Which stars are built to last?

NoodlesMacintosh · Jul 12, 2005

C-towner said:

See also: Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken.
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I could easily be wrong but I could also almost swear that Walken just being Walken is a more recent trend. It's been too long since I've seen The Dead Zone or Brainstorm to really try to substantiate my claim, but I remember him being at least somewhat different as Max Zorin in A View To A Kill, whatever portraying a KGB test tube superbaby in a James Bond film is worth.

Regardless, I like both Jackson and Walken as Jackson and Walken, so I'm fine with what they do.

Alberto · Jul 12, 2005

skipshady said:

And I like Al Pacino when he's not playing that character from Scent of a Dog Scar's Advocate.
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See I liked him in the Dog's Advocate.

royalstilton · Jul 12, 2005

amerifolklegend said:

See also, Sonja Henning.
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probably you mean Sonia Hennie. Sonja Henning is a basketball player.

amerifolklegend · Jul 12, 2005

royalstilton said:

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probably you mean Sonia Hennie. Sonja Henning is a basketball player.
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There ya go. Shows you how much her stardom has faded.

bigredfutbol · Jul 12, 2005

NoodlesMacintosh said:

I could easily be wrong but I could also almost swear that Walken just being Walken is a more recent trend. It's been too long since I've seen The Dead Zone or Brainstorm to really try to substantiate my claim, but I remember him being at least somewhat different as Max Zorin in A View To A Kill, whatever portraying a KGB test tube superbaby in a James Bond film is worth.

Regardless, I like both Jackson and Walken as Jackson and Walken, so I'm fine with what they do.
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I read an interview with Walken years ago, where he said that he had great job security because "whenever they need someone to play a Christopher Walken role, they call me." So he knows the score.

Garcia · Jul 21, 2005

Ghost said:

In Newsweek, film critic David Ansen just wrote a story about why some stars' movies last and some don't (Betty Grable vs. Clark Gable, basically). In it, he speculated on whch of today's stars will still have their films watched in 50 years. I thought his choices wer kind of mercurial and based solely on his taste. But anyway who do you all think will still be around?

I'll take Sean Penn, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and he made a solid argument for Tom Cruise. Ashley Judd still might, if she would start making better films.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8424990/site/newsweek/