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| Evy |
Date: Wednesday, 12-Feb-14, 4:07 PM | Message # 376 |
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This evening, on the French (private) TV Channel "CANAL PLUS" is broadcasted "I give it a year" !
I'm not a subscriber  but fortunately I've already watched it !!!  ...
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| Fran |
Date: Thursday, 13-Feb-14, 11:44 AM | Message # 377 |
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PJaneloke - I'm glad you got to see it and enjoyed it. I agree, Simon is great in this film, I've watched it many times now, because I find it rewarding and entertaining whatever my mood, and whilst I love Simon's darker films, I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch them. |
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| June |
Date: Friday, 14-Feb-14, 8:16 PM | Message # 378 |
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"I give it a year" will be released in Spain on April 25. Good news for the Spanish members of this site.
Message edited by June - Saturday, 15-Feb-14, 3:20 PM |
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| Tina |
Date: Monday, 21-Jul-14, 4:06 PM | Message # 379 |
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That's great BasqueCountryEuskeraz! I'm very happy for you and all Spanish fans. |
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| Evy |
Date: Monday, 21-Jul-14, 4:44 PM | Message # 380 |
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@BasqueCountryEuskeraz : go to watch it and enjoy !! |
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| June |
Date: Thursday, 18-Sep-14, 12:20 PM | Message # 381 |
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Finally, yesterday I watched "I give it a year" in the cinema. I liked the movie. There are hilarious moments with others too vulgar for my taste, but I think it's a good comedy. It's cute. When Simon is on screen, and the screen was a very big!!! one, is like watching other film. He looks extraordinary handsome and elegant. It's me or Simon has more and better close-ups than the other actors? |
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| kim |
Date: Thursday, 18-Sep-14, 1:55 PM | Message # 382 |
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No June- It's not just you. I'm not sure there's another person that takes a better close up than Simon Baker. |
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| Tina |
Date: Thursday, 18-Sep-14, 2:24 PM | Message # 383 |
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Happy you got to see it June. It's so special to see Simon on the big screen. I like the movie too. |
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| redbird |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 2:00 AM | Message # 384 |
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I loved Simon's role in "I Give It A Year" and I really enjoyed most of this movie. Sorry but I found the husband in this movie totally irritating and unlikable and it was enough to spoil some of my enjoyment of the movie.
But there was something about Simon's role in this movie - and his role in "Margin Call" - that made me realize that he would make a great James Bond. He does that suave, debonair, elegant James Bond cool thing so well. |
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| kim |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 2:57 AM | Message # 385 |
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I heard Simon respond to someone who suggested that he should be James Bond that he was told he was too short. Like it matters- really, he's a great actor, gorgeous to look at and has the same wry sense of humor. I would vote for him to be Bond. I wonder if it would be very hard for him to do a British accent?
I loved him too in IGIAY. There's an interview where he's talking about the scene with the doves and trying to keep Rose together that I love. |
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| redbird |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 1:54 PM | Message # 386 |
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His height doesn't matter - at all. Besides, he doesn't come across on screen as "not the tallest guy in the room". That's all presence and the way that he carries himself. Simon's years on The Mentalist have added a confidence on screen that he didn't possess before and that confidence is absolutely necessary to pull off James Bond.
As for the British accent, I've heard Simon say that the two accents that are easiest for him are American and British because they're sounds that he's heard since childhood. Where he grew up all of the shows on TV were either American or English so those sounds are very easy for him to replicate. I'm American and, believe me, his American accent is very, very good. I almost prefer it to his Australian accent. |
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| coral |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 5:26 PM | Message # 387 |
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Quote kim (  ) I wonder if it would be very hard for him to do a British accent?
Quote redbird ( ) Simon's years on The Mentalist have added a confidence on screen that he didn't possess before |
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| redbird |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 6:29 PM | Message # 388 |
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I didn't mean to suggest that Simon wasn't giving confident performances before The Mentalist because he was. What I intended to convey was something that Simon has said about himself: In a room full of actors, he's always felt like an imposter. He's not a trained actor and he was never quite sure about how his talent measured up. With all of the hours of screen time he's gotten on The Mentalist and all of the success he's had with the show, there is something about his presence now that suggests that that doubt is gone - he knows now that he belongs in the room. James Bond is an iconic role and to play him successfully, you have to bring a level of confidence to the role - you can't just find the confidence in the role.
I happen to think that Simon is a superb actor. He can do things with his eyes and his face that say much more than pages and pages of dialogue would ever convey. |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 9:17 PM | Message # 389 |
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I tend to agree with your suggestion redbird 
SB is an instinctive and gifted actor, and he delivered great performances in films such as "Book of Love", "Judas Kiss" or "Sex and Death 101", but a steady and hard work on shows like "The Guardian" or "The Mentalist" must have allowed him to expand even more his skills as an actor and a director. It's the best drama school ever, I remember he said that about The Guardian in an old interview.
Now he has more than 20 years of professional experience, and you can see how far he has come from "E-Street" to "I give it a Year" |
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| ruuger |
Date: Monday, 22-Sep-14, 10:32 PM | Message # 390 |
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Quote kim ( ) I heard Simon respond to someone who suggested that he should be James Bond that he was told he was too short. Like it matters- really, he's a great actor, gorgeous to look at and has the same wry sense of humor. I would vote for him to be Bond.
I think he'd definitely have made a fantastic Roger Moore type of a Bond. But honestly, I think his Australianness would have been a bigger hindrace to him that his height, thanks to George Lazenby 
I actually recently found out that apparently Simon had been on the (very long) shortlist of people considered, or at least rumoured to have been considered for the role after Pierce Brosnan left. Which I thought was funny because back in the day I was paying great attention to the casting (I'm a long time Bond fan) and I have no recollection of having even heard of him before I started watching The Mentalist - I guess I too (unfairly) immediately dismissed him because he was Australian
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