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Chris Pine appreciation thread

how posting a pic of both of them as Kirk
Chris was 27 in this screen cap, and Bill was ten years older at 37 in this cap from "Enterprise Incident," aired in September 1968. But he hadn't been in a bar fight the night before, as far as I know.

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Shirtless Shatner (circa '63), and shirtless pine. The Shatner pictures came from Hollywood legends photo website that required a subscription to lift the watermark which I wasn't willing to spend, sorry!

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Both are rather handsome men.
 
Jeri and GFS, those are great comparison pictures. Thanks for posting them. That last picture of Chris walking with his shirt off made me laugh. He has a scowl on his face that looks like he walked by something that didn't smell very good. Lol. Also, he is apparently endearingly knock-kneed. How cute is that. <giggle>

I watched Surrender Dorothy last night, not knowing what to expect since Chris plays a gay character in it. I liked the movie more than I expected - it's very sad but really nicely acted by the whole cast. I watched some of the scenes afterwords with the audio commentary turned on so I could hear the director and Diane Keaton (who stars in it and is an executive producer on the movie) discuss the different scenes mainly to hear what either of them had to say about Chris. When Chris makes his appearance in the film the director said to Diane that here's where Chris enters and that she and Chris bonded during the film. Diane Keaton said that they did, and she loved how funny he was. She said some really nice things about him. I loved that and of course that's what I was hoping to hear. Lol. In one scene in the movie the young cast are sitting around a table in the back yard drinking and eating and Diane Keaton said she really liked this part because they all were adlibbing their lines and it was great. That really makes the scene even more fun to watch. One thing for certain, Chris Pine is not afraid to stretch himself as an actor and that's really amazingly awesome.
 
Both are rather handsome men.
Yes, indeed. :cool: Put my vote in that column. I don't think I'd seen those Bill pictures before; thanks!

Pam, I have that movie; thanks for reminding me about the extra tracks. I always forget those. Not a fan of extra tracks generally; they usually bore me to tears. I start yawning; and then the tears come out, and my eyes get so blurry I can't see. But probably not in this case. :lol: I am still working on "Confession." I only got a few more minutes on it yesterday. But now that you remind me, I will have to see if it's got any interesting extra tracks.

I was counting up Chris's feature films; and with "Unstoppable," that makes eleven so far.

Yes, he's not afraid of a stretch.

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Jer, Heh, i love that goofy picture of Chris in the priest's garb!

GHOST, thanks for posting those old pics of the Shatman. Talk about goofy!

Pam: I agree with you. Surrender Dorothy was a nice stretch for Chris. I thought he was totally terrific in it.
 
Randi, did you see the Chris/Bill comparison pictures on the last couple pages?

I finished watching "Confession" last night, including all the extras -- and I saw that scene you especially like. I will have to try to get a screen cap of Chris pulling his shirt off. :lol:

I was surprised at all the young people they had making that movie. It was almost like a masters' thesis for all of them. The guy who did the music -- Ryan Shore -- was "Winner of the first ever Elmer Bernstein Scoring Award," and is the nephew of composer Howard Shore, who won an Oscar for Lord of the Rings music.

The movie wasn't phenomenal or anything, but it does have people in it and working on it that have potential. I agree with this person at the IMDb below. Oh, yeah, Cameron Daddoo -- the priest -- was a real hottie. I didn't realize until the extra track that he was Australian.

"The cast is variable but generally fine, especially Australian actor Cameron Daddo and young Chris Pine, allowing us to understand the rites of the Church without condescension. The cinematography is moodily atmospheric and the musical score by Ryan Shore admixes ecclesiastic tones with contemporary mood music. Given that this is a first film for Myers it is one worth examining for the potential it carries."

In other news, from the Chris-alert mailbag this morning there is a post mortem newspaper article on finishing up filming of "Unstoppable" in Pennsylvania ("After 'Unstoppable,' Tyrone on board for more film roles"), where the populous gives two thumbs up to the filming experience and one lady says, "We enjoyed having them," she said. "It was a wonderful experience."

Another mention of Chris Pine: The Blade Itself: "Chris Pine, who stepped into the spotlight after his Star Trek appearance, is said to be in talks as one of the lead stars in The Blade Itself. The screenplay was penned by Bostonian Ben Affleck and his partner Sean Bailey, and is said to be making its way into production shortly. The story is based on the novel written by Marcus Sakey that centers around two good friends, Evan and Danny, who are split up when one goes to prison. After seven years the pals reunite, contemplating a return back to a life of crime."

An additional bluray review at DVD town.com (excerpt):

Blu-ray review
FIRST PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2009
By John J. Puccio AND Jason P. Vargo

...There is a feeling that, if these characters were put next to their counterparts, we'd be able to see a series of events that made them into those officers. Pine's Kirk is a more immature version of Shatner's, as is expected. He thinks and then acts in some cases, jumping into the middle of a fight in others. Even before he joins Starfleet, we can see an underlying battle inside him about living up to his father's reputation. Shatner's Kirk is a ladies man, a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later type of commander. This Kirk is identical in every way; indeed, he tries to bed Uhura early on...

Video 9
Audio 9
Extras 9
Film value 8


And at comic book movie.com, someone thinks Chris is perfect for The Black Night.

FAN CAST: Hawkeye The Movie By LEEE777

Dane Whitman was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts and is best known as the modern-day Black Knight, continuing a legacy that began in medieval England. The first Black Knight, Whitman's ancestor Sir Percy of Scandia, lived during the reign of King Arthur. Percy's murder at the hand of his nemesis Modred began a string of successors, all of them Percy's descendants.

It was revived by Whitman's uncle Nathan Garrett, who became the supervillain Black Knight II. After being mortally wounded during a battle with Iron Man, he escaped to his estate, summoned his nephew to confess his crimes, and asked him to restore honor to their family legacy and atone for Garrett's misdeeds.

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is perfect for The Black Knight, not only is he a spitting image of him, he's a great actor. Yeah i know he's the new Captain Kirk and the new Jack Ryan too! But Black Knight's not a massive role, he will only have a cameo in this, just like (i hope) Black Widow only has a cameo in the "Avengers" feature film. Anyway Chris Pine is Dane Whitman, The Black Knight.
 
Jeri, no!! i didnt see the ones on the page before (i missed that whole page). What a riot! I see more of a resemblance as time goes on.

Which reminds me...i hadnt seen it between Chris and his dad until this past weekend...i was watching something (of course now i cannot remember what it was) that Chris's dad was in...and OMG...yes. I saw the likeness immediately this time. The eyes especially.
 
Yes! I mentioned before how I thought Chris favored his dad, but didn't get many takers. His dad has a small role in "Confession," I should mention.

I think I'm going to repost those Chris/Bill comparisons in one handy post.
 
Ohmigod moment: I just finished reading today's Daily Variety at work and flipped it over after reading the back page and there on the very back is a big picture of Chris Pine. Whoa!! My heart is still pounding - talk about unexpected. It's a full page ad for Small Town Saturday Night and the picture is of a really cute smiling Chris. It's an ad for AFM and says Coming Soon. I sure hope so. If I can scan it (it's really big) I'll try to post a picture of it tonight.
 
If I get a chance, I will transcribe that. Too bad we don't have our own forum, then we could hang up an FAQ as a sticky. :lol:
 
I love the Japanese interview. Can anybody catch what book he says he's currently reading and highly recommends? At least I think it's this interview. I'll watch it at lunch. 8 days and counting!!
 
Here the comparisons are in one place. (Just wanted to be able to make a link to a post.)

It's hard to find any of Shatner that are young enough.

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Chris was 26 in Blind Dating; Bill was 27. Bill looks very young for 27, doesn't he? The picture was taken in 1958 for a "Brothers Karamazov" production.

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This Chris screen cap is from his episode of "The Guardian," and I'm not sure about the Bill photo.

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Chris was 27 in this screen cap, and Bill was ten years older at 37 in this cap from "Enterprise Incident," aired in September 1968. But he hadn't been in a bar fight the night before, as far as I know.

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I transcribed the Tokyo interview, so now we have the beginnings of an FAQ.

My favorite is the speech-writer answer. Very interesting.

CHRIS PINE FAQ FROM TOKYO INTERVIEW.

- I love Italian food.

- I love pasta and red wine.

- I love sashimi. I love the sake beer. I had plum wine last night for the first time, which was fantastic.

- Unagi. (aside: Unagi is japanese for eel. It's a delicacy, and you can get it in japanese and sushi restaurants -- usually grilled with sweetish terriyaki sauce.)

- Albacore.

- I love basketball and baseball, and I played both those sports when I was growing up. But I was never good enough to -- I always wanted to play professionally in baseball; but I wasn't good enough.

- My favorite movie... This is a very difficult question, but I would say off the top of my head -- nothing new here: the Godfather, Ferris Bueller's Day Off; and I guess most recently I'd pick In Bruges.

- When I was in school in my film appreciation class, we studied Akira Kurosawa; but that's pretty much the extent of my knowledge of Japanese cinema, unfortunately.

- This is my first time in Tokyo.

- I heard there was a ramen museum somewhere in Tokyo, so I'm planning on visiting the ramen museum -- because in Los Angeles, there's a big Japanese community; and one of my favorite restaurants is a ramen bar.

- I guess my image of Japan before I came here was that I knew Tokyo was very large; and I guess the only point of comparison I had was Manhattan. But upon coming here, it's even bigger (gestures out to there).

- Started acting when I was 18. I was studying English, and my English teacher -- as a part of a class -- wanted to put on a play. So, I did that; and I really, really began to do it in college when I was 18 or so.

- I love Gary Oldman... I guess: Gary Oldman; Daniel Day Lewis; Sean Penn, right now. And in the past: Paul Newman; Brando.

- Right now I really like Paul Greengrass; and I would love to work with P.T. Anderson; Scorcese -- obviously; J.J. Abrams, who I've already worked with.

-- If I'd not become an actor, I would have become a political speech writer. A speech writer for politics.

- If I was on a deserted island, what would I take with me? I would take my girlfriend (chuckle); and I guess -- my iPod, maybe. Yeah -- some food would be good, too; and some water.

- What kind of girls do I like? Japanese girls (grin). I like smart girls; funny girls; beautiful girls. I like all kinds of women (mona lisa smile). Wow -- Penelope Cruz, Beau Garrett, Salma Hayek, Jessica Biel -- I could go on (chuckle).

- I spend my days off... I enjoy hiking; reading; I play music -- I play guitar; I sing -- in the shower. That's pretty much it.

-- I would... gosh -- I'd walk into the White House, walk around, figure out who killed JFK.


(Not sure what the question was to the last one there; maybe it was: "If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be?" But I don't know. They cut out all the questions and just spliced together his answers.)
 
That's awesome. Thanks, Jeri.

I scanned the back cover of Daily Variety but now I have to figure out how to get it so I can share it with you. I was hoping I could save the page from the pdf as a photo but that isn't working out. I'll keep working on it. My scanner at home doesn't work right now and it wasn't a problem until now.
 
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