Okay, I’m prepared to say that I’m somewhat obsessed with the cast of The Old Guard at this point.
Over the past couple months, I’ve been slowly working my way through the filmography of Luca Marinelli, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Kiki Layne, and Charlize Theron. It’s a thing. I don’t really care at this point.
My goal has been to try to broaden my movie-viewing. By that, I mean I’m watching films in a language other than English (or animated in Japanese). I totally admit that I’m a bit of a snob about what I watch, and I’ve done my utmost to only watch certain genres for years. But I’m getting better!
For instance, I absolutely loved Far from the Madding Crowd, which is based on the 1874 book by the same name. It’s one of Matthias’ films, and it was amazing. To the point that I actually went and bought the book to read it (though I now get to wait until my mother gives it up at some point). I’ve also watched A Bigger Splash and A Little Chaos, please see yesterday’s post for my thoughts on that.
I also was able to get a hold of several of Luca’s films, most of which are only available in Italy, so it was a bit of a chore. Waves was odd but interesting, and Il Padre d’Italia broke my heart. Luca needs to not cry on screen, it makes me cry damnit. I also watched him on Trust, which was a FX miniseries, where he played an Italian gangster who led the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III. Ever feel conflicted rooting for a villain in certain scenes? Yeah, here too. (I live for the 70’s murder-pornstash dear God). And let’s not forget A Dangerous Fortune, a German TV film where Luca plays the bad guy/man whore (at least, manipulator/man whore. That was my take, anyway.). He’s hot, the story sucks, and the ending is an utter waste.
As for what I’m planning on watching, I have several films for each of them queued up. I’ll break up that list by actor, only for the sake of my sanity. I also may add movies to this list, this is just what I have right now.
For Matthias, I’m about to watch Rust and Bone and Bullhead. Probably some of his others as well, depending on if I can get my hands on them. (Not The Loft. NO.)
Luca’s list is bigger. I’m planning on watching Martin Eden, Ricordi?, Fabrizio De Andre: Principe libero and Il mondo fino in fondo. Ok, basically everything he’s been in. Don’t judge me.
From Marwan’s list, I want to watch Wolf and Aladdin (again, for reasons). Probably some of his others, depending on the subject matter.
Of Kiki’s filmography, the only film I really want to see is If Beale Street Could Talk. No offense to the other amazing films, they’re just not for me.
As for Charlize, I’ve already seen a number of her films over the years. But I would love to finally see Atomic Blonde, and I want to rewatch The Italian Job (once again, for reasons).
I guess I have a lot of watching to do. Hopefully I find the time before the end of the year, because I really need a smile.
Until next time!
[For the record, I typed the back half of this post one handed, because I managed to smash my hand into a pot at 6AM yesterday, and now my knuckles are is so much pain that typing hurts. So… Yeah. Enjoy the short content. Hopefully by tomorrow I’ll be able to type more.]