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Darren Aronofsky's THE FOUNTAIN has a release date at last!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... finally for the first time in well... forever, we have a secured nailed down theatrical wide release date for Darren Aronofsky's THE FOUNTAIN. Warners, being extremely nurturing with Aronofsky, took the release date demons away and allowed him and his editors the freedom to explore and find the rhythm of this rather complex and beautiful story. October 13th, 2006 is the date when we'll get to see what I believe we all feel in our hearts is going to be one of the best films period this year!
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I hope it's a success, but I don't know if that's showing too much confidence in the movie or too little.
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The movie will either do "ok" or become some tremendous hit (ala Titanic). You never know. If it's as romantic and touching as I've heard, women will flock to it again and again. That's a major reason Titanic and the LOTR movies did so well...Repeat viewings by women. Seriously.
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Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, etc were all mid October releases.
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I HOPE the studio was patient and allowed this to get finished and I HOPE it is great. HOWEVER, was this just delayed because it didn't work and has now be dropped into mid-October. *crossing fingers*
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Doom II dude, not that I know anything but I doubt very much this will do numbers that approach LOTR or Tit. in ANY way. This has "Serenity" numbers written all over it.
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although it will probably be fucking january.
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already Harry starts to suck the dick of a movie he has not seen yet. i have to ask you this one thing Harry. How do you decide which movies to love and which movies to dump on? i would really like to know what makes your opinion matter this early on. what do you kknow that we dont?
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you are not my opinon.
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Well... it's pretty simple. Brilliant screenplay. Brilliant director. Seen 20 minutes that were simply stunning. Oh, and then there's the Test Screening reviews that have been raves. So basically - it's about researching films and their pedigrees and evaluating the pluses and minuses. See - like X3. Bad script, mediocre director, bad set reports, rushed production schedule, aesthetically disliking the look of the film. Didn't mean FOX didn't know how to sell the shit, they've got a great publicity arm there. Too bad their production execs too often give them miserable product to push.
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This means it will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival... Unless those fuckers at Venice or Telluride scoop us first.
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Can't wait to see this flick!
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I saw X3 on Monday and even some 10 year old kids (males) next to me barely felt excited. It was not as good as X2.
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I don't know if the movie will be good, but Requiem for a Dream kicked ass, so I'm looking forward to this.
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Am I missing sumpin here? And connecting a scifi flick with Titanic? I don't see it.
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I can't wait.
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Solaris was a good example. Most dumbfucks out there just don't understand anythign more complex that shit getting blown up or light saber fights. Well, at least this film got made and we'll get to see it. That's what counts.
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Kelly shouldn't edit his own films. Donnie Darko directors cut is proof enough of that.
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I liked X1, thought X2 was boring as hell, and enjoyed X3. Once again, I'm in the minority.
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Not everyone is as deaf, DUMB, and blind as some of you. The writing was on the wall with X-Men 3 for months and months. Harry thought it would suck and he was right. I hope he's right about The Fountain too.
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I can't fucking WAIT!
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Believe if you want to, Harry, but this is headed for disaster. I seem to recall a few spy reviews from hardcore Aronofsky fans a month or two ago that TRASHED the film... and then Cannes hit the reject button. And now WB is just going to toss it out into wide release in October, obviously avoiding mounting any kinds of awards campaign whatsoever. What I feel in my heart is the sinking sensation from thoughts that Aronofsky wasted SIX YEARS of his time getting this thing made... and likely will have a hard time launching his next project after this thing tanks like a mofo. At least he and Richard Kelly will have something to talk about the next time they find themselves at the same dinner party.
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that raved about a Korean film he saw but never understood what it was about...due to the FILM NOT BEING SUBTITLED! Harry is not right about anything related to X3. It's another one of his BLOOD FEUDS that he has time to time with directors, execs, actours, or films. It's his right, but the MILLIONS of dollars prove him wronmg. I am not stating that box office dictates quality. I am simply implying, that box office indicates that the regular movie going audience could care less about the .1, .01, or what .001 percent of the moviegoing public has to say about a film.
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Sure it may not be a great film but Im willing to give this a chance just becuase it sounds gorgeous, original, and smart. I love it how you guys whine and whine about how there no intelligence in hollywood anymore and then when a morsel slips out its attacked. There are a lot of hypocrites here.
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I don't care how wrong he was about any other movie...how he gave Attack of the Clones a glowing review, or anything else. He knew it would suck for the obvious reasons that anyone else with a brain did. He also knew it would make lots of money like anyone with a brain did. All of you sub-100 IQ people can feel bad and envious of those smarter than yourselves, but it doesn't change the facts.
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This is going to be the best year of film ever. I don't think I've ever been more stoked to hear a score of a film either. Bring on the deus.
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I remember it like it was yesterday. "Who the fuck wants to see a love story set aboard the Titanic...and with a 175 million budget? The movie will bomb!"..Well, it was epic and had a good love story. Women flocked and drug their men along the first time. Then they went back 10 times more with their girlfriends. That's how Titanic number started to swell (and old people went a lot as well). The first weekend of Titanic was like 45 million and with word of mouth it just blew up after that. It's a longshot, but so was Titanic. I remember before Titanic opened thinking it will never make back its budget.
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It will still exist. And if it is beautiful as some are saying, Aronofsky can have his art house following of loyal fans that consider him a genius filmmaker. Terrence Malick films barely break even, but the world is a better place with those films having been made. I liked the Solaris remake a lot, but The Fountain sounds a lot deeper and epic overall.
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And do you remember the title of that film? I believe it was called SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE. Another that I saw that was in a language I don't speak particularly well was 800 BALAS. And from the 80's - I saw CHINESE GHOST STORY without Subtitles and that's still how I prefer to see it. Also the same way I first saw Ong Bak. Sometimes, CINEMA can be understood by it's images, sounds and by reading the faces of the actors and their tone. Once... all films had no discernable language... in fact, that's how they started. Hell, I wish I didn't understand half the dialogue in X3... specially when spoken by Halle Berry.
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Well you had the Aragorn/Liv Tyler subplot, the Aragorn/blond chick subplot, the Hobbit on Hobbit subplots and every bit of dialogue in that series was delivered like the character saying it was on the verge of crying. My wife loved it.
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is stunning and I hope that that is realised on screen. As much as I am looking forward to this, and it seems like it has taken forever to arrive, I doubt it will have a wide appeal. Then again I bet no one thought Eternal Sunshine would do as well as it did so maybe mainstream audiences are more receptive than I think. Jackman doesn't have Carey's pull though. Anyhoo October can't come soon enough for me
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I really wish they would get this our of October... Doesn't the prestige with Bale and Jackman come out Oct 26th? With all the horror fans running to see their Jason's, Massacres, and Saws, it sure doesn't look good for Box Office. If anything WB, stick them between November and early January with decent promotion. -_-
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That's gay talk.
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While I enjoyed X3 a lot (I've seen it twice), I wish I didn't understand the dialogue spoke by Halle Berry in that film. In fact, I wish she hadn't been in it. Don't by Berry as Storm (especially in X3--her worst performance in the X-Movies yet), but then, I don't buy Beckinsale as Lois Lane and I don't think I'm going to. But I'm going to see the movie, anyway, and it'll probably be pretty darn good. As an aside to the LOTR romance, she hated Lord of the Rings. No touchy-feely dialogue could justify all the battles, things shot with arrows, decapitations, and "ugly Orc thingies". And she didn't realize that Gandalf's battle with the Balrog was the coolest damn thing ever put on film.
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Sheesh, does every talk back have to be about Bryan Singer being gay? I mean, even though he is, it's cool and stuff. Has anyone mentioned that it's Too Soon!!! for a Fountain release date?
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You won't have to buy Beckinsale as Lois Lane since she's not gonna be in any Superman movies that I know of.
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I just can't buy anyone named "Kate" as Lois Lane. Margot? Sure. Terri? Absolutely! Kate? Just doesn't work for me. I could have also gone with a Giant Robot as Lois. But Kate Bosworth/Becksinale/Whatever looks like she ought to be in highschool. Brandon Routh looks like an underwear model, but, given what Superman wears when he's fighting crime, maybe that's appropriate.
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Finally!! I can't wait to see this.
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I don't understand it. I'm not going to call you a bunch of names, but as a film X2 was far more superior than X3. What was boring about X2? Please, tell us.
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Anyone read that? I saw it at the bookstore... it looks TWISTED - in a good way! Hopefully the film will keep the feel. And by feel I mean nudity.
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I had no problem with Storm's fighting manuevers, or Halle looking up into the sky with the eyes going white and shit. But her dialog was (a) shoe-horned into scenes (like every interaction with Wolverine) and (b) poorly delivered. Even halfway decent dialog was poorly done by Halle. Which is not necessarily her fault--she did a good job with bad dialog in Catwoman. She can act. But it's like she's sitting there thinking "I hate this job" the entire time. And I liked Jack Black and Brody in King Kong (I just didn't understand why the first hour of the movie was there; it was lame). But I think they both did a better job than Halle Berry . . . but, just like the first boring hour of Kong wasn't enough to keep me from enjoying the otherwise awesome movie, neither did Berry's unforunate, mis-cast performance stop me from enjoying the better than X1 and almost better than X2 (and more satisfying that X2, in regards to stuff like Ice Man and Pyro actually using their powers somewhere other than at the mall). And Kelsey Grammer as Beast rocked. His best role since Frasier. So when Wolverine gets to The Fountain, does it explain why he decided to get his adamantium skeleton? And whose this other chick he's digging on? Wouldn't Jean be jealous?
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Picked up a long time ago in Chinatown for $7 on DVD. Perfect quality video and subs. Fantastic movie.
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youve seen X3 twice. you should be ashamed.
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is that Halle Berry was miscast. I've never read or heard one person say otherwise. I guess maybe she puts asses in seats, but she does suck in the role and bring it down. Anyway, I downloaded X-Men 3 today and it was worse than I thought it would be. At least I didn't put any coin in the fimmakers' or studio's pocket with this one...they sure don't deserve it.
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It's a good day for Sci Fi...hopefully. Battlestar Galactica season 3 coming up as well. Joygasm.
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But, yes, I agree that Halle Berry was miscast. Or at least, miscoached. When she was giving the quasi-fake coulda-been-from-Africa vibe in X1, I think it worked all right. But somebody else would have been better, without doubt. But I enjoyed X3, and will watch it again when it hits MVP rental at Hollywood Video.
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I just feel like his films have no let-up from this almost phony tension that's imposed on them and that's not a good thing, because that's not really how life is. I don't care that you take drugs, there's some funny fucking things that happen while you're an addict, and you laugh, cause that's what human beings do. If he really knew anything about addiction and what it's like, he would have had a scene visually explaining coke ettiquette. I think it would have been more effective to have Ellen Burstyn watching commercials for pharmaceuticals rather than some fake game show. That would have said more about why and how this country is overprescribed. But... it wasn't my movie, it's someone else's. I also think Requiem suffered cause it was so dense in its own melancholy that it just seemed like bullshit to me. My father was addicted to pills in a way ten times worse than ellen burstyn in that movie (and she was, by far, the best thing in it) and even though we thought he was going to die and never pull out of the downward spiral he was in for many months, he did some amazingly funny shit that was driven by the addiction and we laughed cause sometimes that's all you can do. Aronofsky doesn't get that life is more complex than that, that depth is spending your whole life realizing you were wrong. It's almost a forced kind of, furrow your brow and people with think you're deep kind of deep. It's the reason Bob Dylan is an enigma to so many people, but it's only cause he really is that deep. He never feels he's truly reached a conclusion about anything. An artist should always be in a state of becoming, as he said, and I feel like nearly all of our current crop suffer from ego to such a degree that they're not becoming, they're regressing. I think a true vision explores their own prejudices, ideas, hypocrisies, instead of trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Now I'm just rambling... but yeah, that's how I feel about DA. I actually really liked Pi, but that doesn't change the fact that it is one note throughout the entire film. And it's another thing I hate to say, but it's kind of like the geek dream that you see in everything from Rushmore to Fight Club - in the dream, the main character is really a substitute for the archetypal 'geek' and everyone wants to get to them, but their 'work' imposes itself on their life to such a degree that they simply can't be bothered with regular life. Because what they're doing is just 'too important' for them to allow anything so pedestrian as 'girls' to get in their way (the Indian chick always trying to get to the dude in Pi), (the asian girl in Rushmore), (Helena Bonham Carter in Fight Club). There's no exploration of regular people with regular jobs, which would be the vast majority of us, or how funny life is in even the most tragic situations, where you don't know whether to laugh or cry. I think there's room for everything, and I'd be the last person to say that cinema should be limited to any kind of film, but when you're not seeing a certain kind of story represented at all anymore, it makes you bitch and complain about it on message boards like these. Although, I did love Bubble. I think Soderberg did exactly what I've been wanting to see, almost to a degree that he may have gone too far, making lack of stylization a style. I'd just like to see that aesthetic remarried with someone with the visual sense of a Friedkin or Scorsese and a great actor playing a strong central character amid a lot of non-professionals. Is that too much to ask? Or should I get in the DeLorean and go back to 1968?
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I'm sure most of you have seen the teaser but there's the link to it. I think it's way cool, but it is so short that it really conveys nothing about the quality of the film. I have my fingers crossed though.
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I loved Pi, then he repeated every visual trick in Requiem which was boring and preachy. Did I mention repetitive? Sort of like Guy Ritchie films, except they're really entertaining, at least the ones without his wife in them.
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hey, how many of you here go to the movies to see an exploration of regular people living regular lives? jeez - this is why there are never enough horror and science fiction films being made. give me a frickin' break already. i expect this kind of bullshit from chicks, but i swear to god if i hear one more guy start going on about 'depth' or 'character developement' or some other such nonsense i'm gonna hurt some fucking body.
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Wow, your description of how Requeim for a Dream should have been sounds godawful. I am just thankful your film didn't get made.
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He's said he didn't use the same tricks/tics/whatever in THE FOUNATIN as he did in his previous two movies, but instead developed a new visual style for it. I haven't seen much, but it looks absolutely gorgeous, and I'm looking forward to it just by virtue of the fact that it sounds different than your run-of-the-mill film. Also, shut up, frank cotton. Love, a "chick".
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it was well done considering it was a student film. That's about it. Maybe I'm out of touch but a math genius going crazy while trying figure out a formula to the stock market AND dodging ominous bearded Jewish men does not a good movie make. Wait that actually sounds cooler than the movie was. Anyhow, Requiem was brilliant and The Fountain sounds like it has some BALLS.
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Read the script when Brad Pitt was attached...not sure how much has changed. Very cerebral sci-fi goodness...not intended for viewers who need rewards to be be clearly mapped out for them. I can see how it would be a very hard sell for mainstream audiences.
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The Solaris remake was an awful movie, so the fact that it grossed =$16 mill (in 2005 dollars) is irrelevant. But the point isn't a bad one -- Gattaca, one of the smartest sf movies ever made, grossed =$15 mill. Eternal Sunshine did =$35 and Blade Runner =$56 (and was viewed as a titanic flop). OTOH, once could argue that we exclude from this category films of comparable intelligence but other more marketable angles (Minority Report =$143, Truman Show =$150). Finally, we can bitch and moan when a film as good as Gattaca grosses $15 mill, and we should, but Before Sunset grossed $6. It's not just intelligent sci-fi that has to fight against a potentially limited audience; it's intelligent anything.
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thebearovingian..... in October. I'm very interested in seeing this film...before I die. What has been taking so friggin long? I'll start hoping and praying the rosary now to stave off future disppointment. It is a good release date though. Just as on the day of my birth, another Friday the 13th comes around this October.
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And how can you call "Truman Show" intelligent sci-fi?...not even close. Anyway, I agree that "Before Sunset" deserved better as well. Bad horror films make money, but even superb sci-films do not...just sad.
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Headgeek, you were not watching a silent film. You wrote about a film that you made assumptions about through watching the images, as if you had a true understanding about it. I am not stating that you did not. Those reviews ignored simple basis of film that you already know. You knew that silent film reference was faulty, but you made it anyway. It's faulty logic to assume that an image tells more than words. I can look at something and make up my own assumptions and explanations as to way it's this way or another. Unless I took the picture. Unless I filmed the scene. I have no idea what's going on, and I am only making it up as I go along. Again, my opinion, but why did you jump on this part of my reply? It was not a personal attack at you. It's how I started my argument. When you love something--you love it. When you do not--you want to drive it into the fucking ground. You have had blood feuds towards actours, execs, and directors on this site for years. X3, my opinion, represents another example for it. Someone has to fight against something that pisses them off. If not, then, this would not be the internet.
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As for the UK release date, it doesn't seem to be confirmed yet, which isn't surprising as I can't find out who is releasing it over here. It's DEFINITELY NOT Warner Bros as I have that info straight from their own publicity! They didn't say who was releasing it.
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So we'll get this in what? 2008? awsome
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The script was lame, Harry. I read it when I was at Regency. It's way too cerebral for any kind of mainstream audience.
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If you can't find the irony in Deebo being the president and Smokey being the Universe's greatest radio DJ, then the movie isn't for you. Also cannot fucking wait for an Aranofsky LOST episode...
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At least they help get intelligent movies made by supplying the dough. And it means I can watch Solaris, Gattaca etc. in the comfort of my own home.
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This guy really has a unique eye. I'm a bit worried that this film may be a little too ambitious and cross over into pretensious. That being said, I'm sure it will be unique and interesting. Also, I read on EW that no one in the US will release Southland Tales as the Cannes version. Kelly is going to have to do some serious cuts if he expects this movie to see the light of day. It may end up as a straight to DVD.
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I know that dubbing sucks but you've got to have the subtitles. Sometimes the dialogue is intentionally in direct contrast with the imagery. Some snooty film geeks call that irony.
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I hear that the studio cuts to Donnie Darko gave it that 'perplexing but cool' feel. And that the Director's cut was 'incomprehensible, muddled, shit'. Perhaps that's his style or process. Shoot terrible movie, studio cuts it to ribbons, becomes instant cult classic. ;-) Whatever, I enjoyed DD and will check this out regardless.
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really looking forward to this. I think it could be one of my favorite movies of the year.
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Spidey pics!
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I've trashed Darko's director's cut as much as anyone. The studio cuts definitely gave it the cryptic feel and allowd for the leaps in logic. I do have to hand it to Kelly for writing a very intersting, unique film. He was only 26 when he did it and it was just about 15 minutes of trimming that propelled Darko to the quasi-classic that it is.
I've read the reviews and word of mouth about Southland Tales and it is supposed to be a total mess. Kelly was playing the victim card and trying to compare it to Darko's reception at the Toronto Film Festival. The difference is DD always received a very positive critical response. The distributors knew it was a good film. It just wasn't marketable. No one is claiming that Southland Tales is any good. I'm not enjoying the piling on of Kelly. I was very impressed with DD and I was really looking forward to this. -
I just cant agree. Requiem is one of the most powerful and stunning films Ive ever seen so he defintely gets props from me. His editing and s tyle in that film w as incredibly accomplished and certianly not student film like.
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As long as it is Serenity quality, I don't give a fuck about the numbers. I hope this movie has some serious box office, but in the long run I prefer the quality over the financial success of the movie. Could this be the next 2001: A Space Odyssey? I surely hope so.
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...so I don't know if I will love or hate it, but I can tell you this: Stop judging it by the money it makes! Just because it makes millions it doesn't mean, it's a great film! Did Fight Club well at the B.O.? No! And it was the best film of the 90's! Now back on Topic: I can't wait to see The Fountain!
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I get to see the movie that, in my mind, I have built up to be the greatest film of all time! WHY!
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it is stupifyingly brilliant.__________here is my full review from freezedriedmovies.com_____________For years now I have been following the fountain. 6 long years since Moriarty originally posted his script review on AICN (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=12677). Back when Brad Pitt was supposed to star. 10 million had already been spent on the preproduction and sets, and that was just the beginning, the movie was set to be a 75 million dollar epic. But Brad Pitt pulled out just seven weeks before shooting was to begin. The film fell apart when another star of Pitt's caliber could not be found and all the sets were sold leaving Aronofsky and (allegedly) up to 1500 crew and family out in the cold. (For more on this read http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=13229)
And thank G-d for that. If this film had been made for that budget Aronofsky would never have worked again. The amount of marketing muscle necessary to open a film that expensive would not have worked with this. And in the ensuing half decade Aronofsky has spent getting this film made he has had the time to refine and exact his designs for the film. The movie, now reportedly been produced for 35 million, (less than one half the original budget for those of you keeping score at home) is damn near perfect. One would be hard pressed to find any plot flaws or shot placements that were less than impeccable here. Also, during this time, Aronofsky met Peter D. Parks, who was instrumental in getting this film made. Parks works in the field of 'microcinematography', he creates chemical reactions that were used for all the space backgrounds. Get it? Tiny cells interacting are representing the entire cosmos in this film, clever, no? Because this technique is so gorgeous, and cheaper than CGI, it basically convinced the studio to make the film.
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here is the readable version http://www.freezedriedmovies.com/review.php?id=193
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Thanks. sometimes i feel that most of the opinions on this site feel like they derive from 'spidey sense'and not factual information! thanks for addressing that.
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this would be it. But I'm not making it.
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"It's [the script] way too cerebral for any kind of mainstream audience." So what you're trying to say is: you didn't get it? Poor you.
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...fights the Brood.'Member when he got implanted with a Brood egg!?
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you want more run-of-the-mill, let's explore our ordinary, everyday lives films, or more like this?
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are the sets the ones he built originally, or new ones, and if they're new, do they substantially differ from the originals (i surmise from the length of your review that you may know the answer)? also, speaking as someone who has on occasion hurled stationary objects, i have also wondered about the desk clearing thing? trashing something frangible makes for a good effect, and can help to drive home a point, but desk clearing does seem pontless and potentially expensive - i always manage to check my aim and choose my projectile carefully so as to avoid unecassary expense.
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like Taxi Driver, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Midnight Cowboy, Dog Day Afternoon, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest... yeah, they're all looney characters, but they're not doctors, lawyers, superheros, or homicide detectives either. My version was already made, only I didn't direct it, it's called The Panic in Needle Park. That movie is depressing, but it sure as hell ain't preachy and full of shit like Requiem. Besides that, go fuck yourselves. There's absolutely no reason to intelligently say why you like or dislike something or what you'd like to see versus what is out there, cause people don't intelligently disagree, they just dismiss it so fuck these TB's. Later...
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when it's so much more fun to rile up the easily unbalanced. there are way too many people out there itching for something to be upset about to pass it up. and hey, the name is FRANK COTTON. got to keep up the rep, ya know?
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The music that accompanies the second screensaver on the official site is moody as shit. I hope they include it on a soundtrack.
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Do you know why your opinion of a film isn't worth diddlysquat? Because your type likes films that are as far from the mainstream as possible. You don't like good films over bad films, just films that are (as I said above) as far from the mainstream as possible. I think you succeeded in writing the most annoying sentence in AICN history when you wrote: "My other friend and I who spent most of the day discussing bootlegs of the Cremaster Cycle and Drawing Restraint 9." I liked Darren Aronofsky's first two films, and I think he is an interesting filmmaker, but just reading your dicksucking of The Fountain makes me not want to see it now.
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I "got it" just fine. He just wasn't saying much. You want me to tell you what the movie "means?" Fine, here it is:
Accept death.
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Weren't you the dude we actually had an intelligent, reasonable discussion with concerning Requiem, drug use etc. a while back in a Fountain TB? There's hope. Of course my memory is hazy so maybe that whole thing went to the shitter, too...
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i donno if they were the original sets (i believe the sets were sold off...) but i do know that the sets were EXELLENT. they never felt real, which was a complaint, but the whole thing was sort of impressionist with the sets. they evoke the other era's in the film. also, the throwing comment made me giggle.
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i havent SEEN those movies as of yet! he (my friend that is) was actually doing a project on the theory that christianity was tied to hallucinogenics from bread mold and stuff like that and somehow the film series came up. so i talked to him. HE loves pretentious films...i never go to the nuart, it's too long a drive. my favorite films are, TAXI DRIVER, CASABLANCA, BOOGIE NIGHTS, THE IRON GIANT and FULL METAL JACKET. so...not really all that pretentious, eh?
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that is not the point at all. at least, not how i saw it (no pun intended).
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I stand corrected. Your top 5 are all great movies, and Boogie Nights is in my top 5 also. Taxi Driver, Full Metal Jacket, and especially Casablanca are all certified classics. I think that the Iron Giant is a little overrated, but it is still a great movie. On a side note, what does spending six years on a film only to have it do nothing critically or financially do to a filmmaker? I am not predicting this (who ever really knows), but it is a possibility.
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i actually saw the iron giant at a test screening. way before there was any hype. so i can tell you my love for that film is genuine.___________as for the fountain bombing in theaters. it probably will. but i cant imagine it not selling donnie darko numbers on dvd to stoned college kids. if it failed critically? wow...i donno. that would destroy me. but i have seen the film, and i already know that won't happen. it is seriously an amazing piece. much better than Pi or Requiem. however, if i were aronofsky and this whole thing was a fiasco, i could look back and say, at least i got Rachel Weiz (a nice jewish girl no less) out of it. and thats not such a bad consolation prize.
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When my cousin and I went to The Mummy we had never even heard of her, but when she makes her first appearance in that librarian outfit and glasses my cousin and I looked at each other with "Damn!" expressions. She is really fine. And a great actress. Reason alone to go see The Fountain.
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Jun 03, 2006 2:07:41 PM CDT
btw, by destroy me, i was putting myself in aronofsky's
by s0nicdeathmonkey
shoes. i wasnt implying that the reception of this film would effect my personal life...
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Jun 03, 2006 2:10:07 PM CDT
btw, by destroy me, i was putting myself in aronofsky's
by s0nicdeathmonkey
shoes. i wasnt implying that the reception of this film would effect my personal life...
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For some gosh-darned reason, I can only take so much casual sexism per day. But that's just me. I guess being a girl makes me "easily unbalanced", too? How very Victorian. Have fun making false binaries!
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