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Nicolas Cage & Alex Proyas Team Up To Destroy The World (Or Save It)!!
Merrick here...
Alex Proyas and Nicolas Cage have teamed up for KNOWING.
Cage will play a teacher who examines the contents of a time capsule unearthed at his son's elementary school. Startling predictions in the time capsule that have already come true lead him to believe the world is going to end at the close of the week and that he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Variety.
"...he and his son are somehow involved in the destruction". There's probably something very funny to say here, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
This kind of story trips me out. Does anyone out there remember MIRACLE MILE? I don't recall it being a particularly good film...but it gives me the heeby jeebies to this day, despite its flaws.
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Player!!!!
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SUCK IT.
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Sold out.
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Does it have some good Cage spazz moments and solid twitchyness? Otherwise I'll rent something else tonight.
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Nicolas Cage teams up with somebody else to destroy a movie.
Thats how EVERY Nicolas Cage article should read. -
I remember hearing about this a long long time ago. Any new on The Box? I think it started filming and I've heard good things about the script...
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...is actually a very good film. I screened it at my annual film festival this past September, and it got a standing ovation. Its similarity to the storyline described above is pretty slim.
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no body likes you anyhow.
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Dec 11, 2007 8:55:50 AM CST
Next was the worst movie I've seen in the last five years...
by jacklint
but it was also the best Mystery Science Theater fodder I've seen five years. If you want to get together with friends are see a really really bad movie, Next is great. Anyway, when Proyas isn't having his movie taken away from him and meddled with to cater to a dumb summer movie crowd by Will Smith, he's got a perfect track record of making badass movies.
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I like when they free the lobsters at the beginning.
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These movies Alex Proyas directed. The guy is a freakin brilliant director...if the script is good, this movie will kick arse.
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the coincidence of him finding the box, the world ending in a week, and he and his son playing a part in causing it. It seems too coincidental.
I, ROBOT is better than most give it credit for, but still not as good as it seemed it was going to be considering it was being made by the guy that made DARK CITY.
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About fucking time.
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Who can forget Mare Winningham & Anthony Edwards peacing out in tar pits?! It had sequel written all over it! Interesting movie.
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That's one scary movie. Years ago, it was voted number one in Neon magazine's Most Depressing Films list.
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Cage plays a man who knows the future? WTF?
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It's a creepy little movie with a great Tangerine Dream soundtrack.
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He did The Crow after all. All I can think of with this news is what Nick Cage's hair will look like. He looked like George Washington in Next. It was so goddamned grotesque ...
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Now YOU suck it, assbag.
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Does he ever DO any ACTING ??? He just does Nic Cage over and over, and it's pretty damn monotonous !!!
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rather than the dumb hoary commercialism and mediocrity of I Robot. I suspect Proyas was strongarmed by the suits and Smith's contractual imput with that film, hope he has more latitiude to explore his own vision on this apocalyptic thriller. He's a brilliant director, capable of further greatness.
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again with the world ending from kelly
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nic cage making another jackassed science fictiony actioner where he runs around and makes that face? christ on a bagel. remember not only 'leaving las vegas' but - more importantly - 'wild at heart'? come on, man!
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Kelly was attached to direct this film a few years ago and he did a re-write of an existing script but this was never his brainchild (and thank god for that).
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Richard Kelly only did a re-write while he was attached to direct. I don't know which draft they will use as their shooting script, though.
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His arm waving, sputtering, manic stammering, spitting while he talks, spazzy overacting, it's all gold. I'm a huge Cage fan. He's one of those actors like Schwarzenhegger, Heston, Seagal, who you look forward to seeing them play the same persona in slightly different scenarios. You watch and wonder how he will Cagify each situation.Sure, you're right, he's not an accomplished thespian, but he's developed a ridiculous screen persona in an age where ridiculous screen personas are almost extinct. Could be global warming.
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...can't help but be a good thing.
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Shia as the son!
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. . . I thought it was once linked to either Aranofsky or Kelly. I have more faith in them than in Proyas. Cage sure as hell doesn't make me any more excited about it. Now I'm not so sure about it. Sounds like it could be another cool, TwilightZone-like premise that isn't quite enough to carry a whole film. Kind of like Identity or Frailty, two films that I liked but could have been better.
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What a lousy excuse for acting. What a lousy excuse for an actor. Chuck heston could act cricles around that douche. He sucks. Tried to watch that stinkin' pile about him discovering secret messages in the Declaration of Independence, and turned it off after 10 minutes. Sucks butt.
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god THAT was an awful attempt at science fiction. From the guy who made Dark City? It was even sadder. At least Cage isn't as hands-on as Big Willie.
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the phrase "gem of a movie" is one of the most bandied about by the media these days, to a point it became meaningless. But Miracle Mile is really a gem of a movie. And fuck Roger Ebert.
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... But how do you REALLY feel?
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.. if they let that awful tool and his bitch-ass hair plugs make any more movies.
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don't get jealous because you can't afford hair plugs.
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Just watched it a few weeks ago before my trip to LA and the tar pits. I think it still holds up nicely. It gives a much better impact than say The Day After and certainly begs the question, would you risk your life for true love?
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Ebert gave Miracle Mile three stars. Or was that just some other remark?
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It's been a long time since he shined, 8mm and Matchstick Men were good, but Birdy and Leaving Las Vegas are the critical tentpoles of his acting career (before he opted for fat paydays over quality control).
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why the guy doesn't have like MEGA bankable go-to guy kinda status. Aside from how much of a masterpiece 'The Crow' is, I actually think that 'I, Robot' is the closest we've come to a great, semi-intelligent, entertaining sci-fi blockbuster in a long time. And Proyas should carving up his own Terminator trilogy at this point. Is anyone else kept awake at night knowing that McG is visualising the future war, especially when Proyas is the only man for the job.
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That movie is a fucking masterpiece. Merrick, you just lost any shred of cred you had.
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is to see TRAPPED IN PARADISE 2.
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Dec 11, 2007 11:05:16 AM CST
"How'd it get burned? How'd it get burned? How'd it get burned?"
by iammrmonkey!
Funniest scene in a horror movie EVER.
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I don't see it.
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I don't care about his reviews, but am still pissed about his clueless remarks toward Clive Barker.
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Merrick doesn't have any credibility. Week after week he rips on things that he seems to young or immature to understand. I've never written against anyone on this site (well I did write nasty messages to the original tv writer on the site because he refused to give coverage to Millennium when it was on the air and now everyone creams themselves at the possibility of a Frank Black crossover in the new X-Files movie but I digress.) Merrick's tag lines and articles are snotty, condescending and often rude. H doesn't seem to respect movies or their history in any way. Miracle Mile floored me. It was pretty amazing so when Merrick says he doesn't recall it being good, he likely means HE NEVER SAW IT!
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Was the last Cage film I enjoyed.
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But it was a Hemdale release from that company's waning days when they couldn't afford a proper release for it, so it went under everyone's radar at the time. Makes for an enjoyably downbeat Low Rent Apocalypse double feature with the underrated Canadian film LAST NIGHT.
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I've enjoyed this guy's work in the past and I kind of figure "What the hell, give the guy some money and let's see what he can do."
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Next, the treasure debacles...has he just given up on making decent movies anymore?
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Dec 11, 2007 11:31:40 AM CST
Proyas' best film is SPIRITS OF THE AIR, GREMLINS OF THE CLOUDS
by godoffireinhell
Never heard of it? Well, maybe that's because it only ever appeard on VHS in Australia and reportedly also on VHS/LD in Japan. It's an absolutely jaw-droppingly great film and I can't believe it remains buried in some vault. Proyas himself told me he may work on a DVD relese after he finishes post-production on I, ROBOT but yeah, obviously that never happened.
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Dec 11, 2007 11:45:26 AM CST
-Nick Cage in a bear suit punches a woman-
by judge dredds fresh undies
The best quotes have been used.
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Than any Nic Cage movie released in the 21st Century could ever hope to be.
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...has credibility?
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Loved him in Face/off and specially in Matchstick Men. He was also great in Snake Eyes, Lord of War and Adaptation. Is there anything you fuckers LIKE?
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I didn't particularly enjoy the flick a whole helluva lot, but Cage was pretty damn good in it. He got to be flamboyant as Castor Troy, and then toned it down significantly well as Archer.
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If you "don't recall it being a particularly good film", I doubt that you ever actually saw it. If you did, then you definitely need to give it another look. MIRACLE MILE is one of my personal favorite films of that entire decade. It has real mood to it, a palpable sense of doom. The romance between Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham plays out against a backdrop of panic and insanity. Inspired filmmaking. Great Tangerine Dream score. It's first-rate.
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Here see Garage Days? That combined with I Robot = either Alex needs money, or he just doesn't care that much anymore. I'm all for Dark City and the Crow, i own them. But man Garbage Days and I need my $100 million box office hit a year or people will only remember me as Feash Prince, were just... just horrible.
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a movie. Also, Cage can be excruciatingly bad at times, but that doesn't mean he doesn't knock one out of the park now and then. Just keep him away from most action movies.
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After the risible shitefest that was Wickerman I'd given up all hope of Cage returning to the form of Birdy, Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona, Face Off, Matchstick Men etc. I hope Pryas can reign him in and deliver a decent film.
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most hardcore disturbing shocking film i've ever seen. traumatized me when i saw it, was about 13.
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nothing good since Adaptation, honestly...
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i'll see it of course.
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I'd rather have that than another movie that could show he was a one trick pony...
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That movie has my unconditinal love too.
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http://tinyurl.com/2wa7ce (so at least it got out of Cloverfield's way). But here's a pic of the Leia gold bikini to tide youse over: http://tinyurl.com/2yhul6
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If John Travolta plays the son and then he and Nic Cage surgically switch faces.
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almost 5 years ago or so. *Now* it gets made??...
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Great little flick.
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Threads plays off really well. In some ways, I like it better than the other two Nuclear Holocaust movies of that era: Testament and The Day After.
I hope Proyas can get some mileage out of Cage. A few weeks back HBO or Starz had Cage's Wicker Man on... Man, it was awful and souless to boot (I saw the 2nd half of it). The only enjoyment I got out of it was seeing Cage punch some of the chicks near the end. But mostly filth and a waste of talent. I mean Cage wastes his own talent now. But Ellen Burstyn? Leelee Sobieski?
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Props here for the film, too. When you consider how relatively low budget it is, it just shows you don't need big FX, just a great script and solid direction to pull off a tense story. I think the most amazing thing about the film is that it *has* to be the result of going to the well once too often (like the Adam Sandler movie plotline gag in the Awesom-O South Park episode). "Young love storyline #2122: two kids have great date night...cool Los Angeles nightlife...except...except...the world is about to end because of nuclear war!" "Great, kid, run with that!"
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Great flick..ive seen it tons of times...damn creepy at points.The scenes at the tarpit foreshadowing their own extinction..also another twist on the "dont answer the phone scenario"
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Le Jetee is the only perfect time travel film. Disturbing, lyrical, and tragic.
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Before you point the finger You should know that Im the man, And if Im the man,Then youre the man, and Hes the man as well so you can Point that fuckin finger up your ass. Welcme back Alex!
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I like stuff like that. Nic Cage can be OK in it, if he plays it straight. The concept of the time capsule with true predictions inside is cool though...Who wants to be it has something in it that "predicted" 9/11?
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Seriously underrated film.
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great premise for a movie - dominoes are falling
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And if it's what I'm thinking of, I enjoyed it.
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...Proyas didn't suck?
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Miracle Mile. merrick, you're 24 kinds of fucking retarded.
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Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red. Yellow then red.
And for the record I enjoyed Next - I knew what it was going in - straight to video - and it was just as enjoyable and fun and BELIEVABLE as, say The Rock...
I Robot wasn't great but it didn't suck - unlike the great big throbbing stinking pile of SHIT that was Garage Days!
Both Cage and Proyas have the potential to kick this one out of the park - but they've also both proven they can do mediocre-to-lame so let's hope they go for GOLD and not pay cheque... -
Isn't it in Chicago?
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bravely played, Randall 'Memphis' Raines? Or how bout when he took on Captain Antonio Corelli? Cameron Poe maybe? Yeah, those were horrible but he was truly great when playing Sailor Ripley in Wild at Heart. WHich in my humble opionion was his best role. Or that of Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman in Abaptation.
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= drool : )....
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Still get a weird feeling every time I drive past Johnnie's. (By the way, if ever there was a payphone outside of it, they got rid of it years before Johnnie's closed.) If you're going to watch it, do so late at night!
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I hated, hated "I, Robot" but that wasn't his fault. Still, I'd rather he be given something darker and more visual.
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now, that would make a hell of a great movie
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at least I hope so
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I hope he's in it. He is great in everything!
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That called me a dumb douche and signs his name with ________.
I would track you down and make your life hell, but you are already in it since u can't even talk shit online with a handle u CUNT. -
Yep thats right, get to it.
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