Wow...a whole year gone!

It's hard to believe that 2009 is gone already! It seems like just a few months ago I was sitting down getting ready to watch Dick Clark's New Year's Eve program! (I think I'll pass this year) We're going to have to start writing 2010. Have to get schedules ready. Think about everything we have to do! But a better thought...what will Russell be doing? :D Hopefully making more fantastic movies!

This year was kinda bad, but maybe next year will be better! So take the rest of the year off, spend time with the things you care about. See you in 2010!

Russell Crowe: A Man of All Times

It would certainly seem that Russell Crowe is a modern man. But take a look at all the roles he has played. The time periods span from 167 A.D. to somewhere in the not-so-distant future! For instance, his new character, Robin Hood. Some people are complaining that his cropped hair cut is not very medieval. But well now--I don't think bushy locks are exactly the intimidating look they were going for, either. My point is, Russell Crowe is a man that fits perfectly into each and every periodic role that he is thrown into.
While some peeps are asking for a Robin Hood that is taller, and perhaps--more dashing--I'm not complaining. Personally, he's perfect for the part. He's pretty much got that 'squinting down the shaft of the arrow' look down pat!

Robin Hood Trailer Hd

Philosophy

I came across this 'philosophy' and thought that, even though it has NOTHING to do with RC, it is a nice thing to keep in mind.

TWO GLASSES OF WINE

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine...

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of

course, the sand filled up everything else He asked once more if the jar was full. The students re sponded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two glasses of wine from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things; your family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions; things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full."

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else; the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "There is no room for

the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things

that are important to you."

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. Do one more run down the ski slope. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first; the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the wine represented.

The professor smiled. "Im glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of glasses of wine with a friend."

Merry Christmas!

Alex Ross

Alex Ross from Rough Magic

When it comes to protecting the women of Crowe's Point, Bud White is the man to head for. But when he's not around, Alex Ross is your man. He's also the man that will know mostly anything going on. Once a photographer, traumatized by vision of Hiroshima, he's turned to being a detective who had once been hired by a disgruntled politician, and fallen in love with a magic woman who had not loved him.
Quotes on Rough Magic: ...He’s not thinkin’ he’s a hero, he’s thinkin’ he’s a killer of people, y’know, he’s thinkin’ he’s a murderer. So he can’t face it, and it’s a journey, that 90 per cent of service men went through at the end of the war.

Thank you!

Thank you to my favorite site: GasLightHotel who has been so kind as to link to my blog, and promote my character bios! Props!

Maximus Decimus Meredius Sketch

The drawing of Maximus Decimus Meredius is now finished. If anyone has interest in it, let me know and I will try to find a way to display it here. If I can find a way to reproduce the drawing itself somehow, I will then post it in the store (which, yes, will be coming!)

New Wallpaper

A New Russell Crowe Wallpaper

Check out this new wallpaper on my friend's blog!
If you like it, and want it, let her know! Enjoy it, but please don't just download it! Thanks.

New Feature of Russell Cove

New feature for my blog--I want a website feel. I know this is asking a lot for a blog, but maybe at some point I will be able to get a site put up!
So I'm adding a new label 'Store'. Here you can buy DVD's of your favorite Russell Crowe movies. Also, there are some CD's of TOFOG and some Russell Crowe biographies that will be available shortly.
Maybe I will put up some of my friends' drawings too.
Anyway, the store will be for your use, hope you enjoy it!
I will post an announcement when the store is up and running!

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Maximus Decimus Meridius from Gladiator

Everything he had--everything he was...wrenched from him with the drop of a rope, the lighting of a match. Everything, gone. Overcome by exhaustion, grief, and fever, Maximus was captured by a band of slave traders, taken to Egypt. The next phase of his life--he hated. Maximus hated everything. Hated to fight, hated that he could not be with his family, hated--to live. But somewhere amidst the sorrow and hate, crept another feeling. Vengeance. Maximus channeled his hate into this new emotion--and focused on Commodus. The man who had murdered his commander, his Ceasar. The man who had stolen the title that had borne the name of Maximus Meridius.
Now, as a new anger surged inside of Maximus, he fought for all he was worth, living for that day. The day that he would plunge something sharp straight into the heart of Commodus.
Sadly, Maximus Decimus Meridius died after defeating Commodus in the Coliseum. Maximus would have survived to become Ceasar had Commodus not secretly stabbed him before the fight. But his strength, and his honor is still in the hearts of anyone who will reach out and accept this heroic Gladiator's final challenge.
More details here.
In reality, Maximus Decimus Meridius was a true character. He lived from AD 152 to AD 187, dying at forty. His heroism was hailed all over the Roman world. His strength was recognized by all, as was his dream. His dream that someone with honor would restore Rome to the glorious kingdom it once was, a kingdom of democracy. With the Roman mob cheering the dead hero on, Maximus Decimus Meridius' dying wish was recognized and fulfilled.

Russell Crowe on filiming Gladiator and working with younger counterpart Jauquine Phoenix: "You can do a scene with him, and he can bust you apart. And you're thinking, whoa, this kid is cool. But he'll go, I gotta do that again, it was terrible. And I'm like, whatever, let's do it again mate. Then he does it again, and it's even better! But The Gladiator is a big movie, a one hundred and three million dollar movie. There's lots of stuff going on. And taking a little bit of extra responsibility to make it a smoother journey for other people benefits me in the long term. And I don't change my life, I don't tell people to call me Maximus. I don't, you know, do any of that pretentious sort of stuff. You know, because I work between action and cut. However, you do adjust your life. And you adjust parts of your personality within that character."
Quote thanks to ConstantCrowe--the only site that I could find any quotes on this movie! Thank you.

Bud White

Bud White from L.A. Confidential

Raised under an abusive father, Bud White watched his mother be chained and beaten his whole life. However, when he matures, he realizes that the same white hot anger runs through his veins. Instead of turning on women, though, he decides to vent on abusers themselves. But not good deed goes unpunished. Bud has earned himself a thug reputation in Los Angeles as a knight in shining armor--the punisher of all wife beaters. Unhappy, but realizing there's nothing he can do, Bud takes a job as an enforcer. But a call girl helps him to realize that he's not all bad, like the department says he is, and that somewhere inside of him is an incredible mind--a mind that solves murder, robberies...a mind that Bud needs to unleash.
More details here.
Characteristics: Brutish, tempermental, violent
Quotes: (this is the closest I could find--it's about Los Angeles) "I'd move to Los Angeles--if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed by a huge tital wave, if there was a bubonic plague in Europe, and if Africa disappeared in some Martian attack." --Russell Crowe
Apparently, any feelings he might've held for LA in his movie, he does not actually feel in reality!

SID 6.7

SID 6.7 from Virtuosity

His mind is composed of 183 criminal's brains. SID's the best of the best, and he knows it. He was designed to train police officers in virtual reality scenarios. He is a fifty terabyte, self evolving, neural network, double back flip off the high platform. All complicated parts, not a swan dive--carrying the joy of killing each and every victim from 183 criminals inside of him. When you give voice to a smart mouthed super computer, you can't expect to not have ego issues. SID takes pride in his knowledge, capability, and power. Don't get in his way. Don't do anything he wouldn't do. Don't do anythign he doesn't tell you to do; and you'll live. Probably.
Defining characteristics: Smart alek, ego, has a habit of wearing interestingly colored suits, and is very conscienscious about his appearance.
More details here.
Comments about Virtuosity. According to Leonard, the director, Crowe has nailed it as SID 6.7…. “SID is totally synthetic and, because he’s made up of so many different personality profiles, he’s totally out of touch with reality. And the way Russell plays him, he’s such a fun villain-the perfect bad guy you love to hate. Russell has also been quite successful in bringing a sense of humor to SID.”

Cort

Cort from The Quick and the Dead

Fast hands got him money. Fast hands got him a lightning quick draw. Quick thinking got him a job with greedy outlaw Herod Fee. Cort loved the riding, the shooting, the robbing. But he was forced to shoot a priest who had saved his and Herod's lives. Cort ended his outlaw career--vowing to hang up his gun forever. His mission was burned. The lives of the children he'd help save--shattered. All by Fee. How he hated Fee--he wished he could kill him and all his men for what they'd done to him. Problem was, he couldn't consciously pull a gun--until Herod put him in the contest. But even after he'd drawn--and he did every single time--Cort hadn't thought about it. A killer--a gunfighter--it was his nature.

Quote from Russell on Cort: "Cort's in a sticky situation," Crowe says. "He sees an awful wrong that needs to be corrected. He possesses the skill to do it. But it's something he's promised God never to do again. Does he martyr himself for his beliefs and die? Or does he do what comes naturally and live?"
More details here.

Hando

Hando from Romper Stomper

Hando has a hard time keeping control of himself. Desperate, he seeks to control others instead. He is the style of a Nazi, a follower of Adolf Hitler. He collects Nazi memorabilia, and quotes from Mein Kampf. A skinhead, he lives with others just like him, who look to him as their leader, although he is not that capable of being one. He easily conflicts with law, the Asian population, and other members of his gang. He lives in Australia, is mostly racist, especially against Asians since a group of them bought out a local pub, and forced him and his friends from their home.
More details here.

Andy

Andy from Proof

Andy--an honest, trusting man who shares cooking and pictures with his best friend, Martin. Andy had never believed in lying until he met Celia--whom he eventually has a relationship with. They keep the relationship a secret from Martin, who was Celia's previous interest. Andy now believes that he should not be highly trusted, mostly because of insecurity from this escapade.
More details here.

I have decided just what exactly I'm going to be blogging about. (And yes, it's still Russell!)

I am going to be compiling character profiles for most of Russell Crowe's main movie character. The reason for my doing this, is to eliminate small confusions that I experienced while reading wonderful fan fiction. I thought that if someone would have created bios for each character, explaining who they were from the beginning, I might not have gotten lost! So I set about doing so for others' benefit--and my own! It may be a slow process, but just check back whenever you want, and most likely, there will be something new. If there's anything you'd like added to my blog, let me know, and I'll see what I can do.
Also, if you find that I've made a mistake--don't hesitate to tell me.

So What's Russell Doing Now?

Okay, filming has always looked like fun. We can tell the Russell is filming Robin Hood from this picture, here.




But what about here?







And here...







And what is he doing with these on? If this is all filming for a hit movie is, count me in. We can all wear sunglasses on a medieval set, can't we?







Well, at least he lost weight for the part. We all love Russell--but personally, it's better when there's a little bit less of Russell to love! (I'm saying that kindly, dear Russell)
And while Robin's outfit here looks spiffy, I personally preferred more studded leather types of medieval clothing, as shown on Kevin Costner below. But I guess the chain mail on Russell's Robin is more realistic.

Header Origin

Here is the link I promised!

The owner of the blog created this design for my customized specifications. I'm a friend (so it was free) but she does very reasonably priced, hired designing. If you like what she did for me, you should check it out!

Welcome

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