Kurt Russell on gun control

[SkullDaddy.45]

I knew it would be a pro gun outlook. After all, he was Ted Nugent's best man at his wedding!!

 

[indyjohn]

I knew it would be a pro gun outlook. After all, he was Ted Nugent's best man at his wedding!!

That's an interesting trivial pusuit nugget.

 

[patience0830]

It's hard to beat Sinanju........

Thought I was the only one who'd get the Remo Williams reference. Love that movie. Can't believe thats the same Joel Grey who started out with hair on Broadway and Ed Sullivan.

 

[TopDog]

Well that was refreshing to hear an actor from Hollyweird make sense.

 

[Libertarian01]

Bah! While "Escape from New York" was near the top of the awesome list for that year, the sequel was near the bottom of the barrel.

Now, "Soldier" on the other hand!!! Mr. Russell proved that acting was more than just memorizing lines. He communicated a force of will with his eyes and facial expression alone in that movie.

 

[eric001]

Bah! While "Escape from New York" was near the top of the awesome list for that year, the sequel was near the bottom of the barrel.

Now, "Soldier" on the other hand!!! Mr. Russell proved that acting was more than just memorizing lines. He communicated a force of will with his eyes and facial expression alone in that movie.

Thanks! I was trying like crazy to remember what that movie title was (without giving up and going to imdb) and poof, there it is! Now THAT was a great movie. Of course, I'm apparently one of the few who also liked Overboard too. While I'm at it, Escape From LA truly was a horribly done movie, but Snake still had a few good lines in it to *almost* make it worth watching when there's nothing else on TV.

 

[Cygnus]

AWESOME! Not another hollywood gun hypocrite........ Kurt Russell will get my movie money.

Did you really think Pliskin would let you down.

 

[1911ly]

Awesome for Kurt Russell. I loved Escape from New York. The second one wasn't as good as the first, but I'd watch a III.

Glad to see that not all of Hollywood are liberal Douche's.

 

[17 squirrel]

Thought I was the only one who'd get the Remo Williams reference. Love that movie. Can't believe thats the same Joel Grey who started out with hair on Broadway and Ed Sullivan.

You missed post #10... My feelings are hurt....

 

[JeremiahJohnson]

Anyone remember "The Thing"?

[video=youtube;ouZkkIsLiNg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ouZkkIsLiNg[/video]

 

[M67]

Captain Ron always was a wise man

Anyone remember "The Thing"?

Of course, one of my favorite horror movies (watched it last night or 2 nights ago actually). Any Kurt Russell-John Carpenter movie was awesome. The Thing, Escape from New York/LA, Big Trouble in Little China

 

[rhino]

Anyone remember "The Thing"?

I've lost count of how many times I've seen it. It's still awesome . . . the special effects were spectacular for their time and in my opinion still work.

 

[CptCrik]

It is about time that more people out of Hollywood are being vocal in their support of guns. Lord knows there are enough of them speaking their minds who are anti-gun. We need to balance it out some!

 

[Cygnus]

It is about time that more people out of Hollywood are being vocal in their support of guns. Lord knows there are enough of them speaking their minds who are anti-gun. We need to balance it out some!

Right who else in Hollyweird or celebreties are pro 2A? You got Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie, Johnny Depp, The Nuge, Bruce Willis, who else........?

 

[M67]

Right who else in Hollyweird or celebreties are pro 2A? You got Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie, Johnny Depp, The Nuge, Bruce Willis, who else........?

 

[oldpink]

Already knew KR was pro-gun.
Say what you will about some of his movies ("Tango and Cash" for one), he has always swum against the tide of standard Hollyweird groupthink.
Also, The Thing is still an awesome movie.

 

[Libertarian01]

I normally hate sequels, but THIS is a prequel that is awesome!

The Thing (2011) - IMDb

It shows what happened to the Norwegians with an American or two (2) thrown in. They put up a better fight than Kurt Russell did (no offense to Kurt.)

Better yet, watch Kurt then watch Mary E Winstead.

But yes, Kurt's "The Thing" is still a great movie!

Doug

 

[oldpink]

I normally hate sequels, but THIS is a prequel that is awesome!

The Thing (2011) - IMDb

It shows what happened to the Norwegians with an American or two (2) thrown in. They put up a better fight than Kurt Russell did (no offense to Kurt.)

Better yet, watch Kurt then watch Mary E Winstead.

But yes, Kurt's "The Thing" is still a great movie!

Doug

Hard to argue about tastes, but the KR version still is better to me, notwithstanding the somewhat lower key action or because of the lack of a single woman (yes, Mary W. is quite attractive) on its cast, but because of the sense of dread and uncertainty, coupled with Bruce Bottin's amazing practical special effects.
It's also cool how John Carpenter decided to leave the conclusion so bleak and ambiguous.
The KR version is so good for the same reason that the original Alien is so great...the sense that anything could happen at any time, and what could be more horrific than having your own body actually hijacked by a malevolent force?

 

[DragonGunner]

Right who else in Hollyweird or celebreties are pro 2A? You got Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie, Johnny Depp, The Nuge, Bruce Willis, who else........?

I believe Samuel Jackson and Sam Elliot.

The original black and white "The Thing" is more my favorite. Kurt Russell in "Tombstone" was one of his best if not best performance. Also like him as "Stuntman Mike" in Death Proof….you could just tell he had fun in that movie.


More pro gun stars….

Eric Clapton

James Earl Jones

Christian Slater

Ice-T

Clint Eastward

Tom Selleck

Joe Perry

Chuck Norris

Gary Sinise

Joe Mantega

Adam Baldwin

Kevin Sorbo

R. Lee Armey

 

[Libertarian01]

Hard to argue about tastes, but the KR version still is better to me, notwithstanding the somewhat lower key action or because of the lack of a single woman (yes, Mary W. is quite attractive) on its cast, but because of the sense of dread and uncertainty, coupled with Bruce Bottin's amazing practical special effects.
It's also cool how John Carpenter decided to leave the conclusion so bleak and ambiguous.
The KR version is so good for the same reason that the original Alien is so great...the sense that anything could happen at any time, and what could be more horrific than having your own body actually hijacked by a malevolent force?

Ok. I do agree that John Carpenters version was great! No argument there. But the prequel with Mary added a wonderful piece of the puzzle to the first movie. It also has one of my absolute, favorite movie scenes in it. It is this one (1) scene that for me is a piece of movie and acting perfection.

On a side note it is the exact same reason I love Soldier so much! Kurts facial expressions being used to communicate with the audience. One of the top plateau's of acting in my opinion in Soldier.

Now on to the scene. In this scene Mary, who's character speaks no Norwegian, is outside a door with the alien on the other side. With her is Lars, who speaks NO English. However, the two look at one another, and in THAT MOMENT each one just knows the other has their back and they can depend on the other not to let them down! From that moment forward those two work in perfect harmony. Tragically, it is Lars who is "later" killed by Donald Moffat's character in 1982's The Thing. But I just love that scene. The director set up a perfect, nonverbal moment with Mary and Lars pulling it off magically. And again, it is that same magick that Kurt brings to Soldier.

Both are great, for different reasons.

Doug