Who? What? Where? #22

So, I am getting bad at actually getting these in on time. But, I guess it just makes it more difficult to get in on this when it finally is posted.

Anyway, congrats (as usual) to Jess who correctly guessed the person to the left as David Strathairn in his amazing role as Whistler in Sneakers.

With that win, Jess earns three more points and moves even further ahead of Matt for first place.

Good luck this week to everyone.

The concept is simple: each week I will place a photograph of a character within a film. It is up to you (the participant in the game) to tell me the following:

1) The name of the actor (or what the actor goes by in his acting profession).

2) The name of the character in the movie.

3) And, the name of the movie.

Each correct answer gets you a point - so if you get all three correct on a given week, you can get three points. I will keep a running chart each and every week. As of now, this will be played for bragging rights only - but we shall see what the future holds.

So here is week #22:

Standings:

Jess - 22 points
Matt - 17 points
Fletch - 13 points
Nick - 6 points

Mrs. Kano - 5 points

39/50: Robin Hood

I don't know the true/main story of the original Robin Hood. My memories of Robin Hood stem from Disney's version and Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I guess you can also toss in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

So, when I watched the Russell Crowe version of Robin Hood I was immediately confused. Isn't the Sheriff of Nottingham supposed to be the bad guy? Well, according to the Prince of Thieves he is. Or, was it Prince John?

In this version it appears to be France that

is the enemy. Until we get to the end, but I am getting ahead of myself.

So, Crowe stars as Robin Longstride, and fights in the Crusades with a man called Robert Loxley. Longstride along with a trio of others, Will Scarlett (Scott Grimes), Little John (Kevin Durand) and Allan A'Dayle (Alan Doyle) return to England to notify Loxley of his son's death and Robin is asked to pretend that he is in fact Loxley returned from the war - and also take care of Loxley's girlfriend, Lady Marian (Cate Blanchett). Did you get all of that? I know it's confusing.

Anyway, in my opinion this film was setup as the beginning of a series of films. The ending, after Robin helps defeat the French, Prince John burns the treaty that was drawn up to relieve taxes against the commoners. He also declares that Robin is an outlaw.

Here is where the film, or next film, should start up. This is the setup we needed to begin where everything belongs. Robin is an outlaw. Prince John is the villain.

But, we will probably not get another film because this one was mediocre in its reception. Too bad because I feel they were setting up for something that could be fun. I have said before I am not a Crowe fan, but I handled him here. I am a fan of Durand, Grimes and Mark Addy (who played Friar Tuck), however, so I would have liked to have seen what happened next.

So, my grade reflects this particular film, not how good I feel the future films could have been.

Grade:

For Funsies

The best JD-Janitor exchange. I just saw it again and had to toss it up here.

Tuesday's With Movies: 5/10/11

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never: NO. I do not have the Bieber Fever. There is absolutely nothing on Earth that will make me watch this movie. In fact - it scares me.

No Strings Attached: This is the first of what looks to be two of the same-type of films wit

h Friends With Benefits being released sometime this year. I have heard some bad things about the film itself, and usually Ashton Kutcher is the kiss of death. But, Natalie Portman's presence and the fact that she will be scantily dressed a lot has me very interested.

Blue Valentine: I know absolutely nothing about this film except that for some reason it was originally given an NC-17 rating - apparently for a sexually explicit scene. It is in my queue, so when it gets here I will have to check it out.

The Illusionist: I have heard some really good things from both critics and fellow bloggers - but as of right now I really have no interest in seeing this film. That may change in the future, but for now I don't see myself watching it.

The Hit List: The only really reason I am putting this on this list is because it stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. and I have to ask - what the heck has happened to him? He won an Oscar for Jerry Maguire and has been in high profile films like Men of Honor and Pearl Harbor. But, he has truly fallen off the map. Can he get it back?

My Life In Movies Blog-A-Thon

The imaginative people over at Fandango Groovers have set up another blogathon. There are a bunch of others participating - check it out here.

This was actually extremely difficult. In most years I found multiple films that I love. And in some years, films that I like, but nothing that I really love. So - here is my life in movies. My favorite movies from 2010 to my birth year of 1981. Enjoy:

Sorry this isn't more spectacular. I saw this at the last moment and wanted to participate.