[King Arthur] These pictures look reeeally cool!

[Chain Lightning]

Course, in Orlando's case, it was his first movie (also having never done TV) and it wasn't in Hollywood, and he wasn't pitching the idea to the suits by the time he was involved.

"Hollywood". As in the movie industry in general. Not the actual place in the Los Angeles area. And Orlando had been working in the industry by the time we saw that clip of his. At least a year or two.

Now, i'm not saying he said his character was an "assassin" because he had adopted the 'hollywood short slang', but if it was, I can understand it being a plausible theory as to why he talked like that. And it doesn't have to be during a movie pitch meeting. People talk like that in production meetings, storyboard meetings, on-set, etc, etc. C'mon, you should've known what I meant.

You knock yourself out.

Look, I like Clive Owen. I think the boy can act, and he seems smart enough. I'm not mocking the statement in the "Geez, what a moron," sense, I'm just having fun with a statement so silly it makes me giggle.

Man, I knock myself out everytime I come here and read these boards!

Yah, I like Clive too. Enough to vote him for the next James Bond. If there was a voting system somewhere.

That's cool Barsoomcore, I couldn't tell by your post if you were nit picking or just having a good old casual laugh at the silly quote. This form of communication doesn't quite allow each other to easily judge the 'tone of voice' in a post.

Anyways, I'm laughing along with you. It's a silly thing to say, "hollywood short slang' or not. Although I'm not getting the same mental visuals you're getting, but I still find it silly. While people in the industry do use that style of talking to quickly describe concepts, we do often make fun of each other and that way of communicating quite often. When we get a chance to sit around and joke.

 

[Krieg]

Of course, you also have to remember that Orlando Bloom called his character in Lord of the Rings "an assassin" in some interview that was packaged with the Fellowship DVD. Just because the actor's a bonehead off screen doesn't mean much.

I do believe more than a few people here (well the old boards actually) were ready to tar & feather me for critisizing young Master Bloom on that one.

 

[barsoomcore]

While people in the industry do use that style of talking to quickly describe concepts, we do often make fun of each other and that way of communicating quite often.

Yeah, well, I A) work in the software industry. Talk about people with communication issues. B) in the software industry, I'm dealing mostly with defense/military clients -- talk about people with their OWN SPECIAL WAY of communicating. Do you know what an RMO is? Or ADM(MAT)? Sheesh.

Oh, and C) I also make films, so I spend a lot of time around film industry workers (not one myself -- I just hire them) and I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.

It's funny what a slippery slope it can be. You spend enough time around people who use utterly stupid phrases, and first you're using them in a joking fashion, but before you know it, there you are, saying things like, "Going forward", and "negatively impacting profitability."

One must be vigilant. Always vigilant.

 

[qstor]

I thought Jerry Bruckheimer was doing a King Arthur movie as well? Is this one related to his?

Mike

 

[John Crichton]

This is the Bruckheimer "King Arthur."

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I rather assumed from the blue war paint that Guinevere might not be as Romanized as might be. Not all of Britain became Romanized, I thought. There were some tribes and areas that simply evaded the invasion, or were remote enough to not be as affected.

In which case she is wearing too many clothes. Naked would make more sense. And the Arthurian cyles are a little late in period to be the Picts anyway... (Best guess puts the first estimate at the time of the Roman withdrawl from Britain...)

Then again I thought Excalibur took too many liberties with Mallory. (Among the big ones - it was Morgause not Morgan that seduced Arthur. Nimue that seduced Merlin... Galahad died while questing for the Grail... The list goes on far too long given that it was supposed to be based on The Death of Arthur.)

As yet I have seen no good takes on Arthur at all in movies or TV.

The Auld Grump, let alone The History of the Kings of England by Geoffrey of Monmouth...

 

[Aaron L]

I watched the interview with Orlando where he called Legolas an assassin. He was referring to his deadliness with a bow. Didn't seem the least bit strange or unfitting to me.

And I think the movie looks dang cool. Historical in this sense would refer to historical fiction, whereas other Arthurian movies are set in a vague medieval mish mash time.

Unfortunate about the composite bow, tho.


If it's half as cool as Excalibur it will be 100 times cooler than First Knight. Didn't Arthur give Excalibur to Lancelot as a birthday present or something in that movie?

 

[ciaran00]

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a -5.

Was that AC -5? Bwahaha.

ciaran

 

[Skade]

In which case she is wearing too many clothes. Naked would make more sense. And the Arthurian cyles are a little late in period to be the Picts anyway... (Best guess puts the first estimate at the time of the Roman withdrawl from Britain...)

Yes, what I left out of my original post was that I doubted that nudity would be acceptable in such a role. Not referring to the character in this case, but running about, slashing people and having bowstrings awfully close to sensitive areas.

And yes, the Picts wouldn't really be around at this time, but as you said, liberties are always taken. I'm more than sure the decision to have blue face paint and ragged looking leathers has as much to do with Braveheart as anything else. It worked for that movie, and the designers thought it would work here.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Eek, sorry to jump in late!

Jerry Bruckheimer... I'll tell you exactly why his name attached to this film makes me tremble with fear. He's incredibly hit-or-miss. Some of his films have been great and some have been incredibly crappy. I mean, this is the same guy that can be associated with Kangaroo Jack and then follow it up with Pirates of the Caribbean.

Oh, and whip out the commies again... I'm the only person I know that hated The Rock. Not even Connery could save that piece of tripe.