whitehall
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Exactly the same plot centered in Vegas. I like Jason Stratham but he is a British one trick pony who doesn't have the dramatic ability to pull it off. For all his critics Burt Reynolds did it better.
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Reynolds was struck in the face with a metal chair on the first day of filming of Heat, which resulted in a joint dysfunction leading to surgery. He was restricted to a liquid diet and lost thirty pounds from not eating. The painkillers he was prescribed led to an addiction, which would plague him most of his life. Drugs, and car accidents would result in multiple back surgeries, years of physical theory and a quintuple coronary artery bypass surgery.Exactly the same plot centered in Vegas. I like Jason Stratham but he is a British one trick pony who doesn't have the dramatic ability to pull it off. For all his critics Burt Reynolds did it better.
People who knew him personally said he was a really nice person that went out of his way to help people. Unfortunately, a few bad decision and some bad breaks really messed up his life.Reynolds was the real deal and the kind of guy you would have liked to have known. RIP
Reynolds pretty much played the same Burt Reynolds in most of his movies from the "Gator" stuff to Bandit and the lame detective stuff like "Shamus" but he was likeable. For my money the only movie he really acted out of character was "Deliverance"People who knew him personally said he was a really nice person that went out of his way to help people. Unfortunately, a few bad decision and some bad breaks really messed up his life.
He got into acting as just a lark, getting a role on Gunsmoke and some pretty awful TV in the 60's but in the 70's he started taking his acting seriously and did some really good movies. However, in 80's, he started turning down serious roles that people like Clinton Eastwood, Harrison Ford, and Jack Nicholson made famous. preferring, light rom cons and action adventure. Although critics generally panned his movies, he was a dependable box office draw and he managed to make few really good movies in 80s and beyond.
I think Boogie Nights along with Deliverance, and the Longest Yard are his best. The film with his best acting was Boogie Nights. Reynolds hated the movie and the director. After seeing a rough cut of the film, Reynolds fired his agent for recommending it. Despite this, Reynolds won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance, which is the highest acting recognition he ever received. It's kind of strange the movie he really hated and wish he had never made, is the movie that he delivered his best performance.Reynolds pretty much played the same Burt Reynolds in most of his movies from the "Gator" stuff to Bandit and the lame detective stuff like "Shamus" but he was likeable. For my money the only movie he really acted out of character was "Deliverance"
Reynolds was the real deal and the kind of guy you would have liked to have known. RIP