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I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER Trailer Hints At A Chris Columbus Comeback!
Beaks here...
While watching the very formula, but reasonably appealing trailer for I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER, I found myself wondering why Chris Columbus opted to abandon the teen comedy genre for bloated event pictures like BICENTENNIAL MAN and the first two (and least enjoyable) Harry Potter movies. I mean, you can't fault a guy for cashing in on a windfall like HOME ALONE, but all he did from 1990 on was hack it up for the studios. Even if you're clocking eight-figure paychecks on the regular, that's got to get old after a while.
Columbus surprised to a degree with RENT (your mileage may vary wildly), but he was still working against his strengths. So it's nice to see him closer to his ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING wheelhouse with I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER, which is based on Larry Doyle's Hughes-ian novel about an unpopular valedictorian getting caught up in a wild night with the unreasonably nubile girl of his dreams. Sure, the trailer contains a number of trite visual gags (nothing worse than an angry CG animal), but, overall, the tone feels right. And Hayden Panettiere looks awfully convincing as the titular teen temptress.
See for yourself.
But beware! This is a 20th Century Fox production.
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER opens wide on July 10th, 2009.
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What an asshole. He should never work again.
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The Kristen Bell movie, that is, which opens August 7th. C'mon Disney, make it happen!
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Why would a studio hack hack it up for studios?
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They seem slower and more mundane compared to the other films, but they set the pace for the series, and one can only imagine how some other less talented director could hav butchered the first two films. Very fun movies in there own right.
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this one looks just ok.
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Head for zee hills!
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about time he came back.
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That guy looks way too old to be believable as a 'high school geek with a heart of gold', more like a creepy 28 year-old peeving on Hayden, who is, by the way, a short, fat-armed little bitch. Thank you.
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this is beyond not cool news
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Feb 16, 2009 10:16:31 PM CST
Nice. Lets show all young teens its cooler to be a wild mess th
by dr sauch
No wonder we're so fucked.
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That guy looks 27, not 18. It's just depressing to watch.
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And of course one shouldn't knock the first two for being a little more simple and childish, since the characters at that point are still pretty young. I think some of those faults are far more apparent in Sorcerer's Stone. Secrets remains a strong film though. I'll take that over the Order of the Phoenix film. Darker doesn't always make it better. Lazy script and direction. Hope the next one is better.
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Why watch it now after giving us the ENTIRE movie in that two minute trailer? Smells like a torrent to me!
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And I really liked the book, so I'm-a probably gonna be giving this a shot. I'm not as enthusiastic as I could be, but the knowledge that Columbus wrote the first Gremlins film sustains me through the hard times.
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But I must say that this looks like one of the most offensive pieces of shit I've ever had the displeasure of knowing exists.
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*le sigh*.
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but, dr sauch, you've gotta lighten up, man. Tell you what: Go rent Meatballs, and then we'll go from there.
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This just looks like shit.
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Not well...but I do...
Go Paul -
He set up the franchise and the first HP was QUITE THE AWESOME MOVIE.
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You saw this trailer and think it looks BETTER than the last few Chris Columbus movies? Are you INSANE?? This looks like the latest "American Pie Presents:", but even worse since we know it's gonna be PG-13 and have no nudity. Is it just me or are they recycling the house from Weird Science? And the lead looks like Matt Craven or Leland Orser for chrissakes, and THEN makes a joke about old guys hanging out at high school? Wait, I just IMDB'd him - 28 years old. About the right age for Hayden I guess.
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having this be PG-13 is a crime. The book is definitely a pretty hard R-rated teen comedy...but since the book also involves the nudity of the titular character and they decided to cast Hayden P., well there goes that fun. Still, I found myself laughing along with the trailer and it seems pretty close to the book so I'll probably end up giving it a go.
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Learn it, Live it, Love it.
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Said 28 year old guy is in Inglorious Basterds, hence the love. C'mon man, this looks like ass.
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Feb 16, 2009 11:43:00 PM CST
I really enjoyed the book, but I'm not too sure about the movie.
by 433
The book is really enjoyable, in a cringe-worthy way. The trailer looks very formulaic and cleaned up for the heartland.
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Oh right....it's from 1990. I guess just as soon as studios run out of 80's movies, they'll start on the 90's.
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the script to The Goonies? that's enough to make him a God among men in my opinion
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This looks like his 12th circuit as a High School Senior...
Dude looks old...
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err, wait, wrong remake.
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Maybe the first two Harry Potters weren't the best, but he had vision to give the franchise some LIFE, dammit! Beginning a series has gotta be damn difficult! Maybe with his insight, The Golden Compass could have been a success.
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Feb 17, 2009 1:04:58 AM CST
What? Michael Cera's not available?? Get me the cheapest thing c
by somashine
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That's a nice, Hughesian touch.
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With the exception of Avatar, which they are contractually obligated to release, nothing good comes from this studio. (Searchlight excluded.)
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Feb 17, 2009 1:18:21 AM CST
awe remeber when d'nofrio was thor before he started killing wom
by broseph
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Because that was fucking god-awful. Does anyone else think the hero looks like he's 28 years old and should be going to the ten year reunion?? Besides which he seems uniquely UN-funny. I've never liked Columbus' slapstick, and this looks like more of the same.
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But we agree - they really cast that part wrong. Only the lead!
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I'm reading the talkback and seeing that everybody said it before me. And the guy really IS 28??? LOL.
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please....and hayden panitierre is no guys dream girl...she is cute...but she is a fucking freak...a midget who can beat the shit out of her date....look at her fucking shoulders
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although yes the guy looks old and YYYYYYESSSSS it could use some Hayden Panettiere nudity
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not only did he write The Goonies, but he also wrote both Gremlins and Young Sherlock Holmes, that makes him ok in my book, fuck the guy that called him the Brett Ratner of the 90's
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I wouldn't date Hayden in real life, not with those stumpy arms. that shot of the supposed 'trinity' walking where they're supposed to make you go "holy shit" is awful since none of them are hot. Have Megan Fox take a shit whilst covered in tuna and it'd still be sexier.
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and yes she's hotter than any girl you virgins would ever nail.
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Feb 17, 2009 2:26:08 AM CST
if you wrote Goonies and Gremlins, you get a free pass for life
by bmacsmith
you know its true
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As soon as he let them out of his as-of-late mediocre clutches, that's when they started to get good.
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But not in a hollywood sense. She looks like a somebody you would really see at a school, and not do a doubletake.
I'll never see this movie, but it the preview makes it look like something from the mid-eighties.
And I think Columbus did ok with the first two Potter movies. They weren't great, but they so easily could have been horrible; Columbus laid a sturdy foundation with them, for the later movies to build on... including really amazing casting. -
His best sign of promise was the script for Gremlins. Everything else was downhill from there.
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Another movie they'll help use to justify their deluded fantasies that everything they do with obsessing is just fine, because in the end, the hot girl will realize he truly cares for her.
Oh yea, and I agree -- the kid creepily looks mid 20s, AT LEAST. -
Hayden plays teen temptress trying to woo the affections of an arrogant Predator jock
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that better not be a jab at The Goonies, because if it is you can officially turn in your geek license
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She either looks ridiculously hot, or incredibly strange, like a pear-shaped alien, and I want to know. I can't decide. I think her boobs might look really strange naked, maybe? She is super hot though. Show me your booobs! Anyone else think?
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Like said above, Gremlins - Goonies. He gets a free pass from me on anything. If it sucks, he was still heavily involved in the above flicks.
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...geek is in love with the popular girl film. Showing that it's ok to be obsessed with a girl you will no doubt have nothing whatsoever in common with and that the girl will not be creeped out by you proclaiming your love but will instead be attracted to your honesty. eurgh.
Can we have a film with normal "geeks" please? Dating other "geek girls", because shockingly they do exist. -
She's still pretty much in that legal yet teen stage, and she still has that look of being on the curvy side, and hasn't fallen victim to the emaciated look most of these females in the biz have.
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as far as people saying that some of those look too old for highscholl- have you ever seen an 80's high school movie? have you ever seen anything about highschool EVER? it's a running joke that they are played by 30 year olds, and hughes and columbus basically started it. remember the dream guy from 16 candles? he was like 40.
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Thats the Beth I'd rather have, even now. I don't care how old she is, I'd still knock her up on accident!
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way better idea in my book.
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Best christmas movie ever.
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She looks like a mix between one of those Wizard of Oz munchkins that's a boy with a blond wig. ick.
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However, I love that new little animation of you Harry, up there in the corner, eating French Fries, neverending. Perhaps you're at the Alamo Drafthouse, ordering them before they're supposed to be served on the menu, the wait staff telling you, 'I'm sorry Mr. Knowles, but you can't have French Fries right now' to which you respond, 'I CAN HAVE ANYTHING I FUCKING WANT 'CUZ I'M HARRY MOTHAFUCKIN KNOWLES, BITCH!' or something else equally flattering. I know, because that 'bitch' told me. This movie sux, will always suck and every actor/actress in this movie sux. That's reality. Deal.
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directing output, and Babysitting, his Spielberg-lite teen comedy is probably his most enjoyable. So when will Phil "Three O'Clock High" Joanou make his teen-comedy comeback?
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Thats a spoof of The Hitcher (the original, not the lame remake). The joke is that it loops endlessly, even after eating the finger.
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Yeah, well, you can't know everything. Now I know somethin more. I'd call today a success ;-)
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Much as I realize it was hitting the marks, I really enjoyed it. To me, it was one of Robin Williams' best non-crazyman performances.
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Not so sure about the movie. That trailer was not inspiring.
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What a piece of shit trailer...God, I can't believe I'm wishing I had just seen the trailer for SEX DRIVE instead.
Why are the other girls from "The Trinity" so much uglier than Hayden's character...it doesn't make sense. If she liked ugly people all along, she'd have already hooked up with the dude that looks like Breckin Meyer's more dweeby brother. -
if you disregard his work from 1995-2005, I generally like his work.
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To say it doesn't look "that bad" is an understatement. From the looks of it, the lead character has never acted before! Crap with a capital K, will bomb horribly. Home Alone has never seemed farther away.
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I can't speak for the work in the film (it could be complete shit), but Paul is a regular at the UCB Theatre in LA where he is absolutely hilarious. He may not look High School aged, but check out some of his College Humor videos or his band with Charlene Yi and you may be a little happier with the casting choice.
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That's how awful this movie is, I saw things being ripped from so many other sources, including the really bad "Girl Next Door" with Elisha Cuthbert (sp?)
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I used the same subject line as Senator, I guess this movie should be investigated by the FDA.
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Feb 17, 2009 2:45:20 PM CST
When will movie characters learn that raccoons are not friendly
by drewlicious
The fact they go off like this in movies is somewhat accurate. I just think it's funnier when it comes from an animal you wouldn't expect. I would be positively dumbstruck if a Koala came after me.
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Hayden Panettiere to sit on my face after she just worked out. Am I sick?
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Did he stop making safe, so-so family movies for a while? ZING!
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Jack Shepherd has spoken.
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that after this I'm more interested in the book than the movie
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Great minds, eh?
Couldn't agree more with you about "Girl Next Door" also...what a piece of shit!
I say we just all side with Jack Shepherd...Live together, Die alone. -
...but it was very sweet and very funny. Hopefully Doyle realized, in his own adaptation process, that we cared more about the main characters than the stupid jock boyfriend violence crap.
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...but all that REALLY means is that there can't be any jokes about blumpkins, which are oddly prevalent in the book.
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Feb 17, 2009 10:06:24 PM CST
I love you to bend me over and stick a dead cock in me...
by samuraiyao
Please Beth!!!
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But the problem with making a movie out of a book that's a pastiche of every teen-sex/last-day-of-school/coming-of-age comedy is you get a movie that's just a formulaic re-tread of every teen-sex/last-day-of-school/coming-of-age comedy. And you don't get any kick-ass Evan Dorkin illustrations either.
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I thought that dude said "I want Hayden Panettiere to SHIT on my face after she's just worked out. Am I sick?" That would have been awesome.
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Releasing this piece of shit in the heart of summer. The trailer feels like a one of this straight to video American Pie things... without the good, cheezy nudity. There would be anything in this movie that will bring me like I did for AMERICAN PIE 1 or 2. This is a film that looks like it belongs in September or January.
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... HAD to be safe. They do exactly what they're intended to and do it well: establish the world, establish the cast, and tell the story. Ain't got no complaints here.
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