I know Robert Redford is supposed to be so handsome and all, but I think he's nothing compared to Paul Newman. Paul Newman is more stunning, he has those eyes, and those eyes have a spark in them. You know that look? Picture him in Cool Hand Luke. That's the look I mean. Robert Redford looks a like a vapid catalog model.
And to top it off, Robert Redford cannot act - at least as far as I can tell. Maybe someone out there knows a movie where he really struts his acting chops, but I haven't seen it.
Someone had recommended Three Days of the Condor. It's a CIA or spy movie or whatever. It doesn't hold up well AT ALL. Faye Dunaway is in it, and she's cool, but RR is bad acting in 70's clothes. If you want a nice story about a spy coming in from the cold, stick with the first Bourne movie. That one is good (before the hand held camera crap of the next in the series).
I also went to see the new Robin Hood with Cate B and Russell C. It's good in a lot of ways: the leads are really cool, the sets are filthy and disgusting and make me glad to be alive now. The supporting cast is great (but what is William Hurt doing there? He is not used well in this film.) The problems? It's too long, for one thing. Where was the editor for this? The opening battle scene alone wastes 15 minutes. The villain is annoying and over the top (Mark Strong as Godfrey). Mr. Strong has recently been the villain in Young Victoria and Sherlock Holmes, and he plays the same note each time. I'm bored. I still liked this movie, though, and it blows that the it did poorly at the box office. It's set up for a sequel, and it doesn't look like there will be one.
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