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Apple.com Posts The Full-Length FOUNTAIN Trailer...
SPOILER ALERT !!
Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
... and I’m actually conflicted about it. I mean, I love the movie. I’m dying to see the movie for a second time so I can absorb more of the experience. But when I saw it last week, I had seen very little of the finished film, and as a result, certain images hit me like a ton of bricks. They just hit me hard.
And now most of those images are in the trailer. I have to wonder if this isn’t going to rob them of some of their contextual power. I mean, I know Warner wants to sell the film, and they’ve got some real eye candy to play with here, but still... I think I would have avoided a few of the key moments. It's bad enough that I've marked this as a "spoilers" article, and I'll warn you that if you really want to see this fresh... skip the trailer and wait a few more months.
In the end, whatever gets people into the theater is okay by me. You can check out the trailer here for yourself. I showed it to my wife this afternoon, and it worked on her as a love story, which is what I think they should emphasize more than anything else. She asked me, “Would you do that for me?” That’s exactly what I hope works for Warner in selling this, that sort of personal connection that the story will have for viewers.
Now that you’ve had a look, tell us... what did you think?
"Moriarty" out.
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Looks good!
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2nd time ever...but in all honesty, having seen nothing from the movie and not knowing much about it, except that i will see it in theaters, should i watch the trailer or no?
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I'm definitely loving the love story aspect.... I agree with Moriarty... Put some emphasis on the love story...
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I just creamed in Rachel Weisz's face ....IN THREE DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS!!!
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Huh?
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We haven't. But I did just shit my pants. Great trailer.
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but let's keep it that way. I don't want to know much about the movie, but the love story seems to be the emotional center of the film. Looks good.
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I think I got WOOD. Theres hope for modern cinema yet!
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Some of the 2600 AD shit reminds of scenes from Dan Simmons' Hyperion...
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belongs to Cap'n Jack. The film looks extraordinary. But it revealed nothing to me that you hadn't already professor. And I finally understand the whole photoreactive chemical thing. So don't look at the trailer. Even though it's awesome. And fuck CGI as an excuse not to build something.
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for a kevin costner/ashton kutcher movie... i think the trailer pretty much walked us through the whole movie...
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According to Kevin Smith on Conan last night..
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That's all I can tell about this movie from what's released about it. If those constituted "spoilers," well, since there is no familiar masterplot here, what can they spoil?
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And I bet Mori looked at her like a stone cold pimp and said, "Hell no bitch!" You the man, Mori.
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ohhhhhhhhhhhh...The Fountain of LIFE!!!! I get it now
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I'm confused. Did I click on the wrong link?
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You must have clicked on the teaser instead of the trailer. They were both listed.
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Looks fantastic. Can't wait. Neat effects.
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for some reason, it kinda reminds me of The Cell. :/
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...Darren Aronofsky were still doing the Watchmen movie. Even if he'd mucked up the story it would've been an interesting failure. As opposed to just the flat-out failure we're sure to get one day.
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"Not that theres anything wrong with that" if he is. And honestly who cares if he is? But I will say, if you saw him on Punk'd he was acting extremely umm...you know...
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If Wolverine is gay, it's not his fault for having a steel hard dick.
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Can't wait for this one.
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Of course he is gay. How else do you think he got Bryan SInger to approve him for Wolverine.
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"Gay" Jackman's X3 will still outgross Supes Returns and all combined Kevin Smith movies...
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Hugh Jackman is married and has at least one kid that I'm aware of. and wolverine's love triangle didn't involve fighting with jean to win cyclops' heart. (just covering the bases). As for this movie, just hope it doesn't go solaris on us
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Not one location shoot. Of course it has some good looking sets pieces, but this is going to be a laborious thing to sit through. I will pass completely. What ever happened to good sci-fi?
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Just... wow. I didn't read any of the other posts because I saw the word "gay" too many times (that's how I knew i was at an aicn talkback), but I hope everyone else saw what I saw... this looks amazing. I have to start paying more attention to this cinematographer Matthew Libatique, because... goddamn!
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I'm not watching any of the TV spots for this, cuz I know WB marketing is gonna spoil something.
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This is going to be something.
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how about Larry David's Ponce de Leon screenplay go into production? or maybe Prognosis Negative...? i'll actually see one of those. not this Legend-looking turkey.
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Jul 21, 2006 8:53:31 PM CDT
The trailer gives you a different reason to see it...
by bob of the shire
I'll shell out $7.50 just to see that stunning imagery on the big screen. Wow.
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I think my tree just lost about 10cc's of creamy white fluid.
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Trailer gave me with willies! NICE!
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You have to remember that this trailer has to grab attention. Anyone who already wants to see the movie will see it regardless. But there are people out there know NOTHING, and it's important to get as wide an audience as possible.
So wow-ing the audience makes sense. I personally, was amazed and I love the trailer.
I can't wait for this movie! It may sound insane, but I don't think I have *ever* anticipated a movie like I am this one.
I also showed the trailer to my sister, who knows nothing about the movie, and she was rather impressed. Said it looked interesting and that she would see it, based on that trailer. -
Cause my Quicktime is fucked, I have to download it for Ipod and then just watch it in my Itunes, but now when I click the 'Download for Ipod" option it just takes me to Apple's website where I can download Itunes. I already fucking have Itunes. Thats why I'm trying to download it for my Ipod. Itunes. Ipod. Itunes Ipod. Aieee.
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He said that the first two Xmen movies are both about Gay rights.. And when Xmen 2 was in theaters years ago. Kevin stood infront of the theater, and everytime a kid pretended he was Wolvi..He told the kid to come here..and he wispered into there ear. "Your Gay." Quote from Conan last night. He also said he was disapointed that Superman Returns was not a Gay movie. Superman was a Jesus movie. Not a gay movie. He hopes the next Superman is Gay.
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Is Kevin Smith aluding to the fact that X-3 was really saying homosexuality is a choice, or that you can be cured of "gayness"? I wonder if Silent Bob finally goes down on Jay in the Clerks 2?
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When it finishes following in Solaris' footsteps will you come back here and allow me to say "I told you."? If I am proven wrong, I will come back for my lambasting. The book was cheese, the movie is Cheese-Whiz. Enjoy.
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Answer the question, man.
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Comic Con last year. Kind of fucked it up for me. But the future shit looks dope, even if it is derivative of Hyperion. I will see this, even though Aronofsky has only proven himself a good visualist. He has yet to write anything compelling, which is a shame.
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I'll be in line to see this and The Prestige. Jackman's picked some good looking films to be in. Gay doesn't matter to me as long as the movie is good. Heck, Gandalf is gay and I loved LoTR. I do mind, however, if the actor is a lunatic and wants to spread their gospel and crazy ideas to the public... like Tom Cruise.
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but, geez, man, I have to wait months?? Bummer...
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The first two Xmen flicks were about civil rights, which could certainly be interpreted as gay rights, as that's the most prevalent civil rights issue in America today. As for Smith telling kids they were gay and wishing for a gay Superman, you're quite sure he wasn't joking about that?
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Memory. This movie feels like a reminder of something. Ars Memoria. That awakening of the soul segment... tikkun... I myself am trying to tell a story about the rebuilding of the Temple of Solomon and the End of History, but it's so difficult. You realize that there is no boundary between the work and the creator. That's what magic is all about. Time and space... like we increasingly realize that these are illusions. Science can't justify them. Our historical consciousness is modern. Go back and revisit Joachim de Fiore, Hegel. Nicholas de Cusa talked about learned ignorance. Hit it on the nail. History as emanation, development of spirit, ouroboros is a good symbol of this. Koj
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Chap. 1, Verse 1. And he that is without bunghole must cast the first tee-pee, and if he without tee-pee must cast Brawny. If one hath tee-pee but doth not cast, then thou shalt be of bunghole, but of one without bunghole yea must also see M:I-3 as well as cast the tee-pee.
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I'll see this movie simply for the visual imagery. My god, that was gorgeous.
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Jackman doesn't have any kids of his own. Both his kids are adopted and his wife is almost 20 years older than him. Why would a man with his looks be married to a woman 20 years older than him if he isn't gay?
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I'm going to go into this blind - try to avoid all trailers and catch the visuals fresh on opening day (although hopefully it'll play Toronto FF so the wait will be slightly less long.)
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People.com reported earlier this evening that the great Jack Warden is no more...Rest in peace, Roy L.
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Graphics are poor (as the one sheet design) and I can't stand Weisz. I just can't take her serious after those Mummy Movies. But heh, she's a great catch for Darren Aronofsky. Masseltov! -
and that was great to me,seems like it's being overhyped to be honest
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I believe it's properly... 'Fountain of youth'... and the other is 'Tree of Life'
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Hope it delivers, probably will.
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The present and future part of the trailer reminds me of a book by the late great Charles Sheffield called Tomorrow and Tomorrow. It's basically about a man who puts his incurably ill wife in suspended animation/cryostasis along with himself and keeps waking up every couple hundred years to see if there is a cure. Through a cruel twist, he ends up waiting and waiting....
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Maybe it's true that the film's most stunning images have been given away in the trailer- but clearly there's a lot more to the movie than how pretty it is. I'm just thankful that the release date falls on one of the few weekends I can go to NYC. No chance this will be showing in podunk suburbia, at least not right away. (And gaiman, Jackman's wife had multiple miscarriages and failed IVF before adopting. Take that as you will.)
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Figures that our boy Darren is too pretentious to make the right decision and cast the only man who truly knows how to travel through time to save the woman he loves - Van Damme.
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It's soooo obvious, girlfriend!
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had the naked hotness that is Mia Sara in the movie but the rest of the movie redefined the word illogical. And I'm not just talking time travel loop holes that are in every time travel movie which you can sort of ignore because it's a time travel movie. I'm talking about blatantly, offensively stupid things like what the heck happens to that fire emitting time-travel-launcher-vehicle thing every time he time travels and how come he somehow manhages to "find it" and is always riding it when he comes back?
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Listen this movie trailer has no diolage. Its about different times in history to the future. And its about the love of a women. Its got the bore fest of a movie Solaris all over it. It think half of the theater fell asleep watching that shit fest. The movie had to deal with space and the future. And all we get is a cold and boring love story. It had some sceens of flash. But that was few between the fucking boredom. This trailer does not make me hard. It makes my cock feel like Im whipping it out in front of my doctor...Instead of being fluffed by Jena Jamison. So for right now I dont give a fuck about this movie. P.S. by the way..and man who hosts the Tony's, and loves to sing show tunes and dance..while married to a lady 20 years older then him..with adopted kids.....GAY!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/user/DarthEvilDead
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so let's hope The Fountain isn't.
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have to do with being gay. I "jack" off. It's because I don't get laid as much as I want to. Not because I'm gay. Stupid post.
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I checked out your site.
Don't quit your day job.
Unless, of course, that is your day job.
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If you've downloaded any of The Fountain screensavers.....
I believe I've tracked the filmakers down, they've done work for Supmerman and other movies......very neat stuff
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Sure Solaris was slow. So what. It's a fantastic idea the Russians came up with to counter 2001. It could of been more lively but I loved how it made you think about how one is perceived by others and how you perceive others. And does anyone really know.....anyone?
I liked the film. Everyone was hoping to see aliens and actions scenes. You did see aliens. They were just copies from someone's memory. A duplicate copy. Almost like The Thing but on a laid back scale. -
this looks like it could be also. Good night.
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Not that doesn't make him gay necessarily, but the dude has played gay characters on Broadway...I'm pretty sure if he were gay, he'd admit it.
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My day job is I wake up every morning .. I cook some eggs.. Take a shower..I then read the paper. I then get in my car..and drive on to the highway. I go to exit 36 get out of the car.. And walk into the clinic.. Were I proceed to Masterbate, for a full 8 hour day. Like an assembaly line I just fill cups..While watching porn and reruns of The View. Then at 5 o'clock...I clock out..Collect my paycheck and go out drinking.. I pull about 6 figures... Since I pull all day, I might as well pull in a large amount of cash. So Kane if you live in the southern region of the US..And your dad was not man enough to fuck your mom to put a bun in her oven. There is a good chance I might be your Daddy. So if thats the case.. You can now go to school and tell your class mates what your real dad does for a living on Father son Day...
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So your'e a jackoff?
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the funny thing is, you've been posting that link to your nonsensical poop videos for weeks now, and so far I've only seen 2 responses. one of them was me, telling you you should quit it because the stuff is horrible, and now it looks like we have a repeat of that. trust me, stick to what you do best: retarded talkback posts. leave the retarded movies to Michael Bay...
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We all know that the studios pretty much show the whole movie in the trailers these days. I usually have very poor self-control and I watch anyway and my experience seeing the film for the first time really suffers. Most movies suck anyway, so it doesn't hurt much, but it has been a bad move on a few occasions. For this one, I am going to try, try, try not to spoil it for myself. This film actually has potential to be very cool. So I will try to stay strong and not succumb.
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Must be SOME damn bad ass violence. WTF?
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An intelligent movie? What was the last truly intelligent sci-fi movie? You know, one that actually gets your gears turning? "Blade Runner"?
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I don't thing you have ANYTHING to worry about.
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Still wanna see it. Mori, please consider to post your review some time soon!
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I've been waiting for a decent film about immortality for a while. I hope this is it; not just something about people changing from period costume to period costume, but a proper sci-fi about what living forever might do to your consciousness and humanity. Pretentious? Some people are just uncomfortable with the epic.
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So there.
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Man this has trippy potential. A good mindfuck. I thought it wouldve been an average flick at first but now im anticipating. I might just have to stock on some salvia for the post mortem. WOOP!
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In contemporary filmmaking. Or just plain long lived humanity. Id love to see Dune Chapterhouse done. Or a near future story where genetic immortality kicks in and how it affects us. Like getting cancer or some accidents that doesnt kill you it only tortures the shit out of ya. How we all slowly become schizophrenics because the outside world loses its appeal over time... The social commentary of such a flick could be impressive. How families are torn when some choose to take immortality and some dont. Id like to see the upsides painted in as well however! How some of the deeper thinkers appreciate the extra time given them in their intellectual quests... Throw in a bunch of genetic enhancements and you have a pot pourrie of cool stories.
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... There goes the international audience.
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sappy, and obscure. I hope i am wrong, some of the visuals were interesting, asides from that very unimpressive.
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You're being a bit oversensitive there, fella. All I said was that I was not interested in this flick. Now, on 2nd thought and further review of the trailer, it looks a bit pretentious to me. So why you gotta go get all Butt-hurt about it? People such as yourself that associate themselves too closely with other people's work are the ones that need some deep therapy. If you end up liking the film, isn't that all that should matter to you?
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I've been following the development of this movie since back in the Brad Pitt days... It looks wonderful... Mori you have never guided me wrong before, I really hope you're right again. I want this movie to be one that people remember from this decade of mostly lousy films....
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He is pissed Singer and his writers got to do Superman and he didn't. He is jealous the studio hated his script. His Superman would have been awful.
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I'm skipping the trailer, every talk-back, every review.
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That dude is SO preoccupied with gayness, who's a homosexual and who isn't, and all of the myriad parts involved in gay sex, (moviepoopshoot.com?) that it's almost like... dude, get a grip... I agree too that he's just jealous and a totally vitriolic, dickheaded, black hole of a person from what I've seen and heard. Fuck him and his stupid, piece of shit movies. Even if it isn't true, that whole 'Wolverine is gay' thing is about as mature as a 10 year old who just got his first wood. I wonder what he'll have to say about the Fountain and what gay metaphors he'll find in it. No doubt, he'll call it pretentious, cause god forbid someone makes a movie you have to think about.
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Looks pretty. This one is gonna be good. And all you "looks too pretentious" idiots can just go find some sandbox to play in. With all the low brow sci-fi we get all the time (Star Wars, Ridick, Zathura, etc), we need something high brow every once in a while to balance things out. The Solaris remake was a fairly weak rendition of the Stanislaw Lem story in my opinion (correct me if I'm wrong but I think he's Polish, but yes Tarkovsky the Russian did make the first film version.) I liked elements of it such as some of the visuals, but it somehow managed to be kind of cheeky and annoying (Insane Clown Posse on the soundtrack and that stuttery guy from Saving Private Ryan) and too dour for its own good at the same time. The Tarkovsky version is more hypnotic and cerebral and for my money has better visuals than the remake. Anyway the Fountain looks incredible IMO, along with The Prestige and Children of Men (and Beerfest!) this has been a good week for trailers.
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Even if this movie ended up being a complete failure, I have to hand it to Darren Aronofsky. I can't think of a single other movie that seems as gorgeous or as ambitious or as appealing to our sense of wonder. I really can't wait for this one.
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$7.50? Where do you live, Iowa? I'll still shell out the $9 to see this. Ugh, ticket prices...
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And hey, don't knock Zathura, it was a fun little film. Though, I will agree, Gwai Lo, that this has been a fantastic week for trailers.
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but interesting. see, if i were in charge of marketing this thing, i would have cut 3 trailers. one that is all 1500, all 2000 and all 2500. well, almost all, at the last 20 seconds of each trailer i would just show the bizzaro balls out stuff this movie's got. or...i donno, i like that the trailer points of the purposful symatry of shots, but i think it showed too much of the important parts of the fututre scenes.
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You know what's "gay"? Kevin Smith wearing those bad oversized bowling shirts and having your cracked out friend "Jay" in a sequel no one cares about...
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was put together very poorly. The teaser was awesome because it melded the different timelines together so effortlessy and magically but this trailer made it look very confusing and convoluted. The film better be more of the teaser trailer, and less of this first trailer kind of magic.
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you dumb troll
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but this trailer makes it look tedious and tacky.
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Because that's the same damn thing that pops into my mind when watching this trailer. But alas, in hollywood there's always the rule of "we did it first" and any book or publishing that came before it can be damned to hell. Oh well...at least it does'nt have a "shrike"-type figure....then I'd really be pissed.
Another thing, this whole elixer of life thing has been so many times before. I read "cabinet of curiosities" by lincoln/child and they speak of the same type of elixer that makes people live for a very long time. Then again the same "water of life" story element has been around for centuries. Let's hope this Aronofsky dude makes a movie that will appeal to (almost) everyone. Shit, people still hate 2001 for whatever goddamn reason. *it's too slow!* and/or *it's too boring*. Damn people can be so dense. -
I'd love to see it on the big screen, but I'd rather not support some clunker in order to do so.
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Twice this weekend....in front of Clerks II and Lady in the Water
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Tom Cruise is. Jackman's not gay he's just the man! It's easy to hate on a guy who seems to have it all: talent, fame, looks, family life. Quit the hating! Movie looks great by the way.
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You heard it here first.
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Zooch already hit the nail on the head. Smith's Superman Script sucked dick. I didn't see the show but I am hoping he was just trying to be amusing. If not, he can shut the fuck up, and go back to making 1 decent movie every 8 or 9 years. Hugh Jackman isn't gay. The Fountain will be amazing. Kevin Smith can apparently, be a real douche bag. And those are the facts.
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from this movie. As in, gorgeous images and lots of new-age psychobabble gobbledygook. Let's hope that's not the case...
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...i don't know if we'll be talking about _the fountain_ but soderbergh's _solaris_ will be recognized as being far too unwilling to pander to an audience to be considered as anything less than a masterpiece. so great, the headlines for the 10th anniversary dvd will be on the order of "how could we have missed this undeniable genius in our midst?" and the answer will be: "oh, yeah -- because american culture is uselessly bankrupt (more than ever) and paris hilton is its prophet...as are dipshit commentators on aicn talbacks". this from someone who practically worships tarkovsky and the original. i had every reason to fear the remake would suck. and, mercy me, did it ever not. i could tell you what's going on in the film...but i don't know if that would &c. as to _the fountain_, mr. aronofsky is one of the very few genuine, gifted auteurs to emerge in the last decade and i hope this latest rocks, as has his past two films. and his choice in brides. rowr rowwwrrrr. meanwhile, when will burger king release the tie-in ellen burstyn action figure?
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So if shes still married to you, then love truly conquers all...
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When I read this article months ago, I was so afraid of the spoiler images Moriarty mentions that every time the preview came on in theatres I'd squeeze my eyes shut and plug my ears for a few minutes. But now that I've seen it and I come back here to see what the potentially spoilerific trailer was like, I'm not seeing what he was talking about. I almost wish I'd let myself enjoy the anticipation by viewing the trailer each time. Oh well, I loved the film regardless!
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