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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:57 pm
by [Syl]
No way. His movie appearances have always been underwhelming (though I still like PCU), but he rocks as Ari Gold.
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:15 pm
by lucimay
ooooh i LOVED Piven's cameo in Cameron Crowe's Singles...
Needless to say, Piven’s pre-"Entourage" roles seldom provided much room or reason for going deep. Still, he takes tremendous professional pride in his ability to build full characters out of even the skimpiest of raw materials.
And so, for that matter, do his friends and relatives. Everybody around Piven seems to have his own list of Jeremy’s Greatest Cameos. Perrey Reeves recommended “Rush Hour 2,” the 2001 Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker buddy movie in which Piven appears for a grand total of 60 seconds as a flamboyantly gay clothing salesman at a Versace store. Shira Piven sent me to Cameron Crowe’s 1992 grunge romance, “Singles,” and her brother’s 55 seconds playing a drugstore cashier named Doug Hughley.
Thing is, the performances really are kind of amazing. The very fact that Doug Hughley has a name should indicate the vividness Piven brings to what can barely be said to qualify as a role. “He had like three lines and he improvised an entire monologue,” says Shira. “He just took charge of it.”
In the scene, Campbell Scott is Steve Dunne, a sweetly earnest, 20-something urban planner buying a pregnancy test for his girlfriend; Hughley recognizes him from school days and pays tribute to Dunne’s youthful deejaying abilities. “You’re the only man I know who can mix Elvis Costello and Public Enemy!” enthuses Hughley, before launching into an insane demonstration ("What’s so funny `bout peace-peace-peace love and under-peace peace peace") that climaxes in riffy squeals while Dunne tries to sink into the floor.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:31 am
by Sunbaneglasses
Chris Tucker. I will not even give anything with Chris Tucker in it a chance, just because it has Chris Tucker in it.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:01 am
by danlo
Actually as a comedian he makes me cringe big time, even though I loved Nothing to Lose...but in everything else I've seen him do, Martin Lawrence makes me nauseous
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:20 am
by matrixman
Oh, yeah, Martin Lawrence, definitely.
But, wow, all this harshness towards Robin Williams for being a funny guy. So what if he's always on? He still makes his point, he just makes me laugh along the way. Which is more than I can say for zero-talent obnoxious twits like Martin Lawrence.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:20 pm
by stormrider
Farm Ur-Ted wrote:Jeremy Piven. He's one of the most over-rated actors I can think of. ALLHEDOESISYELLANDTALKREALLYFASTANDIFINDITREALLYANNOYING!!!
Piven is overrated? Most people I talk to don't even know his name. If they mention him, it's something along the lines of, "Oh, isn't he that guy that was in
Old School or
PCU or something?"
Sidebar: PCU is awesome, and I have a friend who went to the college that the story was based on (Wesleyan University). And apparently it really is a
lot like that.
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:29 pm
by Farm Ur-Ted
stormrider wrote:
Piven is overrated? Most people I talk to don't even know his name. If they mention him, it's something along the lines of, "Oh, isn't he that guy that was in Old School or PCU or something?"
I don't know, all you ever hear is people talk about how brilliant the guy is. I personally just find him annoying (I don't get hbo and have never seen entourage). I've never seen him do anything where I was blown away, and thought, "Wow, only the great Jeremy Piven could've pulled that off."
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:27 pm
by Cagliostro
Yes, Martin Lawrence all the way. I saw Nothing to Lose, I think...isn't that the one with Tim Robbins? I had a difficult time enjoying it due to Martin Lawrence. Then again, I felt exactly the same way toward Jamie Foxx, then he played Ray. I'm still not a fan of his though.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:38 pm
by dANdeLION
Richard Simmons.
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:28 pm
by lucimay
yer such a dink, dAN.
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:36 pm
by Cagliostro
dANdeLION wrote:
Richard Simmons.
I dunno...considering that I couldn't breathe from the amount of laughter after seeing
this.
oops...misspelling fixed...
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 11:00 pm
by danlo
**wipes tears of laughter away**
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:19 am
by matrixman
I was amused to death by that...Thanks, Cag!
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:14 am
by stormrider
I've always wondered exactly how much crack Richard Simmons smokes on a typical morning. I have a feeling the answer is "a lot."
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:35 am
by Menolly
Ooo...what an avatar, Stormrider.
My favorite Malcolm McDowell role. Alex is...well...intense.
*shiver*
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:59 am
by stormrider
Menolly wrote:Ooo...what an avatar, Stormrider.
My favorite Malcolm McDowell role. Alex is...well...intense.
*shiver*
Thanks. I have what might almost be considered a somewhat unhealthy appreciation for that particular role (and the movie in general).
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:37 am
by Edge
Van Dammed. Partly because he has the acting skills of a block of gouda cheese; partly because in every movie of his I've seen, he gratuitously flashes his butt.
Makes me want to reciprocate in kind.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:11 am
by Menolly
stormrider wrote:Menolly wrote:Ooo...what an avatar, Stormrider.
My favorite Malcolm McDowell role. Alex is...well...intense.
*shiver*
Thanks. I have what might almost be considered a somewhat unhealthy appreciation for that particular role (and the movie in general).
I'm singing in the rain...
Just singing in the rain...
...nevermind me; I just woke up...
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:48 pm
by Cagliostro
Menolly wrote:stormrider wrote:Menolly wrote:Ooo...what an avatar, Stormrider.
My favorite Malcolm McDowell role. Alex is...well...intense.
*shiver*
Thanks. I have what might almost be considered a somewhat unhealthy appreciation for that particular role (and the movie in general).
I'm singing in the rain...
Just singing in the rain...
...nevermind me; I just woke up...
Well, then...
Good morning,
Good morning
We've talked the whole night through
Good morning
Good morning
To you.
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:06 pm
by Menolly
tee-hee!
That one's not in
A Clockwork Orange, that I recall, Cag...
But, it was a good routine for Kelly, Reynolds, and O'Connor and I accept your good morning wishes upon my arisal.