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Post by dool on May 24, 2005 3:37:22 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2005 7:57:53 GMT -4
I wonder how on earth Crowe will ever find another half decent leading lady again? A leading lady that he can "respect" for "keeping it real". All the top "prestige" actresses seem to shill products for one company or another.
Kate Winslet- American Express (ha, he must really have no "respect" for her if she's shilling for the same firm as Deniro)
Nicole Kidman-Chanel
Cate Blanchett-Donna Karan
Gwyneth Paltrow- Estee Lauder (also done "Japan only" ads for Martini)
Julianne Moore- Revlon
Hilary Swank- Calvin Klein
The list goes on. Just about every significant leading lady in Hollywood is at it (Catherine Zeta Jones and Charlize Theron are at it as well). Even his beloved Jennifer Connely did commercials in Japan. Chances are that he'll work with a couple of these ladies at some point in the future. I wonder if he'll lecture any of them on the evils of shilling (according to rumour, he supposedly did that to Kidman on the set of the canceled flick, Eucalyptus).
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Post by fiona3 on Jun 2, 2005 16:21:16 GMT -4
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cliniqua
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Post by cliniqua on Jun 2, 2005 16:55:47 GMT -4
UGH! & DOUBLE UGH!!!
It's just like Crusty McPaunch to malign someone he sees as a threat (and rightly so, as Bierko is infinitely more attractive, ask Charlize Theron his onetime girlfriend). Crusty looks like a well worked over piece of hamburger in this movie (haven't seen Bierko's stills yet, but it's not hard to imagine him looking infinitely better than Crowe). In short, he ain't no Maximus. That must be what's behind it.
I hope Bierko takes it to McJowly, and slams him a good one. Being the lesser known, and lesser successful of the two however - he is at a disadvantage.
Although truth be told, Bierko could probably score mucho brownie points and land plum jobs if he did, as Crowe is truly becoming loathed among industry people.
This is why Crowe is truly distasteful, he is aware that this role and film could be Bierko's big break, as LA Confidential was his - and yet JUST BECAUSE his feelings are hurt that Bierko said he 'didn't get to know him that well' he comes out, and essentially says the guy was under par and wasn't ready for the role to the press.
...and you KNOW it was disingenuous, because Craig wasn't speaking of acting chops, or anything having to do with the work. He made a remark about not getting to know the man personally. It wasn't a slam - it was a fact. So what?! What's the big deal? Why would Crowe get put out of sorts over that??
Crowe has to knee him in the crotch, and slam his acting abilities just because Bierko said he never got to know Crowe?! Is that Crowe's way of histrionically saying, 'Oh b-b-b-but....it's not because I'm a Queen-size schmuck and hard to talk to - it's because Bierko was unworthy of my friendship - because, you know - he's really not that good of an actor.' What kind of smarmy lil' whiny crybaby b**ch does THAT??!!
Bierko should SUE!
Oh FilmGods, please, please, please, please, please, please, please let this movie BOMB, and Crusty McPaunch be passed over come Oscar time.
PLEASE.
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Post by jaghetersimon on Jun 2, 2005 18:34:17 GMT -4
He's totally jealous of Craig, who's hot and a good actor too.
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Post by cliniqua on Jun 3, 2005 2:11:59 GMT -4
Word jaghetersimon.... ....witness the hotness we're speaking of here: link Reason for Crusty's rage is obvious. Heeee! ;D Wow, just went over to Google, and plugged in Crowe and Bierko, and several 'hot off the presses' reviews for ' Cinderella Man,' and Craig's performance in particular popped up. Muahahahaha! After you read these absolutely sterling reviews below that Craig is generating, you kinda see why the insecure fatheaded egomaniacal BITCH Russell Crowe, has chosen to slam Mr. Bierko in the press. These reviews tell me, that Craig definitely has a chance at Oscar territory his damn self, but perhaps Russell's new goal is to bully him via the press, create a bad scene and trash talk Craig as to lessen his chances. What a bitch-ass PUNK Crowe is. Anyhoo, take a look-see at what is the most telling reason Chunk's panties are in a knot: Paul Giamatti has a likable turn as Braddock's manager, and Craig Bierko puts a superbly idiosyncratic spin on Baer, a fatal puncher whose butchering of Carnera in a pre-Braddock bout still chills 70 years later. - USA today[/b] The film traces the life of James J. Braddock, an oft-injured heavyweight contender from New Jersey who somehow rediscovers his thunderous left hook to take on the arrogant champ Max Baer (an excellent Craig Bierko), all in the name of putting food on the table for his wife, Mae (Renee Zellweger) and three kids.- Patriot NewsBierko as Baer is huge and sinister with a veneer of George Raft flash, a gorilla mind-gamer willing to hit below the belt.Garnished by the usual gallery of reporters, thugs, fans and money grubs, here is viscerally the long brawl that had mesmerized millions on radio, with the Crusher expected to cave in the Comeback Kid. - sandiego.comAs the real-life contender Jim Braddock, a Depression-era husband and father who went from being an unemployed dockworker on relief to competing for the world heavyweight boxing title against champion Max Baer ( a brutish, scene-stealing Craig Bierko), - Boston HeraldAll of which leads to the main event. Time: June 13th, 1935. Place: New York's Madison Square Garden. It's Braddock against playboy, actor and clown Max Baer (Craig Bierko), the heavyweight champ who brags about having killed two opponents by dislocating their brains. Baer is the villain of the piece, but the remarkable Bierko adds a vulnerability not in the script. It's a seductive and scary performance that should put this versatile actor -- he sang his way to a Tony nod in Broadway's The Music Man -- on the movie map. - Rolling Stone But other than Crowe, the best thing it has going for it may be a diabolically charismatic performance by Craig Bierko as Braddock's ultimate opponent: heavyweight champ Max Baer. Every boxing movie needs a scary villain, and this guy is someone you can really hate and fear. - Seattle Post-IntelligencerIt's a bad sign when, in the final bout, your eyes are more drawn to Braddock's nemesis, Max Baer (an enjoyably unrecognizable Craig Bierko in dippy black curls), simply because he at least is trying to be unpredictable. - Toronto Eye Weekly__________________________ Muahahahaha! Stick them apples up yer' chubby butt, Russell you whiny jealous wuss.
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Post by dool on Jun 3, 2005 2:44:09 GMT -4
"And by anyone else, I mean me. Because I fucking carried this film mate." </eats meat pie>
He just has no sense of diplomacy or tact does he? He's so full of cheap shots (and bullshit) but lacks wit and/or a point. Why start a slanging match with someone who worked on the. same. film? He will take any opportunity to turn a comment into a pointless arguement that serves only to self promote in the most base and simplistic ways. He's going to have to do a lot of promotion of this movie, with that cast. Why not hold his tongue til a few reviews came in?
What's this fucking "we" business, FuckBucket? He is not the director, nor a producer on this movie. He really has no business commenting on the acting ability of his castmates. I've done a limited amount of reading on this film and from the early reviews it sounds like it's Bierko and Giamatti that are really the 2 actors to watch. I don't think Crowe would have the nads to question Giamatti's chops, so he pitches his vitriol at a lesser known actor.
In short, arse. clown.
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Post by cliniqua on Jun 3, 2005 13:02:49 GMT -4
Because he's a meathead. Seriously, he's not bright. This was a disappointment to me when I actually did like him, eons ago (this was way before I actually got a taste of his abhorrent personality through various interviews and news items). I realized that like many people who haven't had a formal education, he tries to overcompenstate by portraying himself as this highly sensitive, introspective, intellectual artiste.
It's always a hoot, because the dummy throws words in the mix that he thinks will impress people, but invariably uses them in the wrong context.
His metaphors and analogies sound good to him, but ultimately fall short of the mark, and sometimes don't even relate.
<lightbulb> That's when it hit me...Crusty McTool is trying to 'act,' smart! </lightbulb>
Since he is a good actor, most people fall for it initially - it's only when you re-read a quote, or actually force yourself to listen to him, that you realize he's spouting jibberish and that Melanie Griffith would probably kick his *ss playing checkers.
He is a Crowe-magnon.
My other take on why the beeyatch didn't hold his tongue - and tell me if you think this theory works...let's say Crowe just recently got wind of some of these great reviews that Craig is getting (most of the reviews for 'Cinderella Man,' have come out only in the last 24-48 hours, and others have yet to come out...) - it could be this selfish jealous whiny wuss, really did want to influence the critics. Let's say they were planning on writing a glowing review of Bierko...well, there are enough ho's out there in the press - that a 'word from Russell,' could possibly make them pull up short in their praise of Bierko.
Not that they'd start maligning Bierko's performance (obviously he's good in the film, judging by what I'm reading), but let's just say they might not be as effusive with their praise as they otherwise might have been.
Thankfully, Craig has gotten enough sterling reviews already, and so it might be kinda hard for Crusty to put a lid on it now, no matter how hard he tries.
But like you say, it's just a shame that here the whole team is promoting this film, and he injects his usual poison.
There's a cast photo (principles, Howard & Grazer) up at imdb.com (found it when I pulled up Bierko) - and of course, everyone BUT CROWE looks normal. He's the only one wearing shades (at night?) and looks to be squeezing all heck outta Renee Zellewegger, as if to say - 'Yeah, I'm the star and alpha male, and I get the only female around BY ME.'
Craig and the other guys appear happy to be there. I looked at that pic and thought -- I wonder if any of them knew that just hours after such a nice group picture, Crowe would be knifing one of the 'team' in the back.
As you say dool, he is KING Arse Clown.
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Post by jaghetersimon on Jun 3, 2005 16:04:37 GMT -4
I'm starting my Oscar campaign for the talented and sexy Craig Bierko right now.
And no, I haven't seen this retarded movie and you couldn't pay me to. The ads are so dumb and jingo-y. More grist for the blind patriotism mill.
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Post by darlinglilly on Jun 3, 2005 16:18:00 GMT -4
I really want to love Russell because I do believe that he's extraordinarily talented. But his personalitly is so repulsive. I've read that he was obnoxious from the start. When he was a waiter in Sydney, he'd brag that he was going to be famous.
I still will go see Cinderella Man. It's been reviewed very well. We'll sse.
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