Thread to talk about the actor...oh fuck it. You know what to do
I love that you restarted the thread count.
I leave this here, it's a clip from today's BBC radio program TH attended (torrilla has the whole file, I think, plus photo with his driver/bodyguard)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vdyft
he gets asked if he google himself and about his sweatpants, he didn't know they had a hole!
And just when you thought Tommy had been such a good boy at keeping his eyes off Brie's cleavage yesterday at the premiere, there comes this video (starting at :15 seconds). She's so cute when she catches him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tB7gQ2fXzs
>>1 We're regressing! But we've come through so much...14 threads...actually, let's pretend we're on 1.
>>2 I didn't know they had a hole...honestly. That's the truth. Thanks for asking.
This reminds me of an interview I tried to watch. It was a British outlet and seemed serious so I thought that I could manage it. Within 20 seconds he said: I've always wanted to do an adventure movie about a journey to an undiscovered island'...said the guy promoting a movie about a journey to an undiscovered island. I had to stop watching. He's a hopeless fibber who sometimes stumbles blindly and badly into outright lying.
>>2 Yes, we've reached the end times. No, I forgot that the board didn't automatically number the threads.
>>4 We are in the desert and Mr Hiddleston has some sand to sell us.
PS I saw a pic of BL at the Golden Globes last year - I think those puppies are a recent addition, hence perhaps their starring role in KSI promotion.
>>6 I thought that too. At Golden Globes it really didn't look like she had an ample chest. Then I googled Brie Larson 2016 to make sure and it looks like she's always had the same size but just didn't wear outfits that emphasized them:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Stephanie/Sam/Brie.jpg
Then at Comic Con 2016 she dresses similar to SI promo: http://tomandlorenzo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Brie-Larson-Marvel-Panel-San-Diego-Comic-Con-2016-Red-Carpet-Fashion-Gabriela-Hearst-Tom-Lorenzo-Site-3.jpg
I'm guessing award season dressing is much more demure than shilling action adventure promo lol gotta bring in those fanboys!
Ummm, TH is at RADA inspiring a new generation of fake boyfriends with these powerful words..."Everything from the RADA training comes into play...The muscle of committing to the belief in something that doesn't exist...." He says he's talking about CGI but we know better.
The quotes the RADA twitter acct. is sending out are unintentionally hilarious if you read them in light of Tayto:
"You have to hold the moment in your mind and then replicate it, often weeks later, in several different locations."
"When I left RADA my hope was I'd never do just one thing my whole career. That influences my choices about my work."
>>4, >>6 Anyone else feel like he's kind of just phoning it in during this round of PR (including in LA)? Especially when compared to his level of excitement about SI during ComicCon last summer?
>>5 The press may be more interested in the Bond story than he is now. In one of the early interviews from LA (I'll try to re-find it), he looks to be squirming in his chair when that question came up. Now that he's made his Official Statement about the summer of love, the rags are going to need items to keep his as clickbait.
>>9 Let's hope he's satisfied with already having played the PR boyfriend once in his career!
First reviews are out. Variety: "Hiddleston, while top-billed, never takes over the movie, but he’s crisp and hearty (though that accent of his is too posh)."
Ouch - the Guardian! "...the talented Tom Hiddleston is frankly off his game. Given no support in terms of script and direction, he looks stiff and unrelaxed and delivers lines with an edge of panic, like Michael Caine in The Swarm."
Links to Variety and Guardian:
http://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/kong-skull-island-review-1202000823/
So far, Rotten Tomatoes is at 81% (but it was higher earlier in the day) and MetaCritic is at 62.
GQ's not a fan.
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/kong-skull-island-review-tom-hiddleston-brie-larson-king-kong
AND, they:
They at least get JG's character's name correct. The Guardian calls him Bill Panda.
We knew it was never going to be Oscar bound. The first sign was the 20 different re-writes and the two big stars dropping out right after they won major awards. The second was the need for re-shoots. The third: the revelation that the director was a peanut. But the summer has shown us one of TH's qualities: he never runs when faced with abject failure. He'll continue to talk about 'myth' and 'watching Kong as a child' and JVR's 'amazing vision.' And he'll hope for good box office - domestic and overseas. He'll treat this just like Tatyo: ignore reality, embrace fantasy, full steam ahead.
>>14 And GQ has been upped at its own game by this: http://lwlies.com/reviews/kong-skull-island/
I'll just say that it starts with "Tom! Hiddleston! Loves! This! Blockbuster!
It’s an amazing blockbuster, the most incredible blockbuster you’ve ever seen. You think you’ve seen great blockbusters? Try Tom Hiddleston’s blockbuster before you continue to talk about great blockbusters you’ve seen in your life. (You smother it in CGI after shooting it on an island – that’s the thing. Also: big guns! Also: Brie! He also loves big guns and Brie!)…."
>>14 After skimming the reviews so far, about the best for TH is "he's fine, but..." with the buts being mainly the script and John C. Reilly being far and away the best performance by a human.
And of course there's snark: a couple of Bond allusions, mentions of TH's square-jaw-edness, and (most frequent) his perfect-even-though-we're-in-a-jungle-or-swamp hair.
Good thing he liked the "gas-mask samuri" bit, because that's his only scene that's called out for attention.
It will be interesting to see what he's like on the BBC Morning Show tomorrow (that is, if he succumbed to googling the reviews). But I suspect Anon. is right about him continuing to embrace the fantasy.
Did a lot of googling and the reviews are very mixed, to say the least. 1 star from the Guardian and 4 from the Telegraph.
Another interesting fact: TH is still in London but Olly (according to his IG) has been in LA for 3 days now...
Just checked Vogt-Roberts' assistant's IG. Olly is visiting him. Either being TH's personal assistant is the best gig ever and requires no work whatsoever, even when your boss is doing back to back interviews in the U.K., or they have parted ways.
Watch this bizarre interview from 4.00 or so: https://youtu.be/9Jr0frtKNCc
Interviewer mentions that TH is a Rangers (football) fan. TH furrows brow and says "I don't think I've ever said that" and then "I think it's a fiction". What???? You don't actually know whether you support a particular team or not?
He must have loved doing the RADA talk:
From a student actor's tumblr. I am not going to link to it in order to protect the guilty. Tom's face in the accompanying fan pic is priceless.
"I asked him if one day he’d write a script of direct a film himself, and he said he’d love to. I then got to tell him about my Novel in which I based a character on him. I said “I even described him abit like you so they’re forced to cast you in the movie adaptation” (and I actually fucking winked at him) and I got a ‘ehehehe’ "
>10 Maybe because he July he probably hadn't watched the final product. Now he knows it's mediocre; what you get when you sign onto a film without having even read the script.
>>15 I also didn't see the point of spending so much money to tour so many different locations and then end up with a festival of CG monsters. Add some more CG and travel less.
As for RT and Metacritic, better to wait, Crimson Peak had the same strong start in RT and then settled for a 64.
>>20 Oh I saw that one. It's funny because she's also one of those Hiddlestoners that writes TH fanfic. Tbh, I found her post all sorts of awkward...
>>19 'I don't think I've ever said that...but I've always wanted to be a Rangers fan.'
This is the problem with fibers or those who are constantly molding and remolding themselves to fit what's needed in a particular moment. Sooner or later they forget the fibs or momentary characters they've created.
>>20,25 Ok I gave in to curiosity and looked for it and Anon you're right, he looks so uncomfortable in that photo.
What amused me the most is his stans up in arms against mean UK critics for daring not liking this film. I swear they are one step away from shouting: "Fake news! Failing Guardian! Sad!".
Really, if they didn't like they didn't like it, suck it up. If you claim critics reviews don't count, imagine how irrelevant is your blog.
Do you think he asked Ed about Taytay?
Tom Hiddleston @BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6e14d388gy1fd9vfm5lcpj21hc0u0tfo.jpg
>>27 Yes. He is wearing the expression he wore for most of those photos with fans in Philly.
Here's a clip from the BBC Radio 2 program, TH had a preview of ES's single DIVIDE last summer in Rome.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04vn425?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_radio_2&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=radio_and_music
Was ES one of the bodyguard in disguise?
>>30 Is Ed being sarcastic about him being Rome, as to not mention TS? B/c Who brings a pal on an allegedly passionate worldwide hookup fest?! Couldn't they even hang platonically w/o others around and have fun? If I was faking a relationship with a talented person in an interesting field of profession, I think I would try and pick their brain and learn something from the experience. Not a TS girl, but her team knows a lot about marketing, and buying real estate, etc. And hearing Tom talk about theatre and literature would be interesting for a novice. Odd.
This person is creepy. Her account should be reported for harassment.
https://twitter.
com/AqraAhmad
>>27 Does he look like he did on date night in Oz?
The one where he's basically SOSing with his eyes but valiantly smiling.
His stans have always done this. I feel it's gotten worse following on from Tayto and the GGs speech. They've become so protective of him that one is just not allowed to criticize him or his work in any way, even reasonably (not that I do that 😏). Those who consider it some sort of duty - Horatius on the bridge - are the most frightening. He's an actor, not a 'cause' that needs to be defended or championed.
OT What did everyone give up for Lent? What do we think TH gave up?
Me: Cafe bought coffee. The money's going into the nipper's college fund. As my husband said: it will cover a half second of college tuition.
TH: Olly it seems.
>>34 Me: Chocolate and pasta. I eat a lot of pasta.
Tom: Hope of ever landing Bond.
>>33 hahaha no, it was more "I'm not going too close in case someone will name her my new gf" kind of look.
This is TH at Front Row on BBC Radio 4. At the end of his segment he's asked whether the media being so volatile, in favour or against so quickly, changed how he operates with them; he is evasive at first and then gives an interesting answer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g2tvw
>>34 I'm like NewAnon, chocolate.
TH: being a media darling.
>>34 Me: alcohol and takeout food.
TH: I am hoping the sweatpants, but he was asked about them and he said very plaintively, "they're my favourite." Maybe the boots (fat chance).
>>39 Me: it's Lent already?
TH: it won't be the boots - they're now made special order for him:
www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-aquatalia-boots
>>40 working link (I hope) -- http://www.gq.com/story/tom-hiddleston-aquatalia-boots
>>41 God I can't stand that woman. Talk about sucking every ounce of fame out of her association with TH. She is an average menswear stylist and a pretty rubbish womenswear stylist (her women's Oscar looks are just horrid). He should have made her sign up to a confidentiality agreement.
>>37 He's still evasive even after taking a long pause to think about the question. He just talks about the actor's responsibility to represent everyone who worked on a production. But the interviewer was asking about him and his current relationship with the media.
For someone who's supposedly so thoughtful, he has such trouble answering questions about himself. (Even his answer to the earlier question about dealing with his fans as he's gotten more famous was jumbled, I thought.) At least he had a coherent, brief answer about his GG speech.
>>42 Everyone seems to do that with him these days (Taffy being another example). Even GQ is using him as clickbait while continuing their snark about Tayto. We should take bets on when the press will finally stop mentioning the SoL in every article.
>>34 I gave up smoking. Kind like social drinking, I will have the odd cigarette at parties. But afterwards I can't stand how my breath stinks and how it smells overall. So goodbye.
>>33 The nannying has been nearly unbearable for quite a while but the overseeing of the movie reviews from publications is ridiculous. They almost make the byke woman's anti-nanny stance seem sane, even though she couldn't take what people dished out to her.
Empire review which doesn't even mention TH: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/kong-skull-island/review/
Someone did a compare and contrast and pointed out that British reviews were a lot less positive than US ones. That's a divide I noticed: Variety and THR were a lot better.
As for the nannies: they are losing it. Over the GQ parody review ("Taffy was criticising evil snark like this!" - um, Taffy was bringing evil snark like this). And the other reviews - one " TH news" site I follow is just not linking to any of the bad reviews. Funny as they didn't have a problem publishing bad ISTL reviews. Is it that they all hated the concept of ISTL/the film and therefore understood why it wasn't getting good reviews? But they love the concept of SI? Or are they just desperate for this project to succeed? (Which I think it will BTW as the US reviews have been good enough).
>>43 He does answer, he only uses a very indirect and politer way of doing it. He basically says "I'm here to talk about the film not about me" i.e. don't ask me personal question. Which is like admitting that his relationship with the media has changed, otherwise he would said "I operate like I always have".
>>46 I didn't quote the orange brat by chance, they have the same attitude of not being able to stand anyone who doesn't agree and ignoring facts if they don't suit them.
>>46 About SI reviews, it must be embarrassing to have to older actors who are not the leads, stealing the spotlight in terms of performance.
I read some foreign reviews (not UK or US), they seem to go along with that first review that was posted here as far as the film on the whole is concerned.
There's a first introductory part that it's ok, then a central part, from when they "land" on the island to the final part, that is very silly and mediocre. One journalist wrote that it's like they gave a huge budget to a cinema fan and a cinephile, the result is that the central segment is full of silly dialogues and famous film quotes. The final part is the one with all the action, where the monsters beat the shit out of each other and that's the best part of the movie.
I would say that reviews are as usual indicative, sometimes the audience agree with the critics, sometimes they don't. Sometimes the critics/audience are right, sometimes they are not. We'll see how it does at the box office, they need more than the US to call this film a success.
