He makes personnel films, ie, with the same people, again and again.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 December 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
Tbh, I rarely dislike him specifically, but almost every film he's in seems like a first draft special, where it's if they just yelled "action" and figured all the hilarious improv would give them enough footage to fill out the run time.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 December 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
i think that's pretty fair. SuperBad felt like "notes toward a teen comedy" rather than an actual finished movie, though in fairness I think they wrote the script in college or something like that.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 29 December 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
There's, like, 15 minutes of movie in "Neighbors," then the desperation kicks in. Hey, let's have a 5 minute scene where Rogen has to milk Rose Byrne's disgustingly engorged boobs!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
XP Yeah, there's a taped table read circa 2002 or something on the dvd. IIRC, many of the jokes in the film were already there.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 29 December 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
'the interview' did this thing that happens a lot with big budget comedies where it's like they're afraid the audience will be confused and unhappy if the movie stays silly and funny all the way through so they start grinding everything to a halt for joke-free dramatic and action sequences by the third act.
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
stripes syndrome
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
welp again
https://securityledger.com/2014/12/new-clues-in-sony-hack-point-to-insiders-away-from-dprk/
Researchers from the security firm Norse allege that their investigation of the hack of Sony has uncovered evidence that leads, decisively, away from North Korea as the source of the attack. Instead, the company alleges that a group of six individuals is behind the hack, at least one a former Sony Pictures Entertainment employee who worked in a technical role and had extensive knowledge of the company’s network and operations.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
What the, it turns out it may have been an inside job (ie, the most obvious suspect) and not North Korea (ie the least obvious suspect)?! What a twist!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
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― iatee, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
can't believe obama was out there making claims based on US government intelligence instead of just checking the Norse DarkMatter™ platform
― iatee, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
he checked the FBI BlackBudget platform
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 December 2014 18:06 (nine years ago) link
Thank goodness we didn't bomb anyone over this.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 December 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
We were on this a week ago:http://gawker.com/researcher-sony-hack-was-likely-an-inside-job-by-a-wom-1676556756
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/fbi-rejects-alternate-sony-hack-theory-113893.html
i'm just as skeptical of the "norse" theory as the FBI one.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 31 December 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
This is funny.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Saturday, 24 January 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
Franco exiting the airplane:"North siiiiide!"
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Saturday, 24 January 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
Also in a subtle way satirizes apolitical love of bling, when Franco is walking around Un's car collection to a Lil Jon soundtrack.
― bit of a singles monster (Eazy), Saturday, 24 January 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
not sure about how well he does dramatically, but as a comedic actor, he is pretty terrible. way too self aware and trying to show he is clever all the time. i couldnt watch all of pineapple express because of how awful he was.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 11 February 2015 12:56 (nine years ago) link
and now he's in a 3D Herzog film.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 13:19 (nine years ago) link
it makes sense once you realise
(1) robert pattinson is in it as a serious actor
(2) australian actress nicole kidman is playing a british role
(3) british actress naomi watts dropped out of it
(4) british actor jude law is being replaced by a young up-and-coming american actor that goes by the name of james franco or whatever
and (5) herzog is past his prime
thus: this film is garbage
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:54 (nine years ago) link
Robert Pattinson is a credible actor, so i dismiss you.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
u luv herzog dont u
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 11 February 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
still like modern herzog but he is kind of just having a laugh these days so i imagine franco will be perfect
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 12 February 2015 12:44 (nine years ago) link
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:56 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i agree with this generally (he's gotten more painfully unfunny over the years, especially with Spring Breakers imo) but The Interview surprised me, prob his funniest performance since Freaks & Geeks.
― some dude, Thursday, 12 February 2015 12:55 (nine years ago) link
hes fine/good in 'true story' but its not a v good movie
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2015 22:35 (nine years ago) link
i need to check if that 'double negative' device is in finkles book, ima bet no and that instead it is the most spoonfeed the audience garbage bs screenwriting technique
i do actually like jonah hill mostly but he they needed a real actor for his part, badly
― johnny crunch, Friday, 17 April 2015 22:39 (nine years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2015/05/07/james_francos_mcdonalds_op_ed_is_light_airy_and_full_of_privileged_sht/
have to admit i lol'd at "I generally like James Franco. He is funny, he’s a good actor, he wants to live an interesting life. But he is so, so dumb. Like, really dumb. Franco’s essay shows an utter lack of comprehension of any issues outside of the Palo Alto-Los Angeles tunnel in which he grew up. It is, like much of Franco’s previous non-acting work, light, and airy, and privileged bullshit."
I don't mean to generalise too much, but look at who wrote this. I can totally picture her being a Franco fan. And now these young women are trying to articulate what they, like, don't like about Jamie omigod..."he is sooo dumbbb"
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
So dumb. Like, really dumb.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:25 (nine years ago) link
describing a hamburger as "airy" is so weird. it's like, floppy and greasy and stuff. maybe he took the patty out and just ate the bun?
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:04 (nine years ago) link
and i guess mcdonalds patties are not as heavy as others, but a burger patty is a pretty dense thing. not "airy" by any means.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:05 (nine years ago) link
i think "so dumb" is p accurate tbh
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:12 (nine years ago) link
i mean it's james franco! in terms of 'people re whom it would not be a waste of time to set out my problems with their worldview in depth' he falls somewhere pretty near the bottom, nestled between bret easton ellis and hitler
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:15 (nine years ago) link
Salon article's probably dumber than anything Franco's done.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:30 (nine years ago) link
To me airy implies the lack of burger in the burger patty. McD's burgers always seem like little hockey pucks that are mostly bread.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
i love the word dumb. it's like one of my favorite words.
― surm, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 04:10 (nine years ago) link
― slam dunk, Monday, December 29, 2014 8:30 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea otm, I think this is unavoidable thoalso this type of movie needs to really nail its montages, not have them be overlong, etc and it did that v well so kudosoverall it was better than I expectedthe best stuff is in the first half, and lots of it is franco's expressions & reaction shots, so great
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 24 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
oh man, i hate to admit it but i really enjoyed The Interview. probably Franco's best performance ever. Randall Park actually being really funny helped a lot
― Nhex, Sunday, 12 July 2015 07:19 (eight years ago) link
doing a remake of Mother, May I Sleep With Danger
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 December 2015 00:05 (eight years ago) link
James + Semaj is a column where James Franco talks to his reverse self, Semaj, about new films.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 14 June 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
on colbert, they said he made/worked on 60 projects in 2016
― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 December 2016 05:11 (seven years ago) link
wish he would stop
― 1staethyr, Friday, 16 December 2016 06:54 (seven years ago) link
cant we sanction him or something
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 16 December 2016 07:01 (seven years ago) link
why does god take the good so young and the bad so old
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 16 December 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Disaster Artist is great
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Sunday, 31 December 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
not a disaster
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 December 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
this took longer than expected
https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/james-franco-golden-globes-ally-sheedy.html
https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/fashion/daily/2018/01/08/08-james-franco-tweets.nocrop.w710.h2147483647.jpg
― infinity (∞), Monday, 8 January 2018 17:20 (six years ago) link
Inviting Wisseau on stage and then stiff arming him when he lunged for the mic was a weird, uncomfortable moment.
― Moodles, Monday, 8 January 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
I know, right? It's almost as if he was just exploiting the guy or something.
― Bobby Buttrock (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 January 2018 17:50 (six years ago) link
Ya think?
― Moodles, Monday, 8 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link