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2010 Preview Part 1! Remakes, Reboots and Sequels!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You may have noticed I didn’t run a Top Ten of 2009 or Tops of the Decades list... I’m weird about those. I like reading others weigh in, but don’t think anyone really gives a shit about what I like that much, especially after a solid month of these lists hitting.
But I’m a movie geek, so I like making movie lists… Instead of looking back I decided to look forward. A 2010 preview piece is not all that original either, but 2010 has some solid looking flicks, movies with promise, and to me it’s far more interesting than ranking films I have seen.
There are nearly 70 movies on this list of what we’re looking forward to here at AICN, movies that will see release of some kind on 2010. I’ll be breaking them up into 3 articles... maybe 4 if I get to the end and am reminded of a ton of other notable films... So, 3 articles for sure and a possible "I Forget These" finale.
You’ll see some Sundance entries here, but I purposefully left a good dozen films off the list because I’m compiling my Sundance preview piece (yes, I’m going this year) and didn’t want to double up too much.
With all that said, let’s get looking at what’s coming up!
CLASH OF THE TITANS (March 26, 2010)
I’m usually skeptical when it comes to remakes or sequels of my favorite childhood movies and Clash of the Titans is no exception, but I will say the trailer works. Damn the Gods, indeed. The CG looks up to snuff, the creatures have personality and the supporting cast is awesome. Let’s see if Sam Worthington can shake his leading man neutral persona and add something to the movie… charm, darkness, anything.
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (April 30, 2010)
As a child of the ‘80s I grew up on a steady diet of Freddy and Jason. I love ‘em both, but I always held Freddy up higher. The powers Freddy had, the iconography of the character, the freedom telling dream-stories gave to filmmakers like Wes Craven and Chuck Russell… all that combined to make something really scary. So, when Platinum Dunes set upon Jason I didn’t care what they did with him as long as he killed naked teenagers in hardcore ways in the woods… that’s Jason. Freddy’s a bit tougher to crack. I like the mood of the trailers I’ve seen, but a cursory glance at the script and lengthy conversations with those in the know have me worried that we’re going to get a great leading performance by Jackie Earle Haley, a well shot, high production value greatest hits of the first movie with some stupid teenager stuff thrown in. I hope I’m wrong on the latter points. I’d love to see them knock this movie out of the park and dethrone SAW as the yearly dose of horror.
PIRANHA 3-D (April 16, 2010)
Alexandre Aja has been hit and miss in terms of quality horror, but no matter how much Mirrors fell short of its potential he’s always demonstrated a real knack for atmosphere and iconic horror moments. HAUTE TENSION is great, brilliant if you knock off the last 5 minutes, THE HILLS HAVE EYES remake was strong… now he’s doing Piranha, which I hope comes out to be incredibly fun. With KNB doing the gore and the film being shot in 3-D I have to imagine they’re going for pure exploitation. The flick has some odd people in it, like Christopher Lloyd, Dina Meyer, Elisabeth Shue, Ving Rhames, Jerry O’Connell and Richard Motherfuckin’ Dreyfuss. Haven’t seen the trailer yet, playing exclusively in 3D theaters.
LET ME IN (TBD 2010)
Out of all the remakes (and there are plenty) slated for 2010 this one, by Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves, has the highest mountain to climb. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN is a masterpiece. There’s no other word for that film. Lyrical, innocent, violent and with masterful filmmaking from Tomas Alfredson, the original, just released a year and some change ago, is going to be hard to top. Thankfully Reeves hasn’t cast teenagers and turned this into another Twilight cash-in… Hit Girl herself, Chloe Moretz, will play the vampire and The Road’s Kodi Smit-McPhee will play the boy. Reeves has a tough, tough job on his hands, with little chance of success in my personal opinion. But if he pulls it off it’ll be brilliant. It has to be or it’s going to fail.
THE WOLFMAN (February 12, 2010)
The Wolf Man is my favorite of the original Univeral Monster movies. I love Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Creature From the Black Lagoon almost as much, but there’s something about werewolves that works for me. I love the tone of the original film, which plays almost like a fairy tale. Joe Johnston had a lot to control stepping in at the last minute on this troubled project. I hope it all comes together. I dig the trailer, I love Benicio del Toro in the Lawrence Talbot role, Hopkins seems to be hamming it up (not a bad thing), Emily Blunt is teh cute as they say on the internets and Agent Smith with crazy chops is hunting them down, all set against a Victorian London backdrop. Fingers crossed this one works.
ROBIN HOOD (May 14, 2010)
It’s Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe working off of a Brian Helgeland script. Yes, the story of Robin Hood has been told a few trillion times, but those three together have my ass in a seat. The flick also stars Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (March 5, 2010)
Call me crazy, but this movie looks fucking awesome to me. I love that it’s a continuation and not yet another retelling of Alice’s first trip through the looking glass. I love the casting (name me another movie featuring Johnny Depp, Christopher Lee, Stephen Fry, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen and Crispin Glover), I love Burton’s eye for the surreal and think he’s actually a perfect match for this subject matter. Very excited for this one.
THE A-TEAM (June 11, 2010)
Okay, you know what? I have a feeling this movie’s going to be fun as hell. I can already hear the full, studio orchestration of the fantastic A-Team theme, I can see from the above still that Liam Neeson is just going to throw in every bit of swagger he has and this will be the first time we see Shalto Copley after he sucker-punched us with his performance in District 9. I’m also a fan of what Joe Carnahan brings to these kinds of movies. He hasn’t always been 100% successful, but he has the eye. I may be nuts, but I loved the unadulterated fun of the first Charlie’s Angels movie and if I can get at least that from this movie I’ll be happy, but there’s a chance this could be a movie I feel comfortable admitting I like, which would be awesome.
PREDATORS (July 7, 2010)
This one is sneaking under the radar a bit. I had no idea it was going to be a Summer 2010 movie until very recently. I’ve seen some things I’m not allowed to talk about, but I can say that this jaded cynical geek who has seen his childhood heroes ruined in remakes, reboots and sequels over the last decade is a firm believer in this film. Suits instead of CG, neat story and Nimrod Antal getting his chance to play with some huge geek properties. I hope I can say more in the near future, but I will say this should be high on your anticipation list. Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Derek Mears (Jason in the Friday the 13th remake), Alice Braga and Topher Grace round out the cast. Oh, and some giant dudes with dreadlocks, crooked teeth and bad attitudes.
WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (April 23, 2010)
Scarier than 7 foot tall aliens that hunt man for sport are Wall Street money-men. I’m psyched for Oliver Stone’s return to Gordon Gekko’s lair, I’m psyched to see what the man has to say about the current financial climate and yes… I’m even excited to see Shia LaBeouf tackle something that doesn’t involve giant robots, swinging with monkeys, killer computers or crazy David Morse. Stone also brings back Charlie Sheen as Bud Fox here. The one drawback to this film is that LaBeouf is now dating my girlfriend, Carey Mulligan, but I understand. I don’t blame you, baby.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (November 19, 2010)
It’s an amazing achievement, these Harry Potter films. Watching these three kids grow up over the last decade has had an interesting effect on these later films. There’s a connection to these characters, the kind you only really get in real life with friends and family. It doesn’t hurt that the source material is so good and this final chapter in the Harry Potter Saga is dark as shit. I’m actually kind of glad that the powers that be are squeezing every last drop they can out of these movies by splitting The Deathly Hallows because as a result we’re going to get the 4+ hour telling of this massive, action and tragedy-filled final book. I, for one, want to see the Battle For Hogwarts take an hour and treated like a WW1 siege movie… but with magic.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (June 30, 2010)
Wait, wait! Hear me out, hear me out! Yeah, like most of you these films grate on me… dull, sometimes offensive soap operas with a slight supernatural bent and a massive fanbase that seems to understand how crappy these movies are and love them all the more for being so. But the reason why I’m curious about the third installment is the director, David Slade (30 DAYS OF NIGHT, HARD CANDY) and the reports of the cast being a bit turned off that he’s actually trying to make a horror movie with the third installment. That said, Summit has a vested interest in not freaking out its fanbase, so I’m sure whatever small ember of interest I have will be extinguished when we start seeing how similar this next movie will be to the previous two.
TOY STORY 3 (June 18, 2010)
This is the third installment to really get excited for this year. Pixar’s track record speaks for itself, but a lot rides on this sequel. I trust those dudes to know quality, but if Lee Unkrich (co-director of Toy Story 2) drops the ball here… well, it’ll be the thud heard ‘round the world. But enough of that cynical talk, I have no reason to doubt Pixar and I’m excited to see the return of Woody, Buzz, Slinky, Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and all the gang, especially with the darker tone I’m feeling from the trailer. Issues like abandonment and neglect are prime real estate for those guys and throw in what looks to be a prison break style B-storyline and that’s all I need.
IRON MAN 2(May 7, 2010)
Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes. More Downey as Tony Stark, more mech, more gorgeous photography from Matty Libatique… I’m so happy this summer sees the return of Iron Man.
TRON LEGACY (December 17, 2010)
We’re still almost a year away from seeing the sequel to the geek-worshipped 1982 original film. This is another one that I’m not allowed to talk about in detail (I visited the set, but that’s about all I can say). Suffice it to say set visit or no set visit this has to be one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year… not just by me, the nerd who has a framed Australian Tron 1-sheet hanging in my bedroom, but by everyone who even thinks they like movies. Jeff Bridges returns as Kevin Flynn, Bruce Boxleitner returns as Alan Bradley and we have a wide variety of new programs. If director Joseph Kosinski can knock this out of the park he’ll be 2010’s Neill Blomkamp.
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CLASH OF THE TITANS (March 26, 2010)
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (April 30, 2010)
PIRANHA 3-D (April 16, 2010)
LET ME IN (TBD 2010)
THE WOLFMAN (February 12, 2010)
ROBIN HOOD (May 14, 2010)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (March 5, 2010)
THE A-TEAM (June 11, 2010)
PREDATORS (July 7, 2010)
WALL STREET 2: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (April 23, 2010)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (November 19, 2010)
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (June 30, 2010)
TOY STORY 3 (June 18, 2010)
IRON MAN 2(May 7, 2010)
TRON LEGACY (December 17, 2010)
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Seriously unimpressed. Great cinematography and directing, but it has a creepy and unsympathetic kid as lead (and I'm not talking about the vampire) and feels like the usual boring "My first summer (winter) of love"-story, only with a vampire gimmick that never leads to anywhere. No atmosphere, no suspense, no romance, no memorable or even slightly interesting characters. Sorry, but as far as foreign, supernatural dramas about kids go, I prefer The Devil's Backbone by far!
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...give me a damn break.
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It looks like it's going to be a fun year. Bring it on!
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i was very unimpressed with Let the Right One In. Devil's Backbone, hell yes.
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Jan 02, 2010 5:29:21 PM CST
Glad to see that I'm not the only one hesitantly hopeful for Twi
by addictedtoboobs
I am interested in possibly seeing Twilight 3 solely because of David Slade. Hard Candy made me a fan of him for life (same with Hunger making me an instant fan of Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender). As painful as the thought of seeing a Twilight movie is to me, I am interested in it because of Slade. That does NOT mean that I will see it, just that I may have to consider it
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Looking forward to the next installment!
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... have you ever heard of Vietnam?
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BRB!
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I loved that it had that creepy kid as its protagonist. The new one has to go so incredibly far in order to match the original version. The rest of the year has a ton of potential. Lets hope that at least half of them live up to it.
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count me another dissapointed viewer here, ok movie, but I can't see the masterpiece in it sorry.
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and I still have an erection. Should I seek medical attention?
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if Bob, Dot or Enzo will be in Tron
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Jan 02, 2010 6:02:48 PM CST
Whoever releases an original movie next year has it made.
by jsscript2007
Of all these titles, only a couple of sequels (like Iron Man) looks remotely interesting. Robin Hood, Alice, forget it. They've always sucked and always will.
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It looked pretty mediocre. Started with Jaws-esque shots that got everyone interested, but then it turned into a cartoon almost literally when the little Shrek-quality piranhas showed up.
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I knew it!! I knew things would get better hahah
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will be a bold step backwards
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Great article, thanks for the look ahead. TRON! PREDATORS! WOLFMAN!
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Jan 02, 2010 6:12:51 PM CST
I like the article...but there's not much to look forward to the
by chakraborty
Avatar was the huge sun on the horizon. Now that that sun has risen, there's really nothing out there to eclipse it. I'm curious about the Wall Street sequel...it could be interesting...or it could be cliche...and Tron Legacy might be cool...or it could just be a bigscreen video game with a lot of X-Box and Playstation game tie-ins...another list like this featuring the smaller pictures to look forward to would be cool.
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1. Tron. More Jeff Bridges, please. Thank you. 2. Robin Hood (I don't care what anyone says, I like Crowe, I LOVE Ridley, Blanchett is the closest thing to divinity here on earth, and this looks like effing fun.) 3. IRON MAN. (I CANNOT get enough Downey Jr. in smart-ass mode.) I'm even kinda psyched to see Adrien Brody in the new Predators project... LOVED the original, and hated every Predator-flavored product thereafter. Even Lance Hendrickson couldn't get me to sit through that Aliens vs. Predators abomination... and I would watch that man paint walls for two hours. Those above are the ones I'm saving my allotted theater-time for this year. Oh, and the existence of Pirahna 3-D is proof of the nearness of the End of Days.
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WTF? Hollywood used to make original projects. Now all it can do apparently is churn out sequels and remakes of original projects, and the best movie fans can hope for is that at least these sequels and remakes won't be shitty.
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Matt Reeves is getting title credit?
Who's dick did he suck raw for that?
Not only is he needlessly remaking a great movie but he's going to be pompous enough to pull that crap?
Hey Matt Reeves if you or your assistant read this: you're a joke and if I had three wishes I'd use all three to have you kiss my black ass. -
Look forward to the next installments. I have the long-term memory of a retarded fly, so putting future releases in context like this makes it a lot easier for me to get hyped about things. Some quick thoughts on the things that pique my interest... so far, the remakes of Wes Craven's properties have been fantastic, omitting the second "Hills" movie. With JEH as Freddy there is some hope, but the trailer was a big let down for me. The source material could provide for some really, really special shit... but it doesn't seem like they're capitalizing on that. Alex Aja's first two films are two of my favorite horror films of the decade, so I'm willing to excuse him for the studio tripe that was "Mirrors." The Piranha franchise(can you call it that?) has been helmed by some legends, and I think Aja has a really kick ass movie up his sleeve. I was disappointed by "Half Blood Prince," my favorite book in the Potter series, but seeing that clip you attached for the first time has me excited about Hallows. I'm just worried that the middle sections(notably, all the time spent in the woods) will drag just as much as the book did. I'm not sure two films is a great idea, in that capacity. And I agree with the majority re: Slade on Twilight. While I think he divulges a little too much in the shaky-cam-jump-cut style, he has made two really, really solid films. I've seen the first two Twilight films, neither of which really hit any marks for me. But from the seemingly hundreds of people I know who've read the books, "Eclipse" is ripe for a pretty dark experience, so I'll give that one a shot too.
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Jan 02, 2010 6:23:11 PM CST
...the kids (the girl in particular) in the original LET THE...
by flickapoo
...RIGHT ONE IN were so great I feel personally offended and outraged on their behalf at the very idea of replacing them.Maybe lightning will strike twice and the new kiddies will turn out to be prodigies...but, I don't know man...I just don't know...It doesn't seem right.
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You do realize that this list is specifically about Reboots, Remakes and Sequels, right? I understand Quint went all ninja on ya by putting in the fucking title so only superspies could figure it out.I am tired of lists but I don't mind this list.
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Why are you such a little bitch, Quint? You should never feel uncomfortable admitting you like a certain movie.
Only someone who is insecure and desires the approval of others would ever say something like the above statement.
But considering that's EXACTLY the kind of loser you are, I'm not surprised.
I get it though, man, you've got to make sure Harry digs your taste if you want to be handed over the reigns to the site when he dies his inevitable early death of diabetes by way of obesity.
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hence the title.
Looking forward to Wall Street 2, Toy Story 3, Iron Man 2, and maybe Predators. Not a bad year -
the Let the Right One In remake. I'm gonna give Reeves a little bit of a buffer on the quality. I understand why the studios want to remake it: it is a fantastic story that should be seen by American audiences. I understand why they would hire Reeves: he is a director who has succeeded in the smaller budget horror flick. I do not think that the film will be as good as the original, but I will view it, not as a remake (or an adaptation of the book, which most people seem to forget), but on it's own merits. Whether it succeeds on it's own merits is yet to be seen.
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Its a movie where all the pieces fell into place, aligning perfectly to make a really good movie. And thats why I think a remake is an uphill battle, even more so than your average Hollywood remake. Reproducing note-perfect child acting, atmospheric yet subtle tension, telling a compelling coming-of-age love story... all by a director who, in all fairness, is an unknown quantity. I liked "Cloverfield," quite a bit more than most, but it was a gimmick movie that in no way can indicate what kind of substantial filmmaking Reeves is capable of. I'll keep an open mind, as I always try to do... but I have no expectations whatsoever.
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in the Toy Story 3 poster? He's missing his asshole. He should have a cute little starfish right there, maybe with a little bit of poo hanging out.
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We all know it will be bad. We do now some of us will check it out anyway. But there is literally no point for the remake to exist. It stands no chance. Piranha 3D I'm actually looking forward to because the trailer made me laugh my ass off. It looks horrible and that's the point right? Like you're going for the kills and 3D right? Tron 2 I'm also interested in. But 2010 is going to be a "meh" movie year at least compared to 09.
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Jan 02, 2010 7:18:00 PM CST
Why do Micheal Douglas and Shia LeBuff look so pissed...?
by ronald raygun
It looks like they're about to take Oliver Stone into an alley and whack him.
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44 INCH CHEST, EDGE OF DARKNESS, MICMACS, SHUTTER ISLAND, THE CRAZIES, GREEN ZONE, SOLOMON KANE (at least in the UK), CENTURION, PRINCE OF PERSIA, KNIGHT & DAY, INCEPTION, SALT, THE EXPENDABLES, SCOTT PILGRIM, MR NICE, GREEN HORNET for starters...
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If this sucks, I will... take his mother to a nice seafood restaurant and never call her again.
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Other than Toy Story and Potter, nothing really makes me want to run out, brave the crowds, and put up with obnoxious moviegoing shit (talking, cell phones, texting). Mostly seems like rentals down the road when I'm bored, frankly. I'll hit Wall Strett if the reviews are good, since it'd be nice to see Stone back in a groove, but nothing he's done recently gives me much hope. And as for the remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN...I have to go with the overrated crowd. Strong on atmosphere, but low on suspense and tension and story momentum. A few nice set pieces, but I have no doubt that "the director of Cloverfield" will crap it up. BTW, how can you do an upcoming movie list and not have SHUTTER ISLAND? That movie looks like the bomb.
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God, I am so sick of that crap, especially in here. The assumption that people really care about personal favorite lists, well it's so Facebook-y. Ugh.
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this is a list of remakes and sequels. These aren't the ONLY movies of note that are coming out this year. Calm down folks.
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and I thought 2009 sucked...
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Do you even know what it truly is to be surreal? Tim Burton has been playing the same Captain Obvious "dark" "kooky" crap into the ground for decades. I'm not denying the mass appeal of Burton+Depp-color=cool, just as I won't deny the mass appeal of American Idol- who can? Just DON'T start calling his shit "surreal". Luis Bunuel, Stanley Kubrick, and David Lynch are the only real purveyors of surreal cinema. It's not about making stuff look weird, its about shifting the mind into a weird place.
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By minus the last five minutes, quint, I can only assume you feel the movie simply doesn't add up as soon as the twist kicks in. That is bullshit, and here's why
****SPOILERS******
When it is revealed that Marie actually did all the killing many people start scratching their heads and saying, "that's preposterous." It is not. It only requires that one stop and think about THE ENTIRE MOVIE they just saw. Ask yourself, how does the movie begin? Most say, with the two girls riding in the car singing along with the radio. WRONG. Think back. It begins with Marie in a jonnie or whatever those are called in an interrogation room, rocking back and forth repeating "I'll never let anyone come between us again." We see the blinking red light of a video camera which is there to record her statement. She sees the camera and asks "Is it on?" or "Is it recording?" Then we go to the girls in the car and the story begins. The entire plot of the film is a visualization of the obviously insane ramblings of this delusionally psychotic (being redundant there on purpose) killer. Any inconsistencies are there because she is too nuts to keep her story "logical." There fore, we the viewer must presuppose how things actually happened-- much in the same way the detectives taking her statement are having to do. How did they get where they were if the killer didn't exist in his big truck? They were probably in the damn car they arrived in. Why did she steal the clerk's car then? Because she's fucking crazy and wanted to. Where did she get that big saw thing at the end to kill that motorist with? Maybe she stole it from her friend's dad's toolshed before they left. Maybe it was there at the nursery where she and the killer had their never-even-happened fight to the death. Maybe the fucking thing was never there at all!! She is an untrustworthy narrator! A plot device that never fails to confuse a large section of an audience. If something doesn't add up, it's because her nonsensical account of the events does not add up.
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Sorry, but everything you say about these movies is boring and predictable.
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At least some people actually understand that movie.
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he got himself a weird girlfriend and completely dropped off into weirdland. the man needs a good back to reality bitchslap. BAPBAP.
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Fuck off if you think otherwise.
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NO WAY would they be doing this if that pissant mouse didn't have his nasty white glove rammed up Pixar's a-hole. There is no reason for a #3. There wasn't reason for a #2, IMO. You make the Devil your pimp, and sooner or later you WILL have to pay, Lasseter.
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I have some hope for Wolfman (it's always nice to see Del Toro's name in the credits somewhere), but some of the others look like bad jokes. A sequel to Wall Street called Wall Street 2, with LaBeouf? Another Predator film with Topher Grace? Tim Burton trying to see if he can out-weird himself? Crowe and Scott bringing back the 'strength and honour' chestnut yet again? The guy who directed Cloverfield put in charge of remaking a reportedly decent foreign film? This list goes a LONG way to supporting the opinion of some (including me) that we are witnessing no less than the death throes of modern (American) cinema.
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The original was SO EFFING CREEPY and good. Those kids were great... I haven't seen kid actors that interesting, that feral, in any US productions. Kid actors in this country are too driven and "with it," they all have at least the slightest tinge of self-consciousness about them. That's not saying there haven't been some I liked, but the kids in the original Let the Right One In just didn't have that, IMO. That, and northern Europe just feels like the edge of endless night to me. To get that feeling in N America, you'd have to film it up near the Arctic Circle in Canada. Just how it feels.
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Maybe the first movie was relevant during its release but man, it did not age well. This Shia shitfest can only be worse.
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that movie will blow boat people. let the right one in was the best movie of 2008 hands down. enough with hollywood dumbing down original works for stupid audiences who can't read subtitles. jesus h christ, it's sad.
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clash of the titans- not got high hopes for this but part of me is aching for it to be more than just a 'oh will this shit do' kinda effort. seriously , i grew up with this film. dont fuck it up, and Captain Bland needs to lose the accent pretty darn quick. Go on Samuel, prove your not just a highly desired studio Auton and actually ACT, you can do it soldier.
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For this my expectations are rock bottom so i might be pleasantly surprised. i doubt it. i fear a dan brown rewriting shakespeare style abortion of a remake. i mean is there anything that can be added? NO.
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how can they top the original? why even try? OLIVER STONE, please retire. or do NBK2
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how come flickapoo has yet ti post his oh so moving reevaluation of avatard in this talkback? something is amiss
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yep im all for a NBK sequel if it keeps Juliette Lewis from making shitty indiepunk records and snorting cheap drugs off toilets in camdentown,damn that woman is tedious. does her womb not work or something?
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Jan 02, 2010 8:39:43 PM CST
Clash of the Titans should be considered a remake in name only
by avastar
Greek myths are classic enough tales that no one can claim ownership of the stories. The plot details may be a little similar but the myth of Perseus can be told again and again
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Now with 50% more pervy nude-child crotch shots!!
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...the FlickaPoo show opened wide, but for one night only. You'll have to get your spam elsewhere...
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This is a much more fun read then another tedious best of. That A-Team still looks great (that's really Liam?!), Wall Street 2 still sounds like a bad idea, but not as bad as Let Me In.
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i kinda enjoyed it. you posted something insightful, heartfelt and honest about a movie on a site designed for those that love movies...it felt confusing and odd.i was strangely drawn to it but my head pounded with questions such as where are the words 'fag/queer/fail/fanboy/shit/fuck/rape/eyeballs/jettl93/die/shit/rape/etcetc/.
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won't have little girl bush so it will fail. the end in the pool of the OG was great. there is a bunch there to be excited about. 09 sucked so it shouldn't be to hard to top
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i mustve missed that bit in the original?!? i remember heads in swimming pools and shitty depressing swedish architecture but no bush
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...of epic proportions. Like, PLANET OF THE APES '01 bad. Alice wearing armor like she's part of LOTR??? Fuck you, Tim Burton.
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If the Beef's track record is any indication, WALL STREET 2 will make $300 million. And stink to high heaven.
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watching avatar, when i noticed michelles boobs in 3d, i watched them every shot. 3d, what a great treat before the end of the world. and the only movie on this list that might be great, is tron.
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fuck that. looks poor. but i dont expect anything more from timothy burton. he peaked with scissorhands and since then has been making films that are like pastiches of a what a tim burton movie should be. that sounds stupid but think on it and sense will come. the rot set in with sleepy hollow and now the whole termite infested shack is on the verge of collapse. what once was interesting has now become dull and expected. and either HBC gets titties out or no one cares.
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for fucks sake, what part of "Remakes, Reboots, and Sequels, part 1" and what part of "the first of three installments" don't you fucking understand you goddamn retards, fuck people, get your fucking shit together before posting such stupid shit!! fuck!!!
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Pretty sure she is wet and cold he lets her in to change and sneaks a look. god i hope im not making this up or im more fucked in the head than i thought. saw it on dvd not in theaters. maybe that is the difference.
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RIP to the original screenplay, 2010.
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ive just unsheathed this movie from its shrink wrap and whacked it in the 360..am i in for a treat or am i in for a treat?!? come on TBACKERS, how good is this movie gonna be? i cant believe i have a vagina and am about to watch this shit at nigh on 4 am. thank god my snatch is tasty
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Alice in Wonderland??? Burton is 0-2 with remakes, Planet Of The Apes was an abortion of a movie that had no business being made and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory made me HATE Willy Wonka so much that had I met Johnny Depp back then I would have punched him in the face. Add to the fact that it is a "continuation". No thanks, i'd rather pay a guy $50 to pull my fingernails off one at a time then to sit through that shit.
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its in there, though its kind of too quick to tell, but its not supposed to be a [SPOILER!!!!!] little girl bush, but a little eunuch bush. Its too quick to catch that IMO, I only noticed cause after seeing it I got online to wonder why exactly there was a seemingly gratuitous child crotch shot. So if you catch it again watch more closelyand you'll see the scar.
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Did i really just see will smith bust out of a Klan costume in front of a burning cross while henry rollins watched on? Bay has been on the pipe for years clearly.
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Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit McPhee (or whatever his name is) are two of the finest young actors in that age range around today. That tyke was wonderful even in crap like (500) Days Of Summer and Not Forgotten, and projects a kind of maturity like Jodie Foster once did. It's sad that in hearing that they cast those kids, I now have more faith in this shitty US remake than I do in something like, say, Robin Hood, a.k.a. "Gladiator 2" a.k.a. "We Chucked All The Remotely Original Ideas Three Scripts Ago" a.k.a. "Ridley Pays Some Child Support."
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You're a moron. Read the article title again.
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needs a grumpy christian slater landing on bails of hey! in an inplausible fashion. otherwise? IT can fuck right off. ridley...make me another bread commercial muthafucka. meanwhile, in further bb2 news...god, these 'niggas' are crazy funny
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I read the script for WOLF MAN and the trailer indicates it has barely changed; it is as predictable as you think it is based on that and twice as boring to read, whereas I imagine seeing the mediocrity up close onscreen will be a strictly two-yawn affair. But everyone here will cheer it because YAAAY CLASSIC REMAKE and YAAAY JOE JOHNSTON HEY DID YOU KNOW HE IS A GREAT FX GUY AND LOVES THESE GENRES, WHO CARES IF THE MOVIE IS MERELY PASSABLE? And Alice - well, the trailer makes it look almost interesting, but Tim Burton is just fucking with us all now. SWEENEY was a masterpiece but CHARLIE, APES, etc. have all been lacksadaisical affairs, just Tim Burton cribbing from Tim Burton to do lazy summer fare that feels vaguely like other, better Tim Burton movies from the '80s and '90s. I am hoping that with the new angle on this film (Alice goes back to Wonderland) it will be different and not just a vapid Johnny Depp/Burton fanservice showcase, but I'm not holding my breath. And deep down, neither are ANY of the commentators at AICN, TELL ME I'M WRONG.
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Fuck you.
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Jan 02, 2010 10:10:38 PM CST
i just met Bill S. Preston Esq at the airport tonite
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
no mention of his Gate remake?
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cmon, keanus been in fuck all and its about time he rescued winters from operating the slush puppie machine at his local circle k. make this shit happem hollywood!
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Jan 02, 2010 10:16:29 PM CST
it's got h r geiger concept art
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
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Jan 02, 2010 10:17:27 PM CST
i dunno, even without george carlin?
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
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even without Carlin. they could maybe use CGIMEGABUCKSCOMPUTERS to get him in there, he sure deserves to be, but whatever, bill plus ted, taking trips, killing michael cera and teaching all the cuntrags operating now just how you make a teen movie. clue: it doesnt involve too much irony fuckwits
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That film is nothing but an insult to a special film, and the Japanese and Chinese cultures!
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i know i'd pay to see it. as long as they take doing it seriously, get back the writers of the first 2 it would have potential. death could be the new george carlin
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Can't wait for that one.
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Are you trolling? I can't tell. Cut smaller lines next time.
While I'm well aware this is a "Remakes" list, I'm sick of them. Titans looks fun I admit, but the original is more a relic now than a classic. It showcases a great art form in its prime (stop-motion) but it can be improved for sure.
The rest just look boring tbh. Holding out hope for Wolfman just for Del Toro and Iron Man 2 should be worth a watch at least. Let Me In just sounds like a train wreck and I've never had any interest in the original. 2010, you're boring me already. -
Clash of the Titans, HP, TS3, Robin Hood, Tron and Alice In Wonderland - that's six movies I'll be seeing in a theater for sure next year. Really looking forward to seeing Alice and Tron in IMAX 3D after being immersed in Avatarland. All the rest of these are passes for me. Predator and A-Team in particular. I don't want to be a jaded non-believer, but A-Team (other than Liam) looks like a joke to me. Like somebody was doing a movie inside a movie joke and made up a fake A-Team picture (which, now that I look at it again, works even better with Liam channeling George Peppard). Predator, I don't know; I guess I've just been fully turned off by all the Alien vs Predator cluster fucks. Plus, it just reminds me that Arnold isn't making movies anymore (which is to say, hasn't made Conan the King... yet). Also, horror movies, as I mentioned before, make me laugh now. I grew up a huge fan and Nightmare 1 was actually the first one I saw in a theater (as well as the first time I did a cross theater sneak in). But now, no scary, no tension, no suspension of disbelief. I just laugh in all the wrong places.
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... effa Shia LaDork. I would SO be down for that movie if he of the immovable hair and emotive eyebrows was not in it. I really, REALLY dislike that guy as an actor.
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lol! A lot! Sorry to whomever it was that wrote that, but it IS funny. And Burton is most definitely his own brand of surreal, once you let go of the hate. I don't worship the guy or even like all his films. But I really can't think of any other director who has been so hated upon for having his own visual and/or directorial style. Which, clearly, he does.
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no im not trolling, what makes you say such things? but i do like my lines cut fat, that much is true. sniff sniffy
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Make good movies before you try to make a brand of your name. Pretentious, ingratiating, & pompous, remaking a great film a year after it was released. But Quint's attitude to Top Ten lists made me smile -- you're the man, Quint! Your article brings a little dignity back to AICN.
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Jan 02, 2010 10:53:50 PM CST
I GIVE YOU, THE BEST VIDEO VIDEO YOU WILL SEE THIS WEEK.....
by tehcreepythinman
http://www.strimoo.com/video/14738948/Benny-HillHot-Gossamer-Veoh.html
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Death at a Funeral -- Black people remake.
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A few really interesting movies in this bunch, but isn't this list kinda sparing? A dozen movies, that's all we have to really look forward to in 2010?
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Is "Predators" secretly an AVP reboot or just AVP 3?
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thank you for not letting me go on feeling like i daydream child porn into movies where there is none. I probably won't leap up for the remote shouting, "WAIT! WAIT! Slow-mo that shit!", when the little girl takes her clothes off but, i appreciate the confirmation none the less.
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im curious as to why this renaming is not causing more fuss,, i mean wtf. did the orginal title have too many words? make it a bit confusing? yeah, nice one, change the title= miss the point.
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is gonna be so fuckin good. im pretty excited to see what the a-team looks like also, i wonder how copley is gonna pull off howling mad
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But, why not wait a FEW years (I'm not sure Thirst is being remade) to make another version of it.I do hope it is a good movie/re-make, but I have major doubts.On a side note, I was talking to a fried tonite about the summer releases and I can't really think of any I'm looking forward to... Iron Man 2 was the only I could think of, and Inception.
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i learnt this from bb2. thanks Mikey Bsy for the lesson in racial tensions. its invaluable.
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I think it comes down to the subtitles. When I rented The Orphanage awhile back from Suckbuster, the clerk 'informed' that it was a Mexican movie with subtitles. I told her I can read and watch... I guess some people had complained about that to her.
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Jan 02, 2010 11:07:11 PM CST
Wow. These are all remakes. And sequels!
by isleptwithkathybatesandallthatigotwasthi
Oh wait. I get the title of this article now!
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One that I actually agree with. Except, in this case, they are calling their film Clash of the Titans and openly basing large portions of it on the film from 1982. A film that many of us grew up loving as it a) introduced us to Greek mythology b) introduced us to Harryhausen c) introduced us to nude female butts. I was ten when I saw that film and it fully rocked my world. From what I've seen of the new Clash, it IS a remake of that film. But I still agree with your concept that nobody really own Greek mythology and the Perseus story.
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Just admit that you talk to fried food and move on.
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...about it, I do actually have a problem watching and reading at the same time. And I read voraciously! I got five books in the mail today. Got several for Christmas as well. But for some reason, one that I have not been able to figure out, my brain just CANNOT process reading subtitles and watching a movie at the same time. On the big screen or at home. I can do one or other - but I'm missing the opposite of whichever one I'm doing at the time. Two exceptions, and completely different ones, would be Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (which I had no problem following in the theater) and Slumdog Millionaire (because I think Danny Boyle went out of his way to make most of the subtitles REALLY easy to read - colored backgrounds, placing them in the middle of the screen, etc.).
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i know what you mean. there are subtitle fearing cretins the world over but i still do not understand why they have to be calling it let me in and not let the right one in. makes no sense to me.
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was great, but I'm not looking forward to the remake. Iron Man 2 will kick our teeth in, and Clash of the Titans looks pretty cool, but I'm tired of Harry Potter and Toy Story. Oh, and Burton is just mailing it in these days. Boring.
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i really want to eat you i say and it replies i want to be eaten but just dont forget to throw me up afterwards ti maintain your figure. i once engaged a kfc bargaqin bucket in a complex deconstruction of the western worlds economic hardships...apparently the key to ending this malaise is to eat more friend chicken! who'd have thunk it?
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It's brilliant just as it is.
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Hopefully, because it's not exactly the same movie. Regardless of my cretinous dislike of subtitles (not really, it's just like I said above, they don't work in my head for some reason), I just can't see a reason to remake a movie (one that was evidently quite well loved) less than two years after it's original release date.
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Haha, cut_out actually you're right, that's EXACTLY why the title was changed. American publishers changed the title when they released the book stateside because they felt Let the Right One In was too long. I'm guessing Reeves choose the shortened title simply to differentiate his film while staying faithful in some manner, but yep, you hit the nail on the head, that the books did it first is also probably why there isn't so much fuss over it (like HP and the Philosopher's/Sorceror's Stone). And Mac, you're probably right, when I recommend this movie to friends I think I'll have to back off of telling them to look closely at the little girl's cooch for a real surprise.
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Jan 02, 2010 11:19:38 PM CST
ISleptWithKathyBatesAndAllThatIG otWasThisStupidTalkbackName
by the dum guy
No, I was FRIED.
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hey, i mostly hate subtitles to. it just seems not right and a travesty of the art form. its supposed to visual after all. my experience doesnt extend much beyond a couple of gerard depardieu movies and betty blue. and the only subtitles that shit needed were ' uuuuuuugrhghhhhg..thrust...urghghhhhhg .....oghhhhhhhh,,,,,,,ouch! my eye! urghhhhhh, thrust etc etc'. that is good in any language
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thanks for the info. depressing as it is. im sorry but 'let me in' just doesnt work for me. and people thought the retitling of that harry potter book was bad? sheeeeesh.
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My first job ever was at Popeyes, and that is the point I started my love/hate relationship to fried food."I hate you for what I must do for you, but I love what you do for me!"Although, I take a small amount of loathing for fried cheese-sticks... "YOU WHORES! Everyone has you one on their menu!"
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showing same little girls "cunt" = not ok. Now I get it.
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you know you need this is your life.
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i need to know. is it as obvious as it sounds?
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Something we should all put to memory, to be sure.
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This has been the fucking absolute WORST decade ever in thwe history of film!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I'll call the cast right now, pardon me if I've totally forgotten the characters' names but I love that Korean star as the priest who's played in all Bong Joon-Ho's films (Sung Kang-hoo?). The priest will be Adrien Brody, Sam Rockwell, Sharlto Copley or Eric Bana, the studio's attempt to nab geek cred. The girl will be anyone from Jennifer Connelly (slumming again) to Melanie Laurent to Penelope Cruz. Annoying hubby will be Bradley Cooper or something. Mean old Mom will be Ellen Burstyn. I WARNED YOU ALL.
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That was the point of the crotch shot with the scar - "she" had been castrated.
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Its such a fine line between brilliant and stupid.
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how do you come up with that? just asking.
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Jan 02, 2010 11:51:24 PM CST
Quint your top of the decade could not be worse than Beaks
by miyamoto_musashi
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Coulda swore that remake was coming out in 2010... and it's one I actually don't mind seeing. Love the original and this one looks to be more "homage" rather than "improvement/totally new concept"
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I kind of winced when they showed Eli's cootch in Let the Right One In. I hope they refrain in the remake. However, to the "the-cut-out-witch": I can touch my nose with my tongue and you can sit on my face anytime.
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Except Let Me In, which sounds disposable and irrelevant ... I loved the original (except for the lame Crazy Cat Lady segment) and don't plan on seeing this at all. Or its possible sequels, Let Me In Again and Let Me In Once More I Forgot My Keys.
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"Boys Night Out" - A Team followed by Expendables , beer served by big breasted girls in bikinis
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Saw a dvd of it at the public library while searching for some Fassbinder and Ozu titles (really) and said, why the frak not. It is actually a competently made little whiff of soap opera-ish fluff, could have made a decent CW of SyFy show. I can look at Kristen Stewart all day long. The Cullen clan vampire baseball game was so ridiculous it was hilarious to watch. The behind the scenes extras with the director were unintentionally funny as well ... I never saw a director so bubbly and in-your-face as Hardwicke. She was almost like, "Hey kids, watch how we set up this shot! Isn't this awesome? You're gonna love this one!" LOL.
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Or, not of.
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I'd love to see your favorite movies of the year/decade if you're up to it.
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The title though of sequels and remakes could sum up the last three years.
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I think this could take alot of people by surprise.
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Wolfman and A nightmare on elm st.
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It was in the book and the director kept the shot ambiguous in the final film, apparently refuses to directly address it.
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Alice in Wonderland.
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Robin Hood. Man this will have to be good and get great buzz for me to show up.
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Yes, I did, but you'll note that Quint didn't make this the SECOND in the fucking series because these are the most noteworthy big movies. Good luck being clever next time though, sport.
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Or is it further in the future? That's a big tentpole film.
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AWFUL! It's plagarism with a few cheesy tv cliches - like the inciting incident flashback and down home sherrif on the case. Everythinng great in it is stolen verbatim from original, with everything new horribly over the top unsubtle so idiots and execs aren't confused. The delicacy of the original in reeves hands plays like a really disturbing tv movie. I threw this thing across the room in anger when I read it. U was actually convinced it would never happen, too. I could actually understand why no studio would greenlight it. This remake is totally pointless. Anyone who would actually like this movie should watch the original. That's its audience. People who are smart enough to just do that.
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Jan 03, 2010 12:41:54 AM CST
You had me until you tried to push TWILIGHT - up yours!
by professor_monster
A team will suck - let me say it again - S U C K ! That's how you spell it seeing how it's been so long since you voiced a real opinion on how these movies coming at us look exactly like the shit they put out last year. Wanna know another suckfeast - TRON. Aint' happeneing - sorry, I know you want everyone to follow you back to the days of OP and Donkey Kong, but this garbage just takes the place of something new and creative we could have got instead. Tron was made so comic con dips can stop jerking off to Downey for 5 min -- speaking of - this movie looks like garbage too - I'm assuming they followed the script to Robocop 2 this time - same way they copied the nuances of Ropocop 1 the first time around - even the fucking ending!!! Wallstreet only shows thirsty people need to drink and desperate people will drink from a fountain they already pissed in years ago. Damn - you really wrote you were excited about god damn movie on there and you expect people to respect your opinion? The time for aintitcool to change it's format is long overdue.
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transexual vampire? Is there anyway this kid doesn't turn into a murderous child molester? SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER I always assumed this kid would burn his face off with acid and throw himself out a window but this confirms it. BTW that scene alone discounts anyone who would call the movie boring.
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alot of remakes/reboots/based ons in this list... 2010 looks like it'll be well packaged/shiny but ordinary
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I'm there.
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Seriously no mention of the Mel Gibson smells a dildo movie? Thats by far easily the front runner of next years awards.
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ahem that was the point/topic of the article...umm ignore my attempt at humour...errm yeah lets pretend my last post didn't happen...bleh
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With the Chinese invasion....now that's gotta be interesting if they relive some of Milius's right wing ideas,...updated.
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im really excited for iron man 2 and piranha 3D will be a shutdown and enjoy day but remaking let the right one in uggggh what a joke and i wish ridley scott would do a new alien movie and not waste his time with boring robin hood i still like the kevin costner version well atleast we have a new shrek movie sigh hollywood gave up but im not going to
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Looks like someone is blackmailing Scott and Crowe or they both has some tax problems
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he only has one teeny-tiny line in the trailer, but I'm thinking he will steal the show...well next to the wolfman.
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at least from the look of the trailer I'm smelling at least a best cinematography Oscar nom.
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Jan 03, 2010 2:43:00 AM CST
And there is no film i'm more nervous about than Toy Story 3
by natecore
I'm easily the biggest Toy Story mark out there and while I expect it to be great the ever looming thought that some how it could be horrible would bring back sentiments of Spider-man 3, the biggest film disappointment of my life.
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Here's what I don't get about Red Dawn, they're shooting it in towns in Michigan, and I don't mean Detroit, though I understand some filming is being done there, but most of its being done in the smaller towns in Michigan. But then they're having it actually take place in a small town in Washington. Why? Why not shoot it in Michigan, then say it takes place there? I understand other places stand in for locations like NY, LA, etc. But thats because those are cities people recognize by name so even though you're filming in podunk, Canada you're pretending in New York or DC because your movie has big time super important characters that are in high profile big cities. But if the point of your movie is to be in some small town USA that most people haven't heard of, and you're filming in some small town USA most people haven't heard of, why not just have the movie take place in the small town USA you're filming in? Seems unnecessary to film in small town Michigan and call it small town Washington. This is a useless rant, but it was in my head nonetheless, and now I release it to the internet. Roam free useless rant...
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Didn't the vampire ask if the kid loved 'her' for being a girl?That is why I thought of a eunich...
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That CLASH trailer is very underrated. It suggests a strong point of view for the movie that the original definitely didn't have and I'm willing to bet the actual movie doesn't. I hope I'm wrong, but if I'm not, I'd like to see a CLASH movie - or similar one - by the guy who put that sucker together. It conveys to me a movie that I desperately want to see; I'm also embarrassed at how jacked I am for A-TEAM. Other than the B.A. casting everything about it so far suggests the 80s revamp we've all longed for - the update that takes its job, but not itself, seriously. When do we get to see the trailer?
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Hard to believe we're now in that "futuristic" age ... and still no manned Jupiter mission!
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is one of the best original films in a long time. Re-making it is just plain retarded. Why do hollywood studios do this...? This Matt Reeves guy will fail at recreating it, it's just impossible!
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has ruined blockbuster filmmaking for the next 5 years. Until James Cameron makes another film. Everything else will be a disappointment.
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...Is still the best film I've seen in the last 5 years or so. An improvement on the original novel, in fact (I suspect Reeves will abandon subtlety and include the books fate for Hakan). However, Chloe Moretz in the Eli role is possibly good news. But I still hate that it's being remade for retards that can't do subtitled movies.
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shot for shot remake of REC. Now we get this. Hollywood just can't stand to let a foreign film be good on it's own. Stupid Hollywood.
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not Joe Carnahan.
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I've never laughed so hard in my life.
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...i'm actually excited about going to the cinema this year! there are some awesome movies there. but alas the cinema experience in england is all but unbearable these days so for most i will wait for the blu.
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You losers that cream over this waste of time movie are the same ones that jerk-off to your Manga comics under your mattress. Adolescent vampire girl ripping peoples heads off does not automatically make it a masterpiece. As for you pedophiles talking about bush-shots. You made my point.
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I'd rather the Hammer legacy be what it is, an endearing catalog of B-Movie horror, which sometimes rose to greatness. But remaking already perfect films? With the shitty director of Cloverturd? Everything about this shrieks WRONG WRONG WRONG. If they're in fact making a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FILM then FINE. What's wrong with American kids that they're so fuckin retarded they cant read some fucking subtitles? I suppose the answer is, most of the retarded adults cant either...depressing. An pointless as Quarantine or any of the Japanese horror remakes. Watering greatness down to piss or just tinkering with it to create some ordinary but forgettable entertainment.
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Jan 03, 2010 6:45:36 AM CST
I can't believe I'm saying this, but the 3rd Twilight movie migh
by marksman230591
I've seen both 30 Days of Night and Hard Candy, and I enjoyed both very much (Hard Candy more, though). And if Slade's gonna stick with the dark, horror-like formula of his 2 previous films in the making of Eclipse, not only does it have potential to actually be good, it has the potential that even the Twilight fans will hate it! An adaptation that the Twitards hate but everyone else enjoys? Slade, if you make this happen, I will personally go to your house and kiss you, and yes, I am completely heterosexual. As for the other remakes/sequels we're getting, I have to say, they all sound pretty fun too, with the exceptions of Nightmare on Elm Street and Pirahna 3D. Don't think I'm not a fan of horror, though. I can enjoy any kind of movie, but those 2 just look like the kind of remakes that just... won't work, in my opinion.
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Jan 03, 2010 6:58:50 AM CST
Haute Tension WAS brilliant DESPITE first AND last 5 mins
by hongkongcavalier
***SPOILER*** Explain the BEGINNING of the movie when "le bad guy" was bouncing a decapitated head on his knob. WHY would "the unreliable witness" talk about that to the police? HOW would she even KNOW about it? You're giving the clusterfuck ending the tried & true "Usual Suspects" excuse (i.e., there wasn't REALLY a twist because the narrator was just fucking lying the entire time).
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Clash should be fine. Harry Hamlin wasn't exactly Lawrence Olivier in the original so why put pressure on Worthington. Navel Lint could probably bring more passion than Harry did. Not psyched at ALL about A-Team. Too many fucking TV-to-Screen. What's next? "227"? "Good Times"? Personally, watching anything "Twilight" would be like kissing my sister. Lastly ... there MUST be a "Black Dynamite 2"!
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...will be the best of that lot I think. As mentioned in the article Burton's perfect for Alice. Iron Man was a great blend of action fantasy and fun. Great script and cast. The Pixar team are simply stunning. Ok, maybe one or two of their films haven't felt as good as the rest but that's only because at their best they are amazing. As for the rest, I can't say I care. A-Team I want to like, but I won't expect much. Clash of the Titans will be just be a special effect fest. I hope it's fun, but that lead actor and the idea of fun don't seem like an ideal blend to me. As for Robin Hood, I think I'll wait a few more years for the one after the next re-imagining... or maybe the one after that. Dull, boring, pathetic to see such talent piss about with this tired character. Maybe Worthington will play Robin Hood next, then eventually an English person, with a bit of charisma might be considered and given a chance to breathe new life into the character. I'd rather see Bridges make another Lebowski movie than Tron. I guess it'll be fun for the kids so they'll have a Tron for their generation.
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"...a murderous child molester?"
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To be fair, Hammer's legacy *began* with remakes of older TV serials and horror films. 'The Quatermass Xperiment', 'The Abominable Snowman', 'The Curse of Frankenstein', 'Dracula', 'The Mummy', 'The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll', 'The Phantom of the Opera'... all in the studio's first six or seven years of horror output.
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SPOILER for 'High Tension'
Of all the characters in the movie, she's the *only* one who would know about that scene. She knows about it because it doesn't actually happen - it's the fantasy of the other personality in her head, her murderous 'male' personality is thinking of masturbating with a severed head while she's fantasizing about the woman she's obsessed with. -
chicken shit studios.
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Quint, no mention of RED DAWN or KARATE KID in your remakes list. Are they not 2010?
Also on Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Is this going to be a film you can actually take your children too without SCARRING THEM FOR FUCKING LIFE???
I watched CORALINE yesterday. And what the fuck???? This is a film for little kids??? It's some seriously creepy shit man. Fuck you Burton, you musta given millions of kids nightmares and no - that's not a good thing.
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...when my kid gets a little older I might agree with you on CORALINE, but for now...children's stories need plenty of darkness. Kids like to be scared. THE WIZARD OF OZ scared the shit out of me when I was four...of course my parents probably shouldn't have let me watch it.Anyway, there's too much watered down and pre-chewed pap out there for children already. Movies like CORALINE must be encouraged...on principle alone if noting else...
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Grrrrr... sinks teeth into Flickapoo's ankle then runs off to skulk under the house...
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scared the shit out of this 30 yr old :-)
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I agree der King about that. Predators etc not so sold on yet, but am interested in seeing the new Tron, Iron Man Too, Titans, etc. A-Team well who knows? it may be a fun time or not. Can't be any worse save for I expect the bullets will kill and people will die in explosions, crashes, etc instead of like that infamous Kurtwood Smith copter chase episode from '83. You know-copters shooting at each other along the shore, copter one hits a cliff and crashes in a ball of fire 100 feet to ground, baddies crawl out unscathed, etc. That likely won't happen this time out--
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...to be released christmas 2011!
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not surprising really, coming from Tim Burton. I'm looking forward to TOY STORY 3, PREDATORS, IRON MAN 2, PIRANHA 3-D, HP 7, and TRON 2. Red Dawn for stupidity's sake, but apparently someone forgot to put it on this list...
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Jan 03, 2010 9:50:15 AM CST
ZOOEY'S NEW FLICK "YOUR HIGHNESS" IS MOVING THROUGH THE PIPELINE
by bringingsexyback
With Zooey in her natural role as a princess, and supported by Natalie Portman as a warrior, 2010 will no doubt be the Year of the Deschanel.
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Jan 03, 2010 9:59:11 AM CST
Expendables, Machete, Edge of Darkness, Shutter Island, Inceptio
by stuntcock mike
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Mike, just remakes, reboots and sequels on this list. Tho you could argue that MACHETE qualifies...
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Don't much care about the rest. Yawn.
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That Ron/Hermione hookup made no fucking sense in the book, and it's a sad joke in the film. Radcliffe and Watson have real on-screen chemistry that no amount of bad prose from Rowling (she writes no other kind) or screenplay twiddling or glycerine tears on Watson's cheeks can make remotely believable. And so what does that asinine director of Half-Blood Prince choose to have the movie focus on? The totally unbelievable pairing of Ron and Hermione! GAAHHHH!!! It's ass, I tell you! Ass!
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Like most of Gaiman's "children's books". Why the hell do these authors take such pleasure in creeping out little kids? It's even worse than when Stephen King took such delight in offing them in his books. (When he got hit with that van, I'm telling ya, first thought of mine was that scene of that toddler getting hit with the semi in "Pet Sematary". Second thought was "ha, ha, Stephen King, poetic justice". Sorry. But I did think that.
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Sorry, I MEANT that the Grint/Watson onscreen pairing wasn't believable, despite all the scenes of Hermiones whining and angsting over him (downright embarrassing). Of course it helped that they weren't together much in most of the scenes. That reduced the absurdity some, but failed to expunge the unnaturalness of it all.
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There I said it! Robin Hood looks like Gladiator part 2, only Maximus has better clothes on and a bow and arrow
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...do you have kids? Do you remember what scared/scarred you as a kid? When I was a kid my parents let me watch all the horror that was out there. I mean by the time I was ten I'd seen pretty much the entire output of Hammer and AIP, most of it uncut at the drive-in. I'd get scared but I'd also want to see it again immediately. They also let me see The Wizard of Oz. I can't watch it even now, more than thirty years later. The scene with the hourglass drives me out of the room, I get uncomfortable from the very first moments in Kansas. The thing about kids is you can't tell what's going to get to them. So here I am today, loving The Monster of Piedro Blancas, which at five was the first time I'd ever seen a monster brandishing a decapitated human head, and with nothing but fond memories of hiding behind the couch the first time I saw it, but absolutely unable to watch The Wizard of Oz. Now although I try to be pretty liberal about what I let the kids see I'm not nearly as laze faire about movies and television as my parents were. For instance my seven and eleven year olds have seen Big Trouble in Little China but they haven't gotten to fly up to the Arctic Circle with Kurt just yet. But when I've made a mistake and had to talk the kids through something it was never something I was worried about whether they were old enough for. It was always something that flew out of left field, just like that damned hourglass. (Ask me about Labyrinth sometime...after our talk it became one of my daughter's favorite movies, but ouch that loss of identity thing was rough).
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The only good Burton is Richard Burton.
Tim, not so much.
In fact most 'Tims' tend to be twats. It's a gaylords name. Apologies to anyone called Tim reading this that isn't a friendless woos, but you're the fucking exception to the rule. -
woos = wuss (but worse. in fact only Tim's can be woosies)
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They are more faithful to the book than the Swedish movie was. Granted I can't believe Hollywood being more of a risk taker than their Swedish counterparts.
Things missing from the original movie that were in the book include Hakan's pedophile storyline (portrayed very graphically, too graphically for my taste actually, in the book which obviously would never make the big screen, but could be more obvious than in the original movie) and his motives for helping Eli was his attraction to her, Hakan's zombie vampire turn, Oskar's has far more serious emotional and physical problems (anyone who read the book knows what a pissball is),Oskar's and Eli's relationship being far more morbid and death related, Eli's "Crying Game" revelation, a subplot with Oskar's "friend" Tommy, and Oskar's and Eli's first encounter.
If the new film is more faithful to the book in tone and plot points, they could make an original remake that wouldn't sully the original movie. Granted the original shied away from a lot of the taboo subject matter and I can't see a Hollywood film being braver in that aspect (Heck, Peter Jackson shied away from the rape and murder in The Lovely Bones and that was tame compared to this book). I fear that the remake will go the safe route and stay faithful to the movie rather than the book. If they can be a little more daring, I think they can make a provocative film that will be judged on its own merits. -
...if you write horror/dark fantasy and are a parent the very worst fear you have, the thing that takes you to the darkest place of despair and fear, is the loss of a child. I suspect the reasons for this are even more complicated than just the paralyzing, wanting to die fear that the thought of losing a child inspires. I think it probably also has something to do with the fact that you're constantly losing your child for a newer, more grown-up version, one who needs you less, who has less of that wide-eyed wonder about the world, who is more like you. The story I'm currently avoiding working on involves the murder of a child in the opening chapter, and that loss forms the spine for nearly all the protagonist's motivation and growth throughout the rest of the story as she first becomes certain she can communicate with the child and later becomes obsessed with the belief that she can bring her back. It isn't the kind of story I would have written before I had children, maybe not even the kind I could have written. In short, once you have kids it's the thought that terrifies and moves you the most, and writing is usually about picking at the sore spots.
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...unexpected that got me...adults acting weird in particular. A villain, no matter how scary I could understand...inexplicable behavior scared the shit out of me...Andy Warhol would have haunted me for life had I been exposed to him under the age of eight. I don't remember being particularly freaked out by the witch in WIZARD OF OZ...it was more the weird, fake, and slightly insane manufactured happiness of the whole place.So yeah, I think CORALINE in particular might have deeply scared me...I still encourage it wholeheartedly though...
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Yes, in the book Eli is a boy with mutalated genitals who lives as a girl. In the book, when the relevation is revealed, Eli is refered to as he for the rest of the book rather than she as he was prior to the revelation. It was also the reason why Hakan was attractive to him because he was a pedophile interested in young boys.
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Red Ned, yes I think you're right in saying its hard to anticipate something that will 'disturb' a young child. I thought CORALINE seemed to have been made specifically for that purpose; featuring many of the classic 'disturbing' elements (falling down a well, parents going missing, seemingly nice people turning out to be evil, spiders, freaky eyes).
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Love the original. I am cautiously optimistic about the sequel although I think it is stupid to make Gordon Gekko a good guy as it looks like they are going to do. I still am bewildered at the career that is Shia LeBeouf. He could ruin the movie in my eyes.
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...daughter see CORALINE before the age of...eight?...ten?...maybe twelve?I think I'll know when the time is right...I hope.
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...I'm actually looking forward to that because it IS likely to be cheesey crap. And I moistened myself when I saw that A-Team cast pic...
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...a groundbreaking book on child psychology and fairy tales. I think the "science" is considered a bit dated and Freudian now, but there's no arguing with Bettelheim's dissection of the dark, disturbing, and perverse undercurrents and overcurrents in classic fairy tales.Since a true fairy tale doesn't have a true "author" in the normal sense of the word...they evolved over centuries...Bettelheim argues that these classicly dark, violent, and often barely disguised sexual symbols help a child work out disturbing emotions in a relatively safe context they can understand.A fascinating read...
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The level of film analysis here is on a decline. Guess you don't like Tim Robbins then. "Alice" looks a little too busy and gawdy for my liking, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory stunk...but I'm still a fan of Burton's work when married to the right material. Dark Shadows starring Johnny Depp (his next project) might be good.
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...everything I've seen of that film so far looks like complete and total shit. Eric Roberts...Steve Austen...corny humor...Stallone rocking a goatee and over-sized T's...a who's who of B movies apart from Jet Li who never really works in American action films....yeah, that looks like a train wreck. And the fact that Schwarzenegger and Willis are being shoe-horned into the film isn't exactly a huge drawing point.
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...it reminds me of that retarded character from Family Guy. You know the one who is cock-eyed? Think about it.
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...In can understand where you're coming from but I think that's part of my point. I took the kids to see Coraline in the theaters and the worst I got out of it was having to explain to my daughter why the crazy old actress sisters took off almost all their clothes to do the circus routine. My son jumped once, during the ending credits, when one of the batdogs popped out of the screen and has complained repeatedly since then that the batdog doesn't come out of the screen the same way at home (because the video 3-D fairly sucks). On the other hand I have an old LA friend whose eight year old daughter actually threw a fit at her for taking her to see Coraline because it bothered her so badly. As someone raised by a mother who fostered the belief in all things supernatural and pretty much let me watch anything with no explanations (most scarring movie I ever saw...Suddenly Last Summer by a lap, and I saw it before I turned ten) I've always taken great care to explain movies and television to the kids, as well as what's likely real and what isn't. It's always a balancing act but your number one job as a parent is to nurture your children so they will be best able to deal with all the influences and experiences that will confront them, from kindergarten on, when they are out in the big bad world. As a protector of a child, with that being your only responsibility, I suppose the themes of mysticism and guilt in Teletubbies might even be something you would want to protect them from. But that certainly wouldn't help build a child who could one day go on to be a functional and successful part of society. That said, anyone who becomes a parent has to find a balance he or she can live with comfortably.
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Flicka, no I havent read that book but I can certainly recognise the dark content in many of the classic fairy tales and myths we tell our children. Actually (despite being down on CORALINE, which I think is too disturbing for the audience its aimed at) I do value and prefer the *original* versions of the fairy stories. Original as opposed to the sanitized ones which seem to have recently taken over at bookstores (for example the big bad wolf locking grandma in the closet rather than eating her).
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Why is Robbins a twat? He might be one, I'm not sure...but I'm curious why you think so.
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Chakra, mostly just to back up my Tim=Twat theory... the dojo doesn't always operate very scientifically I have to admit...
I repeat, anyone reading this called Tim that is 100% sure they are not a twat please do not be offended. However Tim's that are only 99% sure and ocasionally spot people whispering or pointing as they pass - then yes, sorry to bear bad news but you *are* a twat. -
...yeah fine, Tim Robbins. But what about Tim Roth? Timothy Bottoms? Timothy Dalton? Gotta' agree with the Richard Burton love, though. Watched Bluebeard again a few months back and just the expression on his face when he decides he has to kill Raquel Welch is worth a career. Plus, hey, Hammersmith Is Out (which still hasn't gotten a real DVD release, damn it).
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...I'm starting to believe it. It was in a Manhattan movie theater, and he was in front of me in the concession line with his son...I didn't really want anything but when I saw him I decided to buy something...and he told his son to go find a seat for them. Then I said "Mr. Robbins," and he turned to me..I said, "I love your work," and shook his hand. The black kid working concession looked at him, then to me, back to him, and shrugged, not knowing who he was. Then Robbins gave him a face and motioned to me with his head like I was crazy. I thought it was funny at the time and laughed...but now I'm going to believe he's a twat...I'm easily influenced.
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...it's just a book anyone with a particular interest in this topic would probably enjoy regardless of whether they agreed with it or not...Interestingly, the author would have no use for CORALINE. He was only interested in fairy tales that evolve over long periods of time. His idea was that as each teller tweaked and perfected the tale to better hit a child's emotional pressure points the true fairy tale eventually becomes a tuning fork perfectly pitched to a child's emotions...
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Red Ned, good comments. I'd love to read a dissertation about the themes of mysticism and guilt in the Teletubbies!
I had two movies that freaked me out as a pre-teen child. Neither of which by rights I should have seen. One was called RUBY, some grisly EXORCIST type rip-off, the other was THE WICKER MAN (which is one of those 'adults acting weird' archetypes that Flicka mentioned). Although THE WICKER MAN was also responsible for one of my first bonafide boners with the naked barmaid dance - so it aint all bad!! -
Timothy Dalton. Timothy. Proves my case - that man knew not to shorten his name into something twattish.
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...in the "adults acting weird" department. I was a little sick and my parents let me stay home from some evening family outing for the first time all by myself...caught it on TV...Turned on every light in the house...every floor...buried my face between two sofa pillows and prayed for either death or my parent's swift return...either one would have been fine as long as it came quickly...
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...don't know much about him apart from the characters he plays. Tim Russert wasn't a twat, though...he was a genuinely good guy. And I disagree with the original Burton twat comparison, too...so this theory is starting to fall apart.
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...one of the rules I have for myself is to be in the room with the kids when they are watching things (although that has now collapsed to include the words "for the first time"). And my daughter loved those stupid gurgling tv-bellied gremlins. Even now, a half decade after she lost interest, the theme from that show haunts me. Although to be fair to the down under gyros, it's memories of Franklin and Little Bear that give me the seizures. Damn you, PBS Kids! Damn you, Sprout! Better now.
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Finally saw the film in Imax 3D this weekend and it fucking owned my ass. I still think Inglorious Basterds is the best film of the year but Avatar is second place.
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Chakra, you seem to be going to great lengths to debunk my water-tight Tim theory...
I'm starting to wonder if you might have a vested interest Chakra. OR SHOULD I SAY - TIM! -
I'm Mithun Timothy Chakraborty.
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Jan 03, 2010 12:12:13 PM CST
...speaking of Freudian sex in fairy tales, there is an...
by flickapoo
...early version of JACK AND THE BEANSTALK in which Jack's evil father beats him regularly with a stick. Jack's mom sends him out to sell the cow at market but Jack trades the cow for a magic stick...a much BIGGER magic stick than his old man's. All you have to do is say "up, stick...and at'em!" and the magic stick will dance around and beat up anyone you ask it to...When Jack comes home his father is furious that Jack traded the cow for a stupid dancing stick...and promptly starts to beat him with his thick and knotty dad stick.Jack of course yells "UP, SITCK...AND AT'EM!"...and his new brand new twelve year old boy magic stick rises up and knocks his dad's punk ass out...saving himself, his mom, and beginning an exciting new career in ass kickery for young Jack.Unbelievable but true.
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FYI....Robbins and Sarandon never married.
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Chara, you got nothing to worry about. It's tucked away in the middle and no one ever 'shortens' middle names.
Plus you got a kick-ass first name.. Mithun The Mighty, Mithun The Mythic.. all good stuff!
Flicka, im gonna use that line tonight... there's also an old telling of Jack And The Beanstalk where he returns to the Giant's castle in disguise to steal the golden harp, and the disguise Jack chooses is 'blackface'. RDJ style! -
...okay, bad example, though I really did like him in The Kovak Box.
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Dude, just go and buy a new blowup doll. Not like it was a real human or anything. Or go order yourself a new girl off the internet catalogs.
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Where's The Green Hornet?!?
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fuck it- film making has officially died.
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*SPOILERS AHEAD* Dar..they NEVER showed "Eli's cooch". Dum Guy is right..Eli is a BOY. A castrated boy. That's not a vaginal slit..it's a castration scar (go read the book). Eli tells Oskar he's not a girl..some misunderstand that to mean "Eli means a vampire..not a girl". That's incorrect..the book (and movie) are correct...Eli was indeed a boy.
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Are they going to re-release the original in theaters so kids nowdays know what the fuck they're watching??
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...I'm thinking that stick might take two "up and at'ems!" to get that bad boy off the ground...Is that OK to say...?
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As opposed to this poor fucker in LET THE RIGHT ONE IN it seems...
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I was unaware that Boxleitner was in this.
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but i'm more of a prick than a twat, i think. so i'll take solace in that. but on the subject of childhood film experiences that scar you... my nemesis as a youngling was the wolf scene in "Neverending Story." that IS pretty twatish of a 3 year old, isn't it? argh
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...that wolf sticks with you...combine that with a bad experience with a dog on your street and you're fucked for life...
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...this is slightly outside my area of professional expertise, but have you considered a strict regimen of "doggy-style" (pardon the crude term) sex? I would recommend therapy daily or at least once every other day for no less than two weeks...preferably thirty days. This is just a theory, but there is a strong chance that symbolically expressing your dominance over another "canine" (symbolically of course, no offense to your partner) might help exorcise this emotional demon.Best of luck, and break a leg.Signed,Drs. Geek
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God that's heartbreaking.
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...It occurs to me that performing the therapy in some sort of a cave or cave-like situation, or in a swamp, or on a white horse might expedite the process.On top of a flying white dog would be ideal, but probably out of the question. Perhaps you could rig up some sort of reasonable facsimile?Again, best regards,GRRRRRR!! (very unprofessional, I apologize)Drs. Geek
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besides that I'm only mildly excited for Robin Hood and Wall Street 2. The rest of the films sound like trash.
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lol it's already made 800 mil since the 18th
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ROFL. What a beast.
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It's not a good sign when even the title has been dumbed down.
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It's not a good sign when even the title has been dumbed down.
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You have to understand that the original Tron was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay the fuck ahead of its time. In fact, I would say the original has far more relevance now than it did then. Tron Legacy will blow some young minds!
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Jan 03, 2010 4:00:39 PM CST
I'm not excited about any of these. I'll see Iron Man and
by coughlins laws
Wall Street, and Harry Potter, but I just find nothing appealing about the tone of Clash of the Titans or Alice in Wonderland. I absolutely hate Johnny Depp's look in this thing. I realize that Depp and Burton like working together, but I don't think their track record is all that good. Edward Scissorhands was a cute, quirky little tale at the time, but does not hold up good at all. Sleepy Hollow was lame. His Willy Wonka was pretty awful and I don't like the digs Burton took at the Gene Wilder version, who the vast majority of us would say is superior. And maybe that Barber movie was pretty faithful to the play, but I think the story was bad and none of the songs were good. I think it was only popular because it was so different, not because it was particularly good. By and large, I think Tim Burton has a very mixed record in the quality of his movies and I really don't think a movie is a must-see just because he's the director. Most of his movies seem cool at first, but they don't hold up well at all. Just try watching his two Batman movies after seeing the last two made. In fact, the only movie he's made that I can still watch is Beetlejuice...As far as Predators or Nightmare on Elm Street, Why? That's my only question. Why?
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The only opening midnight showing that was sold out at my local theater was the IMAX version. The rest of the theaters were close to empty judging by handful of people that were waiting in line for it. Making a Billion is less than a month proves that J.C is the king of the movie world.
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I saw the PIRAHNA 3D trailer in front of Avatar and it looked TERRIBLE. Whoever said it had SHREK F/X wasn't kidding, I'm serious the fish looked terrible. Why are the 2 guys on the light cycles in the TRON LEGACY trailer
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re-familiarize myself with his work, and he's only made 3 movie I consider really good, and 2 of those are more kids movies. Ed Wood, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and Beetlejuice. Big Fish was overrated. Most of his other movies relied too much on his abnormal style. He's just not that good of a director, although he can show you visual flair and unusual style, but why does he get a pass for bad performances and bad storylines when George Lucas doesn't?
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in the top 250 on imdb but that's ok. I stopped taking that website seriously a long time ago.
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Ed Wood is his only saving grace.
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Tron 2 doesn't look promising
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like Burtons ex Lisa Marie? Obviously since he is now with Carter he probably can't use her anymore so he just went out and found a doppleganger. I thought it was Lisa at first in the trailer.
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Why the Hell is that sub-par actress seem to be in every movie? Was she really good in something I missed? I actually like The Devil Wears Prada, but her roll could've been played by 100 hundred other actresses. I don't think she's pretty (she's got a mousy face and she's WAYYY to skinny, not to mention she looks like she's 14 in every movie) and her acting isn't anything special (not horrible, but not good either). Here, she looks awful. I hate the platinum white hair with her jet-black eyebrows. With her skinny face, she looks like all eyes...
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Slowly becoming one of the movis im most looking forward to since i saw Worthington in Avatar. Plus total sucker for any greek myth stuff.
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it's apparently the big July 4th weekend movie, and therefore the studio is betting the bank on it
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First of all, I can well believe you're a writer...that was some excellent prose in your post, dude. Well, I stand by my distaste of Stephen King...I saw "It" some years ago, with the evil clown and the death of the little brother...aagghhh...gave me nightmares and pissed me off. I just think that King is a heartless, shameless manipulator rather than a good writer; just my opinion. Best wishes for your project, BTW.
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That's funny, cause nobody here, takes you seriously.
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I don't think it is so much an issue of the first movie being UNFAITHFUL to the novel... simply that it chose the things it focused on. Virtually everything in the movie is straight from the book, it's just that certain plot elements and tonal shifts were excised. That being the case, I think a different adaptation can be just as faithful to the novel and have a completely different tone and numerous different story elements. Whether it will be as GOOD remains to be seen, but I for one am actually looking forward to seeing a different take on the material .
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Havoc. The movie isn't good but she is topless in half the movie. No she isn't good and this whole Broadway turn she is taking has made her even more unbearable. I caught some kind of Christmas Muppets special thing and now she is "singing"?????????? for some reason. I changed the channel as quickly as I could but the damage was done.
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wow, didn't think i'd ever read that posted in a sentence. lol but man if there are people who saw that movie and really thought that was her vagina....damn. they must live on a mutant compound or something because over here, vagina slits don't go from left to right.
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Wow. Sorry bout that. Totally thought I was doing paragraphs that whole time.
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...thank you, although in fairness I need to express strongly how badly I suck. As for King I haven't read anything new of his in years but I owe him (for a lifetime of frustration) because it was reading Salem's Lot the summer after I turned twelve that made me want to be a writer. I'll always think that he's a writer best read in adolescence. That may seem odd because of so much of his subject matter but the folks I know who are lifelong fans almost all discovered him young. Anyway, thanks again, I need all the good will I can get. Stupid book's supposed to be done by the end of March and right now it's just laying there, looking at me.
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He keeps casting her as an increasingly deformed psycho hag. I think he treated her best when she played a chimp, and they weren't even involved yet...
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Man, Haute Tension was very very good. The same guy did 'Mirrors?' Really? Cause that was a steaming pile of maggot shit. Can't lose with a big budget piranna movie, though. Cant see how it would be a 'smart' movie, so fun is as much as I can hope for, though 'Fun' ussually means "'Dumb', but I convinced myself beforehand that I was going to have 'fun' even though it sucked ass."
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it seems Burton really loves his casting couch ass. I mean look at the guy. You know he has nothing but "..I make movies.." game going. I wonder how many young actresses he has violated only to turn around and cast the usual suspects. I mean really, he uses the same ten actors in every movie. Add Hathaway to the "sucked Burtons asshole" list. If she did a good job MAYBE he'll use her again. MAYBE.
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...although I agree that Burton's been hit or miss I disagree entirely about Sleepy Hollow. That was a dreamy, gorgeous homage to the Hammer Horror movies of the late sixties and early seventies, and it pretty much hit on all cylinders. And most of his misses have been interesting misses, though Big Fish was a terrific letdown, especially compared to Gilliam's Baron Munchhausen, which played on somewhat similar themes. I found Sweeney Todd fairly lifeless and hated his Planet of the Apes too much to even address it. Will disagree with you a bit about the Batmans, though. Given the studio environment and the general zeitgeist of the time I think Burton did pretty well with the first Batman movie. The question you have to ask yourself is whether, if Burton set out to make a Batman movie today, it would be pretty much the same movie. Unfortunately, my answer to that would be probably.
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Age has turned my once active mind into a non-absorbent tampon that only absorbs the words "Tits" and "Vagina".
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You're telling me you wouldn't cream-spackle Hathaway's moist mound? Riiiiiight.....
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“Stuntcock, what is best in life?”
“Tits. Vagina. And hear the theme of the A Team.”
…That is good…
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FINALLY get the treatment it deserves. The last two installments should have been cut in half as well. Fucking Yate. Stupid gay butthole Yates.
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FINALLY get the treatment it deserves. The last two installments should have been cut in half as well. Fucking Yates. Stupid gay butthole Yates.
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Iron Man 2 is probably the one I'm most excited for. "Let ME in" seems like it will be a disaster. I saw "Let the right one in" and enjoyed it, but just the title change alone makes me cringe. I think people will be a little tired of vampires when it comes out and I didn't see anything in the tone of cloverfield that told me the director can handle the quiet nuance of the original. Even though its not on this list, I think Kick Ass looks terrible from the trailer as well. I think its bright primary colors and whatever else make it seem to comic booky (and I know that's the point of it) but it just looks like Nic Cage is playing his version of Batman. (Big Daddy didn't really look the way Cage does in the film). Hit girl or no hit girl it will be a coin toss if I see it in theatres or not. "REMAKES SEQUELS and REBOOTS" pretty much says it all to me. I know we're supposed to be excited about that prospect but it just says more to the unoriginality of Hollywood now or the state they are in that we are subjected to unoriginal films. Film Piracy has made big original films like the matrix impossible to get greenlighted. Unless things are based on a known property they probably won't get made. 2012 is the only recent exception I can think of but that was based on the hype about that date than anything else. So lack of originality leads me to really only anticipate one film so far, and that is Inception. I've heard the trailer is bad but the fact that it is an original concept alone has me curious. Looks like only hugely popular directors can get that stuff made anymore, like cameron with Avatar. All that said, my fingers are crossed for 2010. I'm sure we'll be seeing Nic Cage make numerous cash grab movies for the next few years, starting with Kick Ass.
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has to be the saddest (worst cash-in) sequel of them all
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Bank on it.
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Looking forward to that one. I also think The Last Airbender (M. Night Shyamalan only directing, not writing) may be good, although it's probably more of a kids flick. Of the list that was given, I'm on board for Iron Man 2 and Tron Legacy. Clash of the Titans, Alice in Wonderland, Wall Street 2, The A-Team, Robin Hood, and Predators are might-sees, but it will depend on reviews and word of mouth.
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It's lightning in a bottle. I will NOT be seeing this supposed "sequel". I will simply laugh at it.
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are Christina Ricci's luscious yum yums.
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who needs to have his money cut off. Cunt, go away!
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Who the fuck told him he could direct?
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Christina Ricci looks like a rabid good trailer park fuck...Petite, tats, melons so big she got them reduced...and they are STILL big.She is the kinda girl you hope you hook up with after chatting her up in a dirty liquor store where she is buying Virginia Slims and a bottle of Boones Strawberry Hill for her mom.
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He can and does direct very very well. His problem is he thinks he is a writer (which he cannot do very very well).
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Book five FOR SURE! Half-Blood Prince only needed another 20 minutes or so, and another five minutes of Yates made up nonsense removed.
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...as much as I loved AVATAR, I'm afraid the crazy late night religious show guys is wrong. Obama isn't The Antichrist...James Cameron is.Near universal world love for AVATAR will lead to a single world government...and J. C.'s complete dominance as a director will make his ego unstoppable I'm afraid...And then there's this from the book of Revelations...THE BEAST FROM UNDER THE SEA..."And I saw a Beast coming out of THE ABYSS(!). The Beast I saw resembled a LEOPARD, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a LION and yellow eyes FOUR TIMES THE SIZE BY VOLUME. THE DRAGON gave The Beast his power and his throne and great authority.
One of the heads of The Beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed by the Tree of Life. THE WHOLE WORLD WAS ASTONISHED AND FOLLOWED THE BEAST. Men worshipped The Dragon because he had given authority to The Beast, and they also worshipped The Beast who asked, "WHO IS LIKE THE BEAST? WHO CAN MAKE A FILM LIKE HIM?"
The Beast was given a mouth to utter PROUD WORDS and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for FORTY TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS.
Revelations 13 1-5.So, you know...just FYI...
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...I hereby nominate the above for "Best Post Ever". I'm still laughing.
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$666,700,000
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I am ... scared.
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...hearing damage finally pay off.This really isn't about me though...Cameron has been trying to warn us for years...you probably should stash some weapons in the desert somewhere...maybe start attending a martial arts or self defense class down at your local strip mall Karate place...This could get ugly...
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He paid homage to the dark lord!!!!
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...have electricity and running water.Wish me luck...
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Godspeed Flicka
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Jan 03, 2010 8:57:45 PM CST
...I just sent that as an email to my right wing relatives...
by flickapoo
...it's not that different from the usual stuff they send me...with any luck you'll all be getting spammed with it soon...I've put up with that shit for years...now it's my turn!
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how are you relevant? what is your name supposed to mean? does anyone care? piss off. - - - did i miss the scary parts in CORALINE? i saw THE EXCORCIST when i was 12 (sure, it fucked me up real good), don't think CORALINE will be doing any catastrophic damage. NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS is way creepier
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Jan 03, 2010 9:36:27 PM CST
where's the news on STARFIGHTER and POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL?
by monkey_king
Gelflings and CGI and the return of Alex Rogan(hopefully with transforming Gunstars) would round out my year 2010!
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...from above way up above seemed to love it. But it sounds basically like a straight remake from the film with nothing from the book being added back in(i read it right after i saw the film, and it's true they left out some really disturbing shit that no Hollywood mainstream film'll EVER put in. My money's on them NOT going into the whole "Eli was a boy thing so Hakan was a pedophile who liked boys, therefore OWen/Oskar likes boys since he's sticking with the girl/boy". I thought they might play up the Hakan Zombie vampire thing to amp up the scare/gore/horror. ANyone for CGI cats attacking? The Oskar/Owen kid was good in The Road, but it'll be hard to beat the blonde kid from the original. He was a great oddball of a geek, and i usually am unimpressed with child actors.
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what currently hip indie band will they get to redo the Morrissey b-side gem that gave the original book and film their title?
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To make paragraph breaks on this site type: without any spaces.
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That's what I'm looking forward to,...the news of Superman being under Nolan's direction, in THE DARK KNIGHT follow-up. (The escalation continues in Gotham City.)
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freakin' typos that can't be fixed
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She looks like a 12 year old boy wearing a dress to me...
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teefury.com 24 hrs and never again. $9
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Tim Burton lost me after Planet of the Apes, I haven't liked any of his films since. Props to David Slade for trying dismantle Twilight though, that's just wonderful (and I fucking loved 30 Days of Night).
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Jan 04, 2010 12:23:07 AM CST
Bah, all of this PALES in comparison with the final season of LO
by 3d-man
Yeah, baby.
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Reboots, Sequels and Adaptations. Not just most anticipated.
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Or Katie Holmes. Both of whom most people on the talkbacks go ga-ga over. They're just average brunettes, at best.
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It's not perfect, but it's better than a lot of people make it out to be (and this from a HUGE fan of the comic books).
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Is not aging well, probably being married to Tom does that to you, Kidman is looking much better since being divorced from him.
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The Ray Harryhausen Era (~55-82)
The George Lucas Era (77-2009)
The James Cameron Era (2009+)
There was a little bit of overlap for Ray, his era ended with the release of Clash of the Titans. His era consisted of stop-motion animation to render his monsters and it was the last film I know of to do so.
The George Lucas Era embraced models and practical effects and took them to a whole new level, including the incorporation of and advancing of CGI technology to enhance traditional sets. This era culminates and ends with Alice in Wonderland which is more than likely going to be a failure, or a moderate success at best. Burton went the Lucas route and made a 2D film that was enhanced to 3D in post and the trailer clearly shows it.
What we now have upon us is the James Cameron era where everything is immersive 3D and traditional sets have been jettisoned with complete motion capture technology used to record the movements for enhancement later. Given that Avatar has now in 17 days made what The Dark Knight made in its entire run at the box office, every executive worth his salt is going to be finding directors that can reliably take advantage of this technology and you are going to see a huge push in the next year or two to be the next guy on the block with an Avatar style immersive experience film.Its about time someone took up the mantle of George Lucas, and its nice to see the old guy off into retirement.
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I know that Alice in Wonderland is done by Tim Burton.. its just he's using the tools and thinking of the George Lucas Era to do it. This is why he's doomed to failure.
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I know that Alice in Wonderland is done by Tim Burton.. its just he's using the tools and thinking of the George Lucas Era to do it. This is why he's doomed to failure.
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Anyone else notice that? WTF man... BA Baraccas was a mad mofo, not some punk who can be upstaged by Sidney Bristo's stalker best friend.
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will remember Harryhausen's last Sinbad movie came out the same summer as Star Wars; it even had Dave Prowse in it. But you could tell already it was the end of an era. When Clash came out with Bubo the mechanical owl as an R2D2 stand-in, it was just confirmation. Thank the gods (Olympian or otherwise) the scene with Perseus & the Medusa was so exquisite; one last flourish from the Master.
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Solomon Kane, and Parnassus.
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Funny, i though that McG directed both of them. You know, McG, the assclown that fucked up beyond all recognition (FUBAR in short) the latest Terminator movie?
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Let The Right One InThe Godfather2001: A Space OdysseyCitizen Kane
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I think "Let The Right On In" is a lightning in a bottle thing. not that i'm disparing the talent of the filmmkers who mad,e it, but that movie is just bottled magic. I would be immensely suprised if the remake could had a fraction of the original's quality.And for all those who can't understand why the movie is so good and loved, sucks to be you. You do not know what you are missing out. Really, you don't.
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Great list Q.
i loved ltroi so much i bought the book. terrific book. one thing a sequel has going for it is the untapped scenes and sub-plots from the book that didn't appear in the original. -
I shall go forth to Hollywood and become "the human shredder".
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Did somebody say that Hathaway and Holmes are average brunettes? Where do you live, I'm moving there!
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...about (SPOILER)......was the end with the thug kids...I've never been to Sweden, but the bullies seemed a little comically 50's style thugs (a little STAND BY ME-ISH). And I had a hard time believing they would kill our hero. Like I said, I haven't been to Sweden, but I grew up in Europe and kids rarely even used their fists...most conflicts ended in BIG NIGHT style chest pushing and awkward slapping...I'd say it worked OK in the context of the movie...but it bugged me a little bit.
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If you have you would not question the ferocity of the Swedes.
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He's sucking the life and youth out of poor Katie. She used to be so cute in Dawson's Creek and then she had to go and ruin herself by marrying him.
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No good can come from this... It will likely be insulting to the Original. And the only people who'll like this is morons who considered T4 and Twilight great cinema.
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...in high school were SLAYER-heads. My Grandma was wrong...music can't make you evil.(although it can turn you into a pussy if you listen to too much of the wrong stuff)
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Already here. If you have a 3D enabled TV, you buy flicker glasses with a transmitter and connect your computer for 3D porn (done on the fly by a program called TriDef) It will actually do it with any movie, not just porn, with middling results. It is "stereoscopic" 3D, so it uses the shutter glasses to produce the effect. It actually works great with many computer games.
As for the "dark" aspect of the later Harry Potter movies, I have no problem with the dark tone, but that last one "Half-Blood Prince" was just too physically dark. I mean, even in outdoor scenes during the day, I had trouble seeing anything. It reminded me of the last Predator v. Aliens movie. I actually intensely disliked Half Blood Prince for 75 percent of the running time. I found it uninvolving and disjointed. It improved a bit at the end. -
in the book Oskar does a lot more to his nemesis than whack him round the ear with a stick, this escalates to the drowning scene, it makes more sense in the book
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...I didn't quite buy that they would risk killing him. Not that kids always make sense in real life...but I accidentally hurt a kid badly in a childhood fight. I meant to hurt him a little, but accidentally (foolishly) sent him to the hospital.Point is...nobody tried to drown me...and like a corny movie we became good buddies after that.But I love the movie.
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...until you mentioned Topher Grace.
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And you were doing so good Quint.
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That Johnny Depp is once again playing a character in eye-shadow, white face paint, and wig, and a faux british accent. That's new ground for him!
There's no way Robin Hood could be a bad film with Scott and Crow; but I do have to confess that Crow would have made a better sheriff to Bale's Robin Hood. Crow looks more like Friar Tuck in that pic. -
Jan 04, 2010 12:15:04 PM CST
Honestly, except for Iron Man 2, they all look like crap.
by orbots commander
Yeah, baby, give me more sequels and remakes![/snark]
As much as I thought that Avatar was just an 'okay' flick, and aside from the 3D use which was amazing, was nothing to write home about, at least it was something new and trying to be different.
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It's okay, Quint. We all do it. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
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Let the Right One In is a flawless movie. I will seriously boycott the remake, and everything else that director ever does. Fuck that shit.
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I love how for the past few weeks certain people have been wondering what do we have to look foreward to, besides, you know, Iron Man 2. Now that Quint is making an effort to catalogue upcoming releases of interest, ofcourse the responses seem to range from guarded enthusiasm to "meh". And that's just based on trailers, or in some cases, only descriptions! I know there are bound to be some duds, but whatever happened to excitement about movies? This is a movie-geek site. I get it, okay? Some of you are cool. But why even waste time posting if most mainstream entertainment is beneath you? You just sound like jaded, cynical arseholes.
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that an Asian culture is respected in a major Hollywood picture. Now Will Smith's remake is called Karate Kid and Karate = Japan, Will. You are setting your movie in Beijing and it is staring Jackie Chan, and has him performing Gung Fu. Will, buddy, Beijing and Jackie Chan = China. To paraphrase Mike Myers: There is Japan, there is China... and THERE is the BLOODY SEA!. Why don't we remake the Da Vinci Code, where Tom Hanks visits the Louvre in London, the wonderful fjords of Switzerland, and tours the Vatican in Berlin. Respect these people's cultures, please!
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I used to be like you, but now I realize that much of the stuff put out IS crap. Look, I really only care about the LTROI remake. It's ONE YEAR OLD, and the original is brilliant. It's a travesty that they remake this. It's not inaccessible to American audiences, it would be perfectly fine to release the original widely in the US, but everyone here is too stupid to read subtitles, and too immature to deal with the complex, dark, and sexual themes beneath the surface. It's insulting to the fans, the original director, and the original actors (who were mind-blowing) that they have to "Americanize" this film. As far as the rest of the list, bring them on, I look forward to them.
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I'll get excited if I see something about a movie that has me wanting to see it. Other than Iron Man 2, it might also be Nolan's Inception, but really, that's about it.
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Just get irritated by some negative vibes. Some people try too hard to be snarky. Oh, well. What can you do? And I totally agree, a good deal of shit is produced every year.*** Let the Right One In: I have yet to see it, but I am aware of it and know many people care about it. It's barely been out a year, right? I cannot imagine why they would remake it so soon. From what I've gleaned, you're right about subtitles. People I've talked to say the same tired shit: "I don't go to the movies to read." Whatever. Never been afraid of 'em myself. Some of my favorite films (Seven Samurai; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)are subtitled. I share your outrage at the dumbing down of a moody, intricate work. Some things should be left alone. Not everything needs to be Americanized. The result is usually inferior, it doesn't retain what made the original special. I'm personally hoping Sir Ridley and Russell give us a definative Robin Hood. And, ofcourse, it would be nice if The Wolfman was more than just another remake!
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...nom, nom, nom.
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Hey, it's just movies, right? I'm there with P.T. Barnum. I want 'em to show me some shit I haven't seen before! In this day and age of highly developed movie making, that seems in surprisingly short supply. And thanks, I may enjoy that Twilight sequel when I go to see it with my wife.
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They should just leave well enough alone.
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I'm actually really anxious to see this because I think there's a legitimate reason to make this movie. If Stone does the story justice, it could be something that puts the whole banking/subprime/clusterfuck of the highest order thing into perspective for people that may not necessarily grasp what happened but place all the blame on either a Democratic congress or Bush. Essentially, what has happened over the last few years is, in my opinion, so much worse than ANYTHING we've ever seen in terms of clusterfuckness, that looking back on things like the hippie peace movement, the cold war, and hell... even WWII, 'fight the good fight' type patriotism makes you almost want to laugh and cry at the same time... we were so naive... and kind of still are! The war on terror is merely a distraction while the real turn of the screw happens with every new tax and law that reigns in personal freedom. On the left AND the right... both sides are merely corporate pawns and the health care bill is a perfect example. They, (meaning Obama, conservatives, and the insurance comapanies) all wound up with exactly the bill that they wanted. Nothing has really changed, except now you're MANDATED to buy their overpriced, shitty 'products'. If you thought they were out of control before, you ain't seen nothing yet... and I can see the same happening elsewhere. All the banking and credit bill did was create an atmosphere where you will soon be charged to use your own money. And I have to wonder if that was the intention all along... my advice? Put it under a mattress. I wouldn't be surprised if cash soon becomes a thing of the past or is abolished altogether in favor of debit and credit cards. The reasoning, of course, will be that it will enable them to catch tax cheaters and impose taxes easier so in the long run, it will save us all money as the IRS gets what it is owed. And if you believe that, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...
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in this? I don't think so, unless they just added him as a cameo. They should leave the 2 out the title. Either call it Part II or just Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.
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Okay they've already made the title stupid. And they highlighted the "ME" in red, like "See, it's different!". If they can't even keep the chilling, touching title of the original, I'm not gonna bother.
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I read that Sheen does have a cameo in the movie. The thing that scares me the most with this movie is Michael Douglas forgetting how to play that part. For some reason, certain actors forget how to play parts they played when they were younger... or they forget how to act altogether! I really hate to say it, but Sigourney Weaver has almost completely forgotten how to act (see her cringe-inducing first scenes in Avatar, which I otherwise loved, and also see her in The Village.) Pacino's Michael Corleone in Godfather 3 had almost nothing to do with he of the first two movies... and I don't mean because he was kinder and gentler and wanted to be forgiven, I mean there was NOTHING, other than it being the same actor, that resembled that character. Anyway, I'd really love to see Gecko pulling the strings onscreen again... and Douglas' plastic surgery/facelifts oddly play right into the part, don't they? While they're at it, they should bring back Terrance Stamp.
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Her "I need to take some samples" scene was probably the best character moment in the movie.
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Jan 04, 2010 3:54:49 PM CST
HAUTE TENSION was great BECAUSE of the last 5 minutes!!!
by lanemyersclassic
You fucking idiots! That's what distinguished it from just another boring slasher flick. Style and substance and balls to the wall fuck you to the audience! It got me, cause I didn't read shit about it before going to see it. I think that is really the only way it works. But, wasn't that the same with the 6th Sense??
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It will be forgettable because of how great the first one is. But I am intrigued because they were patient and waited for the right time to do a sequel. Douglas doesn't even look like Gekko in the photos. He should have stayed with the slicked back look and tight suspenders.
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...while I'm not crazy about it being remade, I won't pass judgement until I se it. Just wish if we're gonna get remakes, they would remake films that were not quite in the first place. To stick with westerns, I liked the original 3:10 to Yuma, but thought the remake was better. A couple of others that i think have great titles but are so so movies, Gunfight in Abilene and Duel at Diablo( which has a great score, I'll always remember Depalma using the title sequence on tv in the background in Carrie.)
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I was a little harsh, I think she was good after her first few scenes, but mostly when she was in her Avatar. I'm sorry, but I wasn't the only one who noticed. There was an awkwardness to the acting in her first scene that a few people I've talked to mentioned as well. Other than that small gripe, I thought the movie was probably one of the best cinematic experiences I've ever had... I did the RealD for the first showing and am going back to check out the Imax3D this weekend. The grosses for this movie are strange too, because it can either peter out quickly from today going forward or keep going strong until ithits $2 billion... I'd honestly believe either scenario.
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Can't. Fucking. Wait. Also, that picture above of the original Predator? Christ, that is some brilliant character design. Still scary after all these years...
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...or sequel, or retelling... whatever you want to call it. But when I saw the trailer in the theater it got people all buzzing happy and shit. Seemed like they were totally into it, while I was squirming uncomfortable. I'm expecting this one to do big Squeakuel kind of business.
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...although the song "Burning Heart" wouldn't be completely inappropriate.
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Watched it several times just to HEAR it! COOL! BTW, never saw the original Tron. Weird huh?
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...any money out of me, the fucktards.
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It's a good, creepy film, but I don't get the masterpiece talk. The child actors are as good as the adults, which means a little awkward and stilted, but I guess that does work better for their characters. Everyone knows Oskar ends up like the man Eli first moves in with, one day getting jealous that he/she's getting close with some new boy, right?
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did you think it was jealousy? I thought it was remorse. but yeah i thought he would end up the same way. I think it is what was intended yup. i also agree that it is better than just good but not necessarily a masterpiece. Now if an American had made it originally........kidding. I said I was kidding! Sheesh. People are so sensitive.
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Let the Right One In was well made and had an interesting atmosphere. I could never tell what was going to happen and that really helped play a sort of confused adolescence vibe to the film. People won't try this film because it has subtitles? That is a shame. So, did they just scream during the subtitles for Jabba in Return of the Jedi?
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May not be a masterpiece, but it was creepy as hell.
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People are stupid. Specifically Americans. And I'm American btw, not one of those UK assholes who comes on here and makes fun of us, and then complains about how they don't get Transformers 2 on the same release date as us. Not sure where I was going with this. I'm sleepy.
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is if folks keep going to this crap ( wolfman and wall street excluded ) they will keep making them.
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Jan 05, 2010 11:52:49 AM CST
I do hope Wolfman and Clash of the Titans will be good
by josstossesthesalad
I hear you about the books. It's almost as though people relish in being ignorant. Taste aside, reading is just the best way to get most genre entertainment. I do have high hopes for Wolfman.
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Jan 05, 2010 7:39:46 PM CST
As far as Clash of the Titans, I don't like the look of it
by coughlins laws
because they took Perseus, who never knew he was the Son of a God and was a reluctant warrior, and they turned him into a screaming extra from 300. Why would he have that face of rage on him?
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Jan 06, 2010 5:06:15 AM CST
Twilight 3 coming out less than a year after New Moon?
by the_crimson_king
God help us all, well at least maybe we'll get this bullshit over with sooner
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They seem to raise the bar with every single film. And they are mega-budget films that don't feel that they've been exec'd and tested to oblivion. And - I have to admit - they are British!
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While I normally hate reboots and remakes, I am pumped about COTT even though the original is still a blast imho. Looking forward to Tron as well and I think the new Freddy flick ought to be a blast too. And really, ain't it just a perfect time to revisit Gordon Gecko?!
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...at the Avatar 3D showing was bad. Laughably bad. Bad like looking around to those around me and asking them if what I had just seen was for real bad.
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The original Dreamscape. If you remade that now with modern effects in 3D it would be amazing, maybe even a franchise. Why hasn't anyone picked this one up yet?
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Im still trying to understand why Matt Reeves is doing the LTROI remake, I saw this at fantastic fest and many times at home on dvd and just wish it were left alone.
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I expect middle America to eat this shit up...they're ignorant sheep, but the people on AICN and CHUD actually continue to support this garbage. It's nothing but marketing trash. Stop supporting this shit and they'll stop making it. When will people figure this out??? Until then, stop complaining about remakes if you're just going to stay a hypocrite and support them. Christ!
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I guess Salem's Lot, The Gate, Critters, etc will all be remade. There goes my childhood. Im still working on my Bionic Six screnplay though.
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For the love of Edward.
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Is that wrong? THEN I DON'T WANNA BE RIGHT!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Nah, seriously though, it looks great.
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5 years ago as a mini-series. It had a stellar cast, Rob Lowe, Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, James Cromwell, and Rutger Hauer as Barlow, but it fell kind of limp. Still, one of the better King adaptations.
An It remake was greenlit sometime back as well, what do you want to bet they'll have Matthew Lillard instead of Time Curry as Pennywise? Oddly enough, Seth Green will reprise his role as 12 year old Richie. -
The original film really muddled the revelation of Eli's gender. First, the actress is clearly a girl, and about thirty seconds from hitting puberty. When she says she's not a girl, it comes off as perhaps a reference to advanced age but not a plausible refutation of her obvious femininity. Ultimately, the quick flash of her (his?) crotch is confusing rather than revelatory. There seemed to be an assumption that, gee whiz, everyone of course is so familiar with 11-year-old pussy, that in a one-second shot, we're not shocked out of our skulls at the fact the camera is down there, and our mind is clear and able to process a completely unexplained prosthetic representation of an injury no one has ever seen, and conclude, oh, wow, it's a castrated boy, even though the film omits any clarification, and castration doesn't make a boy into a girl. Anyway, I think everyone expects the American remake to avoid the issue, and by the way keep both kids wearing a lot more clothes throughout.
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I hate Jesse.
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Just because Hollywood thinks with it's dirty red-raw asshole.
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I want a sequel to "Taken" and then I want "Liam Neeson vs. Predator." There's just something awesome about Liam Neeson fucking people up. Imagine a shot for shot remake of "Commando" with Liam Neeson as John Matrix. Are you hard yet?
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