Eldergays, tell me about when Keanu Reeves emerged on the scene

I am having a Keanuthon at home.

What are your earliest memories of Keanu?

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by Anonymousreply 39December 30, 2018 7:50 PM

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by Anonymousreply 2December 30, 2018 4:49 AM

Wasn't The River's Edge the film that first got him noticed. I'm not sure if I ever saw it. It is some film about stoner teens who find a dead body and don't do anything about it.

by Anonymousreply 4December 30, 2018 4:53 AM

I recall seeing River’s Edge in the theater and he did stand out. We then all suffered through Point Break just to see him again. The rest is history.

by Anonymousreply 5December 30, 2018 4:56 AM

yeah River's Edge was the first movie i remember him in. Speed seemed to be where everyone went crazy for him.

by Anonymousreply 6December 30, 2018 4:57 AM

Looking over his film credits he had River's Edge and then Permanent Record. I kind of thought he was already a big star by the time of Dangerous Liasons but he really hadn't done too much prior.

by Anonymousreply 7December 30, 2018 5:01 AM

only time I ever found him to be attractive was his role in "Speed". I liked "The Lake House" and liked his performance but he already either had or looked like he had plastic surgery by that one.

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by Anonymousreply 8December 30, 2018 5:02 AM

For a long time, I kept getting him mixed up with Robert Downey Jr.

by Anonymousreply 9December 30, 2018 5:04 AM

First thing I ever saw him in was River's Edge. There was a quick glimpse of him in his tighty whities.

I think his first real blush of fame came with Bill & Ted though. Then, maybe, Parenthood.

by Anonymousreply 10December 30, 2018 5:10 AM

I really liked the movie, My Own Private Idaho. River Phoenix was fantastic in that film.

by Anonymousreply 11December 30, 2018 5:18 AM

I liked him running around shirtless a lot in Taming of the Shrew(?)

by Anonymousreply 12December 30, 2018 5:22 AM

The first film I saw him in was Seventeen Again, which was later remade with Zac Efron.

Actually, I had seen him in Parenthood and Babes in Toyland (the real first movie I saw him in) before seeing Seventeen Again on the Disney Channel, but Seventeen Again was the first film I saw where he stood out and I learned who he was. I think Speed was the next movie I saw him in where I recognized him by name.

by Anonymousreply 13December 30, 2018 7:46 AM

So... he was one hot young twink. Was he passed around a lot as a bottom?

by Anonymousreply 14December 30, 2018 7:47 AM

A lot of our first taste of Keanu was in a MTV promo from 1987.

by Anonymousreply 15December 30, 2018 7:53 AM

R13 the Keanu film was titled YOUNG AGAIN.

R12 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

by Anonymousreply 16December 30, 2018 3:57 PM

I loved Andrew Bowen's impersonation on MADtv back in the day.

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by Anonymousreply 17December 30, 2018 4:02 PM

His casual style is effing boring and that hair style is tired. He needs to try a different style all together.

by Anonymousreply 18December 30, 2018 4:37 PM

He was quite good in " Parenthood ".

by Anonymousreply 19December 30, 2018 4:45 PM

Google photos from the 1984 theatrical stage production of Wolfboy starring Keanu Reeves and Carl Marotte. The play took place in Toronto and "was a cult hit with Toronto's gay community due to its overt homoeroticism." Keanu was 19 at the time.

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by Anonymousreply 20December 30, 2018 5:09 PM

never found him beautiful or hit. now he looks like he's transitioning. i'm sorry for his sister, tho

by Anonymousreply 22December 30, 2018 5:15 PM

I just remember him popping up in a few things here & there at the end of the 80s - River's Edge, Permanent Record and (especially) Bill & Ted. I didn't really notice how attractive he was until the blatantly homoerotic My Own Private Idaho (which was also probably River Phoenix's peak). Then Coppola's Dracula came out and I noticed how limited an actor he could be (same w/ Winona).

by Anonymousreply 23December 30, 2018 5:19 PM

I used to jerk off to the scene in DRACULA where the female vampires seduce him. One of them nibbles on his nipple and another touches his crotch.

by Anonymousreply 24December 30, 2018 5:22 PM

Do you think there's an anus nestled in that crack?

by Anonymousreply 26December 30, 2018 5:27 PM

He looks unwashed but when he is clean with short hair and tight body he is stunning. Like in Matrix and Speed.

by Anonymousreply 27December 30, 2018 5:29 PM

R27, same here. He mostly looks homeless and unwashed whenever he is papped; only cleans up for acting.

by Anonymousreply 28December 30, 2018 5:50 PM

[quote] i'm sorry for his sister, tho

His sister went into remision ages ago from Leukemia.  Keanu reportedly donates a portion of his pay to cancer research ever since.

His former girlfriend died nearly 2 years after giving birth to their stillborn daughter.

by Anonymousreply 29December 30, 2018 6:02 PM

[quote]His former girlfriend died nearly 2 years after giving birth to their stillborn daughter.

In a horrific car crash.

by Anonymousreply 30December 30, 2018 6:06 PM

I first saw Keanu in River’s Edge back in 1986. I had retired from GM at 64 and went to the movies a lot. And, when I saw him, I fell in love. Top Gun came out that same year with Tom Cruise. 86 was a good year for hot guys.

I loved Keanu in Point Break.

by Anonymousreply 31December 30, 2018 6:08 PM

He brings bad luck to everyone around him.

by Anonymousreply 32December 30, 2018 6:09 PM

He is so awkward a screen presence. Like he’s imitating a human.

by Anonymousreply 33December 30, 2018 6:13 PM

Noticed him first in Dangerous Liaisons and Prince of Pennsylvania. Bad actor, fascinating screen presence, also very interesting because not many biracials of asian ancestry were being given lead roles. He broke a barrier.

by Anonymousreply 34December 30, 2018 6:19 PM

He's multiracial, not biracial. His heritage is English, Irish, Portuguese, Chinese, Hawaiian.

by Anonymousreply 35December 30, 2018 6:26 PM

I've noticed lately, he seems to be experimenting with his image and career. I'm not sure why at 54, he would make such a choice. His movie Siberia and the other, can't remember the name right now, are examples of his recent career choices. Actresses, in his age group, coming out as of late, claiming they had secret crushes on him, is an example of a change in his image. He usually kept his personal life private.

by Anonymousreply 36December 30, 2018 7:02 PM

he didnt break and barrier, he was given lead roles exactly because he does NOT look patricularly "exotic". and he had a cool name just like Winona and River

by Anonymousreply 37December 30, 2018 7:13 PM

Certainly not the greatest actor, not even the prettiest (albeit VERY pretty) -- I think he's lasted in his career because despite being a very successful movie actor he has always managed to come across as really nice, relatively unpretentious guy -- the kind of guy who would have been genuinely friendly with everybody in his high school class -- and I don't think I've ever heard any stories about him being an asshole. All that SOUNDS pretty easy, but there are a LOT of younger Hollywood actors who would benefit by using him as a role model (as long as they don't pick up his acting habits. LOL)

by Anonymousreply 39December 30, 2018 7:50 PM

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