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[mr jones]

So I just finished watching The Bucket List.

Good sappy movie. However I noticed something tragic about Morgan Freeman - he never gets the girl. Ever. Think about it. In all of the awesome movies that Mr. Freeman has been in, when has he ever had a "love interest?" Sure, he's had a wife in a few flicks, but he's never had an onscreen kiss. Hell, the only way that its even been implied that he ever has had sex is that sometimes he has children in a movie. The poor guy just can't catch a break. It can't be because he's old. Sean Connery is old. Clint Eastwood is old. Jack Nicholson is old. All have had love interests. What the hell? Give the man his kiss!

 

[vas_a_morir]

Your avatar is from Field of Dreams, isn't it?

Anyway, on the topic of Freeman, you are correct. I've never seen a movie where he had a love interest.

 

[gutter_trash]

he always plays the token wise-man mentor

 

[Ryck]

When I read the title I knew you were talking about ( or at least referencing) The Bucket List.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Also realise that there are two female leads who are pretty much unattainable right?

They're just way too macho and badass to let somebody else tame them.
No man could possibly measure up, right?













WRONG.

Must be nice to know you're the man who diddled the two biggest female badasses in history.

 

[Chojin]

Must be nice to know you're the man who diddled the two biggest female badasses in history.

I totally agree with you on that. However, I can't let it go without:

"Ooh, Navy Seals!"

 

[JayDubya]

Must be nice to know you're the man who diddled the two biggest female badasses in history.

There was no diddling to be had in Aliens.

Although Biehn is awesome.

 

[Darko]

So I just finished watching The Bucket List.

Good sappy movie. However I noticed something tragic about Morgan Freeman - he never gets the girl. Ever. Think about it. In all of the awesome movies that Mr. Freeman has been in, when has he ever had a "love interest?" Sure, he's had a wife in a few flicks, but he's never had an onscreen kiss. Hell, the only way that its even been implied that he ever has had sex is that sometimes he has children in a movie. The poor guy just can't catch a break. It can't be because he's old. Sean Connery is old. Clint Eastwood is old. Jack Nicholson is old. All have had love interests. What the hell? Give the man his kiss!

...

"Shoot this motherfucker"

 

[WickedAngel]

He had Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption.

 

[Darko]

He had Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption.

I was gonna post that, but didnt want to get flamed. :lol

 

[Haly]

He's too good for this world.

 

[mr jones]

Your avatar is from Field of Dreams, isn't it?

Anyway, on the topic of Freeman, you are correct. I've never seen a movie where he had a love interest.

"People will come, Vas. People will most definitely come."

And Sarah Connor's pic isn't showing up Sculli.

I just think that it sucks that the man has been in freakin' great movies, has been nominated for all sorts of awards, but never gets any ass in a movie. Sort of a sucky way to be cast. I understand he's always sort of the wise, introspective character that knows stuff at the beginning of the movie that you don't get until the last five minutes, but damn. At least let him squeeze a hot girl's ass once. Where's the perks!?

 

[ATF487]

"Ooh, Navy Seals!"

People always rent the shittiest movies...

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Didn't he get the girl in Driving Miss Daisy? Ha. Also, I am looking at IMDB, he was in the Electric Company? I have never seen that show before but it makes me want to watch it.

 

[Chojin]

People always rent the shittiest movies...

"You work in a video store!"
"I work in a shitty video store! I wanna go to a good video store so I can get a good movie!"


_________________________________________


"Hey, whatcha rent? 'Best of Both Worlds?'"
"Hermaphroditic porn. Starlets with both organs. You should see the box. Beautiful chicks with dicks that put mine to shame."
"And you rented this?"
"Hey, I like to expand my horizons"

Didn't he get the girl in Driving Miss Daisy? Ha. Also, I am looking at IMDB, he was in the Electric Company? I have never seen that show before but it makes me want to watch it.

Dude he was a Blacula that taught you the ABC's. He bitchslapped that punk bitch The Count and upped the ante.

 

[DanteFox]

wasn't there some movie he was in with Penelope Cruz? I don't know what happened in it because I didn't watch it, though. I was doing something while a relative watched it.

 

[kozmo7]

Would anyone actually want to kiss that man on the lips? I'm a guy and I think the farthest I'd go would be his hands.

Also realise that there are two female leads who are pretty much unattainable right?
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_6643~Linda-Hamilton-Posters.jpg *snip

You reminded me. Did you know that Linda Hamilton has a twin sister? They used her at the ending sequence in T2 rather than special effects or filming two seperate scenes with one actor.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Kind of reminds me, his character in Along Came a Spider and that other detective movie was actually supposed to be quite the ladies man...in the book it was based on, he banged Ashley Judd's character in her bath tub.

 

[faceless007]

He's God. God doesn't need a love interest.

 

[btrick]

The poor guy just can't catch a break. It can't be because he's old. Sean Connery is old. Clint Eastwood is old. Jack Nicholson is old. All have had love interests. What the hell? Give the man his kiss!

You see, the thing is Connery, Eastwood, and Nicholson (to a certain extent), all got their movies careers started at a relatively young hip age. Same with harrison ford to a certain extent too. It is only because we once saw them as a young romantic that we can (barely) put up with the idea of them doin' business.

The best analogy might be that morgan freeman is like our parents. We only really have memories of them in their 40's. Thinking of the days my dad was trying to bone my mom would just send me chills. Or if they're ever lovey dovey in front of you.. its fucking awkward. Seeing Morgan Freeman do that shit on camera would be that exact same feeling, because he's an old not in shape black dude with freckles on his face.

So that's why Morgan Freeman will not catch his break.

 

[HyperZone<3]

in Morgan Freeman's Academy Award nominated breakthrough role, he had lots of women. Tons of em*.

*because he was an evil and charismatic pimp. Shame he doesn't get to play bad more often, he's great at it.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Would anyone actually want to kiss that man on the lips? I'm a guy and I think the farthest I'd go would be his hands.



You reminded me. Did you know that Linda Hamilton has a twin sister? They used her at the ending sequence in T2 rather than special effects or filming two seperate scenes with one actor.

Who do you think you're talking to? Of course I knew that!

They also used her in the scene where they remove the T800's chip (Director's Cut). There is no mirror there, they just cut a hole in the wall and used doubles.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

He got Andy Dufrane* in the end.

 

[RedShift]

Who do you think you're talking to? Of course I knew that!

They also used her in the scene where they remove the T800's chip (Director's Cut). There is no mirror there, they just cut a hole in the wall and used doubles.

The security guard in the mental hospital killed by 'himself' while getting coffee was also a twin

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Oh we need to have a GAF-Watch for T2 very soon.

 

[aku:jiki]

It's clearly because Freeman's such a pimp off-screen that all the women in the cast are exhausted by the time of filming, that they have to cut the scenes so as to save the women from extreme chafing.

 

[justjohn]

he's your classic non threatening negro that hollywood dearly loves.

 

[KevinCow]

If I ever became really really ridiculously rich, I would hire Morgan Freeman to follow me around and narrate my life.

 

[Tim the Wiz]

Just came in here to post Street Smart as well. Great film, great cast. Too bad everybody forgets about it.

he's your classic non threatening negro that hollywood dearly loves.

If that were entirely true, Denzel and Poitier's careers would have been over decades ago.

 

[Timbuktu]

I always associated Lester Freamon in The Wire with Morgan Freeman, they look and sound similar, but it was very believable when he bagged with former stripper Shardene.

 

[bjaelke]

He

Spoiler

almost

got the girl in Gone Baby Gone.

 

[Zenith]

Also realise that there are two female leads who are pretty much unattainable right?

They're just way too macho and badass to let somebody else tame them.
No man could possibly measure up, right?

She was nailed by that washed-up surgeon in Aliens 3.

 

[reallyfull]

Sigourney may have been possessed but you known the keymaster had to have put his key in the gatekeeper.

 

[Dabanton]

Lead black actors rarely have love interests see denzel washington and any of the actresses his been teamed up with.

Also a lot of the films team them up with white actresses so when it comes to sexy time i feel a lot of studios shy away from letting them get to close also some black actors don't want to upset their 'base'

Hence they are just 'platonic relationships.' Denzel Washington is a master at those sort of relationships look at any film where his teamed with a white actress nary even a flicker of lust crosses his face.:lol

 

[mr jones]

Street Smart, eh? Cool. We'll see about that. Morgan is about to get Netflixed.

He better be getting that onscreen kiss, though. None of that implied, girl laying next to him with all of her naughty bits discreetly covered by the L-shaped blanket mess.

...Or at least smacking a girl in the ass. If he's a pimp, he HAS to do that. I mean, that's what pimps do!

 

[Escape Goat]

Also realise that there are two female leads who are pretty much unattainable right?

They're just way too macho and badass to let somebody else tame them.
No man could possibly measure up, right?

Ripley had both feminine and masculine qualities. Sarah on the other hand had very few traditional female ones aside from her super strong protective instinct of her child.

 

[MisterHero]

morgan freeman is old that's why

he's classy like that

Must be nice to know you're the man who diddled the two biggest female badasses in history.

:lol

he was also the first model for solid snake

Badass X 1 million

 

[speedpop]

Romance in movies is bullshit anyway.

 

[diunxx]

I remember once I was surfing channels on my tv and saw Morgan Freeman kissing a girl in a movie and I started thinking that even though I have seen a bunch of his movies that was actually the first time I saw him kissing someone. :lol

 

[mr jones]

I remember once I was surfing channels on my tv and saw Morgan Freeman kissing a girl in a movie and I started thinking that even though I have seen a bunch of his movies that was actually the first time I saw him kissing someone. :lol

...






...






...and the movie was called...??????




... *sigh* Pics or it didn't happen.

 

[Servizio]

...and the movie was called...??????

... *sigh* Pics or it didn't happen.

March of the Penguins.

 

[speedpop]

He narrated that Servizio you damn fool. James Earl Jones is going to need a triple bypass after that.

 

[mr jones]

He narrated that Servizio you damn fool. James Earl Jones is going to need a triple bypass after that.

Mmmmm, Triple bypass....

 

[Love To Love You Baby]

Also a lot of the films team them up with white actresses so when it comes to sexy time i feel a lot of studios shy away from letting them get to close also some black actors don't want to upset their 'base'

Hence they are just 'platonic relationships.' Denzel Washington is a master at those sort of relationships look at any film where his teamed with a white actress nary even a flicker of lust crosses his face.:lol

Actually, the reason why Denzel Washington never gets with white women in his films is because they don't want to upset his black female fans. Or at least according to some article I read a few years back.

 

[Mrs. Manky]

I agree that if Morgan Freeman had made it to the big time earlier in his career, he would have gotten the girl.

And on that note, has Danny Glover had any sexy time on film? Or Samuel L. Jackson?

 

[Relix]

God doesn't kiss people.

 

[Dabanton]

Actually, the reason why Denzel Washington never gets with white women in his films is because they don't want to upset his black female fans. Or at least according to some article I read a few years back.

That's what i was getting at. I read the same article. Kind of silly really.:lol

 

[shintoki]

And on that note, has Danny Glover had any sexy time on film? Or Samuel L. Jackson?

Glover had his wife in Lethal weapons. Hes also the guy with the eye patch in Blindness

 

[MisterHero]

wow so this is what it'd be like if Superman fought God

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Lead black actors rarely have love interests see denzel washington and any of the actresses his been teamed up with.

Also a lot of the films team them up with white actresses so when it comes to sexy time i feel a lot of studios shy away from letting them get to close also some black actors don't want to upset their 'base'

Hence they are just 'platonic relationships.' Denzel Washington is a master at those sort of relationships look at any film where his teamed with a white actress nary even a flicker of lust crosses his face.:lol

Wasn't there a deleted scene in Man on Fire where he sleeps with the mom of the missing girl?