that award goes to Dude, Where's my Car). That movie along with the horrible Shanghai whatever movies are not good representations of Owen's work.
Oh yeah, Owen was also in Armageddon and I didn't see anything wrong with his role in that movie. I liked him in Meet the Parents as the ex-boyfriend. Funny stuff.
billyireland
17 Jun 2003, 06:27 AM
Okay, I'll give Owen Meet The Parents, he was good in that, but that's it.
Funniest scene of the year (2001, when MTP came out): The water-volleyball SPIKE from Ben Stiller to his girlfriends sister
ToddP25
17 Jun 2003, 08:48 AM
I don't even know what to say.........
skipshady
17 Jun 2003, 11:47 AM
The only beef I have with Owen Wilson (well, other than the crap scripts he often takes) is that after someone pointed out that huge dent in his nose, I can't watch any movie with him without focusing on his nose.
Both fine actors, and they are responsible for bringing Paul Thomas Anderson into the mainstream (Owen co-wrote and produced all three, Luke appeared appeared in all three).
Lucid
17 Jun 2003, 01:39 PM
Originally posted by billyireland
Okay, I'll give Owen Meet The Parents, he was good in that, but that's it.
Funniest scene of the year (2001, when MTP came out): The water-volleyball SPIKE from Ben Stiller to his girlfriends sister
Have you seen Zoolander though? I thought it was his best work.
"Why you gettin' crazy with me man... Don't you know I'm loco?"
LOL...
Foosinho
17 Jun 2003, 02:17 PM
Originally posted by Lucid
While I absolutely hated The Royal Tenenbaums, I thought they did a good job for what they had to work with (an awful script).
Are you kidding me? That film was great.
Owen is, IMO, the funnier of the two. Luke is funny in a "look at me, I'm a goof" way. Owen just isn't selective enough in choosing his roles, but he's a good writer.
TheSlipperyOne
17 Jun 2003, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by skipshady
Both fine actors, and they are responsible for bringing Paul Thomas Anderson into the mainstream (Owen co-wrote and produced all three, Luke appeared appeared in all three).
You mean Wes Anderson. PTA did "Boogie Nights".
I think Owen and Luke are hilarious. I haven't seen "BEL" and have no plans to. But it's not supposed to be a comedy anyways.
skipshady
17 Jun 2003, 03:56 PM
Originally posted by TheSlipperyOne
You mean Wes Anderson. PTA did "Boogie Nights".That's what I meant. White filmmakers all look the same to me.
Royal Tenenbaums was indeed excellent. Great acting, wonderfully quirky script.
oman
18 Jun 2003, 11:45 AM
Put me down as a being disappointed with Royal Ts. After Rushmore, I wasn't sure where Wes would go. But didn't like RT after about midway. Didn't have the joy of Bottle Rocket or Rushmore.
In many ways, since I loved Rushmore so much, I don't really think Wes will ever be able to not disappoint me.
Maybe "Rushmore II, Max Becomes an Aggie?" (Max disrupts bee keeping program at Texas A&M, starts a radical drama troup, gets crossways with Parsons Mounted Cavalry, steps on the grass at the Memorial Student Center, and makes the 12th man kickoff squad. Rescued by Bill Murray, who endows a chair at A&M in order to help his old chum.)
minorthreat
18 Jun 2003, 02:56 PM
When I saw the title, I thought this was a thread about the Beach Boys.
sch2383
18 Jun 2003, 03:51 PM
Owen Wilson wrote Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and the Royal Tenebaum with Wes Anderson. The humor in those movies is not for everybody, but if you like that form of humor, those movies are great.
champmanager
18 Jun 2003, 04:17 PM
Originally posted by oman
Put me down as a being disappointed with Royal Ts.
Me too. I was horribly crushed. It just never did anything...kind of like a really suped-up race car which just sits in the garage. This is from someone who must have seen Rushmore 7 or 8 times. I will see it again, and maybe I'll see what the rest of you saw in it.