Don't worry, I got it, too (and I'm not that old).^
How sad that I'm old enough to get that joke.
Another film where he plays against his "type" is Lucky Number Slevin where he squabbles with Ben Kingsley the whole time.
Some Morgan Freeman criticism
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Another film where he plays against his "type" is Lucky Number Slevin where he squabbles with Ben Kingsley the whole time.
I don't think I've ever watched a movie where Tom Cruise narrated, but the last Tom Cruise movie I watched was Mission: Impossible III. Has he done it since then?
^ Cruise narrated the IMAX Space Station movie. Wasn't that bad, actually.
Cruise narrated a documentary called 'Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible' that was on Encore recently. I thought his narration was fine.
It was a bit odd when he said the Galactic Empire was but a pale shadow of the mighty empire of the dread Lord Xenu and that George Lucas would burn in a volcano like Anakin Skywalker upon Xenu's return, but otherwise it was a good.
It was a bit odd when he said the Galactic Empire was but a pale shadow of the mighty empire of the dread Lord Xenu and that George Lucas would burn in a volcano like Anakin Skywalker upon Xenu's return, but otherwise it was a good.
I remember reading some years back that it was Freeman that altered the characters a bit, at least in some movies. I can’t remember the name of the film, but in one, the character was not supposed to be so well-liked by the audience, but Freeman changed it up and made him much more dignified and respectable. It changed the movie and where the director was trying to go. Not sure if there was a casting change because of it or not.
I don’t blame Freeman for wanting to provide his character with dignity; it becomes a problem when the character is not supposed to have much of it, though.
Cruise also narrated Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures where he did a fairly decent job but it was nothing special.
I'm surprised no one mentioned Morgan Freeman's cameo appearance during this year's Oscars introduction where he poked fun of his narrative style.
I'm surprised no one mentioned Morgan Freeman's cameo appearance during this year's Oscars introduction where he poked fun of his narrative style.
It's also because the older, wizened mentor is an archetype that we see it recur in film after film. He just happens to fill that role exceptionally well.
A reference to The Electric Company? Christ, I’m too old to get that joke.Don't worry, I got it, too (and I'm not that old).
A reference to The Electric Company? Christ, I’m too old to get that joke.Don't worry, I got it, too (and I'm not that old).
Me, too. Already began school when that started. And knew how to read when Sesame Street began locally--so no need to watch it as a 5 or 6 year old.
A reference to The Electric Company? Christ, I’m too old to get that joke.Don't worry, I got it, too (and I'm not that old).
Me, too. Already began school when that started. And knew how to read when Sesame Street began locally--so no need to watch it as a 5 or 6 year old.
I didn't watch The Electric Company to learn how to read, I watched it because it was cool. It had Spider-Man! And Letter Man! And Morgan Freeman!
The Electric Company debuted on October 25, 1971 — my eighteenth birthday. I was starting college by then!
This man is trying to get my favourite novel to the big screen.
He can play the same role over and over again for a thousand years and I wouldn't care.
He can play the same role over and over again for a thousand years and I wouldn't care.
I saw Freeman in the park years ago in Taming of the Shrew. He was just awful. Couldn't get his mouth around the words.
He doesn't mind now because it's work. But I saw him a while back on Inside the Actor's Studio and he discussed going years and years with very little work until middle age, when the casting directors decided that he had "gravitas" and suddenly he was getting lots of work and became a big star. In that dry period he got occasional gigs as various other young black man stereotypes - pimps and drug dealers, etc. He seemed very realistic about the movie business, which is that it's not really an area for an actor to stretch his wings, but it surely does pay well.
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