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June 29, 2005
Ben Kingsley Diagnosed With Acute CWS
I realize I am very late to the game on this- but Ben Kingsley is one hell of an actor! I've kind of gone Kingsley-Krazy the past few months. Double viewings of Sexy Beast, setting up a Ben Kingsley wishlist on my Tivo, talking him up quite a bit... But something's not right about this Oscar winning actor. He was Gandhi. He was Don Logan. He was in Thunderbirds?
Yeah, he's kind of got the Christopher Walken Syndrome (as in he's a great, strange, cool actor who says yes to way too many crappy films). I saw this poster for "Bloodrayne" on the web and I knew he got a bad case of it. He has made some great decisions in his career, and some astoundingly bad ones. His listing on IMDB is long and strange. Among the very very good: Sexy Beast, House of Sand and Fog (he was great, movie was disappointing), Death and the Maiden (must see with Sigourney Weaver!), Schindler's List and of course Gandhi. Then you have the bad: Bloodrayne, Thunderbirds, What Planet Are You From?, Spooky House (in which he is credited as having played "The Great Zamboni"), etc. etc...
As a fan who is thirsty for more Kingsley, I was a little disappointed after getting through those good ones. Quite a mystery. But let me say a bit more about his good...Sexy Beast
He's amazing. One of the very best. So why does he do these terrible movies? Surely he knows that Bloodrayne ain't gonna give him any room to really explore the character. Maybe he just needs to pay the bills. Hard to imagine.
Posted by keegan at June 29, 2005 01:40 AM
Comments
great research. I had no idea. so many clunkers and yet who knew? maybe he has a bad gambling itch, debts to repay.
Posted by: kdiddy at June 29, 2005 09:08 PM
Ben Kingsley is FABULOUS! He is absolutely my favorite actor, namely for his role in House of Sand and Fog, but he's great in everything else as well. Good to know someone else apprecieates his work (or even knows who he is) as much as I do. I suspect he'll soon gain popularity, if he makes better movie choices haha
Posted by: Vince at November 18, 2005 08:22 PM
Yo you are wrong. I love The Great Zamboni. You must have some issues.
Posted by: Jaquita Zimbabwe at November 21, 2005 08:10 PM
