Oldman seems to be someone who can become completely subsumed into his roles. Honestly, if you didn't know it was Gary Oldman playing Beethoven in "Immortal Beloved", you'd never guess it was the same guy who played Dracula - or Oswald in JFK, or that weird arms dealer in that weird Bruce Willis movie, The Fifth Element.
Back when I still had TV, I saw an interview with Gary Oldman once - it was almost surreal. Oldman, as his "real" self had a high-pitched voice and came across as this tiny, introverted almost non-entity. At the same time, it made me appreciate him all the more as a master of his craft. He's a total chameleon.
As for the Last of the Mohicans - I hated the extreme violence and graphic bloodshed of the battle scenes. I just can't deal with blood and gore as entertainment. I understand the commitment to realism - for sure such battles were horrific - but I just don't care to view those kinds of images. I also didn't much like Madeline Stowe - she somehow sets my teeth on edge. But the worst thing of all about the movie - and I completely understand that they were being true to JF Cooper's novel (but he was an ignorant idiot when it came to actually knowing anything about American Indian culture - he just made shit up) - was that whole "native village" burning the white guy at the stake bit. It's unbelievably offensive to me.
So, although I LOVE Daniel Day Lewis, love Russell Means and Eric Schweig, love Wes Studi, love the soundtrack and the scenery, I've so far just not been able to get past what I DON'T like about the movie to the point where I've wanted to own it.
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