The Words (d. Klugman/Sternthal, 2012) - Cooper, Wilde, Soldana, Irons
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The Words (d. Klugman/Sternthal, 2012) - Cooper, Wilde, Soldana, Irons
A writer (Cooper), at the peak of his literary success, discovers the price he must pay for stealing another man's work.
Bradley Cooper as Rory Jansen
Olivia Wilde
Zoe Saldana as Rory's wife Dora
Jeremy Irons
Ben Barnes as a younger version of the Jeremy Irons character
Dennis Quaid as Clay Hammond
J. K. Simmons as Rory's father
John Hannah
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Re: The Words (d. Klugman/Sternthal, 2012) - Cooper, Wilde, Soldana, Irons
I was going to create a thread for this then found I had already done this one that's a hotbed of conversation
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Re: The Words (d. Klugman/Sternthal, 2012) - Cooper, Wilde, Soldana, Irons
For some reason, my fiancee is dying to see this. Reviews seem atrocious. I might go for the unintentional comedy.
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and I'm going to see this tonight with a friend who has a Bradley Cooper 'thang' - ugh, the crap films I have to endure. Thankfully I've been spared from seeing 'Hit and Run' - you couldn't pay me to see that dreck.
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This was one of the worst trailers I've seen in some time. Doesnt tell me anything.
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I haven't read anything about it but I'm intrigued by the trailers, mainly because Jeremy Irons is in it.
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Re: The Words (d. Klugman/Sternthal, 2012) - Cooper, Wilde, Soldana, Irons
Kind of surprised he only made $5m off The Hangover Part II, figured the sequel would be the huge paycheck (still a massive payday compared to The Hangover, which he got $600,000 for).
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That's how I saw it as well. Just a bunch of friends making a movie in their spare time, who had a few million to blow. I don't think they were expecting it to be an Oscar winner.
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it was definitely predictable and also really really smaltzy and trite - the soundtrack never stopped and all the kissing and hugging and crap just got grating after awhile. Quaid's narration was like fingernails on a blackboard (oh for the love of god - please shut up).