I’m sure that we’re all prone to some kind of addiction. My addiction is, thankfully, harmless: I’m addicted to characters and their stories. If I like a set of characters, be it in a book, a film or a TV show, I become completely obsessed with them. That’s why I have a tendency to reread or rewatch the same thing over and over again. My recent obsession is “The Gentlemen”, a film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, through which I finally took notice of Charlie Hunnam (Raymond Smith) and recollected that I used to have a huge crush on Colin Farrell (Coach). I can’t get enough of this film and of their characters in this film, but because there’s only so many times you can watch the same film over and over again (and, unfortunately, it doesn’t look as though Guy Ritchie is planning on making that sequel after all), I’ve decided to look through the rest of their filmography.
I’m sorry to say that Charlie’s filmography isn’t very
long or particularly exciting, but I totally became hooked on “Sons of Anarchy”
and “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”. I also liked “The Ledge”, “Frankie Goes
Boom”, “Queer as Folk”, “Nicholas Nickelby”, “Undeclared”, “Pacific Rim”, “Papillon”,
and “Triple Frontier”. I think Charlie was absolutely excellent in “The Lost
City of Z” and “Jungleland”, though the films themselves weren’t quite my cup
of tea. At the moment I’m looking forward to watching “Waldo” aka “Last Looks”,
which comes out on January 27, and “Shantaram”. I’ve even read the book!
Colin’s filmography, on the other hand, has over 60
films! In the last two or three weeks I’ve watched: “Phone Booth, “The
Recruit”, “Miami Vice”, “In Bruges”, “Triage”, “London Boulevard”, “Total
Recall”, “Seven Psychopaths”, “Dead Man Down”, Miss Julie, “True Detective”,
“The Lobster”, “Solace”, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”, and “The North Water”.
A few days ago I watched “S.W.A.T.” and “Ondine” for the first time and I can’t
tell you how much I loved them! Naturally, I watched them again the following
day. I also loved “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” and “Pride and Glory” – truly powerful
films. I tried watching “Winter’s Tale”, “Tigerland”, “Daredevil”, and
“Cassandra’s Dream”, but I have trouble liking or finishing them. Among my old
favourites are “Minority Report” (the very first film I saw Colin Farrell in
years ago) and, of course, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”.
Last year it was Cillian Murphy when I became totally
obsessed with him after watching “Peaky Blinders” :D
I’m not sure why I felt compelled to writing it all down and posting it here, but let’s just assume that it’s a “Fun Facts” post about me ;)
Update (22.01): I continue to go through Colin
Farrell’s filmography, so this week I’ve watched: “Widows”, “Dumbo”, “The
Beguiled”, “Cassandra’s Dream”, and “A Home at the End of the World”. I didn’t
like any of these films, though I did bawl my eyes out watching “Dumbo”. To get
rid of the unpleasantness that these films left behind, I’ve rewatched “The
Gentlemen” again :D I probably should make a post about why I love this film so
much, though methinks it hardly needs an explanation once you’ve seen it. At
the moment I’m watching “The New World”, but it’s a hell of a long film. I’ve
also started watching “Ava”, but I’m not sure whether I’m going to finish it.
