I still crack up, when I think of the nitwit from The Goodbye Girl, who gets upset with chicks leaving their lingerie hanging on the shower curtain rod. That couldn't be Richard Dreyfuss' character; could it? I usually thought he picked more sensible characters to play, not knuckle-draggin' mouth breathers! Unless, you consider the goofy, screwy electric company maintenance man, Roy Neary, from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
I still crack up, when I think of the nitwit from The Goodbye Girl, who gets upset with chicks leaving their lingerie hanging on the shower curtain rod. That couldn't be Richard Dreyfuss' character; could it? I usually thought he picked more sensible characters to play, not knuckle-draggin' mouth breathers! Unless, you consider the goofy, screwy electric company maintenance man, Roy Neary, from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Now, Now Breeze. You must remember that actors are good at two things. One is being able to be someone else and the other is remembering lines. They do however, lack the abliity to reason, the ability to be ethical and the total lack of brains. They are however, great liars. All one has to do is look to Alec Baldwin and Barbara Streisand. Both said they would leave the country if George W. Bush was elected president. They LIED, they never left the country. So, we must be a little more compassion for them. I'll wager that only one percent of movie actors and actresses are conservative with the remainder being extremely liberal.
From the 'Godfather'. "It's not personal, it's just business." And, "Leave the gun, take the canolis."
Poor, poor stupid, but well-intentioned Fredo.
First, he unintentionally disgusts little brother Michael, by showing him, in Havana, the man with the biggest monster schmeggege in the world, at the nightclub.
"Send Fredo out to do this; send him out to do that. Make Fredo run some Mickey Mouse nightclub!! I'm smart; I can take care of business!! I'm not dumb!!," he bleats, like a lamb led to slaughter. Yeah, right, after he causes severe damage to the Corleone family business interests in Nevada, by letting Moe Greene into the action!
And Michael denies Fredo from even having contact with their Mother; then he whacks Fredo, and soon has him sleeping with the Trout of Lake Tahoe. That was a very rash of Michael to do; He could have just set Fredo up in a legitimate legal business, and instructed Fredo to stay well clear away from the Family Business. Or was that the original plan, and Fredo f-ucked it up, anyhow? Fredo should have consulted with Tom Hagen, on how to do it right, and he wouldn't have ticked off Michael. Or would Tom have been all that helpful? Perhaps all the Corleones understood, was negative reinforcement.
And it was curious, how Michael let Connie in on the Family Business, when she was older.
I never cease to be amazed, by how Al Pacino's appearance changes, as he ages. He looks like an entirely different person now, from how he looked in The Panic in Needle Park. The resemblance is uncanny; he could play radio host Michael Savage, if there were a biopic done about the good Doctor.
I like how Robert Duval is aging, too.
-- Edited by Breeziestroke on Friday 26th of August 2011 07:06:15 PM
From the 'Godfather'. "It's not personal, it's just business." And, "Leave the gun, take the canolis."
Poor, poor stupid, but well-intentioned Fredo.
First, he unintentionally disgusts little brother Michael, by showing him, in Havana, the man with the biggest monster schmeggege in the world, at the nightclub.
"Send Fredo out to do this; send him out to do that. Make Fredo run some Mickey Mouse nightclub!! I'm smart; I can take care of business!! I'm not dumb!!," he bleats, like a lamb led to slaughter. Yeah, right, after he causes severe damage to the Corleone family business interests in Nevada, by letting Moe Greene into the action!
And Michael denies Fredo from even having contact with their Mother; then he whacks Fredo, and soon has him sleeping with the Trout of Lake Tahoe. That was a very rash of Michael to do; He could have just set Fredo up in a legitimate legal business, and instructed Fredo to stay well clear away from the Family Business. Or was that the original plan, and Fredo f-ucked it up, anyhow? Fredo should have consulted with Tom Hagen, on how to do it right, and he wouldn't have ticked off Michael. Or would Tom have been all that helpful? Perhaps all the Corleones understood, was negative reinforcement.
And it was curious, how Michael let Connie in on the Family Business, when she was older.
I never cease to be amazed, by how Al Pacino's appearance changes, as he ages. He looks like an entirely different person now, from how he looked in The Panic in Needle Park. The resemblance is uncanny; he could play radio host Michael Savage, if there were a biopic done about the good Doctor.
I like how Robert Duval is aging, too.
-- Edited by Breeziestroke on Friday 26th of August 2011 07:06:15 PM
Michael whacked Fredo so Godfather III would have a good subplot. He wouldn't have had much to confess to the future Pope who didn't last long as Pope.
I should have said: Fredo now sleeps with the Kokanee Salmon, and the Dolly Varden Trout, with waterlogged pine cones as coffin pillows. Thanks, Al Neri, and R.I.P., Fredo. I wonder how Willi Cicci would have done it?
