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Latino Review Goes SHOOT
Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
Jeff Katz. Remember that name. As much as I railed about Tom Rothman and the way he’s running Fox into the ground recently, Katz is the exact opposite. He’s a younger exec, a guy who is still looking to make his mark at New Line, and right now, he’s setting up geek dream projects left and right. He’s the one who just bought WE3, the Grant Morrison comic that he’ll be overseeing for producer Don Murphy, and here’s another project that Murphy brought into the studio. This one’s been getting a lot of attention since it was first announced, and today, you’ll get a great look at just why that is:
Harry
Hello hope all is well with you. I know you were raving about this so I figured this might interest you. I got a script review for Shoot 'Em Up, which I think is freaking awesome plus the clips from the 30-minute Animatic Shoot 'Em Up tape.
CLICK HERE FOR THE SCRIPT REVIEW!!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH SEGMENTS FROM THE NOW-INFAMOUS ANIMATIC TAPE THAT HELPED SELL THE FILM!!
Talk you soon.
Kel
Nice work, man. With Clive Owen starring, this has got to be one of the films I’m most interested in for 2006.
"Moriarty" out.
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I watched the skydiving shootout animatic, expecting some original action beats, but it was just gunshot after gunshot (the hero does have to reload after firing about 30 times), and a sorry parachute bit. I got a major "Matrix" vibe coming from the Agent goons, and I don't even think the movie is a fantasy -- it's just hyper-reality for hyper-reality's sake, which may satisfy Harry and those who prefer over-the-topedness, but not me. Shane Black-esque action is as far as I go.
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So that was some guys real high thinking about the most ridicolous shoot out scenes. Movies and tv can be that simple. All i come up with on ganja is Bond spoof porno titles! Damn if only to channel that for something good; like alarm clocks made out of Poptarts! Breakfast is served.
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So you walk in with that crap and come out with a movie deal - I had hoped that we had advanced a little beyond this by now in the movie industry....sigh.
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Jun 20, 2005 5:45:52 AM CDT
Yes let's begin EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE with Tom Rothman bashin
by enemakid
"Oh my wife delivered our baby this morning. You know, I was there in the delivery room, all supportive, not like Tom Rothman who hates the X Men you know!!"
"Im back with my DVD shelf. Here's a movie that was released by Fox. Tom Rothman works there ya know? He sucks ya know?"
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Jun 20, 2005 6:13:04 AM CDT
isn't it sad that in order to get something greenlighted you
by hypeendshere
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...was this not already done with frikkin Hard Boiled???
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Jun 20, 2005 6:35:20 AM CDT
While this looks fun, it was lucky they showed an animatic to th
by scarranhalfbreed
...with stage directions like "The assassin is some dip-shit with a ponytail." And then Mr. Smith says something like "I hate guys with pony tails. They looks like a horse's ass." Still, the animatic WAS fun and I'd like to see a live action version of it. But it would be better if they cut down on Smith's dialogue. "No thanks, I'm lactose intolerant." Hmmm.
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I'm sure it's everything L.R. says it is and guess what...I - DON'T - CARE! Gosh!
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That script "review" made me hate this project. I don't know if the reviewer was purposely picking out the most attrociously banal and childish dialog, but it happened anyway. PASS/
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Seriously. How much further can we go into the all-clever-action-no-real-content arena?
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Thank god everyone is so easy to please around here. This sounds like a really cool movie. It has insanely ridiculous action pieces (the merry-go-round bit is great), the dialogue if delivered with the proper timing and care WILL be funny. And this was just snippets of the script. We didn't get any of the backstory info, we didn't get anything that tells what the baby is all about... this sounds like a good mystery movie to me. I personally can't wait to see that car crash bit, that was a great scene. Damn, fuck everyone, everything sucks and everyone just cries! Wah wah wah, we want something BETTER! So go write something better if you're so fucking talented!
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Don't complain about our "whining" with more fucking whining, you idiot. Grow the fuck up and except that people have different--yet no less valid--opinions than you.
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the fact that they're making a WE3 movie. The dialogue in that script reads like shit BTW.
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No wonder people are having a tough time greenlighting projects... you guys just seem to hate EVERYTHING! Seriously, this project is a great return to the blatant gun porn of the '80's. No tired wire-fu, no bullshit philosophy, just shoot him before he shoots you and in the most outlandish way possible. If this movie gets made I will go see it for what it is, and I won't bitch about it. You want a gunplay movie with thought-provoking dialogue, you go make it. I'll be sitting there during your character's protracted monologue thinking "shoot someone already".
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Also, how awesome is Tony Jaa. Seriously, I haven't seen someone break limbs like that since early Segal, and the fact that he leaps through the air before doing it is bonus. Ong Bak was a truly great, low budget actioner and I expect more great stuff from Jaa as long as he stays in Thailand away from all you Negative Nellys.
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He ruined every fucking Alan Moore flicks ever!!!
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& yes Ultraviolet will be out in 2006. I cant wait!
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...is BAAAAAAD. The dialogue in most 1980s films can be very witty and tongue-in-cheek without a sign pointing to it saying "THIS DIALOGUE IS WITTY AND TONGUE-IN-CHEEK - DO YOU SEE?" Ironic intentional bad dialogue is an excuse for poor writing. If this is just an excuse to see some very smart action scenes (as the title suggests), and if that's the film's gimmick, then FINE. Let Smith shut the fuck up and have him shooting people without saying things like "I HATE mobile phones" as he shoots someone with a mobile phone. It could be a classic.
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Lessen the action, make a serious love interest. All that BS.
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And make it a PG-13.
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How can anyone be looking forward to this immature ,rip off, sin city clone?it even has one of the actors from Sin City !has no one noticed this?
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Jun 20, 2005 12:43:35 PM CDT
John Woo's Wet Dream? How about John Woo's court case.
by sherlockjunior
Hero running with baby - Hard Boiled. Baby being delivered during shootut - TIme and Tide. Action scene during sex - some movie that starred one of the Baldwin brothers and Cindy Crawford. And the resultant scene was laughably ridiculous. This is derivative bullshit, not a single original bone in its body; to be decent the film needs to be brutal, bone crunchingly violent... But the lead's dialogue and witticisms make it feel like Beavis Uses Lots of Guns in John Woo's Abandoned Aesthetic. And what's with the first title card on the animatic looking like Marv from Sin City?
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Jun 20, 2005 12:48:41 PM CDT
holy shit i thought it was bad until i read the script review...
by sherlockjunior
I checked out merely the animatic due to hype on this thing from months ago - then I read the script review and what the fuck? They can't be serious... Clive Owen can't be serious. This lead character "the angriest man in the world" comes across as Jerry Seinfeld with a fucking hangover and an NRA membership. "Ponytails, what's the deal with ponytails?" BLAM BLAM. Mr. Smith ain't got shit on Marv, and that's what will destroy this movie. Marv just is, and doesn't need to announce it cleverly. Imagine a near wordless movie with a hero that badass and this much ludicrous violence and maybe it's watchable. As this reads I predict one of the worst movies of the year. Get Shane Black to rewrite this shit before they shoot it.
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I had goodwill towards this film. Until now. Unfortunately this flick sounds painful to watch. I haven't seen that bad writing in quite some time. The dialogue is fucking TERRIBLE. And I don't mean it's just bad. Bad is accetable in movies like this. The problem is that it's so bad that I just kept thinking "Shut the fuck up, shut the fuck up, shut the fuck up...". For a movie which is supposed to be an balls to the walls action flick, this for sure spends a lot of time with inane dialogue. And that's really a shame, since I thought this movie sounded like fun. I liked the concept. I liked the animatics. I like the kind of movies this flick draws influence from. Seeing stuff blown up and people being shot to pieces for 90 over-the-top minutes sounds like my kind of movie. But since the several first minutes of this movie are clearly introducing the most annoying, unbearable and unfunny action hero I have EVER seen, I can't see how this could work. I tend to root for heroes in all the glorious B-flicks of the 80's. Cobra, Commando, Rambo, you name it. But the lead of this film managed to make me angry and frustrated in just a few minutes. I fucking hated him, and I hated every word that came out of his mouth. Even Clive Owen can't make this character work. And unless they completely re-write the dialogue, I can't see the film working either. I've seen that the director of this film can make storyboards. But unfortunately that doesn't mean he can direct. And he for certainly can't write. And even if his directing equals his storyboarding skills, this comes off as a very annoying movie since the supposedly slick action movies are killed by crap characters and crap dialogue. A missed opportunity, really. I hope they fix the script, since I would be happy to see this turn out fine. But for now I have serious doubts.
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What I read of the script was terrible. The animated clips tell me one thing: the laws of gravity and physics will not apply in this movie. I hate that. Might as well be MI:2.
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I avoid this piece of shit. -- http://www.cafepress.com/thenewpulp
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The introduction of D.Q. is a bit creepy, but it sounds cool. It sounds like a cross between Tarentino/Rodriguez/Luc Besson/John Woo rolled into...well..a shoot em' up movie.
I don't know how some of you don't like it. I mean the hero is a tough guy, doesn't ask questions much, is all about his job and delivering one-liners, the heroine is sexy, sultry, and funny, and there's really not a big premise or anything. I'm looking forward to it! :) -
between this and the psoter of the new orlando bloom flick...seems I am better off learning my spanish and spending time at a different site....And thus, got some new news? - - - George, The 7th Chicken!!!!
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then close the coffin lid and we'll start shovelling the dirt.
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However, it's not quite as clever as it thinks. Plus I think the body counts needs to be brought down otherwise it looks like a bad Rambo's clone. However, I will pay money to see how this looks in live action.
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When I heard about this last week. It just didn't sound all that good.
I think Clive Owen should have taken the Bond gig.
This and Derailed sound not very good at all.
To bad.
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After reading the review and looking at some clips of the animation, this looks, erm, awful, quite frankly. It's a 13 year old's wet dream, not John Woo's. Why are we even still fixated on John Woo anyway? He stopped being relevant about 12 years ago. His OTT action antics work in Hong Kong films, but this slo-mo doves flying stuff looks embarassing when its got that big budget Hollywood sheen on it. People like Kurt Wimmer and the Wachowskis have taken the baton and have out Woo-ed Woo. Anyway, moving on, I got depressed, quite frankly, when I read about this "lactating hooker" stuff. Is there an actress out there with low enough self esteem to play this role, I wonder? I can just picture some bimbo on Entertainment tonight saying how "empowering" her role in this movie is. Seriously, this crap sounds like its tailor made for people who enjoyed Sin City except for all that "story" stuff that got in the way of all the action. It looks like Clive is ready to cash in pretty quickly, with King Arthur and now this. What a shame.
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like the movie last man standing?i dunno why but i really enjoy it...maybe because it's the 30's gangster movie the way it was mean to be,with bloody shootouts...but then again so was dillinger with warren oates...ANYWAY--there was kind've a shoot out with sex in there...and nobody mentioned the child birth shoot out in way of the gun.
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as for this movie--anything is better than the boondock saints.*runs*
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From the animatics to the pieces of the script, this looks god awful. This could possibly ruin Clive Owens career. The pieces of script that are in the Latino Review display nothing but cheesy one-liners. If this is supposed to be a joke, I'm not getting it.
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Contreversy!!!
With Clive Owen in the movie and a decent story I'm telling you... People will line up for this movie. Months and months before the movie will come out, the media will talk about it , saying it's too violent, saying it's because movies like that colombine happenned. Some state and some country will banned the movie. And people will be curious... -
Jun 21, 2005 12:08:59 PM CDT
I WANTED TO SEE UNTIL I SAW THE ANIMATIC! HARD BOILED, DESPERAD
by silentbobafett2
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He shoots a load of people. Wow. Genius.
Its almost as if I can imagine the whole film without even bothering to see it! If they could just fill the cinemas with pos films like this it'd save me a fortune.
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