Comments | bec_87rb: Tom Hiddleston has a definition of Compassion

bec_87rb

Tom Hiddleston has a definition of Compassion

Jan 17, 2014 14:48

Within all of us there is the capacity to be anyone, or anything, and that’s the place where compassion comes from, that understanding that I could be like that, if circumstances had been different. There is an Iago and a Romeo within all of us - there is that lover, and there is that sociopath ( Read more... )

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chhinnamasta January 18 2014, 13:53:13 UTC

Pardon me, but Tom Hiddleston is full of shit. Can't say I'm surprised; what else would we expect from an actor?

Have you seen the most recent Thor movie? I hear good things from folks, including someone who saw it in those crazy d-box seats. I found the first film to be beyond cheesy. In particular, cheese curds blew wildly from the screen during the Asgard scenes.

bec_87rb January 24 2014, 16:58:17 UTC

If you'd seen him say it, you'd have been mesmerized. Okay, I love his voice, so he could pretty much say anything, and I'd listen ( ... )

chhinnamasta January 25 2014, 06:38:45 UTC

Did I say I was surprised? Not even slightly. I expect as much cheese on Marvel's Thor as I do on my pizza. I agree that it's an essentially cheese-based narrative. I won't partake if I'm feeling lactose intolerant.

As much as you're going to be tickled by the notion of multiple selves, I'm bound to be dismissive of fatuous generalizing remarks made by an actor. Hiddleston is not the first actor to spout this type BS on a junket, nor will he be the last.

I'll tell you a film that I did find disappointing, given all the hype: Spike Jonze's Her.

bec_87rb January 27 2014, 17:40:15 UTC

I heard some good things about Her - where does it go wrong? Directorial malfeasance? Schmaltz?

(It might be trite, but I agree with Tom H. - being able to imagine yourself as Other, even if it is an archetypical Other, is where compassion starts.)

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suegypt January 19 2014, 22:13:05 UTC

I think he speaks of Mother Theresa, who was definitely both...

bec_87rb January 24 2014, 17:00:00 UTC

Now that is an interesting take - was that the first thing that popped into your head?

suegypt February 4 2014, 23:26:05 UTC

Yes, it was.

I love reading you and the Doc arguing and critiquing. It's the most intelligent and funny stuff I read anywhere.

bec_87rb February 7 2014, 22:44:42 UTC

We did hash that out, didn't we. Yep, Dr Chaos and I butt heads like bored goats sometimes.

How long ago was that, do you recall?

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