Tattooed Lady & Gent
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 11:11AM The Film Experience does not endorse tattoos. That shit is crazy permanent and who wants to wear the same thing every day of one's life? But tattoos can sometimes look good in a photo shoot, with the right body, or work well in dramatic or comic context. Two current magazine covers remind us of the ink fad which shows no signs of abating. (When I was a wee bairn the only tattoos I ever saw were on bikers and Popeye the Sailor Man. Now every third person on the street is sporting them.)
Ass dimples forever!
You guys. I got the best swag in the mail yesterday. A copy of Veep Season 2 along with Vice President Selena Meyer's book "Some New Beginnings - Our Next American Journey" which I hope is a plot point on Season 3. The jacket is very funny, with choice pull quotes, and a lot of vague meaningless inspirational double speak.
Here is just one excerpt...
In "Some New Beginnings - Our Next American Journey", Selina Meyer sets out her vision for a journey that could start now, or in the not-too-distant future, with a single step, taken by us all, together. America, she says, is "both a nation of journeys and a journey in itself."
This is an invitation to be a part of that journey. A journey from an old New World to a new New World. A journey from USA to "USA Plus." "
The book, like the content of Meyer's brain, is blank inside.
Those are some ugly tats but "ugly" is not a good word to use in a sentence with Tom Hardy. So glad he's slimmed down. I'm glad Esquire saw fit to add the question mark after "The Greatest Actor of His Generation" because, really, as much as I love him and he's impressed on a few occasions. He hasn't yet come close to proving that. He even has tough competition within his birth year alone which also brought us Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Édgar Ramirez, and Matthias Schoenaerts. 1977 was an extraordinary vintage.
JA has a comment about an interesting quote from Hardy in the cover story. Hardy is currently headlining the solo act film Locke and soon we'll see two gritty crime dramas The Drop and Child 44. In 2015: the long delayed if not necessarily long awaited Mad Max reboot, Mad Max: Fury Road. And then a possible Oscar grab in 2015 or 2016 as Elton John in the biopic Rocket Man.
Reader Comments (13)
I assume a fair bit of airbrushing in the Rolling Stones cover but, holy s**t, JLD looks like that at 50-something?! Vada-va-boom! :O
Not into tattoes here. I can't understand the addictivity of it. My "favourite" type is the back of the neck tattoo. You can never see it, only someone else can, someone really close to your neck... Don't know why they only call tramp stamp to the one in the lower back.
Woha, is that giant back tattoo for real???
(Even if not, it's impressive)
I have a friend who has gigantic angel wings tattoos on her back. I'd never get something that size, but everyone has to decide for him/herself.
Sonja: Definitely not, due to how much it's a show specific visual gag. (We the People and John Hancock signature are the tip-offs.)
Don't know why they only call tramp stamp to the one in the lower back.
Think about it. ;-)
@Volvagia
Okay, I was actually thinking that.
But.... you never know if things like that could be real. *gg*
Can someone please define what that elusive 'generation' is? Is it about how old the actor is? Who is usually up for the same parts? When they started working? When they finally broke out? Some combination? All of the above?
Hardy looks better with his shirt on...
I regret having been dragged to This Is War with Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, and Chris Pine. It just turned me off Tom Hardy, which is a pity. How long does it take for an actor's most awful movie to be forgotten? Does it have to be mentally displaced by their good work?
In response to Pitry, I think it's "Some combination" but mostly "who is usually up for the same parts". For example, Tom Hardy and Michael Fassbender are mostly not in the same conversation as Ryan Gosling and Joseph Gordon-Levitt for parts, even though they're not that much older. They're competing mostly against Joaquin Phoenix, Dicaprio, Casey Affleck, and Christian Bale.
As for Hardy, I think he's mega-skilled, but he's only worthy of the hype in Bronson. And I do like him in Inception and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, both performances where he's dialled down. He has a tendency towards posturing and over-blown vocal performances that can be inappropriate or unintentionally hilarious (Warrior, TDKR, Lawless). I think Bronson is his best because those tendencies are completely appropriate for that particular character--someone in love with the idea of his own legend.
I actually have read about both this cover in MNPP.
Love Julia! She aged gracefully
I have seen Veep season 3 premiere, and of course totally hilarious as usual
The book (which is not written by Selina afterall) is a plot point indeed, Selina goes on a book tour while campaigning for her presidential race
My favorite Hardy perfs are RocknRolla, Sikes in the BBC Oliver Twist, and Inception. "You must learn to dream bigger, darling."
Hate the tats. So, we'll just wear blindfolds and do it all by feel.
I feel like that description matches his character in Lawless too, though. Jessica Chastain's character literally tells him the same thing. IDK, I felt like it was used to purposeful comic effect in that movie.