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first by arrangedletters	Dec 10th, 2006 03:37:57 PM
flarp
hee by arrangedletters	Dec 10th, 2006 03:38:55 PM
not this was a talkback to be first in! What about the flicks?
Nice swag... by paint	Dec 10th, 2006 03:42:08 PM
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is fantastic...
Sweet! by emeraldluxury	Dec 10th, 2006 03:42:49 PM
Congrats to all the bnatters!! I hope you had as wonderful time as gloop. Happy Birthday Harry...sounds like a great lineup!
Sweet! by emeraldluxury	Dec 10th, 2006 03:42:51 PM
Congrats to all the bnatters!! I hope you had as wonderful time as gloop. Happy Birthday Harry...sounds like a great lineup!
Ted Leo! by waggy	Dec 10th, 2006 04:23:30 PM
i'm impressed guys. someone there has great taste.
How was 300? by Teamwak	Dec 10th, 2006 04:39:07 PM
Tell all!!!
300! by mattyholmes	Dec 10th, 2006 04:42:35 PM
Holy shit, I knew you guys were going to see it. TELL TELL TELL. www.obsessedwithfilm.com
Leif Jonker's DARKNESS by Mace Tofu	Dec 10th, 2006 04:44:11 PM
was the bloodiest indi movie I've seen. Cool that you got a poster to that rare film. How the hell did you carry all that cool swag around?
Smokin' Aces? 300? by theBigE	Dec 10th, 2006 04:46:08 PM
Details, please!!!
HARRY,Can Next Year's BNAT PLEASE be after Dec 15??!!!! by George Newman	Dec 10th, 2006 05:35:41 PM
I'm sure that at least half of the AICN population is in college, and school just doesn't wrap until after about the 15th! We can't travel half way across the country for the weekend, Harry, when we have papers and test the following Monday. I've been coming to the site for almost 7 years now (since 10th grade), and your Fantabulous Fest has always fallen on during final exams. For the love of all that is holy! Please!
hhhhacchhh.... by AllieJamison	Dec 10th, 2006 06:07:57 PM
zwartboek as ....black book, the one with sebastian koch? cool. 300---mmhhhhh
SWAGausting! by future help	Dec 10th, 2006 06:43:02 PM
as in exhausting
Newman... by El Fuego	Dec 10th, 2006 06:44:22 PM
It's funny, this is the first year I haven't had finals/papers on that weekend, but I just assumed I would as I have in past years so I didn't even apply. In the words of Jack Bauer... DAMMIT!
What's up with Teen Wolf? by zacdilone	Dec 10th, 2006 07:10:13 PM
That's the second somewhat cryptic reference to that film I've seen since BNAT ended. Is there something we're missing here?
Teen Wolf by The Funketeer	Dec 10th, 2006 07:22:47 PM
It's probably a new film that they are required not to talk about.
Would have still enjoyed being there... by BGDAWES	Dec 10th, 2006 07:23:48 PM
but now I'm not as depressed after seeing the line-up - no offense Harry; rest assured I would have much rather been at BNAT then with my girlfriend's parents yesterday night.
What's up with anything? by Upside Down Johnson	Dec 10th, 2006 07:26:35 PM
Where the hell are the reviews? I can't believe that of all the people that attended, we can't get one of them to tell us if 300 rocked or not?
Oh if you were a religious man: by vivavitalogy	Dec 10th, 2006 07:49:09 PM
This line-up might be a bit much. a questionable God-fearin' man's cure-all, darwinism, porn and greeks.
TEEN WOLF by McGsStepson	Dec 10th, 2006 07:50:04 PM
May have been a "prank" introduction for a bigger film like KNOCKED UP. It's happened in the past. And the only film that I am REALLY jealous about IS KNOCKED UP. I cannot wait for that film.
300 by AugustusGloop	Dec 10th, 2006 07:53:15 PM
Just submitted my full reviews of everything to Harry, but he's probably somewhere on the Starlight Express. Personally, I LOVED 300. LOVED LOVED LOVED LOVED LOVED it. So did the audience. However, there were a few who had their own ideas about just how the film should've been made, and it didn't work for them. The print we saw is 99% complete, but I honestly couldn't see a single thing to change.
Octo-BNAT Complete Lineup by AugustusGloop	Dec 10th, 2006 07:59:59 PM
Octo-BNAT Complete Lineup (Barring any accidental omissions) 1) Chirpy (short) 2) Stunt Rock (trailer) 3) Raw Force (trailer) 4) Teenage Tramp (trailer) 5) The Telephone Book (trailer) 6) Black Snake Moan (Feature) 7) Dreamgirls (Feature) 8) Panama Blue (Trailer) 9) Female Animal (Trailer) 10) Baby Love (Trailer) 11) Girls are for Loving (Trailer) 12) Underage (Trailer) 13) Once Upon a Girl (Feature) 14) Inherit the Wind (Feature) 15) Rocky (Trailer) 16) Rocky II (Trailer) 17) Rocky III (Trailer) 18) Rocky IV (Trailer) 19) Rocky V (Trailer) 20) Introduction & BNAT Greetings from Sylvester Stallone 21) Rocky Balboa (Feature) 22) Fanboys (Extended Trailer) 23) The Mafu Cage (Trailer) 24) The Buttercup Chain (Trailer) 25) Pepe (Trailer) 26) Matango (Trailer) 27) Knocked Up (Feature) 28) Teen Wolf (NOT!) 29) Zwartboek 'Black Book' (Feature) 30) In the Nick of Time (Trailer) 31) The Informer (Feature) 32) Challenge of the Lady Ninja (Trailer) 33) The Legend of Hillbilly John (Trailer) 34) It Came Without Warning (Trailer) 35) Cannibal Girls (Trailer) 36) Curse (Trailer) 37) Raw Force (Feature) 38) Smokin' Aces (Feature) 39) Introduction/BNAT Greeting by Smoking Aces Director 40) 300 (Feature) Oh, how I wish we could still bring in laptops so an on-going tab of BNAT could be kept online. I know it sucks to have to wait to find out what you missed. -Gloop
Oops! by AugustusGloop	Dec 10th, 2006 08:02:08 PM
They edited the article to include the lineup which I'd submitted separately, so I didn't notice it was up there. (That explains why you all are asking about Teen Wolf, hehehe) This is my first time posting in talkbacks, BTW. -Gloop
How was Black Snake Moan? by vivavitalogy	Dec 10th, 2006 08:02:47 PM
By far the one film i need to see. Anybody on this site give a go at the trailer contest? Got to moanmovie.com to check out submitted trailers. If your wondering the song playing over the trailers is "When the Lights Go Out" by The Black Keys form their record "Rubber Factory".
Teen Wolf = Planet Terror by TylerDurden3395	Dec 10th, 2006 08:09:15 PM
My reasoning: Augustus only lists 11 features and Harry lists 12. Since Teenage Mother is clearly Knocked Up, Black Book and I Was a Teenage Werewolf have no connection. Since I Was a Teenage Werewolf was a big double feature back in the day with I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, I'm guessing that the hint pertained to the double feature aspect of the clue and not the werewolf aspect. And since Planet Terror is on the Grindhouse Double Bill with Death Proof Im guessing that's what "Teen Wolf" is....
I am Jack's Complete Lack of a Clue by AugustusGloop	Dec 10th, 2006 08:21:09 PM
Teenage Werewolf = Teen Wolf As my review will explain when posted, this was a joke on the audience and more specifically one friend of Harry's who's been trying to get him to show Teen Wolf for years. It was only the first 2 minutes or so of Teen Wolf.
5-25-77 by DarthDooku	Dec 10th, 2006 09:25:30 PM
Knew that had something to do with SW :)
interesting... by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 10th, 2006 10:16:14 PM
Very interesting lineup. Glad to see Black Book snuck in there. Is it me or were there more new movies than usual this year? Be interesting to see if this is the direction BNAT's headed in...
Wow. by Darth Thoth	Dec 10th, 2006 10:16:19 PM
Another year I sit at home... totally envious! Man, you lucky sons of ... Wow, now I'm actually getting upset (it's become an annual thing) that I wasn't there. Not to mention the Jets got smacked today. Argh. Not feeling good right now. But hey, this sounds as if it was yet another classic event. One of these years I'm gonna take some time off and (hopefully) get down there. Peace.
Sold Out by tailhook	Dec 10th, 2006 10:52:18 PM
I agree.. BNAT has become basically a shill-fest for new features. Gone are the days when the lineup was made of previously overlooked gems that you weren't likely to catch on TV or DVD. Now all you get is a PR fest where every soon to be released film lines up so that they can be shown and then written and rewritten and then written again about on the site from the people who went. Its grabassery of the lowest order and if done a little its not too bad but at this kind of level its pretty sickening. And while I do find Stallone's writings for the site a good read its really no different then him going on Leno or Letterman to answer some of their questions and give ensightful anecdotes in order to bring PR to his latest film. The level of rubbing each others back this site has fallen to is just.. wow. We really aren't that far from this site being no longer a place for critical reviews but simply another arm of the advertising machine of Hollywood.
you guys saw all these big up coming films by slappy jones	Dec 10th, 2006 11:02:11 PM
and nobody is telling us what they were like???did you all sign confidentialiy contracts?? what was rocky like...black snake...300....dreamgirls....c ome on...what were they like?!?!?!
I normally don't care about this stuff... by DanielKurland	Dec 10th, 2006 11:29:46 PM
but seeing Knocked Up, 300, Black Snake Moan, and Smokin' Aces early really would have been nice.
tailhook by Poacher	Dec 10th, 2006 11:35:06 PM
Stallone's Q&A is completely different from him doing 5 minutes on Leno or Letterman. He never answers those type of questions, it's great that AICN has a forum for him to do so.
re: Sold Out by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 10th, 2006 11:38:04 PM
I guess I have a little bit more faith in the guys who run the site. I mean, they are fanboys first and foremost and all the choices sort of make sense if you follow Harry's tastes. I guess it's hard to resist when guys doing projects that you're interested in offer to let you have first dibs on screening their movies. It's hard to pass up on. Still, it'd have been nice to see him pass on a couple of the new films and keep the ratio about even. But it's his party. Oh well...at least we can still count on Quentin even if Harry's seems to be getting sucked into Hollywood.
not sure tailhook was dissing the Stallone Q&A... by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 10th, 2006 11:40:03 PM
I think he was just wondering whether or not Harry's birthday bash is just turning into another way for studios to hype their new movies (ie the seemingly unnecessary screening of Dreamgirls)
Can't wait to see 300 by Arion214	Dec 10th, 2006 11:45:11 PM
So what if this is a forum for Hollywood film makers? If they want to take the trouble to bring themselves and their films to Austin like Snyder did, then great for the Bnatters. They get to see old film gems and a few new greatly anticipated features. Whiners like tailhook just want everything their way or they dump on everyone elses fun. I would have given a quart of blood to see 300 before March 2007, so bug off and take your mopey attitude with you.
Didn't go, but I have seen a few of these... by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 10th, 2006 11:52:53 PM
Inherit the Wind is by far the best of the bunch. That said, of the new films, 300 is okay. It has pacing problems and the CGI doesn’t always work. Also, it is a celebration of fascism in the end, which is troubling. But it is pretty cool. Knocked Up is…well, the cut I saw was really rough. It was over 2:15 and it sure felt it. It is sporadically hilarious, and Rogen gives a solid performance, but Rudd is just repeating his act from “The Oh in Ohio.” It wasn’t funny then, it’s not funny now. There are subplots that are forgotten about with no resolution whatsoever and other “twists” that just make no sense. It could be good with some solid editing. But right now, it’s pacing is worse than 40YOV’s unrated cut. Smoking Aces was cool. Good action, funny dialogue. Nothing earth shattering, but fun. Hopefully it will do alright at the box office. Cranahan has great things ahead of him.
Arion214 by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 10th, 2006 11:55:18 PM
Because Austin already has events like that every year (SXSW, Fantastic Fest among many others). In the past, BNAT's been about getting a few great new movies and then a bunch of old stalwarts. Take one look at past BNAT lineups and I'd hope you'd geek out at the kind of lineups Harry put together. The past couple of BNAT's have become increasingly stuffed with new films that are coming out in the next couple of months anyway. Not saying this is a bad thing, just pointing out that people are using the event to hawk their new films. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just a little disappointing for those of us who want to go to a BNAT that's a little more geared towards pleasing the film geek who cares about more than getting to see the next comic book movie 3 months before the final effects are applied...
Skip them then by Arion214	Dec 11th, 2006 12:03:55 AM
If you don't want to see those new films, lots of others do. My suggestion would be to skip them and take a nap or get a glass of OJ. Maybe there should be room for all kinds of films and all kinds of geeks there. My opinion only, I guess.
chaplinatemyshoe by s0nicdeathmonkey	Dec 11th, 2006 12:05:14 AM
300 is actually pretty good though. it is definitely a "geek" film and Zach Snyder is definitely a "geek director" (and all around great guy, as a sidenote). maybe cut rocky part 6, or dreamgirls, or even knocked up...but 300 makes sense.
Aside from Rocky Balboa and 300... by Babba-Booey	Dec 11th, 2006 12:10:16 AM
This lineup kinda blows. Way too heavy on the trailers, Harry.
on of these years by Bloo	Dec 11th, 2006 01:59:34 AM
I'm going to make it to BNAT...I say that EVERY year but one of these years i"m going to make it
300 does make sense... by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 11th, 2006 02:30:32 AM
...I'm not altogether excited about it as say Black Book, but it's still sort of an event for Harry to snag. And like I said before, if Bill Condon, Sylvester Stallone, Craig Brewer and Joe Carnahan all wanted me to show their movies at my 24 hour movie marathon birthday party, it'd be pretty damn hard to say no.
Babba-Booey by AugustusGloop	Dec 11th, 2006 11:00:35 AM
Actually, I'd hoped for more trailers, but BNAT usually runs behind schedule. Many of the films went from one right to the next, with NO trailers, or with a 5-minute pee break in between. The Fanboys trailer was originally scheduled to be a feature, but the movie wasn't finished enough to show.
Darkness by John Wesley Hardin	Dec 11th, 2006 01:33:09 PM
That movie was really cool, and the last scene had a bajillion exploding heads. I wish more press was given to independent films, and real spy scoops, and less to corporate nonsense. Where, oh aicn, is thy soul?
Darkness...... by Fearsme	Dec 11th, 2006 01:42:30 PM
is a fantastic indi student film kind of thing. But it's not really a movie, and more of a really long gore reel.
Panama Red? by CaptDanielRoe	Dec 11th, 2006 02:05:27 PM
The most interesting thing on the list is of course the thing not listed on IMDB. But maybe it is: Did you possibly mistakenly write "Panama Blue" when you meant "Panama Red?" It's by some exploitation director named Bob Chinn so it seems likely....
Smokey Bear stuff by Marillion	Dec 11th, 2006 02:51:36 PM
Hope you BNAT'ers got a kick out of the Smokey Bear stuff direct from NM State Forestry.. What does that have to do with movies? Who the hell knows, but I thought it would be cute...
Shrek the Third ogre ears by Evil Hobbit	Dec 11th, 2006 04:45:55 PM
I lol'ed
Darkness . . . by John Wesley Hardin	Dec 11th, 2006 07:54:40 PM
It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. It is a movie, dude. You're right, though, it's got a lot of gore. On another note, count me in as one of the stoked for 300 people. I am extremely jealous of the bnat attendees, and feel righteously snubbed by the bearded chubby one (and I don't mean santa).
I wish... by The Midget_King	Dec 12th, 2006 12:37:58 AM
I could have gotten some of those Shrek ears...
Always some asshole whining by Doc-Holiday	Dec 12th, 2006 06:30:37 AM
So BNAT is evolving, so what? The only ONE person its there for is Harry - the rest of us should just be so lucky to get invited. You want to see more old films? Get off yo lazy ass and go rent some out then - or would that get in the way of sitting at your PC bitching about everything else in the world? I thought the line-up still had a good mix. The Spencer Tracy film is the one I'd have liked to have seen the most - but just reading about it is enough to make me go hire it out now. Hey Gloop - what was Piven like in Smoking Aces? His character sounded like it had the most potential when I heard about this film back in the day. Can't wait to see this movie and 300.
Wow, another gunslinger, here? by John Wesley Hardin	Dec 12th, 2006 09:03:26 AM
Yeah, Doc, it's Harry's gig. I wasn't directly referring to BNAT. I was talking about the site, in general.
Until the tuberculosis gets me, at least by Doc-Holiday	Dec 12th, 2006 11:14:58 AM
I saw a feature about Hardin only last month - nice work :) And I was more aiming my comments at some of the other guys further up the TB, not you so much Hardin. Guess my aim ain't so good after all....
Aw, hell, Doc, you was only puttin' on by John Wesley Hardin	Dec 12th, 2006 11:57:49 AM
Couldn't resist. Thanks. Hardin was a bad ass. By the way, I just finished a script on the life of Doc. Interesting story.
Wellll by Doc-Holiday	Dec 13th, 2006 02:46:53 AM
...in that case you ought to know they were ALL facing me when I pulled the trigger...they just turned their backs on me real fast is all....

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