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Mr. Beaks Interviews Mr. Samuel L. Jackson Of LAKEVIEW TERRACE!

Love Sam Jackson, but.. by beetlegeuse	Sep 17th, 2008 01:59:29 AM
this film looks like recycled shit.
testing 1 2 3 by xega	Sep 17th, 2008 01:59:30 AM
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Awesome guy. by eggart	Sep 17th, 2008 02:08:40 AM
Wish he'd make better movies. He's been mostly wasting himself on shit for about ten years.
Unlawful Entry...the Sammy J. version by Literarywanderer	Sep 17th, 2008 02:16:42 AM
Sorry Sammy, but no Kurt Russell and no Ray Liotta equals my butt missing this one.
Beaks by kwisatzhaderach	Sep 17th, 2008 04:11:35 AM
How has Lucas become a distant figure? He's in the media every other week giving an interview. He was even at Best Buy the other day for The Force Unleashed release!
He seems like a great guy by xevoid	Sep 17th, 2008 04:12:17 AM
But he appears to me to be like Tom Hanks in that he always plays himself. That's great, but I'd like to see him stretch, like play the captain of a pirate ship or a prisoner or something where he really has to be outside his element.
Prossor by kwisatzhaderach	Sep 17th, 2008 04:15:50 AM
Pulp Fiction, Unbreakable, Jackie Brown, Die Hard With A Vengeance
Tremendously talented, yet down to earth by Mr Nicholas	Sep 17th, 2008 06:35:54 AM
I love Sam.
SLJ is Wooly Willy by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 17th, 2008 07:27:36 AM
No, get your mind out of the gutter. You know the toy. It's the bald guy in a plastic case, and is filled with metal shavings. You use the magnetic wand to give him different hairstyles. With Sam the Man they try something different every movie. Other than a mohawk I don't know what's left.
And as I said in the other Beaks interview by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Sep 17th, 2008 07:28:38 AM
Having not seen either movie, this kind of reminds me of Pacific Heights except instead of a psycho tenant you have a psycho neighbor.
I LOVE COPS! by g-ride9000	Sep 17th, 2008 08:50:12 AM
we had cop neighbors, and they almost arrested us for smoking weed on the porch of our home. I should write a script!
Good interview by Gungan Slayer	Sep 17th, 2008 09:13:27 AM
You should have asked him about the rumors of George Lucas offering him to star and direct his "Red Tails." Can't wait for Lakeview Terrace
Sam Jackson picks roles like we would, and thats cool. by Cotton McKnight	Sep 17th, 2008 09:25:16 AM
That's what I really like about him- he is a great talent and he is in a position to take any role he wants. And the roles he picks are inspired- on a fundamental level, I think they are all roles we wish we could play ourselves, but he has the talent to make them more than what they are on the written page. When I saw the trailer for Lakeview Terrace, I thought it was an interesting role for him, and I wondered what his motivation was. Of course I HATE cops more than you can imagine (not the good ones, I mean the jerks that park near my street at the end of the month in the hopes of getting as many tickets written as possible). I wonder if he has had any bad run ins himself. Also I like the idea of him exploring the abuse of power and what motivates people like that.
this man is too cool, infact I'll pay to see spirit.. by ironic_name	Sep 17th, 2008 10:27:42 AM
..because of his style.
Great Job Beaks by Sakurai	Sep 17th, 2008 10:40:09 AM
Good Interview.
hmmm by fartedinthefaceofhollywood	Sep 17th, 2008 11:41:24 AM
i like Samuel L. Jackson, hes a very universal actor in the sense he can "do it all" and hes not afraid to do a movie just to have fun with it...i like that attitude even if many people out there find it stupid and think acting should be taken seriously at every moment in an actors career. this movie however, it looks so...."DONE BEFORE", as in...similar if not same premise, just different circumstances. this reminds of a harsher "Changing Lanes" which oddly enough...starred Samuel L. Jackson.
I love Sam Jackson by Subtlety	Sep 17th, 2008 12:14:37 PM
Great actor, fun performer, smart guy who can be thoughtful without being pretentious. And he was far and away the best thing about the prequels. If the guy makes a hundred more movies this year, it'll be too few. Although, I worry that his love of fun flicks has the downside of making people think of him as a kind of angry-black-guy caricature, which is a shame. I'd love for him to do more character-driven work, smaller roles, less genre films. Oh, what am I talking about? If he stopped making stuff likes 'Snakes' I'd be a very sad man.
My next door neighbor.. by Harold-Sherbort	Sep 17th, 2008 12:49:37 PM
..is a psycho pedophile. I'll probably see it. I can take or leave Mr. Jackson though.
Sam Jackson is the man! by El Gooche	Sep 17th, 2008 01:00:47 PM
I love his enthusiasm and passion for his profession. If the rest of Hollow-wood was more like him we probably wouldn't be stuck with all these shitty "remakes" of other shitty movies.
Cops are not good neighbors by Guy Gaduois	Sep 17th, 2008 01:13:16 PM
Especially when they party. The Shield is only good on TV; in your neighborhood, it's bad. Bullets in a beer can being shook outside your kids' window at 3 am bad. There are lots of ways to de-fuse conflict, but if you don't have a gun and a badge like the egomaniac you're having conflict with, you will lose. This movie doesn't seem escapist to me. BTDT, called IAD. Replaced my truck tires and the fuzz moved out of my 'hood. Got pulled over w/no write up 6 times in 3 mos, and I'm a 40 year old white dude. My friends of color won't drive anywhere with me; they say I'm bad luck. Yeah, I'll pass on this one.
Surprisingly good movie by Freakemovie	Sep 17th, 2008 01:44:18 PM
I thought it was going to be one of those painful to watch movies, but it's really involving and entertaining. And I love that line in the trailer: "He has the color issue on his side. And that color is...blue."
Rogue cop movies - if Hollywood had any balls... by The Kusabi	Sep 17th, 2008 01:47:33 PM
...they'd make a movie about this sort of cop - http://tinyurl.com/3pqseh
He seems like a splendid fellow by The Rabbit Of Carrot Shaped Doom	Sep 17th, 2008 01:52:35 PM
I rather like Mr Jackson.
What a chill dude by mefrog	Sep 17th, 2008 02:36:51 PM
He has my total respect now. He's also absolutely right - acting is his profession and passion, why shouldn't he be in three or four films a year?
If you like rogue cops... by fiester	Sep 17th, 2008 02:50:16 PM
Just rent The Shield on DVD. Nothing better.
I have had it with these motherfuckin' yuppies... by Meglos	Sep 17th, 2008 03:00:52 PM
...in my motherfuckin' suburb!
Don't think so by Drunken Rage	Sep 17th, 2008 04:07:02 PM
Regardless of whether SLJ makes almost every movie better, this sounds like "Unlwaful Entry 2" or "Pacific Heights 2." No, thanks.
Get this motherfuckin' mixed marriage out of my... by Kirbymanly	Sep 17th, 2008 05:04:19 PM
... motherfuckin' neighborhood!
Sam, you're a class act. by Archive	Sep 17th, 2008 05:43:48 PM
What's more, we all know it. Thanks for so many experiences, and thanks for having such a great impact on the other folks in the industry. And thanks for Black Snake Moan!
Awkward interview??? by PotSmokinAlien	Sep 17th, 2008 11:20:11 PM
Micodin, did you read beyond the golf conversation? I've never read an interview with Sam Jack this relaxed and digressive. If some stilted chatter about golf is what it takes to get there, fuckin chatter away. I would also like to say that this movie looks fucking hilarious.
GTA by Anakin Whoopass	Sep 17th, 2008 11:42:26 PM
First thing seeing SLJ in the LAPD uniform made me think of was his Officer Tenpenny from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I never really thought about that character's home life but maybe it's like this movie.
Guy Gaduois by p0llk4t	Sep 18th, 2008 01:34:22 AM
Not to be rude...but called IAD on cops...that was not smart. You would have been much better off moving, and you should probably leave your state. You don't mess with the biggest gang around.
this movie shouldve been R rated by JimmyJoe RedSky	Sep 18th, 2008 03:20:08 PM
hollywood slaps pg13 on nearly everything now - even tense adult dramas like this - why? - would a 13 year old want to see this movie? - the people in charge of rating movies (or cutting them up to meet the new pg13 standard) are dumb assholes - if "do the right thing" were made today it would be cut up to be a p13 bore - any movie about a nosy neighbor control freak cop intimidating the new bi racial couple next door should be R rated - real life is R rated
A true artist by Star Hump	Sep 18th, 2008 08:33:57 PM
The last Sam picture I saw was Black Snake Moan. Enjoyed it immensely. That one should go down among his "greatest hits." Nice interview, Mr. Beaks.
Sam is great! by Darth Thoth	Sep 18th, 2008 09:10:05 PM
Thanks Beaks... that was a great and actually really inspiring read. Sam, I know you are a fan of AICN so if you're reading this- keep up the great work my brother. God bless!
Why not bring up Unbreakable? by liljuniorbrown	Sep 19th, 2008 12:47:31 AM
I mean that's like the mother of all unfinished trilogies. On a different note, here in my home town there is a funeral parlor owned by a man named Samuel l Jackson. Atleast thats what he goes by and thats what the name on the sign reads "Samuel L Jackson's funeral home". I gotta take a picture one of these days.

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