The Sheila Variations

In praise of Kurt Russell

Absolutely gorgeous post of acknowledgement of one of my favorite actors, Kurt Russell.

Jeremiah really "gets it", as far as I'm concerned ... Kurt Russell is, indeed, "dependable" - a word that has positive connotations, but can often mean you are truly under-rated as an actor.

Jeremiah writes about his performance in Escape from New York:

The reason Kurt Russell is so good at playing this kind of comic book hero is that he makes you recognize that he’s a real human being, with feelings and thoughts. That rouses one to cheer for him as he dives into the action; that’s what defines a true movie star

Yes, yes, yes.

And I LOVED his comments on Miracle - I wrote about Kurt Russell in Miracle here. You want to see a true movie star - an old-school movie star - at the top of his freakin' game? Being so dependable and making it look so easy that people barely notice ... people take him for granted? Watch Kurt Russell in Miracle. I would say watch Kurt Russell in anything.

Read the whole thing. That post made my morning (great comments to the post, too - for example one person writes: "I don't know if it marks me as some kind of lamentable douchebag, but I absolutely love Big Trouble in Little China." hahahahaha I'm a lamentable douchebag too, then.). I could talk about Kurt Russell all day.

Posted by sheila