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  1. 9 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

    — Morice Blackwell was mentioned above. Perhaps his decision is dependent on what Gbenda does. With Anthony Hill possibly playing Mike, Blackwell would have more reps open to him at Will. 

    If it comes down to Blackwell or Gbenda coming back, am I crazy for hoping it’s Blackwell?

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  2. 15 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    If we're all honest, even the best pieces of cinema are just pretty people saying words.  Every now and again, a scene will get into the fiber of your being.  I liked Tom in everything I ever saw him in, but would never seek out a picture because he was in it.  And in this scene, Clooney is Clooney.  Not good, bad, or indifferent.  But Tom tears me apart in this instant.  Michael Clayton is just being George Clooney which is fine.  But Tom goes from seeming like the defensive, mentally unstable person who he probably is, to calm and collected lawyer, to an inquisitor of the soul.  Right when you think he is about to break, he turns the tide and demonstrates that not only is he crazy, he is also the most grounded person in the whole damn web of lies.  As someone who has been tasked to handle people like this in the past, he elegantly shifts the deck in real time and becomes the calmer, saner one in the process.  It is so subtle, I still can't quite catch if after 20+ viewings over the years.  

    He did other great stuff, and I'm sure will be missed.  But this particular scene.  When you walk away from someone who is brilliant, but mentally ill.  And you don't know if what just happened proves their sickness or their dominance, it can haunt you for a long while.  And Tom, fucking nailed it.  I often wonder, method acting and bullshit theater cliches aside, how he did this because it's not a tightrope he walked.  In fact, there was no rope at all.  I've only met a handful of people that can make you question yourself like this and Tom embodied them all to the letter.  RIP, Mr. Wilkinson. 

    Totally agree. The turn at “Michael, I have great affection for you and you live a rich and interesting life, but you’re a bag man, not an attorney” is like a lighting bolt that makes you sit up straight. And then it goes up from there.

    Gilroy wrote the hell out of it, but Wilkinson’s performance takes it to another level. Perfect matches between writer and performer like that scene is what I love about movies. 

     

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  3. 2 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

    It’s quite telling that aggy now has to trumpet players that are staying who never indicated they were leaving 

    This shit is so funny to me. Bryce Foster is closer to quitting football altogether than being a portal target for any school worth a shit. I hope they do these announcements for their entire roster 

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    image.thumb.jpeg.f9b2bc7c880e2bcef7ebab296e94f2d5.jpegI’d love for Tarp to sketch out the path that turns this 7 win team that is losing their best players to the NFL and portal into a national championship contender in the offseason.

    Anything is possible I guess, maybe Alabama’s entire roster transfers to college station after the playoff and I’ll look like a idiot for shitting on project 2024 

     

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