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The Only Actor Everybody Likes?

Started by Jett Loe · 11 months ago

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  • Tom B

    11 months ago

    Your right Gareth, I think it's hard to think of anything that DDV has done that you could complain about. Romancing the Stone is a particular favourite (best forget about the sequel, but you can't blame DDV for that).

    It is worth mentioning however that he is also responsible for directing the best Roald Dahl adaptation to date with 'Matilda', in which he is highly entertaining. One of those rare children's films that entertains adults just as much.
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  • Phil

    11 months ago

    I could offer up "Twins" as a disappointing DeVito vehicle (with Arnold Schwarzenegger) - but I'd only be speculating as I've never seen the movie.

    Otherwise, I'd say he certainly has way more hits than misses.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    Another wonderful post from the Dr.!

    Couple of things - I think Phil the question is there a performance by DDV that people don't like rather than a movie?

    + Gareth, re: "Man on the Moon - A biopic in which he plays himself 25 years ago and no one notices the difference"

    = aren't you mistaken here? He doesn't play his TAXI character, rather Andy Kaufman's agent.

    + in L.A. Confidential, though he doesn't match in any way the physical description given to the character in the novel by James Ellroy, DDV absolutely NAILS it.
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  • Tom

    11 months ago

    Ok, so I am a fan of Romancing the Stone, but what about The Jewel of the Nile. Was DDV bad in that, or was it the whole film? Actually the latter is probably the case.

    Thought I had to mention 'Matilda' which DDV directed as well as stared in. Has to be the best Dahl adaptation so far. DDV really captured Dahl's dark edge very well. It's also highly entertaining for adults as well as kids.
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  • Jett Loe

    11 months ago

    Well Gareth and I recently sat down and watched 2010 - if we could do that - even though we both had seen it - and therefore both new it was a terrible film - then surely we could watch Jewel of the Nile to judge the qualities of DDV's performance!
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