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...completely by chance that I first met the actor Keanu Reeves. I hadn't gone to a movie premiere or a fan club rally in search of Him, pushing my way past hordes of teenage girls and Bill and Ted lookalikes. I met Him this summer, a fellow guest at a garden party given in honor of my sister's high school graduating class in Toronto, Canada...
...Keanu Reeves, the famous movie superstar! America had just added the prefix "super" to his title when I saw him, although what he did to be promoted in the legions of teeny-bopper magazines from "star" to "superstar" I do not know...
Weeks before this party I had seen the movie "Little Buddha," in which Keanu played the Enlightened One in a somewhat less than enlightened way. Like millions of others, I watched as he grunted through the "Bill and Ted" series, had sex with River Phoenix in "My Own Private Idaho," and most recently, appeared on David Letterman just two nights before...
Speed. Another action movie, I know, but my expectations were so low, and it was so much fun. Dennis Hopper was much better in Red Rock West, a movie released earlier this year that deserved a better fate than it got, and Keanu Reeves was passable, though much better than when he played one of the world's most important religious figures in Little Buddha, Bernardo Bertolucci's failed attempt to recapture the pomp and pageantry that won him a Best Picture Oscar for The Last Emperor...
...Speed," you'll think your on just that. Keanu Reeves makes his actionflick debut and was heralded by many, unexpectedly, as incredible. Perhaps Keanu has finally found his true calling. Harrison Ford, look out, because there's someone leaner going for your...