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Somebody help me

Posted by Robin on 20 January 2015 24 Comments

Actor Colin Farrell in the photo shoot for Dolce & Gabbana Intenso. Mr. Farrell "represents with intensity the new generation of Dolce&Gabbana men: elegant, modern and determinated [sic]". Or he's just bored, it's hard to tell.

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  1. Jenkr says:
    20 January 2015 at 12:35 pm

    I couldn’t even make it through the whole video. He’s clearly bored, but in a pretentious bored way that’s completely cringe-worthy. Also, where the hell are that man’s eyes? All I see are furry brows and little squinty lines that look like they could be eyes, but I’m not entirely certain.

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    • Jenkr says:
      20 January 2015 at 12:38 pm

      I just clicked back onto the SOTD thread and realized the penguin in that photo is more suited to the description of this fragrance than bored Colin. That penguin is elegant and definitely looks determined.

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      • annemarie says:
        20 January 2015 at 2:54 pm

        And the penguin knows how to sit on a rock with style and attitude.

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    • Robin says:
      20 January 2015 at 1:06 pm

      Agree on cringe-worthy. He looks like he’s sulking about something.

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    • Marjorie Rose says:
      20 January 2015 at 10:24 pm

      I think you can’t see his eyes because he needs sunglasses.

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  2. platinum14 says:
    20 January 2015 at 12:59 pm

    Sure he’s bored!
    But I would be too if I was a rich, successful, “mature” movie star having to sit on a rock for a silly fragrance commercial (Mr. Farrell would probably add a few well placed “F” bombs in there).

    At least it’s refreshing to see a commercial for a men’s fragrance that doesn’t involved a near naked, bulged out, 18 inch waisted, waxed to death, barely out of his teenage years model… especially from D&G

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    • Robin says:
      20 January 2015 at 1:06 pm

      They’re saving the abs for the next Light Blue commercial ;-)

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  3. Uday Parfoom says:
    20 January 2015 at 1:30 pm

    Looks like he needs an espress-o rather than some Intenso. Hoho.

    But seriously, I imagine this is how he looked when reading the script of the Miami Vice remake.

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    • SheriG says:
      20 January 2015 at 3:44 pm

      I think you might be giving him more credit for discernment (and ability to read) than he deserves.

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  4. Erin says:
    20 January 2015 at 1:35 pm

    Have to admit, the boredom does set in every time I get determinated.

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    • Marjorie Rose says:
      20 January 2015 at 10:22 pm

      *snort*

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    • Lucy says:
      21 January 2015 at 6:34 pm

      I’ve been laughing at this comment since yesterday. You’ve won the internet.

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  5. Deva says:
    20 January 2015 at 2:09 pm

    He appears to be in some sort of snit- but then, he is not known for being Mr. Smiley.

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    • annemarie says:
      20 January 2015 at 2:55 pm

      It’s because he left his socks behindo at the hotel.

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  6. VanMorrisonFan says:
    20 January 2015 at 3:07 pm

    I sure miss the Old Spice guy…not bored…forthright…a man for all seasons.

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  7. SheriG says:
    20 January 2015 at 3:48 pm

    I got irritation mixed with exasperation, and had a mental image of some Italian director giving Mr. Non-Smiley mincing pointers on how to be s-e-x-y … I suppose that would irritate/exasperate most actors.

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  8. Laila says:
    20 January 2015 at 4:46 pm

    No, no, no, furrowed brow = intense!, not bored. His brow never unfurrows once throughout the whole clip. Too funny!

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  9. Dilana says:
    20 January 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Give the poor man a break. He probably was photographed at the very moment of a mild distressing realization: he is leaning against a sand covered, possibly licheny rock in a beautiful white new shirt, which will now have to be washed.
    Plus it looks like he trecked through the wet sand in shoes, which are probably now ruined.

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  10. Bear says:
    20 January 2015 at 7:01 pm

    Are you positive that wasn’t his ex-lax photo shoot? ;)

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    • Lucy says:
      21 January 2015 at 6:36 pm

      If it was, the ex-lax wasn’t working.

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  11. mrsdarcy says:
    20 January 2015 at 8:25 pm

    I read that too quickly and thought it said Colin Firth. I was very excited that D&G had picked Colin Firth to represent elegant, modern, and determinated [sic] modern man. :p Oh well.

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    • Marjorie Rose says:
      20 January 2015 at 10:24 pm

      Oh yes. I would be very happy to watch Mr. Firth in an ad!

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      • Nile Goddess says:
        21 January 2015 at 6:46 am

        At least make it Chanel then. Colin Firth is too good for D&G.

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  12. Nile Goddess says:
    21 January 2015 at 6:45 am

    Same expression as me on my worst period days.

    So for him, could it be a … stomach bug?

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