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What Is Peter Berg's THE KINGDOM?!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
One of our chatters, MUMBLES, just posted a link to the first trailer for THE KINGDOM, a Peter Berg-directed thriller set on an Army base in Saudi Arabia. Michael Mann’s producing, and the script is by current hot-shit screenwriter Matthew Carnahan, who also wrote STATE OF PLAY, another hot-button political thriller. Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, and Jennifer Garner are the stars.
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Other than that....ummm....yeah, I've got nothing.
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i'll see any movie he decides to direct. and he deserved some award attention for his heart breaking turn as a 30 something year old illiterate in Corky Romano.
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This is looking solid enough. Arrested Development is packing heat!
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new rule,jason bateman is in it,i will actually pay to see it,ii think thats rule 2,080..right after, will not watch abc anymore because the never give shows a chance
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Lord help me, the cinemas do not need yet ANOTHER director who abuses handheld camerawork. ---- Berg is one of the worst filmmakers out there today. I wish he would've stuck with acting.
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For one reason, and one reason only: Foxx, in the title role of Fleury, is going to bomb. The script was as good as any I read last year but Foxx is going to bury it. No one will respect him with this role in this story. It's a damn shame.
That said, Bateman and Cooper's roles are a good time and the story rocks - complicated and intricate without ever being confusing or hard to follow. A lot - a LOT - of people are going to be disappointed with this one. And they'll all be saying the same thing: "Why didn't they case Denzel instead?" -
the greatest horror filmaker of our time. House of 1000 Corpses was a valiant first effort - disgusting, uncomfortable, stylish (but where is out unrated directors cut goddammit!?). Devils Rejects was absolutely fantastic - more down to earth, more believable, and generally more effective than House. I can't wait to see what he does with Halloween which, admittedly, is one of my least favorite horror franchises.
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Totally posted in the wrong TalkBack. lol. That's what I get for opening five AICN articles at once.
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can't help but keep seeing Sidney Bristow when Garner pops up... Danny Elfman on the music! interesting.
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Not ABC, smutpeddlar. They did give it 2 1/2 seasons, 2 more than most networks would. Will we ever see Ron Howard's big screen version?
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...is what I thought, then 30 seconds on imdb saw me right. Abbott wrote the excellent British series, and Michael Matthew Carnahan is adapting for the big screen version. Abbott is reportedly very happy with it. The Kingdom looks great though - action, but with a real mystery-thriller element. Sort of like a very big budget version of Spooks (aka MI5) set in Saudi Arabia.
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It's Matthew Michael Carnahan, not Michael Matthew Carnahan.
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They shot most of the "Middle East" stuff in Phoenix (Mesa to be precise) over the summer. Personally, I am sick of anything to do with terrorists, the Middle East or politics right now. Maybe a rental. Maybe.
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Read the screenplay before you start flapping gums. It's not a Jamie Foxx part. It calls for someone with a more mature and imposing swing to play the part. For me, it's another case of marketing calling the shots...and it's likely going to amount to a failure.
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right behind my house on the Santan Freeway in Chandler, Arizona. I feel so special.
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Actually, this looks quite tight...to me.
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after watching the trailer...the highway chase scenes seem fake now, (of course they are in reality anyways), but knowing where it was shot and knowing what's around that area, the magic in the scenes don't work for me. I'll still watch of course...but when the highway parts come up all I'm gonna be thinking of is the Super Wal-Mart and Super Target just above on the surface streets. I just can't shake it :(
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A year or two ago Peter Berg was said to be attached to direct a movie based on BRAN MAK MORN by Robert E. Howard - the CONAN guy. Anybody know if that's still gonna happen?
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And I was there for the car crash....seeing it on film gave me goosebumps. This looks better than I thought it would be!
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The trailer didn't blow me away but it did look somewhat engaging...
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What were the FBI thinking? Sidney Bristow and Michael Bluth ain't gonna cut it - send in Jack Bauer and he'd have this case closed in ten minutes. As soon as that guy says "You are only allowed to do what I tell you", Bauer would punch him in the throat, hold a knife to his eye, shoot him in the leg, and then he'd get an instant confession. Bauer cares not for geopolitics and protocol!
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Snooze-fest.
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I liked the look of this trailer. Yes, it's another film set in the Middle East, and yes, it involves high level geopolitics and terrorism. But I liked the look of its characters and action sequences.
I enjoyed Berg's "Friday Night Lights," so I know he can direct. This looks like a step up from the low-budget films he's directed in the past, so I hope he maintained his commitment to quality.
Others here wrote that Jamie Foxx isn't right for the lead part -- this may be so, but the trailer definitely grabbed my attention. I love me some Middle Eastern US military drama. The more the better, I say. -
is overrated. The whole so cute, she's tough...so tough she's cute thing...played. Plus, she married Ben Affleck. He's worth two strikes all by himself. So, game over. No disrespect to those on her bandwagon...she just rubs me the wrong way.
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I didn't think Hollywood would stoop low enough to spread fear and terror along with the current U.S. regime...
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Yeah, CSI: Riyadh seems about right. Why anyone would be bitching about Foxx though, when Garner is so glaringly the weak link in that cast, is beyond me. What, Jorja Fox was unavailable? She would have been cheaper, and they're basically clones anyway.
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When I saw the "Rundown" way back when I was happy to see Peter Berg was directing. Actually I wasn't sure it was Peter Berg the actor. Peter is a pretty good actor and he'll probably be more successful as a director. Whether we like it or not, hand held camera work is here to stay. If you were a shooter, you'd understand this.
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she's not an actress, she's a waitress turned celebrity. She has a man face too.
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Hamza is a real guy. He's in prison in the UK. And he's a total clown rather than some Bond style villain. Is this supposed to be a true story or more Hollywood garbage that might be heading for a libel suit?
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It amazes me that geniuses like you can complain about and comment on something you haven't seen and know nothing about. In fact, this is a pretty even-handed account of the US occupation in the Middle East and the Muslim reaction to our presence, taking care to point out that we're not exactly righteous. I would go so far as to say, as a matter of fact, that it doesn't take a side in the issue.
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Damn you Michael Bay!
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He is the new Cuba Gooding Jr. Win an oscar and over-act afterward in every film.
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...Saudi Arabia wold rock? FUCK NO! Saudi Arabia is hell with air conditioning! Anti Muslim? Please, Saudi Arabia is fucking anti human!
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look forward to it
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I think Peter Berg is one of the more exciting new action directors out there today. I remeber him as an actor in the 80's and the 90's but I never thought he could pull off such great and fun action flicks.
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Matthew Michael Carnahan is Joe Carnahan's brother. Also, Pete Berg, Piven and Bateman are all in Smokin' Aces.
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Who cares! You'd have to get past his ego to literally SEE the film.
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Probably like the nice innocent Peacer Lovers that they are definately not.
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That is the typical pigmentation of the region.
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Heaven forbid any of you fucking hippy motherfuckers shine some light on the GOOD things the military does over there like, oh, set up schools, or shelters or giving aid, providing sanitary living conditions. Go back to wearing your Patchouli oil already. And speaking of Patchouli... "Yeah! I like smelling like a freshly dug grave!" Who in their right mind actually enjoys smelling like dirt?!
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