Radio Killed The Movie Star's Carreer

[mr_noon]

The “Radio” that I am referring to in this entry title is the movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. However, the “Movie Star” I am referring to is not Cuba Gooding Jr. but Ed Harris who doesn’t belong in such a laughably bad movie. I finally got to watch Radio last night with Shaun and our good friend Wayne who’s home for reading week. First we

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[the_automatik]

*cries*

[mr_noon]

No, it's a Whopper!

ROTFLMAO

[the_automatik]

Is Erin's marathon going to include The Other Sister and I Am Sam? Ugh. Mentally retarded people are all so different; why do moviemakers insist on making them all the same and lame to boot? It's embarrassing. Law and Order had an episode about a retarded girl once played by the redhead from Six Feet Under. It was good and she was good and I wasn't embarrassed for her.

Re: ROTFLMAO

[mr_noon]

Yeah, I think the first film that Katie mentioned was The Other Sister, which she's obsessed with. I Am Sam is also on the bill.

[alex_in_the_sky]

Oh gawd! That sounds terrible! Why was Ed Harris in such a bad movie? I don't think I could watch it, even if I went into it expecting it to be funny. I still haven't brought myself to watch "The Other Sister," I, I... I just can't. I HATE it when "normal" actors portray the mentally challenged, however, two notable exceptions that I actually find to be excellent films: "Rainman" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." Any takers?

[mr_noon]

It's true, there are notable exceptions and I agree with the those that you've mentioned. I hate it when the actors think that they're being brave and delivering a powerful performance just because they're playing someone who's handicapped. I think Elisabeth Shue took the role of an autistic woman in "Molly" because she assumed she'd automatically get another chance at an Oscar, which thankfully she didn't.

[the_automatik]

The fact that she was in Hollow Man should preclude her ever getting nominated for anything again.

[alex_in_the_sky]

It also seems to be considered oscar worthy when beautiful actors sacrifice their good looks... this, however, is far more tolerable than the mentally challenged thing.