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The JONAH HEX Trailer Is Now Online...
Merrick here...
Don't kill the messenger...
HD, etc. available over at Yahoo (HERE).
I don't know enough about the source material to judge whether or not this trailer suggests a faithful adaptation of the comics (HERE
), but I can say that...to me, at least...this feels an awful lot like one of those SyFy Saturday Night Movies. Maybe that's what it's supposed to feel like/look like? You tell me...
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Ima talkin' to dead people. And my face is messed up. Come see my movie.
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yikes.
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Just sayin'...
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April 29, 2010, 12:44 p.m. CST
I Really Want To See the Horse-Mounted Gatlin Guns
by kevinwillis.net
This movie sounds like a blast. The trailer really makes me want to see this. Like Wild Wild West, only without Will Smith, which about ruined WWW.
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Alright
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then again, I thought it was gonna be worse then a Uwe Boll flick.
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Because it just oozes awesomeness. Horse+twin Gatlin Guns. Big pistols with totally unnecessary cross-bow action. Megan Fox in a corset. What's wrong with you people?
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Megan Fox sounds terrible...Lt. Daniels is in this...and GOB is in this... <p> Not a single thing about this movie adds up, except for Josh Brolin being cast as Jonah Hex.
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Before the bad reviews and the trailer. Now I can't wait to see it.<br><br>Full Disclosure: My Favorite Movie of All Time is Flash Gordon (the 1980 one). So, you can see where I'm coming from.
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Who is going to see it?
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Trust me, it's not.
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That looks fucking terrible. The trailer couldn't even hold my attention and I've longed for a supernatural western movie since I was a kid watching Bonanza reruns. But this just reminded me of the movie parodies from the Ben Stiller Show.
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He phones in his performance because it's what artistic integrity demanded for the potentially perfect piece of cinematic genius. Megan Fox as a Wild West wench, when they were all pretty much disfigured and gnarly? Perfect. Jonah talks to dead people? Huh? What? Perfection!
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Can we stop with the fucking metro-sexual names for characters!!! I don't care if only in print - STOP IT! Fucking bisexual writers!!!
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Come on. What more do you people want? Good Lord, you're all ungrateful wretches. Pearls before swine. Pearls before swine.
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At least until the next Twilight crapfest hits
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Wild Wild West, Jim West, desperado, rough rider No you don't want nada None of this, six gun in this, brotha runnin this, Buffalo soldier, look it's like I told ya Any damsel that's in distress Be out of that dress when she meet Jim West
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Quentin Crispballs? Quince Turntrick? Whatever, it's awesome.<br><br><br />There were Gatling guns. On a horse. Two of them.
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The Jonah Hex comics are fucking awesome, and I fear already that this movie is shitting all over them. That being said, it looks like it could still be fun, in a bad/cheesy sorta way....and come on...JOHN MALKOVICH looks hilarious...and he plays the badguy...reason enough to see this. and Brolin as Hex too. and Megan Fox too....just when she isn't talking...
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Ruined Wild Wild West for me. Which was quite something. How you can ruin a western with half of Kenneth Brannagh in a wheelchair and giant mechanical spider, and Kevin Cline, and magnetized collars that attract spinning saw blades that cut off your head . . . and the train-lifter gadget . . . man, that was a great movie. Except for Gettin' Jiggy With It.
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The makeup for Jonah Hex should've been the one area in the film that was impossible to botch. It's relatively simple. He's a burn victim, he's not fucking Quato from TOTAL RECALL. How do you fuck that up? Someone should've wiped that roast beef off his face and tried again because he looks like Alfred E. Newman
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I'm a fan of the comic. No matter what you are all saying. This movie looks great
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Jesus, this looks bad.
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Believe it.
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April 29, 2010, 1:06 p.m. CST
This movie looks great...if you've never seen a movie b4
by Darkartist
If you were born 30 minutes ago and somehow developed the ability to talk and reason and decipher images and sounds and work a computer and the only moving images you've EVER seen is the JONAH HEX trailer, than maybe it'd be easier to understand how someone could think it looked "great". To each his own, I guess. There is no accounting for good taste. If you think it looks good, c'est la vie, I just think that anyone who feels that way probably wants to either juggle Josh Brolin's junk or they have to leave the house wearing a helmet at all times
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Why do I get the feeling that this silly P.O.S. is gonna be a hit?
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High quality rationale from an AICN talkbalk once again.
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Her character is a prostitute. So when the casting director is casting a whore, Megan Fox's name is ALWAYS the first that comes to mind.
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...of Megan Fox rocking backwards in sex position, and loop it continuously for about 5 minutes...and post that shit on YouTube. One of you enterprising Youtube afficianados. I'll favorite that shit.
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bingo.<p>I mean, seriously... this is what some of you are bustin a nut over? This looks pretty damn forgettable.
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after watching this trailer is Mr. Plinkett from Red Letter Media screaming, "What's wrong with your faaaaace?"
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But something about that trailer reminds me of the Dark Tower series...so I'm a bit intrigued. If the reviews from legitimate critics are sound...I'll fork over 10 bucks for a ticket...maybe.
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...that so many of these talkbackers call this the worst movie ever before they have even had a chance to see it. If you hate the trailer, then say so...but don't comdemn the film before you have seen it. Try saying something like..."this looks like it COULD be really bad." then if it comes out and is somehow GOOD, then you can at least save face.
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It's mediocre. It's not even entertainingly bad. It's just a decently cut trailer. And the best scene in the movie is in the trailer (the part where he blows the guy through the window).
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actually.
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This is a goofy film site, it's not Japan
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I thoroughly enjoyed Crank 2 for the love letter to Troma that it was, I will follow Neveldine/Taylor on their adventures.
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I must have been watching a different trailer.
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And this is their terribly deformed baby.
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I might wait the few weeks for it to reach Blockbuster shelves, but I like Brolin. Slightly better looking than a SyFy flick, I think. But of course, it's by NO means up there with the Mensa of superhero films(zealots, this is for you), The Dark Knight! Hail Nolan and Heath Be Praised.
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Poor choice of words. If he did, then it WOULD become a cult film.
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Had Salma Hayek's ass. Well, some of it. But at least Jonah Hex doesn't have Will Smith.
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If you guys saw this same trailer only Brad Bird was director, you'd all be shooting yourselves in the eye with jizz right now.
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i thought it was a western..whats with the horse mounted gattling guns and flamethrowers?
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I thought the source material would've lent itself better to a gothic horror western.
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Wiggy Wild Wild West.
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I have it on good authority that there are no twin horse-mounted Gatling guns in the Last Airbender. Plus, M. Night's movies have gotten progressively worse. Lady in the Water was near unwatchable. Signs was watchable but was still incoherent (nothing about the aliens made any sense). The Happening was Teh Suck. <br><br> Jonah Hex has horse-mounted Gatling guns, inexplicable abilities to talk to dead people, John Malkovich, Megan Fox in an ultra-tight corset.
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I hate to hear the movie is terrible.
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Anyone notice GOB in the trailer? Will Arnett FTW!
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No elephant-mounted Gatling guns in Horton Hears a Who.
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<p>Worse than Son of the Mask?Worse than Epic Movie?? Worse than Cop Out???</p> <p>Clearly you fucking morons need to see more movies.</p>
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Beautiful girl, terrible actor.
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When did Hex have supernatural powers? Because he didn't in the 80s.<p> They had a perfect chance to make a Eastwood-style Western franchise. Instead they remade Will Smith's Wild Wild West.<p> Hell, They even ripped off an Eastwood line (IIRC)<p> and BTW, Jonah's face was made that way by Indians.
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Am I the only one getting an odd Flintstones-y vibe from that Gatling Gun Horse? Wouldn't be surprised if that stallion says, "Dis stinks but its a living," right after Jonah cuts those extras down. Hopefully that won't be the end of the animal artillary. I wanna see him pick up a flamingo and use it's neck like a bow & arrow. Tie some TNT onto a gang of prairie dogs and unleash them in a saloon
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er what the fuck? when was that in teh comic?
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HUGE built in audience- especially with children.
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You forgot to add in "Ghost Dad" in that list of worst movies.
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yup.
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He never spoke to the dead or had any superpowers at all. I can find no reason for adding this considering the Big Bad in this movie is a canon.
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That would be sweet.
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what the fuck is this shit?
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but she'd be great for a dirty ride.
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But it sure as shit wasn't Jonah Hex. Hell, Constantine was closer to its source material than this is. I was hoping against hope that this might turn out to be a cool little sleeper, but no, it's just another pg-13 clusterfuck of noise and (bloodyless) fury. Damn shame too. <p>It might still be retardedly entertaining I guess, but that's about the best we can hope for by the look of things, and good chance we'll just get the retarded, and not the entertaining judging by that trailer. <p>Waited over 30 years for a Jonah Hex movie (Eastwood was even circling the project at one point in the mid 70's...ah, if only.), only to be given generic 'in name only' hollywood pap like this. Oh well, at least the comic is still around...
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they pasted an asshole on Brolin's face...
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few seasons of Brisco County Jnr. That was awesome. "you happen to be in the company of a connoisseur of penal lodging" Awesome.
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once you use one of those 'press down on lever to explode' boxes, I am sold for the movie. Sadly can only think of The Party as other one that uses it. But that one rocked.
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compared to LEONARD PART 6. Bill Cosby owes me 5 bucks and 85 minutes of my life back!
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No Country for Bad Movies. Poor Megan.
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You hater fags really need to lighten up. It's a popcorn fantasy western.
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impossible for him to speak properly?
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since Spawn and The Phantom...
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Movie looks great because I don't expect good acting from the "just for looks" female role. I only hope she never gets the lead in a movie that needs a real female actress.
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Such a great movie. I'd call in underrated, but most people haven't even seen it in the first place.
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that is all
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they should have just went all out and do Hex, Jonah Hex in the future
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i remember when the first pics of his face were posted it was thought that it was just in place for filming before being done over digitally in post production fx. guess we were wrong. terrible.
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is Will Smith popping out from behind a tumbleweed and doing his "Wild West" rap in a black stetson
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Jonah Hex, the character and the comic couldn't be any easier to adapt to film. Its a western, plain and simple. Bad ass bounty hunter with a scarred face. Even when Lansdale wrote the supernatural/western miniseries Two-Gun Mojo and its sequels, Jonah never had powers. Just a guy with a gun (and sometimes a knife). Aside from the makeup, Brolin looks great as Hex but my god the rest of it couldn't be further from the source material if the actual movie turned out to have Spider-man in it. Thankfully there's a 7 episode motion comic adapting 3 real Hex stories as well as an animated short with the next DC Animated DVD to wash the taste of this out of my mouth.
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and that aint good.
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Seems like overkill. Jonah's obviously one of those people who fishes with dynamite.
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Truly awful. If anyone reads comics or plays board, could you take the time to full out this survey: http://www.makesurvey.net/cgi-bin/survey.dll/2C3DCBCEFDB84599A6BD507D5BE404E9 thanks!
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I was expecting a Two-face make-up/CGI mash up. What I saw looks like fried shit.
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SyFy channel movie. Wild Wild West. Megan Fox can't act. Source material. Can we add any more recycled comments, or does anyone out there actually have their own opinion? You guys are all retarded if you think this looks remotely like a SyFy movie. I recently watched Mega Piranha, and that movie is so way beyond awful, it's fucking insulting that you guys all think this looks to be on that level. Fuck, I hate talkbackers.
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April 29, 2010, 2:08 p.m. CST
CAN MEGAN FOX EVER NOT SOUND COMPLETELY FUCKING BORED?!?
by TehCreepyThinMan
Fucking whore reads her lines like a phone sex worker telling some pud pulling wanker about how she's sucking his balls.
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I get that they branded Johah's face to look gross, but they don't explain why the girl's thumbs look retarded and gross looking. I guess they branded her acting too.
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I'm in!
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"Cut mahself shavin'!"<P> classic!
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I hope its watchable. Alot of folks don't get "it" with Hex or even westerns, for that matter. Hopefully that's all it is.
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What did you add to the conversation, asshole? You're just as repetitive and unimaginative as the folks you sniped at. The only difference between them and you is that you're oblivious AND ignorant to boot. Hate talkbackers, do we? And what would that make you, you shit-sucking clown? Go find another SyFy movie to sit through. That's a duty you can handle better than trying to belittle anyone
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also, i can't take a movie seriously if Megan Fox is in it. And by seriously, i mean i can't respect it.
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hope he doesn't apologize for being a confederate. Jonah Hex is a son of the south. Regardless of one's anti-slavery opinions, no true southerner would fight for the north. They hated yankees much, much, much worse.
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Another comic book lead that talks through his teeth. Don't know nuthin' 'bout no Jonah Hex Comic graphic novel whatchamadoos but this looks like shite. Not worthy of a free OnDemand download.
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the thing about no true southerner blah blah blah. That was a knee-jerk reaction. People have more reasons for doing things than stars in the sky.
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It'll probably be awful, but it LOOKS good.
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man, I hope its good
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and I don't mean in a TRANSFORMERS/GI JOE/VAN HELSING sort of way.
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No way am I seeing this in the theater. I'll rent it from RedBox, though.
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I dig Hex and Ghost Rider. I like my heroes mean and spooky.<P> Hollywood just doesn't get it.
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plus my girl megan fox is in it i like bi girls she should do a movie with kristanna loken shes also into girls
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It was years after reading about Jonah Hex before I found out what caused his scar. That added to the mystery. And in the movie, it sounds like they shoot that load right at the start. <P> Premature origination!<P> Same thing w/ Wolverine! It took us 30 years of reading the adventures of before we get the full scoop. The movie spells it out immediately and takes every bit of tension of out of the characters.
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April 29, 2010, 2:38 p.m. CST
It looks like they dropped Ghost Rider in Wild Wild West...
by jgsugden
... and that wasn't a compliment. And megan Fox needs to move to a medium where we don't hear her speak.
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or Premature Originization?
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The reviews have been bad, it's got megan fox in it. Yeah this is gonna be bollox!
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I think this trailer hits just about every trailer cliche known to man.
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I want to like this film.
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It doesn't look TOO bad. The makeup is the worst thing. It just looks like a chunk of rubber glued to his face when he talks. Theres gotta be a better solution than what they came up with... The direction looks fucking amateur as well. This will bomb pretty hard. Just call me Nostradamus from now on.
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Honestly, how does Malcovich keep getting work? The guy is the same character in every film. The only thing i enjoyed him in is Being John Malcovich.
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Birdie num nums. That made my day!! I don't often comment here but have been coming to the site since forever and that comment was awesome. One of My all time fav. Movies!! Long Live Peter Sellers.
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Fuck the haters. Anybody know what it's rated?
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Harry will lead a call to arms towards the end of the year for this to be considered for an Academy Award for Best Picture and Megan Fox for Best Supporting Actress.
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I added to the conversation by saying this conversation is stale. And that you're a full fledged douche, don't let anyone ever tell you differently. I'm glad you think you know me, based on my 1 comment. I can get a full understanding of your doucheness, by reading the 6 (six!) posts you've made. 6 posts. Quite a lot to post for someone so completely opposed to this movie. Don't you have anything better to do with your time? The basis for my argument comes from the fact that talkbackers have been looking for any reason to rip this movie to shreds, because their leaders (merrick, harry, peter, merrick's hairy peter) all feel the need to rip it apart. So now everyone feels obliged to rip apart the poster, the trailer, the acting, the look, the everything. They were ready to bash this movie months ago. I'm not saying the movie doesn't deserve it, but it doesn't deserve the hate either. The big difference between you and the other talkbackers, is that you actually seem to have your own opinion. Everyone is recycling what someone else said. I don't see why you're so offended by that, my post was never targeted at you anyways.
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after I've had Novocaine.
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but is hard to tell by trailers.. i'll wait and see some real reviews before i judge it.. you know.. like a rational person.
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And I'm the one with too much time? Calling me a douche? I stand by my previous assessment that you're unimaginative and repetitive. Now I can add long-winded and boring to that list, so thanks for that. You're still a cock-socket
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Oh, Megan Fox. Mute buttons were invented for thee. Does everyone in the movie exclaim "Jonah Hex" whenever he shows up? As if there's some other branded-faced cowboy running around? I also hope this movie reminds everyone that John Malkovich hasn't had a decent performance this century.
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Ok...whats the thinking here Josh? You could have played an uber cool Terminator in Terminator Salvation (which i liked btw..no where near as good as 1 and 2, but better then part 3 in my book) but no, u gave up a good part, made sam worthington a star in the process, to play a pissed off southern rebel seeking revenge wild wild west style? What was the thinking there? Dont get me wrong, terminator salvation had its flaws, but to turn down the chance to play a friggen terminator, only to play a pissed off redneck? wtf man? This movie looks like a direct to video type of deal. No, strike that, this is max payne looking bad!
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Your post might not have been directed toward me, but I'm at work, bored and a hater by nature. You dropped blood in the water and I pounced. I'm not actually at all offended, so take that for whatever it's worth. I recognize that you've got a good point
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SyFy Saturday night movie.
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that trainwreck hurt me badly...
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April 29, 2010, 3:31 p.m. CST
Didn't Hex get his scarred look from an Indians tomahawk?
by Monkey_King
What the fuck is this Hollywood re-envisoned garbage?
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ok. I mean, it doesn't look fantastic like some of you are saying, but it doesn't look like the shittiest shitfest this side of Bloodrayne 2 like the rest of you are saying. It looks purely average. Moderately entertaining, yet instantly forgettable.
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Acting: everyone, horrible. Music: atrocious. Action: absurd. technology: outrageously absurd. Originality: zero. Cliches: more than I can count.<p>So basically someone with a lot of money likes Westerns, likes Van Helsing, and isn't very smart. Result: this movie.<p>Look! The tech guy is black! Black people, please come see this movie!<p>There's simply too much not to like for me to go on.
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You won't like the answer.
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Good thing I can think for myself, and don't automatically believe something is shit just because the Internet told me to think that. It doesn't look too bad at all - looks like a Western with some supernatural shit and some crazy steampunk tech in it, just like it should be. Even Megan Fox looks better than I expected to her, given that I've never seen her act worth shit before. Except for one particularly jarring issue - why the hell does Hex have supernatural powers?
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Much better title.
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i call it a kaiser blade. i reckon i'll have some french fried potaters, mmmhmmm"
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This looks pretty bad .. I think the trailer needed more power chords. Was this film really necessary? Now .. SCUD movie would be nice to see... but again, necessary? probably not .. oh Rob Schrabb.
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You'll talk to a fucking corpse but you won't talk to a cute little dog.
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I thought the EXACT same thing. lol I'm like "hang on, did I just see what I think I saw? Foxy riding someone cowgirl style??"
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I was hoping they'd have that line in the trailer. Just end it with that, after showing the title. "I got nothing to say to you." SUMMER 2010.
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because he's the star in this movie. The subject matter made this project a huge risk, he must have known it could turn out like Wild Wild West and put a huge blemish on his resume, but it could have turned out pretty cool. Too bad the gamble didn't pay off. He woulda been better off taking the co-starring role in T4, even though that movie was a failure as well.
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April 29, 2010, 4:08 p.m. CST
can you guys unban the ip in my parents basement
by WINONA_RYDERS_PUSSY_JUICE
these proxy servers are fucking slow!
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butt-raped by Indians there is no point to pay ticket for this shit.he talks to the dead...jesus...
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Massive Dynamic makes Jonah's weapons? Sweeeeet.
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This is one of those trailers where they show the ENTIRE movie. <p> Not bad for free. <p> But Megan Fox still can't act for shit.
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This movie is going to be a gigantic joke.
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That horse is carrying one more Gatling than an Apache. <P> Brolin deserves an award for suffering the make-up.
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20/20 vision. Looking back on it now Brolin should have done T4. Unlike Worthington he can act, and would have stopped Worthington's undeserved continued employment.
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Nice to see Mr Plinkett is writting scripts now, i take it this is a comedy then?
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Because of a HUGE built in audience? I think that is clearly overstating the interest in the source material. Dragonball had a huge built in audience too then, didn't it? The only way Airbender won't bomb if it gets great word of mouth to get a large amount of non-kids to want to see it. I personally don't see that happening, because of the limited appeal of the source material and Night's sinking reputation.
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Salma Hayak <p> (maybe that makes "two" things?)
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I call it sounding exactly like Carl from the movie of the same name...
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Have to admit it does look pretty entertaining, though.
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she should do that more often. even in Jennifer's Body when she's all "drained" i thought she was still very cute. as for the movie, it looks like a fun rental but not theater worthy.
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Brolin looks like the only decent part of this movie.<p> And I hate the heavy metal music in the trailer.
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April 29, 2010, 5:39 p.m. CST
Why are they TRYING to remind you of Ghost Rider w/ that music?
by Anything But Tangerines
Same music from the GR teaser - BAAAAD MOVE!!
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Shitty.
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that was BAAAAAD.
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Brolin, Malkovich, Will Arnett, FBI Agent Broyles, Megan Fox. I guess I'll give it a watch
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Why is this guy highly regarded again? The movie itself looks OK, hope that junk guitar crap isn't in the actual movie.
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It looks really awful. And If i never see a Dark Tower Movie, I will die happy. Because I think it would end up looking as awful and ridiculously acted like this. Brolin and Malkovich are just looking for a paycheck, obviously. This looks like crap- regurgitated shit that hollywood has been pumping out for the last 10 years. if you can sum up your movie with "X meets Y" you're doing it wrong. this is Wild Wild West meets Van Helsing and it looks just as bad, if not worse.
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The only good thing about this bad-lookin' movie is if it gets people to read the original:<p> http://tinyurl.com/24qucnv <p> Problem with that is, if the movie is as bad as I fear, it WON'T inspire anyone to read the original.<p> The original was inspired by _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_. That's what the movie ought to look like too. Plus, Hex doesn't have supernatural powers! Even in the VERY rare stories that had some supernatural element, Hex *himself* isn't supernatural!
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The only good thing about this bad-lookin' movie is if it gets people to read the original:<p> http://tinyurl.com/24qucnv <p> Problem with that is, if the movie is as bad as I fear, it WON'T inspire anyone to read the original.<p> The original was inspired by _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_. That's what the movie ought to look like too. Plus, Hex doesn't have supernatural powers! Even in the VERY rare stories that had some supernatural element, Hex *himself* isn't supernatural!
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to this movies plot, so I can't figure out why they added it.
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Tony Dezuniga is the Filipino comic book artist who co-created the DC character with John Albano.
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I've seen this movie already, don't believe me google the test screening in Los Angeles at the Bridge last Sunday. With that being said. Here's highlights. Megan Fox (Leila) doesn't show the goods- unfortunate for clearly playing a prostitute. Very family friendly. She gets one decent action scene shooting some guns which you've already scene in the trailer that is over before it really goes anywhere. In fact most of the action in this movie is over before it gets started. This probably means they pissed away their production budget on the visual effects rather than decent and practical fight cheorography. It's very clear this movie feels like it was made on a made for television shoe-string budget. While John Malkovich (Turnbull) is an excellent actor, he's put on a few extra pounds for his role and sadly he is a very weakly written villain with no depth. Definately doesn't feel like a worthy advisary to Jonah, in fact his henchman Michael Fassbender (Burke) is more effective at giving Jonah a real life threatening fight. Probably the best fight in the movie. Josh Brolin makes a great Jonah Hex, he pulls off the traits needed to be Jonah including gritting his teeth when he talks and the Clint Eastwood "eye squint". Man of a few words and swift action. He is the only part of this flick worth watching. Everyone else is utterly useless, created only to progress the lackluster and confusing plot. The supernatural elements are here but they don't go anywhere substantial. This movie literally has Jonah in it and doesn't know what the hell to do with his "special abilities" so they just toss out ideas and fish for something they think works. The bird coming out of his mouth has no reason or explaination whatsoever. The opening sequence is killer. Since the damn trailer has already spoiled it, the gatling guns are great but they're used once and briefly done. Such a shame along with his other unique weaponry. I enjoyed the way they handled Jonah "talking to the dead" by temporaryly reanimating corpses through physical contact. (also spoiled in the trailer) All in all it looks and feels very Wild, Wild, West without going too far over the top with the comedic elements - it tries and fails by the third act to be more believable. Once you learn about the knock off dragonballs, it's downhill from there folks. Jonah Hex is very much the look and style of a good western at first but lacks the depth and character driven action sequences to hold up to say The Quick and The Dead (1995). Trust me, it was a superior movie. Wait for the dvd and go see something better. Don't literally buy the hype of the "sizzle" trailer which gives away the only bits of this film worth paying to see in the theater leaving you nothing to be surprised about. It's another cheap way for Warner Bros to attempt to cash in on DC's weaker roster of anti-heroes. This is no Batman Begins or The Dark Knight, hell it's not even Superman Returns it's actually worse if you can imagine that. Oh and once again Megan Fox DOES NOT show the goods, she doesn't have "on screen" sex. If you're going for Fox's goodies, you're going to be severely disappointed more so than Jennifer's Body which showed more skin. She might be hot when all her horrendous tats are covered up but she's still as lifeless as her cardboard standees. Jonah's hexed, don't fall under the spell of a typical bullshit spun action trailer trying to hold it together.
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if so I will be there, the Cock commands me!!!
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Her acting does *rimshot*
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Has disaster and/or career-killer written all over it. Take your pick.
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Makes Wild Wild West seem authentic.
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I heard he was approached to play the Green Goblin in Spidey and turned it down. "I'm not going to do that fucking movie." Was the quote or words to that effect. Well, John, if you HAD to do a comic book film why did you hold out for this one? I love ya man, but you could have done better than this.
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Looks like Brolin is channeling his inner Pliskin.
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April 29, 2010, 9:12 p.m. CST
WICKY WILE wicky wicky wile WEEE'REEE GOIN' STRAIGHT TO....THE J
by gruemanlives
Apparently I hear Josh Brolin is singing the theme song for this film with Dru Hill (Sisqo).
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Absolute horseshit. I can tolerate a misfire of characterization in a poorly adapted but fairly enjoyable movie (Constantine), but this doesn't even look like a fairly enjoyable movie.
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Looks like it'll be worth the matinee price.
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This looks like ass.
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I was scrolling down to say the exact same thing! err hrr
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scroll up, someone else already beat us both to it...
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And they totally ripped a line off from Once Upon A Time In The West:<BR><BR>"Looks like we're shy one horse!"<BR><BR>"Nope. You brought two too many."
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April 29, 2010, 10:48 p.m. CST
And nothing says "Western" more than BLARING HEAVY METAL
by Nasty In The Pasty
Where's Ennio Morricone when you need him?
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...without having seen it! We are the interwebs! We hate everything!! Here's a handy guide: If I find out anyone likes anything I like, I no longer like it. If everyone hates it, it must be pretty fucking good! Remember that you are all wrong all the time, your arguments are all invalid, and I win! HA HA!! INTERNET NERD RAGE!!!!111!!one!! Now, go off and cry, pussies!
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first off who can say if this is faithful, since they f'ed with Jonah Hex so many times in the comics (put him in the future, made him supernatural)..with the classic Tony Dezuniga Joh Albano Hex was a confederate soldier/bounty hunter who got his face scarred by an red hot apache tomahawk...and this trailer (all/most trailers) is so badly edited and why see the fucking movie now since you know she stabs the pimp and they end up battling a giant spider on a clockwork submarine? Paul Thomas Anderson (the boogie nights dir) suggested some time ago how trailers are an art unto themselves, that there should be footage used only in the trailer in some cases, and that the director of the movie might want a hand in editing it...yeah I'm going to see it.
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Doesn't look great....but it looks better than a SyFy Original. At least Megan Fox looks hot..right?
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He was great on The Wire, and solid on Lost; he's more or less wasted on Fringe.
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It doesn't make sense for a (presumably) free Black man to play "Q" to a rebel soldier who insists on wearing the uniform of the army that fought for chattel slavery.
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he cant do any accents if he life depended on it. Its as if he doesnt try. I hate movies where accents are imperative, but actors cant do them! Ex. Valkyrie, The Man In the Iron Mask (where malkovich failed at miserably!!!
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damn that was the first thing I noticed about this trailer. I just kept expecting the "mmm hrmm" after everything he said. ps megan fox still sucks
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not the black ones
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Malkovich is the only thing wrong with this movie, if it wasn't for him we would be dealing with the godfather part II of comic book western adaptations
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Just redo the awesome Batman: TAS episode, probably one of the best episodes of the entire run. I think it will be a good mantinee film. I wonder if they will easter egg any DC stuff or just keep it seperate.
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Just redo the awesome Batman: TAS episode, probably one of the best episodes of the entire run. I think it will be a good matinee film. I wonder if they will easter egg any DC stuff or just keep it separate.
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Looking at this was actually painful. What drugs was the writer on?
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Monkey_king is correct; Hex got his scars from an indian (apache I believe) tomahawk. I'm soooo fucking dissapointed - been waiting ages for a faithfull adaption of this bad-ass character. And what's up with the soul-crossing-over-talking-to-dead-people-crap?!? I wanna bone Megan Foxx as much as the rest of the planets male population, but this movie leaves me completely cold !!!
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I mean i could see if there was a hole in his cheek then there should be a pice of flesh hanging down, but that piece makes no sense where it's placed, i guess were supposed to belive that his skin melted down and then fused to his lower lip, but can that even happen?<P>I've always seen Hex as a fourth tier comic book in the DC universe, somebody must have bought the rights years ago because i can't see WB and DC's new strategy including Jonah Hexx as their big 2010 movie. Still, it would be cool if Brolin as Hex shows up in the 2014 justice league movie especially if Chirs nolan is involved, Hexx would fit into the batman universe no problem
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His face isnt quite ruined enough. I'm supposed to be able to see more teeth/jaw/skeleton under there, if I'm remembering correctly. I think the main thing wrong with the movie may be the tone, and I think half of what feels wrong with the tone is the hard rock sound track. Ditch the music and replace it with something more melancholy and understated. I always got a vibe similar to the Hellboy comics (some action, some magic, some mystery, some introspection). It seems they've ditched the somber introspection aspect. But maybe my memory of Jonah Hex is a bit off due to time ... I haven't read it in .... woof. Ages.
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I know this isn't the 1950s, when every other movie was a western, but well-done regular westerns WILL work in Hollywood. 3:10 to Yuma springs to mind. Why did (someone, probably the producers) demand Jonah have "powers"? I understand changing his origin, as it doesn't lend itself to a good vengeance storyline. The back story between Turnbull and Hex in the comics is complicated, and wouldn't easily fit into the first act of the film. So they changed his origin to fit the story... fine. I don't like it, but I understand. The supernatural crap is silly and unforgiven-able. Do you think the Coens are going to make Rooster Cogburn a sparkly vampire?
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like Karl from "Slingblade"? Some folks calls it er sling blade, I calls it er Kaiser blade.. I like them French fried potaters. Brolin is great.....I am just sayin'
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I can never...ever get my first post right.
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They're both western steampunk flicks, but that's about it.
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..is now online over at Empireonline.com, and it looks sick. A promising start, methinks...
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Because God knows we can't have a Jonah Hex movie that looks and sounds like a decent Western...
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Okay, have to admit, this was looking good until they plastered Megan Fox's boobs on the screen. Nothing against boobs, but that bitch cant act. Sorry to be blunt.
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not with the James Bond style 19th Century Steampunk weapons.
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Oh, no, wait, KICK ASS is this years KICK ASS. You know, THE BIGGEST BOMB OF 2010?
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April 30, 2010, 12:29 p.m. CST
It's an allegory about Michael Jackson's life, you idiots
by JoeSixPack
Come on, how can you not appreciate that genius?
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hex talks to dead people. malkovich in a silly wig. no indian scar. megan fox in clothes. i will save my $. that is all.
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... id s friend who, upon seeing the trailer remarked "The Falcon movie idea doesn't seem that bad now..."
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3:10 a good western? After the second time the bad guy nearly escaped and killed a couple of people doing it, I spent much of the rest of the film going "Shoot him! Shoot Him!!! What the *&$^%# are you idiots WAITING for? SHOOT HIM already!" Yeah, I know, the lead needed the bounty and it would have been a shorter, if more intelligent film. I don't care. They should have shot him and been done with.
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May 1, 2010, 12:36 a.m. CST
Yeah, John Malkovich is easily the worst-looking part of this mo
by memento108
He always seems like he's just reading lines off of a script. Sounds the same in every movie, no real difference from one performance to the next. Never been a fan of his because of that. That said, i've seen worse than this trailer.
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I'm surprised I saw few if any Outlaw Josey Wales comparisons.
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Looks like one big mess all the way around.
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Now I don't need to see the movie. THanks Harry!
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Please make it stop.
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While the "shoot him!" solution is reasonable and perhaps more realistic, it doesn't make for very good filmmaking. The money motive provides enough suspension of disbelief that they'd keep Crowe's character alive. Bale's character is too determined to just "shoot him!". But what makes the film a great western isn't the plot; it's the subtle build of the mutual respect between Crowe and Bale. And I love that ending. It gets me every time.
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May 2, 2010, 11:42 a.m. CST
I don't know It doesn't look that bad but I've been fooled befor
by Professor_Bedlam
I might have to movie jump this one! Buy a ticket to a movie I do want to see then just walk into this one for free!
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...to turn Megan Fox into a horse. Looks like the goal's a million. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/meganfoxhorse/
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that was a pretty blatant rip of 'fistful of dollars.' 'My mistake. four coffins' otherwise good though.
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AH SEES DED COWPOKES.<p> SUM OFFUM BE A'SKERRIN ME SUMPIN AWFUL!<p> AN THAT THAR TURNBLADDER FELLER? IMMA KEEL HEEM DED AND THEN TALK TEW EEM A SPELL.
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The hanging piece of skin from upper to lower lips is the kind of visual cue/character design element that looked "cool" or fucked up when the character was first introduced in comics. But as others have noted, the whole POINT of Jonah Hex having a fucked up face was because...well, it was a FUCKED UP FACE.<p>But instead of going the more literal route, once again we're treated to the classic Hollywood case of someone saying "Well, we don't want to mess up the looks of our leading man TOO much." The result: they give him some burned skin and the hanging piece of melted skin, which begs the all too obvious question that even comic fans ask: why wouldn't you just CUT the hanging skin, so your mouth works properly? And if you have to trim the excess skin off or cauterize it, big deal.<p>What, more burned or crappy skin is gonna look bad on the side of your face that is already totally fucked up and burned!? Just cut the fucking thing and be done with it!
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this look kinda cool. Merrick what syfy movies have you been watching? I see absolutely no similarity between this trailer and those embarrassing Saturday night movies.
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