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2010 Preview Part 3! Action, Animation, Drama and Fantasy!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the third of four installments in our 2010 preview… Today we cover Dramas, Action, Fantasy and Animation.
Once more, this isn’t a complete list of everything coming out and is meant only to show what’s on my personal radar and what I consider to have some kind of potential. There are a few big studio action movies that I decided not to include, most notably Salt and Knight and Day. They could very well be good movies, but when I saw the trailers for both films (back to back, no less) I was kind of stunned. They looked like fake trailers, the superstar cameo type you’d see before a movie like TROPIC THUNDER making fun of big studio action movies.
Having said that, if I miss something of interest let me know via email, Twitter or talkback and it could be included in the fourth and final list.
Let’s get started!
PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (May 28, 2010)
Keeping the Alfred Molina/Jerry Bruckheimer thread alive we come to Prince of Persia… Jake Gyllenhaal: Action Star? Laughable only a few years ago, but he seems to do well in the trailer. I don’t know, this one feels like a lesser blockbuster to me, but it’s got a nice cast and a shit-ton of money is guaranteed to be up on the screen. The real question is if we’re going to give a damn about the characters and/or story. Bruckheimer’s involvement means good action and hopefully Mike Newell as director means some attention paid to character. With actors like Ben Kingsley and Alfred Molina involved I sure hope so.
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (July 16, 2010)
The Year of Nic Cage continues! Call me insane, but this movie looks crazy as hell… in a good way. Let me get this straight… They made a film version of the Mickey Mouse mops and buckets scene from Fantasia… but set in New York City with Jay Baruchel instead of Mickey Mouse and Nicolas Cage as Yensid (or Balthazar Blake as IMDB has him listed). And Aldred Molina is a bad wizard? And there are dragons? And Monica Bellucci’s in it? And Jerry Bruckheimer produced it?!? How could this movie not be awesome?
RAPUNZEL (November 24, 2010)
So far we haven’t had a John Lasseter produced (while commanding the hall of Presidents robots at Disney, that is) film hit it out of the park. I loved the return to cel animation in THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, but I found it to be a fairly forgettable movie. BOLT is the best so far and it feels like it has one foot in late ‘90s Disney and one foot in Pixar’s world. Pixar keeps pumping out classics, but I’m still waiting for Lasseter’s Disney to do the same. The dude knows what he’s doing and I have faith in him. Maybe it’ll be REPUNZEL (although they need to drop the “Unbraided” subtitle right now). I love the style in the screened footage… a mix of painterly with CG animation, but style is one thing. The story has to be there. Co-directed by Bolt’s Byron Howard and Nathan Greno the flick features the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, David Cross (yay), Carol Burnett (double yay) and Jason Alexander.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3-D (February 12, 2010)
I can’t believe they haven’t started really pushing this yet. At ShoWest last year I saw the opening song, Belle, redone in 3-D and it was awesome. I’m not 100% on the 3-D bandwagon, but I’d actually LOVE seeing 3-D as the reason to reissue older films theatrically, giving audiences a new way to experience classics. I’ve also seen some of A New Hope in 3-D and it’s really cool. I’d love to see a trend in 3-D showcasing vintage film and animation is kind of a perfect testing ground in adding depth to features. But studios have to get behind these kinds of releases to see real returns.
THE GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE (September 24, 2010)
Zack Snider directs this animated flick based on the series of novels by Kathryn Lasky. There’s a ton of voice talent… Sam Neill, David Wenham, Jim Sturges, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, Miriam Margolyes, Abbie Cornish and LOST’s Emilie de Ravin to name a few. I know relatively little about the style of animation (I hear those who visited the set of SUCKER PUNCH got to see some of it) and know the story only from summaries online. But I do know that Owls are cool. Case in point:
THE RUNAWAYS (March 19, 2010)
Hold on… This isn’t a sequel to the Tom Selleck/Gene Simmons acid spitting robot spider movie? Well, okay I guess… Wait… When the hell did Dakota Fanning grow up? And why is she sexing up the super fun trailer for the Joan Jett biopic starring Kristen Stewart? This flick gets its premiere at Sundance and it’s one of the films I’m most looking forward to, thanks a lot to the below trailer set to Cherry Bomb. I love Kristen Stewart outside of Twilight (meaning when she gives a shit about the movie she’s in) and since this is a passion project of hers I expect her to be giving it her all.
NEVER LET ME GO (TBD 2010)
This project has my attention for a few reasons. One, it’s directed by Mark Romanek who famously left WOLFMAN and has directed a ton of great music videos (not to mention the underseen thriller ONE HOUR PHOTO). Two, it stars some great young actors, including Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield. And lastly, it’s based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (THE REMAINS OF THE DAY) which Time Magazine included in the 100 Best Novels of all time and has been adapted by Alex Garland (28 Days Later). The book has been described as “a haunting story of friendship and love” and promises a sci-fi element. That’s all I need to know.
THE AMERICAN (September 1, 2010)
From another music video director Anton Corbjin (who also helmed the great Joy Division movie CONTROL) comes this George Clooney starrer about an American assassin hiding out in Italy. It seems the standard “hitman’s last job” set-up, but with the talent involved I’d anticipate some fleshed out characters and powerful filmmaking on display. Clooney’s one of the best movie stars of our generation, so anything he toplines is of prime interest.
THE RUM DIARY (TBD 2010)
THE RUM DIARY is Johnny Depp being reunited with Hunter S. Thompson on film. As a massive fan of their last pairing (in Terry Gilliam’s FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) I’m very excited to see Depp take on Paul Kemp. While I doubt it’ll be as crazy as Fear and Loathing we have WITHNAIL & I director Bruce Robinson helming, Aaron Eckhart, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi and Amber Heard co-starring all based on Thompson’s famous novel of the same name.
RABBIT HOLE (TBD 2010)
Based on the Pulitzer Prize Winning Play of the same name, RABBIT HOLE is a Nicole Kidman/Aaron Eckhart drama about grief, specifically the grief of a mother and father who lose a child. Downer, right? But a good downer if we’re lucky. David Lindsay-Abaire adapts his own play and HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH’s John Cameron Mitchell directs. The flick co-stars Dianne Wiest, Sandra Oh and Giancarlo Esposito.
CHLOE (March 19, 2010)
This film is a perfect example of how a film can become attractive with the right people attached. Atom Egoyan directs this thriller with a mediocre-sounding premise starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried (grrooowwwlll). The idea is that a doctor thinks her husband is cheating on her, so she hires a call girl to test his loyalty. That call girl is Amanda Seyfried and that has my $7.50 right there. Sorry, but it’s true. The right cast, an interesting director and it has my attention. The flick did the festival circuit last year, but I somehow missed it. I’ll get my chance in March, it looks like.
FISH TANK (January 15, 2010, limited)
I’ve seen this one and can vouch for it. Fish Tank is a coming of age flick that is essentially an indie movie done right. It’s filled to the brim with cliché… a young girl rebelling against her slutty/abusive/drunk mother falls in love with her mum’s new boyfriend. If you’ve been to a film festival you’ve likely seen a movie like FISH TANK, but what’s different about this film are the characters that writer/director Andrea Arnold craft. Katie Jarvis establishes herself as a natural in the lead and one of the stars of 2009, Michael Fassbender, plays the supportive (even if in a creepy way) adult love interest.
EDGE OF DARKNESS (January 29, 2010)
Casino Royale’s Martin Campbell directs a William Monahan revenge tale starring Mel Gibson in his return as a leading man. If you’re not excited about this project for any of those reasons then I don’t know what to say. “You had better decide if you’re hangin’ on the cross or bangin’ in the nails.” Yes.
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (TBD 2010)
Based on a Philip K. Dick short story title The Adjustment Team, the flick is about a likable rising star politician (Matt Damon) who meets a hot ballerina (Emily Blunt), but even though there’s a connection he begins to notice forces are at work to keep the two apart. Who, what and why? The first feature from THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM’s screenwriter George Nolfi also features the great Terence Stamp and LOST’s Daniel Dae Kim. Here’s some street footage captured by an iPod nano camera of Matt Damon running in the rain to get you excited!
MORNING GLORY (July 30, 2010)
This is another fuck-up on my part… I overlooked this film, a comedy set in a newsroom called MORNING GLORY. So, instead of comedy I’m putting it here because I want to. The flick has a helluva cast… including Jeff Goldblum as a famous nighttime anchor who quits his spot because of the gossipy turn of the program. Rachel McAdams tries to hire him to save a Morning news show and shit hits the fan. Harrison Ford plays one of the morning news anchors and, I’d wager, doesn’t take to the hotshot Goldblum stepping in on his territory. Produced by JJ Abrams, directed by Notting Hill’s Roger Michell and co-starring Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Fiddy Cent this flick could be a summer surprise. I’ll just be happy if Harrison Ford is awake in the movie. I know, my standards are low…
BUNRAKU (TBD 2010)
I went to Romania to visit the set of this movie a while back. It was a fun trip and all the people working on the movie were really cool… that said, I have no idea what it’s going to look like. It’s a highly stylized revenge tale. Think Sin City crossed with a Stephen Chow film crossed with a Leone movie and you’re close, I think. There’s American western imagery, Hong Kong action and a bizarre, but cool cast assembled. Josh Hartnett is the revenge-hungry drifter, Ron Perlman is the mountain man-ish heavy, Kevin McKidd is the assassin in a suit, Woody Harrelson is the bartender (Woody!), Demi Moore and Japanese musician turned actor Gackt. With all the different influences this movie could be the equivalent of mashing all your vegetables in with your meat and potatoes or it could be the next great thing that is imitated for a decade. Either way I’m interested.
THE LAST AIRBENDER (July 2, 2010)
As much as I wanted to include M. Night Shyamalan in the next installment, “Genius Directors”, I just couldn’t after his run of films… THE VILLAGE on… some have been good, some have been horrible, but that steadiness he exhibited after THE SIXTH SENSE is gone. I can’t predict how his next is going to turn out now. So, banished from Genius Directors his next flick, which I’m actually really looking forward to, is THE LAST AIRBENDER adapted from the cartoon series AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. Poor Night and his titles always getting taken from him. Anyway, this is set in a world where there are four tribes, each representing a different element… Water, Air, Fire and Earth. No, it’s not a Captain Planet flick. Each tribe studies to control each element and there is one being every so often that can master all four called an Avatar. This Avatar is a young boy named Aang who has to protect his world from the aggressive and power-hungry Fire Nation. The cartoon has some really strong stuff in it. If Shyamalan plays his cards right this’ll be a big, fun tentpole film that is just as entertaining for adults as kids and teens. Newcomer and real life Karate Kid Noah Ringer plays Aang and Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel is Zuko, the angry and scarred Fire Tribe prodigy that’s hunting him down.
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (February 12, 2010)
I know nothing about these books and the trailers don’t really grab me… however, I do love Greek mythology and no matter how mediocre and dull I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER was I’ll always give Chris Columbus a shot. The dude directed ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, HOME ALONE and wrote GREMLINS, GOONIES and YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. Maybe coming from almost zero expectation on this film will make is a pleasant surprise. As long as it’s not a condescending kids flick and he can capture a little of the magic and awe that he did in the first Harry Potter movie then we’ll be right as rain.
RED DAWN (November 24, 2010)
WOLVERINES!!! I forgot this one in the Remakes, Reboots and Sequels category, so I’m slyly slipping it into the action flicks. I’m curious about this movie in particular because of the resurgence of Cold War-era troubles. This tale, like the original, has teenagers rising to save their town from invading Commies. Red Chinese and Russians, I’m sure, will be parachuting in and fucking things up for Captain Kirk’s dad (and soon to be Thor) and his friends, who include Josh Peck (The Wackness), Josh Hutcherson (Zathura, Vamprie’s Assistant), Adrianne Palicki (Legion, Friday Night Lights) and Isbel Lucas (we’ll forget Transformers 2 and say Daybreakers). Jeffrey Dean Morgan is also in the picture. We’ll see how hardcore this flick goes… if the studio is going to play it safe or make it as dirty and kind of terrifying as John Milius’ original.
THE BOOK OF ELI (January 15, 2010)
Yeah, it’s being dumped in January, which usually isn’t a good sign, but how could I not be excited about a post-apocalyptic movie starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman as the bad guy? And Mila Kunis as the kick-ass side-chick! And Ray Stevenson, Tom Waits and Michael Gambon are in it! The Hughes Bros struck me as super giant geeks that knew their shit at Comic-Con and I hope they pull this one off. We don’t have very long to wait for the movie. It comes out in 9 days.
MACHETE (TBD 2010)
“They just fucked with the wrong Mexican!” I saw the AFM sizzle reel for the feature… Lindsay Lohan in a nun’s habit? Robert DeNiro as the targeted politician? Jessica Alba as the hotness? Steven Seagal!?! Michelle Rodriguez with a big gun and an eye patch? Co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis and based on the Grindhouse trailer, Machete has to be one of two things. Fucking awesome or fucking fun. If it’s great it’ll be an equal mixture of both. I saw Danny Trejo swinging from window to window using a man’s intestines, so it has a chance.
THE EXPENDABLES (August 20, 2010)
While not based on a Grindhouse trailer, Sylvester Stallone’s THE EXPENDABLES feels like it could have been. Toe to toe there won’t be so much machismo on screen in any other film of the year. Guaranteed. Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Danny Trejo, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger (!?!) and Angel Batista from Dexter (David Zayas). There’s talk of an official trailer hitting very soon, but for now there’s a leaked sizzle reel that isn’t cut very well (some of the lines fall flat), but shows a lot of promise. (And can I take a moment to ask Stallone not to put the Schwarzenegger/Willis scene in the trailer? That’s something I want to see in the movie, not the trailer. Thanks!)
CLICK HERE FOR PART 1 COVERING REMAKES, REBOOTS AND SEQUELS!
CLICK HERE FOR PART 2 COVERING COMEDY, HORROR AND COMIC BOOK MOVIES!
One more piece to go… until I realize how many movies I overlooked, then maybe a PS list. Since I was late getting 3 of 4 up, Genius Directors will post later today! Keep an eye out!
-Quint
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PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME (May 28, 2010)
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (July 16, 2010)
RAPUNZEL (November 24, 2010)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3-D (February 12, 2010)
THE GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE (September 24, 2010)
THE RUNAWAYS (March 19, 2010)
NEVER LET ME GO (TBD 2010)
THE AMERICAN (September 1, 2010)
THE RUM DIARY (TBD 2010)
RABBIT HOLE (TBD 2010)
CHLOE (March 19, 2010)
FISH TANK (January 15, 2010, limited)
EDGE OF DARKNESS (January 29, 2010)
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (TBD 2010)
MORNING GLORY (July 30, 2010)
BUNRAKU (TBD 2010)
THE LAST AIRBENDER (July 2, 2010)
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (February 12, 2010)
RED DAWN (November 24, 2010)
THE BOOK OF ELI (January 15, 2010)
MACHETE (TBD 2010)
THE EXPENDABLES (August 20, 2010)
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Always wanted to do that. Anyway,looks like a good year. Sly, Mel, Gary Oldman as a bad guy again. Cant go wrong.
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FLOCKA!
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to prevent that twat from typing first. i apologise to my aicn brethren. i've thwarted 3 people so far but today i have failed.
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and I dont give a fuck that 4 other people are keener than me!
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http://tinyurl.com/yh5dedr
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Kudos to you!
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...who has ever heard of the Percy Jackson books. Not one.
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...and Edge of Darkness. Those ones look interesting to me. I saw a crazy man having an angry conversation with Mel Gibson's Edge of Darkness poster on a subway platform yesterday, and for some reason, it made me want to see the movie, LOL. Machete might be good, too. Will wait to hear the reviews on Bunraku and Guardians of G'ahoole. The rest of the films look like shit. Harrison Ford in a dramedy - pass. Those shitty fantasy films - pass. Expendables - pass...looks like shit.
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This was orginally a terrific political thriller miniseries in the UK in the early 80s with Bob Peck (Jurassic Park) in the Mel Gibson role and Joanne Walley as his daughter. Will be interesting to see what they do with it as the themes (which I won't spoil) are still appropriate today.
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...if they keep the sniffing your daughter's vibrator scene in.
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Oh.. has anyone heard anything about SPLICE? Thought it might have been in the horror bit... maybe it's sci-fi. Stuff I've seen from it so far looks pretty rad.
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Man that movie looks terrible. When that kid summons the water, man alive! Chloe, however, all day every day.
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We will only get quick shots of Willis and Arnold, NOT the entire scene, LOL. I for one want to see Arnolds face and Willis's face in the next EXPENDABLES trailer. I mean come on, ALL the action stars must be shown on this preview!
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There's no way that won't be the best movie this year.
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I thought I read some where that "Beauty and the Beast 3D" got pushed back to 2011 so Disney could tie it in with the film's 20th anniversary.
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The ladyfriend was watching Big Love last night, there was a scene with Amanda Seyfried sideboob. I watched it again when she went upstairs.
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of getting my $10. Those Bruckheimer flicks look horrible.
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... that CHLOE was a dramatization of the Spike Jones tune.
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Trejo ISNT in The Expendables, right? he was offered it and had turn it down, am I dreaming that?I didn't see Eric Roberts listed in the cast list f The Expendables his name should be high on that list, in bold...and underlined
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Quint pls start a sub-category, 2010's guaranteed 'boner-inducers'.
Stick in SORCERERS APPRENTICE for Monica Belluci and CHLOE for Amanda Seyfried.
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Heh. That line better stay.
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This is why I first started reading AICN 10 years ago, so thanks for bringing back the mojo, Quint!
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dammit
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If the Expendables brings Stallone back to his Judge Dredd glory days then HALLELUJAH!
I would be stoked to see Judge Dredd 2: I AM THE LAW!, 2 hours of Sylvester Stallone yelling I AM THE LAW! and Armand Assante yelling back, LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!
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as I did see Eric Roberts after Oleg himself listed and that's how it should be
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I thought it was a hand drawn cell animation. Will the characters have depth themselves like a freaky cell shading movie, are the elements onscreen be like papercuts moving out of the background, or is it going to be for subtle stuff and long distance depths?
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How can anyone say that looks any good?! It's the worst piece of shit I've seen since Fantastic Four.
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They have it because of Atom Egoyan (although Amanda Seyfried isn't a punishment to look at either). Exotica is close to the perfect movie.
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Don't get all the hate for the Village. I know it was markted as a horror movie which was the big mistake, but I thought it was better than average with some fresh ideas. The Happening and Lady in the Water were both terrible and major disappointments.
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I don't get the "but it's produced by Jerry Bruckheimer!" enthusiasm. When I hear "Bruckheimer" I automatically think "bland tripe aimed for middle-American mouth breather consumption."
Jerry Bruckheimer movies are the ones where the trailer ends and you can hear the retards with the jumbo-sized popcorn tub mutter to the land whale next to them "ME WANNA SEE DAT!"
So I'll be passing on PRINCE OF CAMEL FUCKING TOWELHEADS and NIC CAGE YET AGAIN GETS PAID FAR MORE MONEY THAN HE DESERVES. -
A long time ago, SNL did a spoof commercial for a movie called "Die Commie Die" starring the trifecta of Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and Chuck Norris. This movie sounds like the spoof come to life.
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which should be superior to the usual Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks bullshit. Oh, and Solomon Kane. Not all of us get to see these things before they find a distributor.
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chloe a remake of a foreign film? i saw something with the same story on the IFC a couple months back.
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Jan 06, 2010 9:04:40 AM CST
SORCERER’S APPRENTICE and Edge of Darkness
by beyondthunderdome2girls1cupbillcosby
look fun, get my money
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"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" is a Thanksgiving film.
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I often visit him and his family at his house and over the holidays he said he had something to show me, well how shocked was i that it was around 17 minutes of expendibles footage. From what i saw this is going to be the best 80's action flick ever made, everyone is in top form ?(yes, i even got to see the arnold footage).As for the other stuff on the list, I was somewhat involved with the set desing of the last airbender, although i haven't seen any finished film my hopes are high that M night can pull it off. Theres a few other films of 2010 that i have inside knowledge of, i'll try and post info later
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...art last year at the author's house (that's right, partying hard with children's book author's...jealous?). The drawings and paintings looked great...really badass. The owls have elaborate blade weapon setups that hook to their claws...the whole thing had a really dark and dramatic Eagles in LOTR sort of feel...more realistic than stylized...might be good.
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Wow... the ultimate in great movie because it's sooooo bad.
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Jan 06, 2010 9:11:29 AM CST
..."Toe to toe there won’t be so much machismo on screen"...
by flickapoo
...oh, the machismo is going something to something...but I'm not sure toes are involved...
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it must be awesome being JettL93.
Can I be you? Huh? Huh? Please? 5 minutes maybe?
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Last Airbender is utterly racist:
a childrens' cartoon set in an East Asian-themed world, starring East Asian characters.........and they recast with white actors?
It won a *Peabody* for exposing children to Asian culture
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Fuck off. I asked nicely yesterday. So just fuck off.
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I'm just a poor shmuck who got lucky, and sue me for wanting to give a little of that back
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...it was Jeff Bridges' character from FISHER KING.
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http://www.tmz.com/2010/01/06/eli-roth-inglourious-basterds-mexico/#comments
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...retrofit an older movie? Because that would be cool.Not really interested in half assed 3D anymore...
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...ONE HOUR PHOTO was good...novel...cast...I'm there.
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Not so exceptionnel? Red Dawn, Book of Eli (what a dumb premise) and Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Monica Bellucci's career will go down as the biggest waste ever. Whoever her agent is, shoot the fucker in the head. To be that beautiful and be paired with Nic Cage? LOL -
First of all it's being helmed BY A Hindu Indian, and secondly it's not racist to cast white people into other race roles. It all depends on what actor is best suited for the role, whether they be white, black, mexican or Miscellaneous
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Every roid head in America will worship it.
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Your "uh, my story is true." gave me a good chuckle after my wish to punch JettL93. His shtick isn't funny, it's sad, but I still hate him.
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...sometimes...because I'm unstoppable. It sucks though because you can't bring your music player unless you wrap it in cling-wrap or put it in a ziploc bag...I wonder if Matt Damon has that problem.I don't run if it's raining really hard though...if your shorts get saturated they start to fall down...
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Jan 06, 2010 9:55:06 AM CST
QUINT, I THINK "YOUR HIGHNESS" RATES A 2ND MENTION HERE
by bringingsexyback
Don't you?
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...owls (although I'm sure the author hates that comparison)...the owls are treated pretty much just like people. Imagine a movie that centered on the eagles in LOTR...that scene where the eagle saves Gandalf from the top of Orthanc in particular...
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Not so much
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Jan 06, 2010 10:03:12 AM CST
ATOM EGOYAN LIKES TO FEATURE AN ABUNDANCE OF NUDITY
by bringingsexyback
That bodes well for Chloe. I and my dick are very much looking forward to this movie.
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...GLORY?!I've been really hoping Harrison Ford has a few more good performances left in him...this sounds like a good warm-up at least...I'm there.
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It has earned my admission fee then. At least it's a movie with something different.
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A-Team, Machete and Expendables, with lots of beer it will be fun
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Quint, with these lists you've, for the most part, hit the nail on the head for my expectations. But when you say you didn't include Salt or Knight and Day due to the shitastic nature of the trailers, you win my vote. That is, until I see that you included Prince of Persia, Scorcerer's Apprentice, and Last Airbander, all three of which have trailers that make them look beyond shitty. POP and SA both look like obvious Disney attempts to find a new POTC-like franchise, but Fake Gyllenhal is no Johnny Depp, and Nic Coppola hasn't made a good flick since Lord of War, let alone a decent one. I'll give you a pass on Airbander, as I'm guessing you're a fan of the show who really, really hopes he won't be disappointed, overlooking the fact that one of this era's greatest hacks (who thinks he's the second coming of Hitchcock, no less) directed that (most likely) pile of garbage. I mean, his only good film was Sixth Sense (Unbreakable was okay til the twist killed it), and upon repeat viewings once the twist is known, Sixth Sense really doesn't hold up all too well. My hope is that LA finally convinces studios to stop bankrolling his crap. At least Uwe Boll flops for a lot less money. That said, the rest of your list looks great, and I'm looking forward to what you put in parts 4 and P.S.
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It'll be the first major experiment to see if 2-D animation can also benefit from stereo 3-D, despite how contradictory it sounds. I feel certain it'll sorta be cardboard cut out with depth only being relevant to foreground, middle ground, background. But if they really wanted they could try and get into the nitty grity and depth to more subtle areas like clothing, bulges of skin, the various furniture etc in the background. Would be significantly harder but the effect could turn out to look gloriously amazing!Also is that Runaways thing based on some comic book? And Expendables looks awesome but that trailer is shittily made. That's not the officially released public trailer right? I'm sure they'll cut a better one in due time.
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erections, the one you have first thing when you wake up
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...because it means a lot of nudity, and also because it makes nudity sound like a basic human right and part of nature's bounty...like pumpkins or corn...
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After Shortbus I never would have expected seeing John Cameron Mitchell directing a movie with Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. I loved Hedwig and the Angry Inch, but I wouldn't recommend Shortbus. It was burned into my retinas and "The Star-Spangled Banner" will never be the same.
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...glory" for both the male leads...
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Um, when was the last time you paid $7.50 for a movie? Even afternoon matinees usually cost about $8.00 or more these days.
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http://tinyurl.com/65czfv - aparently they elements onscreen will have a 3D format with the animation rendered on top of it. This has 50% chance of looking awesome, 50% chance of looking like weird painted dolls moving around a flat paper scenario.
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...and his name is Bryan Singer. After Usual Suspects, he did a few shitty comic book movies, and a dull "lets kill Hitler" movie that came and went with little regard.
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Jan 06, 2010 10:14:42 AM CST
Nic Cage looks like he will be able to pay the lawyers
by miyamoto_musashi
Only Kick Ass looks decent
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...sort of way.I love that. I'm going to try to say "rabbit hole" once a day in a non specific but vaguely upsetting way at least once a day for the next two weeks. I can't imagine anyone I know will get tired of that...
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...guys spew their Morning Glory all over a lovely young woman?That doesn't pop my corn.
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And Jake is an action star, despite your apparent misgivings about him it seems. I just hate the fact that they cast a white European guy and a white European girl as Persians.
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But the operative word is still Seyfried. I'm not looking forward to seeing Neeson full frontal, but if that's the price to pay to see Amanda, then consider me a customer.
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Some safe at work porn! And there is literally some corn popping in this video...that's not a euphemism...there's some corn popping.
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...one element and The Chosen One can do all four?I'd master my regular one element and minor in another. I figure that would allow me to kick any person's ass except that The One guy.Fuck him. I'd just avoid that guy...and if he tried to get all up in my elements, well...he's got to sleep sometime...
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If you imagine a Predator spine-ripping the least exciting person involved.
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...YouTube info to see the "possibly inappropriate" video...I'm being denied corn.
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...laughing my ass off. I still chuckle about a couple posts when they come to mind...
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...perhaps don't risk it until you get home.
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I really enjoyed the cartoon, but I'm just not that excited about the live action version. The kid they chose to be Aang might know karate, but he looks odd in that picture. I do like Cliff Curtis as Firelord Ozai though. I hope I'm wrong, but I just don't have faith in M. Night Shyamalan anymore.
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...account...at least not that I remember...
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Jan 06, 2010 10:38:21 AM CST
What's so great about Joan Jett and why would it girl of the mom
by avastar
Kristen what's her face be cast as her? Just seems like blatant attempt to put out a "cool, indie" movie to appeal to Twilight kids to take more of their money. It's gonna be shit. Fuck hipsters!
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...and yet, no mention of Yuen Woo-Ping's belated return to the director's chair (for the first time since the mid-90s) with the 3D martial arts film TRUE LEGEND?
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Prepare to have America set back another 50 years.
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People are just too stupid and lazy to realize it.
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The Bolt. Bolt is just a rip off of Toy Story 2. The Princess and the Frog gave you Keith David singing. And if that didn't bring tears to your eye as one of the greatest cinematic achievements of 2009 then there is no pleasing you.
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...show it for real or fail.
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Was Joan Jett a lez?
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Jan 06, 2010 10:48:01 AM CST
HOLY FUCK>>> DOLPH VS JET LI???????
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
THIS WILL BE THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER. I WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE AS MY WIFE GIVES BIRTH. IF I HAD THE CHOICE BETWEEN LETTING MY MOTHER LIVE AND WATCHING THIS AWESOMENESS OF UBER-ACTION I WOULD CUT HER THROAT MYSELF AND WEAR HER EARS ON A NECKLACE IN GLORIOUS PRAISE OF OLEG!!!!! MUTHA PUSS-BUCKET THIS MOVIE WILL MAKE YOU ALL INTO GODDAMN SEXUAL TYRANNISAURS...JUST LIKE ME.
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...for a pair of shades and a shotgun on THE ROAD......would have been ThanksfuckingGiving at Viggo's house...who's full now, bitch? His shopping cart would have been FULL.
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...suggestive pistol tattoos pointing right down at the guy's puckered sphincter.I'm not sure those guy lower back pistol tramp-stamps look as tough as the guys who get them think they do...
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They moved it a year for the 20th Anniversary. That was announced at Showest back in October. Sorry folks.
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This is a great list. But DAY & KNIGHT should have been included since it looks cool. By the way, DANNY TREJO is "not" in THE EXPENDABLES. Regarding Schwarzenegger, Arnold has less than 12 months left as leader of CALIFORNIA.
If he really intends to come back to HOLLYWOOD -and this still remains to be seen- he needs to plant the seeds now. Because rest assured, HOLLYWOOD is more cutthroat than politics. Arnold has been off screen for many years now. Times have changed, movies have changed, tastes have changed.
He needs to remind people what he was all about...making KICK ASS ACTION MOVIES.
This leads to what will possibly be the KICK ASS ACTION MOVIE OF THE YEAR.
Now, we all know that Arnold and Bruce will appear in the film as an extended 5 minute cameo. That still doesn't change the fact that STALLONE and NU IMAGE need to use Arnold's name to help sell this movie both domestic and foreign.
Many people will go to see THE EXPENDABLES for many reasons. BUT the main reason -I think- most people will got to see it for is the first time pairing of SYLVESTER STALLONE and ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER. Sure, the movie has Jet Li and Jason Statham etc. etc. but the world has waited for these two men to appear on screen since the 1980's.
I believe Stallone being the smart guy/businessman he is will ask and get Arnold and Willis's permission to use then in the marketing of all trailers and most promotional material. I mean why get all these action heroes together only to not sell what is probably the most important aspect of it...teaming THE TWO GREATEST ACTION HEROES OF ALL TIME TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. Arnie does have to prove he still has what it takes to make bad ass action films. THE EXPENDABLES is the first real role he's done since T3 in 2003. Come on Arnie, show us what you are made of with your cameo role of ex Lt. Colonel of The Expendables. If the trailer states"with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis" or "appearances by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis", it won't fool anyone into thinking they are stars of the film. Leave that for the sequel!
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...a little impaling...respect.
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Jan 06, 2010 10:57:31 AM CST
HoboCode... I was his biggest defender
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
I love Lady In the Water. The Happening was plain embarassing. I went in thinking the critics were nuts and came out very dis-heartened. I'll give him another couple of shots, he's earned it. But fuck The Happening was bad.
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Jan 06, 2010 11:00:09 AM CST
FlickaPoo...one does what one must...
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
it's the least a Vlad-lover could do.
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Jan 06, 2010 11:04:28 AM CST
Percy Jackson & the Impalers: The Ass-to-Mouth Thief
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
thats for the Vlad fans...
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...why was I intrigued and entertained throughout? Don't know...it has a weird sort of magic to it...I mean, it's a mess, but...
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...one more for the good'ole days.
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I know, it's a complete mess, but I love it. Paul Giamatti is just so intense. The emotions win me over, and the score is hypnotic.
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Primarily, new Atom E. film starring Amanda?! Monica B. in Sorcerer's...? That Bukkake movie with Harrelson? Lotsa good stuff!
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to admit loving "Lady In The Water." Hat tip to you, sir.
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Jan 06, 2010 11:08:25 AM CST
I love the shot of Story being taken by the eagle
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
the movie works on a near primal level.
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yet to me Schlamalamadingdongs fairytale is a sublime one.
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but the speech M. Night's "character" gives, that bizarre defense of his own work? Killed the whole thing for me.
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Sylvester Stallone breaks his neck shooting fight scene in veteran action heroes' movie
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:28 PM on 06th January 2010
Sylvester Stallone broke his neck while filming a fight scene in his latest movie.
The veteran action hero had emergency surgery and a metal plate inserted in his neck following the accident on the set of The Expendables.
The 63-year-old actor was filming a fight with wrestling co-star Stone Cold Steve Austin, 45, in the upcoming movie, but it was so realistic that Stallone ended up with a hairline fracture in his neck.
Neck trouble: Sylvester Stallone, who stars at Barney Ross in The Expendables, received a hairline fracture during a realistic fight scene in the movie
A world of pain: Sly sustained the injury while filming a fight sequence with Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stallone told FHM magazine: 'Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other's ass, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy.
'Actually, my fight with Stone Cold Steve Austin was so vicious that I ended up getting a hairline fracture in my neck. I'm not joking.
'I haven't told anyone this, but I had to have a very serious operation afterwards. I now have a metal plate in my neck.'
The plot of the film centres around a team of mercenaries who head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.
The movie features a who's who of veteran action actors including Arnold Schwarzenegger, 62, Bruce Willis, 54, Dolph Lundgren, 52, Mickey Rourke, 57, Jet Li, 46, as well as relative youngster Jason Statham, 37.
It also stars Brittany Murphy, who died in December of a heart attack.
Stallone, who wrote the script and directed the movie, said testosterone was flowing during filming.
Run! Sly Stallone, pictured on set of The Expendables, pictured performing stunts for the movie
He said: 'Bruce's character, who hires me to do the job the film's based on, turns to me and says, "Look, there's one person I need to talk with before I give you the job."
'At which point Arnold, who plays my oldest rival, walks out.
'And it's clear we have a lot of history there. So I tell him I should have shot him a long time ago when I had the chance.
'And the scene goes from there. But man, those guys were up for it.
'They got out of bed at 5.30am just to shoot a small five-minute scene.'
It is not the first time the actor has been hurt during filming. He was also badly hurt by Dolph Lundgren when he filmed Rocky IV.
He said: 'Dolph and I always went for it. I gave him orders to try to knock me out while the cameras were rolling. At one point, he hit me so hard on the head I felt my spine compress.
'He then hit me with an almighty uppercut. That night my chest started to swell, and I had to be helicopter-ambulanced from my hotel to a nearby emergency room.
'I was told that Dolph had punched my rib cage into my chest, compressing my heart. If it had swollen any more, I would have died.
YLVESTER STALLONE as Rocky Balboa and DOLPH LUNDGREN as Ivan Drago
Old enemies: Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa and Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. Lundgren hit Stallone so hard in the chest that Stallone had to be helicopter-ambulanced to hospital
'After that, I was like, "Dolph, it's only a movie, bro."'
Stallone recently revealed that he and Arnold Schwarzenegger, once huge rivals, are now the best of friends.
'He's my best friend now. It's strange, given what big rivals we used to be. He's still ridiculously competitive, though. See this watch?
'This is the only one of its kind in the world, so I wore it to our last lunch. Arnold was desperate for me to get him one but I had to explain that wasn't possible. He was so mad!'
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That's the kind of detail that earns by ticket money.
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...to come out quite as strong as you...but I don't disagree much.I only saw it once, but the movie felt like a dream...all over the place...lack of continuity...ridiculous coincidences......but my dreams are like that.If you keep this up I might have to see it again...maybe join you on that lonely hilltop and defend the Wet Lady til we run out of ammo...
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Jan 06, 2010 11:20:47 AM CST
Come on in Flicka...the water is really real
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
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Dear Action Movie Gods, I know I've been in touch pretty recently with similar requests, but I must implore again: Please bestow ultimate glory upon The Expendables... I beseech you.
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Jan 06, 2010 11:23:05 AM CST
I'm gonna go watch Happy Feet. Suck it Miller Haters
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
You're messin with my man Mumbles here! I have an eclectic taste, what can I say.
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I also love both Babe movies, too. Pig in the City is actually better than the first, but they both rock.
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...I don't know where I'm going with this...there must be at least twenty jokes there...
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Jan 06, 2010 11:28:15 AM CST
..."so I thunked my one of a kind watch right down next...
by flickapoo
...to Arnold's...his was long, and heavy as an Austrian Oak...mine was smaller, but thick and hard like Italian marble..."
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Gay watch porn is the best!
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...had to shift gears quickly from the gay watch porn...
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...baby.
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Damn that was a good cartoon...incredibly creative, terrific characters, solid concept, great scripts...obviously, way too good for Nickelodeon, but kudos to that network for supporting it. This film could be awesome, can't wait.
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Just a great caper movie, with a Rin Tin Tin flavor. And the obligatory spastic funny animal sidekick, Rhino the hamster, was actually...funny. And cool. And not at all annoying. That's a miracle right there. When it comes to talking rodents, I'd take him over that goddamn brat Alvin any day.
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...I recently had lunch with an old co-worker and showed him my new one of a kind watch. He REALLY liked it...he wanted to touch it, and when I let him he was reluctant to give it back.I want to maintain a good relationship with this co-worker...should I just give it to him? He really, really wants it. The whole exchange made me feel uncomfortable...a little scared and confused.Signed,Anxious Timekeeper
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…Can't wait to see your new one.
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...room when I broke out my One Of A Kind gay watch jokes...Shit, Mr. Stallone is standing right behind me...isn't he...
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...don't give me the watch Mr. Stallone...aaaahhhh!...I don't want it...I DON'T WANT IT!!!
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A one of a kind watch is a special thing that you should cherish and only give to someone else when it feels right. If you are scared, confused, or feel any type of anxiety at all, respect those feelings and tell the other person, "No." If you have a good relationship with this person, they will understand, and honor your feelings.The next time your friend asks to "touch it," don't take it off your wrist; just let them touch it while you are still wearing it. See if that makes you feel less anxious. Then take it from there, slowly, at whatever pace you BOTH are ready for.Best of luck,Dr. Geek
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Stallone's watch boasting at the restaurant = Bale and the execs showing their business cards in AMERICAN PSYCHO.
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Jan 06, 2010 12:11:46 PM CST
"My One of a Kind Watch" - An ABC Afterschool Special...
by harrycalder
Starring Kristy McNichol as "Jenny."
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Nary a one. I mean, couldn't they at least have thrown Shohreh Aghdashloo in there? Christiane Amanpour as the narrator? Maz Jobrani as comic relief? I mean, damn, you can't walk two blocks in L.A. without running into an Iranian, they could've at least just picked a few dozen at random for extras for crying out loud!
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...watering...I can't see...my chest hurts...There's a new Doctor in town boys and girls...
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Place your bets on which EXPENDABLES are most 'expendable' and will in fact croak by the movies end.
Arnie 100/1
Willis 50/1
Stallone 20/1
Statham 18/1
Li 8/1
Lundgren 2/1
Stone Cold 5/6
Terry Crews 19/20
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no, this watch stuff is hillarious, keep it up guys
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Never Let Me Go, Beauty and the Beast, Edge of Darkness, Expendables, Adjustment Bureau, The American. I don't really care for the rest.
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There's quite a bit of Clooney hate. But face it guys, this is the closest we'll be getting to Cary Grant in our life-time. Depp's pretty boss too. Harrison Ford should just retire, these films he's coming in are embarrassing.
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Jan 06, 2010 12:21:13 PM CST
...I bet Sly's been jealous of Arnie's watch ever since...
by flickapoo
...PREDATOR......maybe everybody buys it one at a time but Mr. Stallone...then it's mano a mano with the bad guy in the jungles of South America QUEST FOR FIRE style...AMERICA...FUCK YEAH!!
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Jan 06, 2010 12:23:12 PM CST
...JettL93, if you come through on AVATAR 2 I'll let you...
by flickapoo
...touch my watch.
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Lionsgate can own the summer with THE EXPENDABLES. Make it happen!
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...instantly ruins any movie (except, somehow, National Treasure). His delivery is so awkward. I definitely can't buy him as a wise sorcerer.
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I will never understand the hate of The Village. That is simply a great film woht a cool Twilight Zonish twist. Lady in the Water was also solid if not bizarre even by Night's standards. But can anyone tell me why they think The Happening is bad? Have any of you actually seen the movie? It's pretty cool. Night's classic storytelling with creppiness and humor thrown in. Albeit some of the acting is suspect (Wahlberg is a horrible actor) but that's not Shyamalan's fault. We know he elicits great performances. some of the actors simply phoned it in. But it's still enjoyable despite that.
So what is it? The environmental message? Is that what you can't handle? In case you hadn't noticed the Earth is fucked people. I'm so sick of the pile on this movie and Shyamalan are getting. He's easily one of the more talneted filmmakers in Hollywood but douchebags like many in here would rather have hacks like fucking Leterrier or Snyder at the helm of their films. It's sad. -
While I'll give you Valkyrie sucked and Superman Returns was shittier than Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (and that's pretty damn shitty), The two X-Men movies helped to usher in the Comic Book as a movie renaissance that we have seen over the last decade, and X2 is still one of the best comic movies ever made. But no matter what your opinion, I can bloody well guarantee you that you won't find more than a handful of people that would say M Bison Shamalammadingdong's body of work in more enjoyable than Singer's. And even after their respective twists, the Usual Suspects is still infinitely more watchable than Sixth Sense, and M Bison's one attempt at a comic book movie should have been titled Unbearable, because it wasabsolute dogshit. M Knight Slamminsalmon is definitely King Hack. Besides, Singer never tried to compare himself publicly on multiple occasions to Hitchcock. Sorry bud, but if you're a fan of Last Airbender, you need to start preparing yourself now for a level of disappointment on par with the Star Wars prequels or the Matrix sequels, i.e. epic despair after viewing it.
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The Happening was bad because I sat through an entire movie of bad performances, horrible dialogue, and terrible pacing to find out it was...wait for it...killer fucking plants. Ell. Aye. Emm. Eee. LAME!
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VALKYRIE sucked? No... I thought it struck a good balance between realism and slick hollywood entertainment. Not a movie I'd want to own but for a one-watch I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Couldn't they come up with a more interesting name for Nic Cage in the THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE than just spelling Disney backwards?
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Really? That is one of the dumbest thing ever written on this site and that is saying something. WE knew most of the movie it was killer plants. I thought it was a cool idea that the environment rebelled against those destroying it. What is so lame about that?
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Most of the production money is no doubt going to the actor's salaries no doubt, but if the film is any good, that's a worthy payoff.
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that film trailer reminded me of one of those shitty direct to dvd films. Hell they even have that fat bad actor from Dexter as the main villain in this film. But still I have to see this because of the cast involved. All the money must have went to the cast.
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...The Expendibles. Give me the owl vs. snake video over any of these movies.
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It's a wonderful show. He'll never have a better piece of material to work with. If he fucks it up he should never be allowed on a film set again. Unless he's fetching coffee for GOOD directors.
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If I could build a time machine/abortionator, I would most certainly use it to go back in time and violently fuck Shyamonadlafksfjalskfj's pregnant mother with a coathanger. Twice if necessary, I'm a stud.
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I can't get into a matiness for $7.50!
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But other than that, I can't remember the last time that movie tickets cost $7.50. The mid-90's?
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you could land a B-52 on the bridge of her nose.
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I do think he gets a little too much hate, with people calling him one of the worst hacks of the generation... thats a bit steep. I think he's just proven himself to be... mediocre. After having such an early smash hit, garnering comparisons to Hitchcock, and fueling the hype with his own self-propaganda, people hold his movies to a high standard. "The Village" was definitely marketed wrong, and it has a real nice ambiance for most of the running time, but the forced twist and everything afterward just kills it. "Lady in the Water" wasn't the epic disaster that most make it out to be, but it just didn't work. The characters, the structure, everything was just a mess. "The Happening" actually had a lot going for it--the kitschy premise could've made for pretty biting material if it were handled by someone else. Shyamalan's directorial style was just the antithesis of what the material needed. The slow tracking shots, overlong sustained dialogue scenes, the inability to get a solid performance out of the cast, the bad CGI... it was a huge missed opportunity. I have to root for a fellow Philly native, and his early work his good enough for me to continue giving him chances... but "The Last Airbender" might make or break his career.
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... it isn't Edge of Darkness. Even if it's being made by the original director (note: not the orignal writer!). Reason the original is a legend in UK TV is it isn't a revenge flick. It's the nihhilistic commentary on the nuclear industry, corrupt government and its jet-black humor. Check out on youtube - search for "Edge of Darkness 3" and "Edge of Darkness 4" - and bear in mind that the two guys talking are dying of radiation poisoning. The late Bob Peck and Joe Don Baker are mesmerising. Quote: "You turned it into a bomb, why?" "Because that's the problem with plutonium Craven, it's limited in it's application." "It's not user friendly ... but as a vehicle for regaining one's self respect it's got a lot going for it ... damn right I turned it into a bomb!" Oh, and it's got a 20 year old Joanne Whalley in it too!
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...I agree Avatar is a great show (why the fuck am I gonna call a show I known as Avatar somethin else cuz some other guy wrote a script for a movie called Avatar that was released years later...but I digress)...and if Night fucks it up, he needs to go make porn... or go fetch coffee for JettL
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Is his first name Tlaw?
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The Cinemark near us has all shows(except Real3d) before 4:30pm as $6.50. Plus they actually pop the popcorn there fresh and serve it fresh. I always go there. Better then Showcase and their $10.50 tickets and day old popcorn. Seriously, I once went to that theater and they were popping a batch of fresh popcorn and putting it inside this bag translucent trash bag. I tell the clerk I would like a drink and a large popcorn, with the stipulation he give me the fresh popcorn. The clerk tells me he cannot give me that popcorn, but he can sell me the dreck that's sitting under the heatlamp that is god knows how old. If I wasn't late for the flick I would have pressed the issue, but on the bright side I saved a bunch of money by not buying refreshments!
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Never got the hate for it. Then again I'm a gamer so a live action RPG will cut some leeway from me. Especially when that fact comes out of left field. Got the same feeling I felt when I realized Unbreakable was a comic book movie half way through the thing when nothing I saw before had indicated it.My only complaint was the meat shield/tank was underused.
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Every time she was on screen I was mesmerized and while I fully agree that Megan Fox is hot I also have the feeling that she's a vapid void. Seyfried exudes not only sexiness, but charisma and quality.
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are three movies hitting in January that look good enough to see in theaters. 2010 will hopefully be a good year at the movies.
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That worked well for Grindhouse!
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And hasn't been for a long time. Quint, you must not have been following this very well. They dropped the "unbraided" line about three or so years ago. That artwork you put up from YouTube was from way before that even. The work done so far looks very beautiful and very painterly. It's supposed to be a classic retailing, but with a Rapunzel that has girl-power. Well find out around Thanksgiving.
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It truly is a fantastic movie. It conjures up such pure emotions from all of the actors and the ending is amazing. The last line just resonates long after the movie has ended.
I will say that I hated the scene where the wolf mauls the critic (well, the critic character sucks in general), and, while well written and important to the story, Shyamalan should never have cast himself as the 'writer who'll change the world'.
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..is a vapid void. She grew up in fucking Florida. Nothing but burnt out party people and rednecks down there.
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Oh God, another feminist revision of a fairy tale? Is it still 1994?
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Book of Eli and The Road. Post apocaliptic double bill. I like it.
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WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?! WHAT THE FUCK?!
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Thompsom, Withnail, Depp....All these happy words coming together !!!!!...heaven I say ! HEAVEN !!!!
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I can't believe people are actually praising Lady in The Water, has M Night got multiple accounts on this site ?
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I usually get annoyed when people get upset about a character being recast as a different race. But honestly, they have a point here. The whole series is heavily Asian-themed, but not one of the actors cast as the main characters is Asian. Aang, the title character, is white. His two older friends who seem to be Eskimo/Inuit in the cartoon are white. The final two major characters -- Zuko and his uncle -- are not Asian here either. But what race are these two remaining main characters? They're Indian, the race of the director. Again, the only main characters not played by white actors are played by Indians, which the director is. (And please, don't argue semantics and tell me India is part of Asia. You know what I mean...) Just seems weird, is all. Supposedly the fourth "nation" of characters will be Asian, though the major character from their won't be added until the second movie.
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All gas, all hype, all Shamalyan.
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he is finished. But I have a feeling he'll be making movies for years to come.
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In his version, the Americans welcome the brilliant communist overlords and he is appointed der kommissar of the reeducation camps or something. I'm familiar with some of his political leanings. It's just not normal to masturbate to Stalin.
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I think all of these are going to make for a kick ass year. I miss the inclusion of Salt which should be a great time at the cinema. Last airbender can make or break m night that's for sure. Expendables is going to rock hard! I was told to check out a trailer for a new film which looks like it could be bad ass it's called REVENGE, it's up on whatisyourrevenge . com I advise checking it out since I had never heard of it before, but it looks pretty awesome! Guess we'll see.
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Jan 07, 2010 2:52:35 AM CST
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU BUT.........
by tehcreepythinman
The problem is that, once again, Hollywood is taking one of Phillip K. Dick’s short stories and stretching it out to feature length. Now, there have been a few great movies based on short stories (The Thing, Re-animator) but the bulk of movies derived from short stories usually suck and that is because there is not enough material for a feature length film, so the filmmakers then have to invent new characters and subplots to fill out the running time which, IMHO, dilutes the original story and robs it of it's punch. The difference between adapting short stories and novels is that, in the case of a novel, there is a wealth of story and details that film makers, if they're smart, can distill into a feature length movie without diluting the core of what made that novel good. This is one of the reasons why A Scanner Darkley has been the only truly GREAT adaptation of PKD's work while the other adaptations (Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, Paycheck etc...) have been turned into generic "high concept" Hollywood action movies.
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which is like $11! I'm being screwed!
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Salt has an excellent script and will turn out to be more dramatic and grittier than what the 1st trailer may lead you to believe. Knight and Day I am hoping will actually be funnier than the trailer which was a bit flat.
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Suck a dick you little turd of a McCarthyite. I've retracted my statements on Stalin on numerous occassions.
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I LOVE the series. Really, I loved its whole artistic direction, the characters, and the mysticism behind it. And so far, I'm not convinced that the movie will be good. M. Night, if you screw this up, I will personally go to your house and go all Hostel torturer on your ass.
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KAMMICH your reply is long winded and unfounded i demand you get on aim you ass for brain!
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in quality and entertainment value, but he is far from a hack. The Happening was not great, but I thought the wooden acting and strange direction was part of the plot ie. plants causing strange behavior and happenings.
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of a French film called Nathalie. Some dirty lesbian stuff in it. Whhheeeee
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Seriously. What the hell is up with that teabagger shit ?!?
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Jan 07, 2010 1:41:24 PM CST
I found the book The Rum Diary boring. I'm surprised they chose
by moonlightdrive
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Jan 07, 2010 2:09:40 PM CST
I was wondering where Keira had got to. Thought she had finally
by moonlightdrive
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...except for Edge of Darkness, look if not dull, then awful.
BTW, I never expected to read praise for Lady in the Water from people posting here. Have you people lost your minds? It's easily one of the worst movies ever made, though nothing can top the sheer badness of The Happening. Yes, Mark and Zooey, run from the wind. Run! -
Kammich-- if your initials are T.J. and you're a Philly fanatic (literally)... this is one of your old buddies Nick M., if you remember me. I don't want to hawk or harrass you or anything like that, but I had no idea how else to track you down other than to google your net tag... if you see this, shoot me an email sometime if you got a minute... my name (firstlast) + 1933 @ gmail... no spaces obviously and caps don't matter. If anything, just so we can exchange emails or something, stay in touch a little bit, yeah? I know we didn't see eye to eye at the end... but we're both virtually half-way to extinct by now, so all and any grudges aside I do hope you're doing well wherever you're at these days. Take care dude...
(to the rest of this message board... my apologies for invading this thread-- for real... no idea how to use private messaging or if it's even an option on this site and I don't want to disrupt the flow of posting at all... carry on!) -
If done right -- very minimalist, sparse, and cold, leaning heavy on the Kubrickian -- it could be amazing.
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Fuck yes.
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Jan 12, 2010 5:03:46 PM CST
You're joking about that being a "Joan Jett biopic" right?
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