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"Havoc" was a disappointment. Love Evans films (His last movie, also on Netflix is an underrated must see-The Apostle). It was shot in 21' and delayed 4 years. Such a cliched plot we've seen over and over. And at one point, non stop action, but the editing is bad and the scenes aren't really clear what is happening. Hardy is good in it though.
 
Leafyblue said:
Even though I had seen them all before, I watched Lawrence of Arabia, My Favourite Year, and Venus over the weekend. Peter O'Toole never winning an Oscar is crazy. o_O
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They gave him the Honorary Academy Award aka the We Fucked Up Here's A Pity Oscar. Figured the same thing was going to happen to Roger Deakins. Only took him 14 nominations to win his first.
 
Feyd said:
They gave him the Honorary Academy Award aka the We Fucked Up Here's A Pity Oscar. Figured the same thing was going to happen to Roger Deakins. Only took him 14 nominations to win his first.
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Who did he lose the Oscar to in 64 when Lawrence of Arabia came out?
 
zeke said:
he kinda always just played himself.
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So did John Wayne, who won an Oscar for True Grit. So did Humphrey Bogart, who won one for the African Queen.

Back in those days, the big important roles weren't played by method actors who subsumed themselves into a role, they were played by "movie stars". The last thing the producers (or fans, quite frankly) wanted was for the star of their picture to be so into the character that they became unrecognizable. They wanted you to know that you were watching Bogie or Peck or the Duke.

Today you win Oscars by disappearing into your character, like Gary Oldman in Finest Hour or Remi Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody. But the Golden Age of Hollywood was all about the star system.
 
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