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13th February 2008, 11:52 PM
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The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
He steals every scene he is in.
In The Shield he was awesome and I have just watched The Last King Of Scotland and he was the same in that.
He also looks like he is taking the piss when he is being serious, much like Jack Nicholson.
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13th February 2008, 11:55 PM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
He's awesome in both of those.
I've had nightmares about him though.
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Ay Frencheh, come ere while a knee ya in bollocks!
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13th February 2008, 11:57 PM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by Section_31
He's awesome in both of those.
I've had nightmares about him though.
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13th February 2008, 11:59 PM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
He's fantastic in the Crying Game.
But his finest moment has to be blood sport.
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14th February 2008, 12:00 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
When he was in Phenomenon he was awesome. That scene where George Marley phones him at 3am, to tell him that the rabbit was fenced in all along, will live long in the memory.
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14th February 2008, 12:02 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by Elite
That big smile scare you, did it?
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About three months back I dreamt I was on the run from him, wherever I hid he'd always turn up looking for me but leave just before he found my hiding place.
I'd be hiding under the bed and hear him talking to my mum dowstais, quite politely asking If she knew where I was, then I'd see his feet when he came in the room, but them he fucked off at the last minute.
So I thought 'fuck this that was too close' then went to hide around the back of my mate's garden shed, I was tangled up in nettles and shit but thought 'fuck it at least I'm safe'.
Next thing he comes out into the back garden with my fucking mate, starts looking around casualy with this vacant grin on his face, but instead of looking more closely he just fucked off again.
It's like he was reminding me there was nowhere to hide, without actually 'needing' to put the cuffs on me. It was actually quite scary.
Anyway.
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Originally Posted by Richard Sharpe
Ay Frencheh, come ere while a knee ya in bollocks!
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14th February 2008, 12:03 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by Section_31
About three months back I dreamt I was on the run from him, wherever I hid he'd always turn up looking for me but leave just before he found my hiding place.
I'd be hiding under the bed and hear him talking to my mum dowstais, quite politely asking If she knew where I was, then I'd see his feet when he came in the room, but them he fucked off at the last minute.
So I thought 'fuck this that was too close' then went to hide around the back of my mate's garden shed, I was tangled up in nettles and shit but thought 'fuck it at least I'm safe'.
Next thing he comes out into the back garden with my fucking mate, starts looking around casualy with this vacant grin on his face, but instead of looking more closely he just fucked off again.
It's like he was reminding me there was nowhere to hide, without actually 'needing' to put the cuffs on me. It was actually quite scary.
Anyway.
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Lol, that sums him up perfectly. He could either charm you to death or massacre you.
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14th February 2008, 12:13 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Is this the guy in Ghost Dog?
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14th February 2008, 12:33 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Yes.
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14th February 2008, 12:45 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by RedKnight
Yes.
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14th February 2008, 12:54 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
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14th February 2008, 01:06 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
He's not scary in the Shield. I'm not having that.
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You just couldn't let me go could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you, because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by RedKnight
He's not scary in the Shield. I'm not having that.
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Not scary per se, more that his mere presence is very intimidating and is felt throughout that whole season.
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14th February 2008, 01:17 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Originally Posted by RedKnight
He's not scary in the Shield. I'm not having that.
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Originally Posted by Ted
Not scary per se, more that his mere presence is very intimidating and is felt throughout that whole season.
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He hasn't had me in tears or anything but he turns on a sixpence and is generally a fucking loon.
He's nice to someone and then he's like 'If you try to screw me, you'll never see the streets again, but hey no need to get that far right? Gimme five!'
When he flips out on Lem and puts him in the cage it's just an unbelieveable performance.
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Ay Frencheh, come ere while a knee ya in bollocks!
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14th February 2008, 07:49 AM
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Ghost Dog is his best role in my opinion. Here's my favourite scene - where he meets another Samurai (played by RZA) in the street - by way of celebration:
YouTube - Ghost Dog famous scene
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Re: The screen presence of Forrest Whitaker...
Just watched Last King Of Scotland last night. Kinell, that was full on! Brilliant performance from Whitaker though, he does a great job of putting himself on the edge of sanity.
Seriously though, watching movies like that which are quite heavily based on true events makes you think about some of the shit you complain about in everyday life, such as petrol prices, traffic, etc. Pretty pathetic really.
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