Ok psychologists its couch time. I’ve always thought of myself as a 100% straight man with a taste for raw meat, wearing check shirts and playing with my chainsaw, all of which are true (except for the check shirts which i stopped wearing after grunge died). But now I’m not so sure . . . I love jason statham movies . . . Yes i know there is no cure but i don’t care . . . I love the Statham (actually so does my wife but then she also fancies tom welling from smallville). Is it cos he’s everything I’m not . . . Good looking, bald, fit, rich or is it his incredible acting skills as demonstrated in crank 1,2,3, war, chaos and high school musical 32? Do i fancy him with his predilection for showing his chest hair in transporter films, no its none of that, raw meat check! Chainsaw check! Attraction to Amy Smart – oh yes (except when shes in films with that talentless cuboid midget breckin myer) I love the Stathometer because he’s the bloody same in every movie he does and thats ace cos there is no pretence. You know what you are getting with Jase and with it comes an honesty and a purity you just don’t get watching russell crowe films. When you watch a crowe film you are sold a bunch of arse, the film makers want you to think you’re getting russell doing something different from the last putrid dross toilet that this antipodean evacuated his cinematic bowels into, but you aint my friend. Whether he’s dressed as a roman legionary, misunderstood cop or tortured genius he’s still an angsty t**t that plays the same character in every film. At least with the Statham there is none of this pretence. Mr Statham doesn’t feel angst, he doesnt feel pain, he’s mother flipping jason statham, he’s a geezer, he swaggers and shoots s**t drives fast and occasionally snogs a bird. And for that i salute him. If the academy gave Jase an Oscar he would use it to show russ some ‘rough magic’ as to who’s the ‘Master and Commander’ in this business and all Mr Crowe would be feeling is ‘Tenderness’ around his ‘body of lies’. (yes i have been on imdb, but at least i didn’t mention him needing a ‘young doctor’ . . . Except i just did . . .)
Over and out
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Statham obviously has significant homo-erotic appeal amongst straight men as well as the ladies. But its true JS is the messiah of action films even the crap ones. The wife bought me the essential statham collection with revolver (good but guy ritchie up his own butt and JS needs a spot of timotei to sort out the greasy hair) the bank job (prime 60′s geezering with the woman out of deep blue sea pretending and failing to be from the east end) and chaos which is essentially a crap film with wesley (wot tax return?) snipes and ryan (my ex wife was mean to me) phillipe but held together by a classic JS performance.
Now if hollywood remade the bounty hunter (one of my all time favourite films!!!!!) with JS and apologised for him out of 300 and anistons diabolical buttwipe of a performance then all would be forgiven and the delicate equilibrium of culture and crap would be restored.
Ps totally irrelevant but if you havent already then check out waffle on podcasts cos they’re ace and then read the master and margarita by bulgakov cos it rocks and then go and visit kiev and the
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As i was saying . .
The world will make sense
Over and out
Oh, I kinda like Russell Crowe! I think he’s more versatile than you’re giving him credit for. He is absolutely a different person in The Insider and is actually quite vulnerable. Don’t get me wrong, I rejoice in the presence of the Stathe, but I think Crowe has made some good films.
Perhaps i was being too hard on crowes feet then again actually no i would be lying if i said that, when i see his face i want to punch it.
I could probably bear him on an audiobook…actually no, the sound of his voice makes me want to punch his vocal chords out!
But to keep me out of jail i would probably getting statham to do all that punching stuff which would satisfy my position as a 30 stone weakling with a penchant for cowardice and being mean to others.
Saying that i applaud you for watching his films so others dont have to.
Actually thats also a lie . . I like gladiator and a couple of others but rather like tom cruise movies just dont want to admit it.
Ahhh now the truth is leaking out!
11:14 am
Can’t agree more. The Stathe is mentioned all the time on Waffle On, we like him, my wife likes him hell the man is enough to turn such manly actors as Rock Hudson or Richard Chamberlain oh hold ok maybe David Ogden Stiers, no that doesn’t work either. Hmmm JS is one of those guys everyone wants to meet. Wether it be for a beer, some food a cuddle whatever if you don’t like the Statham I’m afraid you dont like breathing.