Virtual Birthday Party, Day 2

[wiseheart]

Dear all,

Day 1 of the party has been a great success: 170 comments on 2 pages so far. As agreed, I hereby kick off the second day, so that we won't lose everything like last year, should LJ crash our party again.

Threads of interest can still be commented on, but I ask you to start any new threads here from now on

And now: on with the party!!!

Comments

[sammydragoncat]

Jeremy Brett is the ultimate Sherlock Holmes - Benedict grew on me, not my favorite of all time, but I have seen worst.

As for over-hyped actors - the entire cast of The Twilight Series - I just don't get it.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Indeed, Brett is the ultimate Holmes. Perfect. I don't mind Cumberbatch's Holmes, and I'm willing to give some leeway to modern retellings to change the character to suit the times. There are certainly worse incarnations; I watched the BBC film Hound of the Baskervilles recently, and Richard Roxburgh as Holmes is completely wrong -- uncharismatic & dull. Richard E. Grant as Stapleton is so much more charismatic that you want him to win!

I have neither watched nor read Twilight. Someone gave me a mini-plot summary [shudders] which was more than enough. Are the actors overhyped separately from Twilight? I've hardly heard of any of them, but I would have thought accepting roles in that kind of schlock doesn't say a lot for their sense.

I'm being really catty tonight, aren't I? Sorry, Wiseheart!

[sammydragoncat]

I haven't watched it either - I have never been that desperate to relieve my boredom as to watch any of it. But yes, the actors are seriously over-hyped, at least hear in the States they are - it you aren't getting bombarded with it, your lucky. I think one of the male leads was one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood last year.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Skimming the actor list courtesy of Wikipedia, I'd only ever heard of Kristen Stewart. I assume you mean Pattinson? Literally never heard of him, though I do try to avoid celebrity gossip type news.

[sammydragoncat]

So do I - not always successfully

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Sometimes having a terrible memory for names is an advantage :)

[sammydragoncat]

Yes it is

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't know what "catty" means, but if you think you're being mean, don't worry about it. I think Pattinson is horrible. His head is misshaped and he has a profile like a notched axe - I don't know what people see in him, honestly.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Yes, 'catty' is a milder version of 'mean', but with overtones of malicious humour.