I'm watching Stand By Me and thinking that young River Phoenix looks more like young Dean Winchester than a young Jensen Ackles does. He just has a knows too much look to his face--to me, young Jensen looks pretty much vacant. What do you think?
Seeing "Stand By Me" in the cinema was one of those indelible movie-going experiences. I'd seen a trailer for it and was pretty sure it was based on the brilliant Stephen King story "The Body," and though the studio (probably very wisely) downplayed the movie's Stephen King aspect, I knew what non-horror greatness King was capable of.
So here were these boys, and all of them were good, but that one boy--the beautiful, wise one--was the stuff legends are made of, and it was obvious even then that he was superstar material. It was exactly that knows-too-much look that you mention.
He's one of those gone-way-too-soon stars I still find very haunting.
Absolutely--he was so young, and he really projected that too old for his age feeling. Like you say, a wise soul. He haunts you for long after the movie is over.
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6/21/08 07:58 pm (UTC)So here were these boys, and all of them were good, but that one boy--the beautiful, wise one--was the stuff legends are made of, and it was obvious even then that he was superstar material. It was exactly that knows-too-much look that you mention.
He's one of those gone-way-too-soon stars I still find very haunting.
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