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AICN-DOWNUNDER: WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, BATMAN 2, EXTENDED KONG, AND TWO MERCILESS REVIEWS!!
Latauro took some time away from kangaroo boxing to send in the latest in entertainment news and musings from The Land Downunder.
This is a momentous edition -- Latauro births a new genre herein: "The Feel-Retarded Movie". And, what an enormous genre that's likely to become!
Here's Latauro...
Oh, a comedian. What, did you eat clown for breakfast?
AICN-DOWNUNDER
I've always like the Kevin Smith origin story. The man was told that
his method of funding CLERKS
would not work, but he did it anyway, and hey presto. Of course, for every
success story like his there are hundreds of lack-of-success stories; people
who have gone out on a limb, racked up debt, and have had to leave the
country or work at a convenience store to pay it off.
But regardless, it shows that there are multiple paths to success.
Successful directors have worked their way up through the production crew,
or they started in the advertising industry, or made a video clip, or won a
short film competition, or cut
together a trailer for I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER and was hired to
direct URBAN LEGEND. Their films were made by generous family members, or
government grants, or for no money at all. There's no one way to do it, no
pattern for success, and there's something about that idea that should both
frighten and excite all the budding filmmakers out there.
Jon Dixon has a good idea. It's not the first time this idea has been
attempted (as Jon himself admits), but then when was the last time you heard
about something being done for the first time? He's got a website up and
running called target=_blank>The Making of The Tomb. The idea: to shoot a teaser for
his script THE TOMB, and use it to shop the film around. While he attempts
this, he'll be updating his website with a video blog keeping us updated on
the facets of the production.
I like the idea of someone using the internet like this. Hell, a week
or so back I received a copy of the New Zealand film FUTILE ATTRACTION,
which was made via Mark Prebble's website href="http://www.makemarksmovie.com/" target=_blank>Make Mark's Movie.
He invited people to donate money towards the making of the film in exchange
for a mention in the end credits. A number of people thought this idea was
dumb, but the film is made, it got NZ distribution, and it's currently doing
the festival rounds. The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.
Keep in mind that there's no "correct way" to get your films made, and
that novel ideas are what drives independent film. And in the meantime,
visit Jon's website and voice your support.
NEWS
For the past few weeks, hours after I submit the Downunder column to
the AICN lawyers (ie: run it through the spell-checker), some piece of big
Australian-oriented film news usually hits the presses and I harrumph about
having to wait a week before mentioning it. Last week, it was the news that
Spike Jonze's adaptation of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is definitely set to
shoot in Melbourne. Tom Hanks is doing the producing, and the film will
shoot at the Melbourne Central City Studios... which is probably a good
thing, as no local productions can afford to do so. I was surprised to see a
bit of confirmed casting go unreported (at least, in the places I read):
Australian actor Angus Sampson has joined the production. I don't know who
he's playing (I'm guessing one of the beasties), but it's a terrific
break-out for the local actor/comedian. Sampson appeared in YOU AND YOUR
STUPID MATE, but was recently able to redeem himself by being really quite
good in the improv TV show "Thank God You're Here". On a slightly-related
note, his STUPID MATE co-star Nathan Phillips will soon be seen by everybody
in the known world when he appears (quite prominently) in SNAKES ON A
PLANE.
Okay, this has now appeared in a few places, most notably on href="http://latinoreview.com/news.php?id=736" target=_blank>Latino
Review: the new Joker will be played by an Australian actor! Before
Lachy Hulme pops the champagne bottle, we should point out that it's
actually Heath Ledger, who was recently seen in Jake Gyllenhaal. Unlike
every other rumour that has come out about BATMAN BEGUN, this one has a
small whiff of believability to it. It makes sense that they'd want to cast
an actor of similar age to Bale (a la Cillian Murphy), particularly if they
go the route I'm suspecting they may go, which is having villains recur
instead of appear just the once. Ledger definitely has the grin to pull it
off, and would suit the non-campness that the films are striving for. Also,
LR is claiming that they're not just looking at Ledger for the role; the
offer has already been made. I may not have the scoop on the story, but I
can be the first to refer to the film as JOKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Sweet.
Comic book "The Adventures of Luther Arkwight" has been optioned,
according to the href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002876658"
target=_blank>Hollywood Reporter. Produced (What's the future tense of
"produced"? Write in if you know!) by Australians Andrew Prowse and Sophie
Patrick, the story follows a man who can travel across parallel worlds, and
is assigned to save all the various worlds from the Evil British Empire.
Here's hoping they all have goatees.
In the spirit of the editorial, the teaser for SWEET FA is online at
both MySpace
and target=_blank>YouTube. The HD-shot film is written and directed by Mick
Skelton, who describes the film as a "road movie on foot". Check out the
teaser, and share your thoughts below.
More info on the Extention Edition of KING KONG... href="http://www.black-magic.co.nz/home/?p=228" target=_blank>Black
Magic and href="http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/king-kong3.html"
target=_blank>DVDActive have the info on the new three disc set,
including the fact that the film itself is only thirteen minutes longer, but
contains forty minutes of deleted scenes! The film is split over the first
two discs, with the third disc containing all the extra goodies, the most of
interesting of which is the ability to compare the 1996 script with the 2005
script. Click on the above linkages for more detailages.
AWARDS, FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS
2006 MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
MUFF 7 came to a close last Sunday night, where the winners were
announced. They include DARKLOVESTORY, which took out best film, Stefan
Popescu, who took out best direction for ROSEBERRY 7470, and a tie for best
short: REMEMBERING NIGEL and PENNY shared the honours. For a complete list
of the winners, go to target=_blank>http://www.muff.com.au/.
2006 MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
A series of free talks will take place at this year's MIFF, with some
pretty sweet guests. Friday, July 28 will see Christopher Doyle discussing
cinematography at the Coopers Festival Lounge from 8pm. Saturday, August 5
sees Spike Jonze at the same venue discussing his work, from 8pm. On Sunday,
August 6, Geoffrey Rush will discuss creating characters for the big screen
alongside many local filmmakers, from 4pm. All of those events take place at
the Forum Theatre on the corner of Filnders and Russell.
2006 NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
New Zealand film is now so big, they can barely keep their festivals
in the one city. If you're in NZ and you're wondering when NZIFF is coming
your way, check out href="http://www.nzff.telecom.co.nz/grids/a_grid-home.asp?id=183&area=1"
target=_blank>the festival's website. The season runs (in both senses of
the word) from last week until November.
BOX OFFICE
My hope is that only one person saw CLICK, which means two people
might have seen SUPERMAN RETURNS, which means three must have seen OVER THE
HEDGE, which means there is a slight possibility that only four people saw
LITTLE MAN to get it to number two. The idea that there were any more is too
horrible to think of...
1. target=_blank>PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
2. LITTLE MAN
3. OVER THE HEDGE
4. SUPERMAN RETURNS
5. CLICK
RELEASED THIS WEEK
Bruce Willis discovers what it's like to drive down Elizabeth Street
at 5:30pm (ie: moving sixteen blocks just under two hours), Craig Rosenberg
decides it's finally time to follow up HOTEL DE LOVE, Ray Lawrence makes
LONG CUTS, Ivan Reitman is a genius, and Nina Hos gets a Masai for the Swiss
Guy... er, Girl.
16 BLOCKS
HALF LIGHT
JINDABYNE
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
THE WHITE MASAI
REVIEWS
THE LAKE HOUSE
I had a fairly embarrassing moment a week or two back. I frequently
trade light-hearted emails with a Roadshow publicist, usually as an aside
when RSVPing to the various screenings. My embarrassing moment occurred when
I took completely serious a comment that was meant to be a joke, and sent a
reply that took umbrage at what had been said.
When I was informed that it was, in fact, a joke, I humbly bowed my head,
mumbled a few apologies, and promised to give positive reviews to every
Roadshow release for the next six months.
I break my promise today with my review of THE LAKE HOUSE, which I've
decided has given birth to a completely new genre: the Feel-Retarded
Movie.
Firstly, the trailers have so completely foreshadowed the "twist
ending", that anyone still wondering where they're going with this concept
should probably get a job as a Yes Man in Shyamalan's entourage. I'll come
back to that twist ending towards the end of the review, and say now that
anyone who doesn't want this film spoiled is clearly reading the wrong
website and would probably feel more at home on IMDb's Celebrity News
page.
The premise is simple: a man and a woman living two years apart from
each other fall in love for some reason because of a magic letterbox. The
script
expands on this idea in no ways at all. If there's one thing that irritating
about these supposedly high-concept films, it's how aware the characters
themselves are of their genre limits. So we have a time-traveling letterbox
that, once established, is used purely for flirting with the mystery
man/woman they're correctly expecting will look like Keanu Reeves/Sandra
Bullock. Only in a the romance genre can such a concept be so idly tossed
aside. In (a) the real world or (b) a good film, the people who discovered
the magic properties of their letterbox would do something other than
just continue to send letters. Whether it's explore the possibilities of
cause and effect, win the lottery, copyright "My Name Is Earl", or burn the
damn thing down because it's an affront to God, I'm sure you'd find
functioning retards who would be, at very least, mildly interested in
exploring one or two more possibilities that this Magic Box affords. But no,
it's a romance film, so the two leads are only allowed to worry about
falling in love. And the audience who will go to see such a film doesn't
want to be bogged down in, y'know, plot, so we'd better not make it too
complex for them.
On some levels, I could accept this. This film, unfortunately, resides
on the level where any benefit-of-the-doubt I'd perhaps be inclined to give
it is pissed away in a flurry of awful dialogue and piss-poor direction.
There are scenes that are written and executed in a way that made me think I
was watching a bad student play. I know this because I wrote a bad student
play just like this, but in my defense I was nineteen, all the people who
were in it were nineteen, all the people who saw it were nineteen, and we
all managed to move on to higher things by the time we were twenty. The
scenes where Reeves and Bullock talk to each other across time and space --
which is supposed to be a visual representation of how they're communicating
via the letters -- are just laughable. Like all the "impactful" scenes in
the film, it falls flat. The big moment where the two of them actually meet
and engage in a seduction is pretty stock-standard, but what makes it great
is the completely misplaced song they put over it. A quick search suggests
it might be a Paul McCartney song (thus preventing me from knocking it too
much), but like most of the songs in this film it comes off as
over-sentimental and sappy. It's a pity, because Rachel Portman's score
isn't too bad. She's been better in the past, but she still has the
occasional good moment.
I don't mind Modern Day Keanu most of the time, particularly when he's
doing things like SPEED or MATRIX or CONSTANTINE, but he's suited to those
roles. Roles like this one, where he's supposed to play a normal guy who
says normal things and speaks naturally just don't suit him at all. Most of
his dialogue sounds even sillier than it must have appeared on the written
page when he says it. Bullock's okay.
Back on that ending I mentioned earlier... The thing I hated most
about the film THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT -- and there was a lot to hate about it
-- is how it completely ignored the rules it had set up in the beginning. A
film can be as crazy and out-there as it wants, so long as it reasonably
defines its parameters first. Admittedly, THE LAKE HOUSE only vaguely
defines its parameters, but it still manages to break those rules for the
sake of two should-be-deleted scenes. Guys, your film must stick to an
internal logic, or you have no film! All you have is a bunch of scenes that
sort-of fit together. Like BUTTERFLY, we're treated to something that
happens in the past at the EXACT SAME TIME it happens in the future! Again,
it's a conceit I'd be happy to go with if it hadn't been handled in such a
ridiculous way. Completely abandoning its own internal logic is something
that pisses me off more than a predictable ending, and guess what? Lack Of
Logic trumps Predictable Ending! Yes, the twist I saw coming a mile off, the
one that was shockingly revealed to us five minutes before the ending, is
cast asunder for an ending that manages to be thoroughly unsatisfying and
make absolutely no sense at all! To miss the boat so grandly on two points
is an impressive feat, and had me burying my head in my hands before we were
told who the Unit Production Manager was.
I've been told that the original Korean film on which this is based is
actually quite good, and I'm planning to seek it out soon. The central
concept really is an interesting one, and it could be quite solid with a
great execution. Unfortunately, THE LAKE HOUSE doesn't have great execution;
it simply deserves one.
THE SENTINEL
Next in our series of films that make no sense is THE SENTINEL, a film
you've seen many times before if you've ever seen a vaguely political action
thriller. But is it really just like all of its predecessors? Doesn't it
have anything new to offer? Turns out it does. It has a big twist on the
genre's concept, and the twist is that everything is crap.
I'll give you an honest account of my reactions as the opening
unfolded:
00:10 -- Interesting editing. I wonder what this film's
about.
00:20 -- Michael Douglas doesn't look as bad as I thought he
would.
00:35 -- Okay, here come the credits. I didn't know Kim Basinger was in
this!
00:40 -- Oh, that person's in it, and they're listed x number of people
down. Yeah, that's the mystery bad guy.
00:45 -- How much longer does this thing have to go?
See, we're at a new stage in cinematic evolution (or cinematic design,
if you prefer). We've passed the stage where we recognise the codes and
conventions of various genres. We're now at a stage where we know well in
advance what each and every single plot point is going to be, and exactly
how they will all unfold. It's an interesting cultural phenomenon, and
unfortunately THE SENTINEL suffers from our advanced understanding
of--
No. Screw theories about intelligent audiences recognising codes and
conventions. THE SENTINEL is just plain predictable, and in the worst ways
possible.
It's predictable in ways I didn't think were possible. There are some
scenes I was trying to stifle the laughter because of how shite it all was.
One of my favourites is when Michael Douglas finds out he's being framed, so
makes a daring escape and becomes a wanted man! The only possible way this
makes any kind of sense in the context of the film is that this is what
happens in these films: the hero discovers the blackmail, then escapes! It's
so patently ridiculous and cliched and crap that you wish you had a magic
letterbox so you could travel through it and watch George Nolfi as he writes
that scene and then cries into his suitcase of money. Come on, you expect
them to try a little harder than that! At least pretend you have something
original to show, don't just go through the motions and tick off the scenes
as if to boringly drawl at the audience: "And this is the bit where he goes
on the run... you know all this, right?" It's insulting.
It's also a frigging hour until the film gets to its main plot. You
know those films that come up with a Big Idea, but in order to justify it,
the film has to build an entire feature's worth of narrative just to get
there? Then the Big Idea that prompted the film in the first place only ends
up being a scene or two long, because the rest of the film is filled up with
the justification for it? That's what this is. Until Keifer lays down the
law at (I checked my watch) the one hour mark, you don't really know what
this film is trying to be. You know it's an action thriller, and you know
what all the plot points are going to be, but you don't know what the film
thinks it is. What's even better about The Big Setup is that it doesn't get
its payoff. The line that Kiefer gives the agents is something about "this
is your worst nightmare... an agent who knows exactly what you'll do before
you do it..." etc. But the things we see him do ("Oh my god! He picked up a
fridge magnet at that hardware store knowing he'd need it two scenes later
to prop open a door! How does he do it?") are the things you see
accountants, train drivers, janitors and zoo keepers do in these action
thrillers when they're on the run from the law. I don't have a problem with
the clever usage of fridge magnets, but when it's the most extraordinary
thing you see him, you start to wonder why he's always being referred to by
the other characters as some sort of super-genius agent. Especially when his
masterful plan to escape from Keifer Sutherland is to run onto a ship (he
thought this was a good idea, why?). Of course, he later manages to escape
by using the tried-and-true "I know you won't shoot me" line, before
wandering off. Keifer and the other agents at the scene let him go,
naturally, because that's what the script demanded. Did they bother to stage
it in an interesting way? Find some way to make this conceit believable? I
think you already know the answer.
As a quick aside, who has the bright idea to cast Keifer Sutherland?
Yes, he's very good, and seems to be gaining screen presence with age, but
haven't we seen him go down this path before? Putting him in this film
invites further comparisons with 24 that you don't really want... that you
really, really, really don't want. Next to 24, this film is a clumsy but
ultimately successful cure for insomnia. The plot twists are even more
absurd that Bauer's, but don't have the same element of heightened
ridiculousness: SENTINEL actually takes itself very seriously. (Second
aside: like LAKE HOUSE, the biggest redeeming feature is the score.
Christophe Beck does a really nice job, and I hope it helps him land some
quality gigs instead of target=_blank>the dreck he's been forced to do lately...)
Not forgetting the awkward scene between Douglas and Kiefer's ex-wife
(so clearly inspired by a stupid test screening audience), the sheer
pointlessness of Eva Longoria's character (we get it, she's hot, please stop
telling us about it), the motivation of the head bad guy (he's
British), the brain-numbingly-boring "action" scenes ("He ran through a
door! He shot and missed! He also shot and missed! Who trains these guys?"),
the laugh-out-loud climax (yes, I actually did laugh out loud), the
laugh-out-loud resolution ("Isn't it great we're all better people?"), and
the total lack of anything even remotely engaging about the storyline, THE
SENTINEL is exactly the sort of film you expect to see come out of an
automatic screenplay generator. (And yes, they're on the market; I just
Googled "computer screenplay automatic create" and found one
instantly.)
If you ever want to convince someone of the value of European cinema,
or Asian cinema, or reading books, or being blind, take them to THE
SENTINEL. You won't be disappointed.
NEXT WEEK
- Due to a complicated copyright issue, the Silver Surfer will no
longer appear in the FANTASTIC FOUR sequel, but will instead battle Luke
Wilson in Ivan Reitman's MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND 2
- Eli Roth sells a pitch to Disney for the film HOSTILE, in which a
group of teens go to Europe and have a pleasant time
- David Goyer signs onto MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND BEGINS, a serious look
at G-Girl's origin
Peace out,
Latauro
href="mailto:AICNDownunder@hotmail.com">AICNDownunder@hotmail.com
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Didn't I see the extended edition on opening day? How much more can you add. My god that movie was long, and the beginning was nothing short of mind numbing.
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How can King Kong be only 13 minutes longer but contain 40 minutes of deleted scenes? What original footage did they cut out, I wonder?
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Well played, good sir. Well played indeed.
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3 more hours of PJ's Kong so long as it's all as damn pretty as what came before it. Bring on those 13 minutes!!!
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he's fahntasstick, he's a geeniass!
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Damn, I'm on a roll!
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ledger as the joker and gylenhaal rumoured to play Dent. Not bad. I would have liked Adrien Brody as the joker but Ledger is a good choice, he's an excellent actor, i must admit i was surprised by it though.
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LATE SHOW fan Im guessing? haha. "Ivan Reitman is a GEENIASS"
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is only rumoured to be playing dent because ledger might play the Joker. How can you not see the obviousness of this scam?
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are probably longer takes of the sceens from the movie... Regardless I wished PJ would of put all 40min into the film...instead of just 13 min.
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You don't have to spend that much time on a movie that sucks. Just tell us why it sucks and we will probably believe you. Longer reviews for great movies are OK...they are celebrations. Long reviews for shit movies are senseless.
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Oh, but I SO disagree...COMPLETELY disagree. I think you have it backwards. if a movie is good, I want to hear bare bones, a little about the heart of the movie and why it's good, and move on. no mroe than I have to. if a movie (like The Lake House) is so terrible that I don't care about spoilage or suspense, I want a witty reviewer like Lathuro to rip it 3, 4 or preferably 5 new ones. then I can get some humor and enjoyment, for free, out of a terrible movie that I would never pay to see otherwise...now, where it gets tricky is with a decent movie...or a complicated one. a long review or a short one? hmmm...
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any by Lathuro, I clearly meant Latauro...typo, sorry
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sound kinda nice....still want lachy for the roll.
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40 mins of extra footage in a film that runs 13 mins longer. What other explanation could there be ?
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Who does this guy think he is, M Night Shyamalan? Word from the wise, mate; drop the possessory credit. It makes you look like every pretentious film school fuck-wit I've ever met. That said, good luck with the trailer.
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....to see him sporting a Joker-like grin??? I will NEVER picture him in that role unitl I see it. I'm rackin' the ol' brain right now. Not seein' it.
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I doubt it. This is why everyone's scratching their heads about this casting decision. But apparently Nolan was in talks with Ledger for quite some time, meaning this isn't the result of a studio telling him he needed a bankable star for this role and then grabbing the hottest star of the moment. Basically, I trust in Nolan, as he has not yet done me wrong.
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are definitely the future of film. Technology is at the point that with a dedicated and talented crew you could shoot a film on HD and get it out to the world. I came across a sweet zombie flick using this method called Contagion: The Curse of Prosperity.
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will have officially returned to the Batman and Robin days if Leger is the joker. Christ can these fucktards make a good decision anymore? First micorwave batman then Singers Superman the remake and now this bullthist.
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There's no way you can tell me that Ledger as Joker is anywhere NEAR as bad as Arnold as Mr. Freeze. It's not what anyone outside of Nolan would've chosen, but it's not nipples on the Batsuit either.
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Gimme what I want bitch, and you will live, because I allow it. Damn this other shit you're giving us. Bring forth the spider, and make me happy, as only the wall-crawler can. You know this to be true.
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I saw the trailer for "the Lake House" last night, and the thought that struck me was that they could take the central premis for a bad film and actually make it worse. "Frequency" was about a magical cb radio that allowed a guy to speak through time to his dead father, whereas this one has a magical letterbox... I would have thought that the badness of "Frequency" would prevent anyone else from attempting half-baked time-travel ideas, but wrong again...
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Lat....nice line about the AICN lawyers and then creating some wacky wording....detailages?!?
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I never made the connection before..doesn't explain the hole in the chest though.
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Check out http://tinyurl.com/cjkum or http://tinyurl.com/pc2ug
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yeah, they will have to call it jokeback mountain if thats how the joker will look.
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god, what the fuck is wrong with these people? like the 3 hour plus running time wasn't enough. yeah, lord of the rings was a completly different story but please. it's like when jack nicholson does his famous face and it means he knows something you don't. and regarding heath ledger playing the joker in the next batman movie, no one can top jack from '89. yeah, he looks the part and watching brokeback mountain he acts the part too, {rim shot} but i don't exactly see heath as joker. maybe clayface. oh, and where the wild things are is A BAD IDEA.
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I hope they give him a big mop of curly green hair. That'll really sell him.
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After sadly and cruelly missing it last year. Mini pass all booked. Concession ticket quite cheap too. Free talks? Spike Jonze? Yes sir. Yes. MIFF you bitches. MIFF.
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I cannot announce my protest for the casting of Ledger for Joker, too many times or freakin' loud enough. Do NOT cast him. You might as well cast Brandon Routh.
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Actually, on further inspection of campy pics of Heath smiling, I could really picture himself smiling insanely. But what of the voice? Do we want a Joker with a deeper voice than Bats and outbrooding him. Can you imagine Heath Ledger laughing maniacally while killing a group of children in a carnival or while twisting his own neck?
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I interested to know how they plan to potray Joker, Nolan put a real world edge to Batman Begins, which made the movie all the better for it. So do you think he will were a mask and be some fucked up crazy or do you think they will go down the falling into chemicals route?
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A mask or facepaint would be RETARDED!
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Joker is wearing a mask or facepaint rather than being disfigured, my head will explode from anger. Hear that, Nolan? Do you want to kill me?
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www.imdb.com is quite handy, at times. I was going to post a link to one particular photo of Alan Cumming in a suit with bow-tie and hat... but realized that it would likely stretch the talkback. Anyway, I'm still completely convinced that Alan Cumming is the best choice for the Joker, ...as long as this interpretation is inspired by "THE KILLING JOKE". And I've also been saying, all along, (long before her Oscar nomination) that Reese Witherspoon is by far the best choice for Harley Quinn. Nobody could play the bubbliest villain in comics better that Reese. So, ...if you desire an actor who can SING while being homicidal, ...sporting a purple suit and hat, made-up with chalk-white flesh, red lips, green hair, ...no one would be better than Alan Cumming. And if you're like me, you can already hear Reese Witherspoon as Harley Quinn, spouting her pet-name for the Joker, "Mr. J."
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... is usually BULLSHIT
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My second choice for Harley Quinn is Juliette Lewis... and it's a rather interesting choice. Sure, it would make the character a bit older, ...but could somehow prove to be a factor with the turn of Harleen's character. In choosing Juliette Lewis, it is easy to picture a darker direction to go... but interesting, none the less. And in remembering her in "NATURAL BORN KILLERS", it's easy to see that Woody Harrelson could be added to that long list of names for the dream role of the Joker. Personally, I think these roles should require a screentest from every potential actor. And in a required light make-up, too.
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Seeing them both act in the same film underscores which would be the better character actor for the Joker role. Nolan picked the wrong guy.
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"I wish I could kill you..." Reese Witherspoon could absolutely NOT play Harley. Give it to either Britney Murphey or someone else.
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"If you ever want to convince someone of the value of European cinema, or Asian cinema, or reading books, or being blind, take them to THE SENTINEL. You won't be disappointed." That's one of the best put-downs for a film I've ever heard. Great stuff!
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were older than Nineteen? Shows what you know about today's movies.
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You should really work on your web site...right now, I've no idea what your film's going to be like. How about adding some art work or parts of the original script?
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Go the Tomb, great idea. How do I get to work on this movie?
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