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Post by lola on Jun 20, 2009 15:28:55 GMT
Item: Sean Penn has backed out of playing Larry in an upcoming Three Stooges movie, citing desire to spend more time with his wife.
Your response, broadly:
A: Oh, how nice that he wants to spend more time working on his marriage.
or
B: All right! This could be my big chance to step in and save the production. I've always thought that part would be right up my alley.
If B, would you really rather be Moe?
If A, would you rather stay home and rearrange your sock drawer than go to a Stooges movie, even with a beloved spouse?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2009 15:38:58 GMT
Anything to get out of a 3 Stooges movie.
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Post by lola on Jun 20, 2009 15:59:03 GMT
or,
C: Sean Penn might have redeemed such a project somewhat.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 20, 2009 16:02:24 GMT
Oh no! I didn't even know that Penn was going to play Larry -- that would have been SO great!
*fret fret*
I do have the right kind of hair to play Larry, but there's that gender-specific problem. Oh dear. Also, I really am more of a Moe.
This is distressing, Lola. Thank goodness you brought it to our attention. There must be someone here who can do something.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2009 16:57:32 GMT
Growing up in Long Beach, Mississippi, obviously I was bored stiff. The excitement was down the road in Gulfport, which boasted 3 movie theaters. They would get the 'good' movies about a month after we had seen the commercials for them on the New Orleans television stations. But Long Beach did possess an abandoned cinema, right on the main street, Jeff Davis Avenue, and some strange person decided to reopen it. The name of the cinema was The Lobe.  Anyway, I went to it the very first week that it reopened in spite of the atrocious film that had been programmed. My memory told me it was something along the lines of "The 3 Stooges in Space," so I made an investigation and found a film called "The Three Stooges in Orbit." The Three Stooges have a show to do, but since the rehearsals require cooking, they manage to get themselves thrown out of every hotel they can find. They finally find room and board at the home of the goofy inventor, Professor Danforth, but that home has it's own problems. Namely, the Professor is working on a new all-terrain, flying, space worthy submersible. With some persuading, the Stooges agree to help him finish his invention and demonstrate it to the military. However, the Martians are interested in the vechile as well and when they learn of its perfection, they plan to steal it and destroy the Earth. Like it or not, the fate of the world rests on the courage of Moe, Larry and Curly-Joe. (I have purposely retained the mistakes from that summary.)I think that the new Lobe lasted maybe a month before it closed forever. I was not surprised. |
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Post by lola on Jun 20, 2009 18:37:21 GMT
One more thing I like about this bunch: refusal to conform to hackneyed gender stereotypes.
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Post by gyro on Jun 20, 2009 19:38:59 GMT
Is this a movie with the Stooges, as in a biopic ? I can't imagine why anybody would want to remake a 3 stooges fillum in the other respect ...
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Post by gyro on Jun 20, 2009 19:47:10 GMT
Oh, and my congratulations on being responsible for a thread that's gone to 7 replies without being moved to what is deemed the 'correct' branch ..... !
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Post by lola on Jun 20, 2009 21:10:37 GMT
Thanks, gyro! Maybe it's taking this long to classify.
bixa, Penn said he'd do it if they'd wait a couple of years for him. I wish I had a job like that.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 20, 2009 23:44:22 GMT
Why do they have to wait? I think this movie has been waiting to be made for ages. If you tell me that Russell Crowe has dropped out as Moe I will die, just die.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 4:10:47 GMT
Oh, and my congratulations on being responsible for a thread that's gone to 7 replies without being moved to what is deemed the 'correct' branch ..... ! What's the correct branch for someone trying to save his marriage? Maybe he bought the wrong anniversary gifts. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 4:13:13 GMT
Why do they have to wait? I think this movie has been waiting to be made for ages. If you tell me that Russell Crowe has dropped out as Moe I will die, just die. The other actors are Jim Carrey (Curly) and Benicio Del Toro (Moe). |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 21, 2009 4:36:07 GMT
I am not at all sure I approve.
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Post by gyro on Jun 21, 2009 9:14:28 GMT
Aaah, bless both of you and your two faces ... !
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Post by rikita on Jun 27, 2009 7:19:02 GMT
what is three stooges and why is it so important?
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Post by Jazz on Jun 27, 2009 9:56:31 GMT
I know who the Three Stooges are, but I have absolutely no interest in seeing a movie about them. Why would anyone bother? (I can't sit through one of their tedious and stupid movies.)
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Post by lola on Jun 27, 2009 13:12:29 GMT
Comedy either gets you or it doesn't. Some things I think are really hot stuff, like most recently British movie In the Loop, leave my husband cold, and vice versa.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 27, 2009 15:45:35 GMT
*stares at Jazz, mouth agape* Rikita, here is the Wikipedia article on the Stooges. The Stooge movies ran forever on American tv (are probably still running), so became a part of everyone's cultural background, regardless of age. A little about the creation of the Stooges: . It has been said that one of the great unsung geniuses of all time is the person who did the sound effects for The Three Stooges. ;D Generations of American children (maybe Canadian, too -- I don't know) grew up mimicking Stooge routines. A representative scene: . And with that, this thread is getting moved to The Screening Room. |
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Post by rikita on Jun 27, 2009 20:38:46 GMT
i see.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 27, 2009 20:48:35 GMT
You made me laugh, Rikita! Perhaps one has to be exposed to the exuberant stupidity and goofy slapstick of the Stooges at an early age to truly appreciate them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2009 21:02:23 GMT
The Three Stooges are to Americans what Americans think Jerry Lewis is to the French.
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