Christopher Lee wooden?

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Christopher Lee wooden?
Topic Started: Oct 9 2009, 01:35 AM (158 Views)
andarius	Oct 9 2009, 01:35 AM Post #1
Charter Member Posts: 3,720 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Nah - the recently beknighted Sir Christopher has bin described by a fellow poster, no names, no pack-drill (hornswoggle, Kobrak the Vampire, karbok) as 'wooden', but it's not so, IMHO. A good example is Lee's performance in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors - he runs the gamut of emotions in that one, and I don't mean from A to B! His starmaking performance must've bin in Battle of the River Plate where he played a riverside bar owner in Montevideo determined to capitalise on the confrontation between the Royal Navy and the German Pocket Battleship, Graf Spee, captained by that great Australian, Peter Finch; Lee's part was small, but he almost, IMHO, hilariously stole the whole picture with his efforts to attract customers. And nobody dies (in a good way, so to speak) like Lee's Dracula!



panzer the great & terrible	Oct 9 2009, 10:08 AM Post #2
Mouth Breather Posts: 11,168 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	I have to agree. Calling Lee wooden makes absolutely no sense to me. He's made any number of cool acting choices; my favorite is in Dracula, Prince of Darkness when he hisses like a cat. Peter Cushing, now, that's another story. He always wears the same glum expression, no matter what's going on. He's not really an actor at all, just a reciter of lines.
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JazzGuyy	Oct 9 2009, 10:50 AM Post #3
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 2,561 Group: Members Member #110 Joined: June 1, 2006	I still like Lee's comedic turn in the movie Serial, which is one of my all-time guilty pleasures.



toddgault	Oct 9 2009, 06:23 PM Post #4
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 184 Group: Members Member #339 Joined: January 21, 2008	I've always enjoyed his performance in The Man With the Golden Gun. Love the excited look on his face when finally meets Bond face to face for the first time. He looks almost giddy.
	Todd Gault..........Serial Buff


Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Oct 10 2009, 01:13 AM Post #5
The Cute Balconeer Posts: 15,159 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	I think his acting is as wooden as a stake through the heart!
	"I was assaulted with a gun, a bourbon, and a sports car!"


Laughing Gravy	Oct 10 2009, 05:15 AM Post #6
Look for In The Balcony on Facebook! Posts: 11,459 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	He makes every Hammer film I've ever seen a little interesting.



andarius	Oct 10 2009, 05:12 PM Post #7
Charter Member Posts: 3,720 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	Laughing Gravy Oct 10 2009, 05:15 AM He makes every Hammer film I've ever seen a little interesting. Hey. nice one, Gravy - yes, totally agree!



andarius	Oct 15 2009, 03:26 AM Post #8
Charter Member Posts: 3,720 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	toddgault Oct 9 2009, 06:23 PM I've always enjoyed his performance in The Man With the Golden Gun. Love the excited look on his face when finally meets Bond face to face for the first time. He looks almost giddy. Yes, Francisco Scaramanga thought it was a great honor to meet Jimmy Bond; Jimmy told him he was full of... er, nonsense!



andarius	Oct 15 2009, 03:27 AM Post #9
Charter Member Posts: 3,720 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	panzer the great & terrible Oct 9 2009, 10:08 AM I have to agree. Calling Lee wooden makes absolutely no sense to me. He's made any number of cool acting choices; my favorite is in Dracula, Prince of Darkness when he hisses like a cat. Drac hissed? That's shown quite a lot on TV in England and I often tune in for a snatch; I've always fancied Barbara Shelley and Suzan Farmer. Scars of Dracula showed up recently with Cockney Dennis Waterman being very posh and very brave. The Satanic Rites of Dracula has been shown many times on, IIRC, TCM - time has not been very kind to that one, but there's a dandy encounter between Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee! That great American, Rupert Murdoch, has some Hammers and at least one Drac flick on his subscription channels.



panzer the great & terrible	Oct 19 2009, 07:49 AM Post #10
Mouth Breather Posts: 11,168 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	If it's OK with you, we'd rather regard Mr. Murdoch as a great immigrant. He doesn't think like a modern American.
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andarius	Oct 20 2009, 03:28 AM Post #11
Charter Member Posts: 3,720 Group: Members Member #55 Joined: September 19, 2005	panzer the great & terrible Oct 19 2009, 07:49 AM If it's OK with you, we'd rather regard Mr. Murdoch as a great immigrant. He doesn't think like a modern American. He doesn't arf have a lot of influence - it's said we haven't joined the Euro cos Murdoch's against it - mind you, probably a good thing!


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