David Thewlis once said that the Harry Potter series was like a reunion of Mike Leigh's actors (I thought he decided to forget Mike Leigh forever). Yeah, you see the 4-pack except James? And they can also be a dream band!

 

 

 

(Timothy Spall in Life is Sweet, 1990)

TS played a quite funny role in this Mike Leigh comedy. The poster on the wall behind him was Meat Loaf...

 

 

(David Thewlis in "Only Fools and Horses", 1985)

DT did play lead guitar in a punk band called Door66 before his acting career, but I also read about 'he spent a large part of his time performing Simon and Garfunkel in clubs and bars'. Punk???

 

(Gary Oldman in Sid & Nancy, 1986)

 

Punk!

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS, HERE'S SIRI VICIOUS!
According to Daniel Radcliffe, GO is a v. good bass player. I'm not sure about that, but I bet he can play it.

 

And he can also do Keyboards

 

(Track 29, 1988 )
Well all we Oldmaniac know he plays piano, of course he can handle this job.

and Vocals

 

(Sid & Nancy, 1986)

So what's he singing here in this particular scene?
No kidding!
I Wanna Be Your DOG!

 

1. Tanza
Directed by Mehdi Charef
This one's about those children live as soldiers. I won't pretend to understand life like this and don't know whether the children's performance was bad or just raw. So I'd better shut up here.

 

2. Blue Gypsy
Directed by Emir Kusturica
My favourite one in this shit bag. Has its sad parts yet still vivid and hilarious, and most of all, the leading boy is really cute. I'll try to watch the world famous Underground when I got the chance.

 

3. Jesus Children of America
Directed by Spike Lee
Here comes a decent short movie. But it's so good-hollywood-film and with a stupid optimistic ending which I always hate most.

 

4. Bilu e João
Directed by Kátia Lund
Lovely kids, lovely little movie. It's just are they really so happy with their lives?

 

5. Jonathan
Directed by Jordan Scott and Ridley Scott
I wouldn't have bought this stupid pack of charity shorts if not for this particular segment, coz I'm a hopeless Thewlisian.
Ridley Scott, you are shit, and your daughter is shit. And David, I really don't want to call you that, so are you a shit collector or what?
I'd already read some of the imdb comments before and got some sort of impression that this segment is the worst one. No, the worst is yet to come, but this one's horrible enough. When Jonathan said his last line, I was like 'OMG'. And then I tried to get what this short movie was all about, an idea went cross my mind, and I went 'ooooh myyyy God!'. A shockingly intolerably shitty movie! A waste of such a marvelous cast (why do I feel you're the weakest link again, David??)!
But I'll have to confess this is still my second favourite one, for the cast obviously. Kelly Macdonald, My Scot rose. The little Jonathan is just soooo adorable. Yeah, I've got my obsession for pale skin. 

 

6. Ciro
Directed by Stefano Veneruso
Again, it's not bad, and the shadow thing and the playground scene is kind of cool. So it's my problem. I'm not very keen on not-so-pale children.

 

7. Song Song and Little Cat
Directed by John Woo
The last and the very worst. Congratulations! You've just won the competition of who's the worst director in a charity shorts production. I've never been a John Woo fan, but this one's beyond my imagination. Actually it's a success in telling people how to make a terrible movie in less than 20 minutes. It's an encyclopedia of bad elements you can ever use to attract real cheap sympathy.

 

I can't believe they celebrated this movie so delightedly. I'm sure none of them is an idiot. Then why? Personally I've never been into charity stuff, but is charity really meant to be cheap?