I love Joaquin Phoenix's psycho petulant emperor in Gladiator. And Connie Nielsen's dresses.

[timepiececlock]

"Why is he still alive?"
"I don't know."
"He shouldn't be alive. It vexes me. I am terribly vexed."

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[zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com]

He is gorgeously evil, isn´t him? I so wanted him to win in the end, but then again I´m always siding with the bad guys.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

This is the first thing I saw him in, actually. I really wanted him to die at the end because he was such a weasel. But as a character I love to hate, he's way up there. Especially with repeat viewings.

[zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com]

You gotta love any character who throws himself so shamelessly into incest in the middle of a blockbuster movie XD

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Oh totally. I was only 16 when it came out, and I remember staring at the screen going "Am I watching what I think I'm watching?"

[zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com]

I was 17 or so and thinking: "for some reason I know I shouldn´t be enjoying this so much".

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Love your icon. Especially with the English terms.

[zauberer-sirin.livejournal.com]

XD Yeah, as soon as I saw Roy and Hawkeye talking in the background of the scene I knew I had to make the icon. It´s just fitting.

[donna-c-punk.livejournal.com]

Damn ... I remember watching Joaquin when he was still going by Leif Phoenix. In 1986 ... in Space Camp. Oh, and Russkies! I loved watching those over and over when I was a kid. Esp. Space Camp. I had this massive crush on Tate Donovan back in the day.

[right-as-rain.livejournal.com]

Best. Quote. Ever.

Although it surprises me how many people have never heard the word vexed. Terribly underused word. I think we all need to start using it....

[zebeckras.livejournal.com]

He scares me in that movie. Particularly because from the first time I saw it he has reminded me of an ex-boyfriend. *shudder* Only in that role, though. The very next thing I saw him in was "Signs" and I fell entirely in love with him in that role, so I knew he was a fabulous and amazing actor. *G*

(For the record, he scares me in "Gladiator", but I like him very much in that role regardless.)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I don't remember where I first hear it, but I've always liked it. Maybe I'll use it in conversation today.

Best. Quote. Ever.

His delivery was just wonderful-- so deliciously insidious and softly evil. It took the normal villain's "ARGH! Why isn't my enemy dead/captured yet?!" reaction and just made it...better.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'm kinda the same-- first saw him here, then saw Signs. First was freaked out, then loved him. Though all through the first hour of Signs I kept expecting him to turn evilly on one of the little kids or something.

[zebeckras.livejournal.com]

Though all through the first hour of Signs I kept expecting him to turn evilly on one of the little kids or something.

...I don't know why but that makes me laaaaaaugh XD

[right-as-rain.livejournal.com]

He's very talented. Have you seen him in Ladder 49? Kind of a corny fireman movie (for which I tend to have a weakness anyway) but he totally sold me emotionally in it. I never really cared for him before that, other than as a villian, but he made a great hero too.