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Dreamworks Sends A First-Time Director To THE RUINS!!

Sounds cool by Fing Fang Foom	Mar 15th, 2007 02:49:58 PM
Yep.
THAT YEAR'S LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE! by Err	Mar 15th, 2007 02:56:26 PM
I always hope horror films get better. They usually don't. But I always hope.
IT'S QUIET... A LITTLE TOO QUIET by Spunkmeyer24	Mar 15th, 2007 03:09:24 PM
IT'S RAPHAEL...A LITTLE TOO RAPHAEL
Ain't It Old News by Kasch	Mar 15th, 2007 03:09:24 PM
Wow, this one is literaly a month old. Great novel though. I hope they do it justice.
bugcrush trailer by gotilk	Mar 15th, 2007 03:12:25 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yqraow Looks pretty decent, visually. Hard to tell what it's about, but let's just say I wouldn't bend to grab the soap in front of it.
I heard good things about this book... by Childe Roland	Mar 15th, 2007 03:21:34 PM
...so I'll be curious as to how this adaptation unfolds. If the author's involved and people who've read the thing approve of casting choices, it may save me the time and effort of actually reading the thing.
Sorry for saying this by THE KNIGHT	Mar 15th, 2007 03:22:17 PM
But a first time director definitely gotta eat... agree? Disagree?
Too Moriarty... by Diagnostic	Mar 15th, 2007 03:32:54 PM
I would like a post that flies off the handle.
This jungle makes Cambodia look like Kansas by ATARI	Mar 15th, 2007 03:43:17 PM

Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Mar 15th, 2007 03:49:25 PM
Damn you Michael Bay
The books massively overrated. A Simple Plan is by Lovecraftfan	Mar 15th, 2007 04:30:15 PM
far better.
I've seen Bugcrush... by BlckDm	Mar 15th, 2007 04:30:23 PM
I work for the Eerie Horror Film Festival and we played Bugcrush at our 2006 fest. Good luck to Dreamworks! Although it did win "Best Short" at our fest, almost everyone that I talked to thought it was one of the biggest wastes of their time. It definitely wasn't AMAZING like everyone kept saying, so I don't remember the details, but I do remember not really liking it that much. It was alright, but I don't think it was anything spectacular. Again, this is just my opinion and about 200 others...good luck to Dreamworks...
The book's characters did zero for me. by Doctor_Sin	Mar 15th, 2007 04:31:34 PM
And it really seemed like it'd be a standard Sci-Fi Channel flick than anything else. I felt the characters were too cookie-cutter and the whole plot seemed like something Michael Crichton wrote, read, realized it was sub-par, and chucked out into the trash. The plot never surprised me, honestly. Don't get me wrong, it'd make an ok film for some (not me), but not some big, overhyped thriller. Just a garbagey "Anaconda" or "The Relic" sort of thing.
STARRING SHIA LABEOUF ! by Pound Sand	Mar 15th, 2007 04:50:40 PM
Hey, cut this guy some slack. Technically, this Carter guy is not a first time director. Besides, even Michael Bay Denis had a first time; veteranship means nada.
Simple Plan-Fargo wannabee. by TomBodet	Mar 15th, 2007 05:01:41 PM
No really, it is. I was disappointed when I watched it, and generally think of Fargo as being overrated too. Isn't that sad? Me the big Armageddon fan. Oh well different fools and their movie fandums. For what it's worth I did enjoy Lonestar.
26 months to go by kwisatzhaderach	Mar 15th, 2007 05:14:53 PM
Avatar is going to kick ass
Dirk's MVP performance by caravaggio	Mar 15th, 2007 05:33:39 PM
what a game last night, but got to give it up to NASH
that book is insane by mr. brownstone	Mar 15th, 2007 06:03:08 PM
should make for a great knuckle biter.
The book is an allegory by ebolamonkey	Mar 15th, 2007 06:35:02 PM
about the inevitability of death, the fact that nature will consume us all, and how people react to facing that moment. You keep hoping there's more to it than that, but there's not. Everybody talks about the originality but the cliches are all there. The only teeth the book had was the ending, and you can count on Hollywood to change that.
I read most of the book; I didn't think much of it. by Orbots Commander	Mar 15th, 2007 07:19:53 PM
In fact I returned it to my local public library before it was even due back. Had no compulsion to see how it ends. I thought this novel was a comedown for Scott Smith, whose A SIMPLE PLAN I loved.
Fargo=1996, A Simple Plan novel = 1994 by Flip63Hole	Mar 15th, 2007 08:19:22 PM
Ummm - who's the wannabe? Get your dates straight, bozo...
first time diector's gotta dine in hell... by mr. brownstone	Mar 15th, 2007 08:24:31 PM
yep.
This book pissed me off by TheSplinter	Mar 15th, 2007 08:33:23 PM
Scary? No. Thrilling? No. Short? Well, it at least had that going for it. I saw that Smith thanked Ben Stiller in the liner notes, and upon looking it up saw that he actually optioned the book. So, maybe Stiller can add a little Focker humor to this insipid excuse for an exciting novel. Go read Cormac McCarthy instead.
What the hell? That trailer was ASS. by Kurzinski Valentine	Mar 15th, 2007 08:34:39 PM
literally. there's pre-pubescent naked boy ass and one minute of bad acting.
BOOK SPOILER!!! by Uga	Mar 15th, 2007 09:42:16 PM
... I just hope they don't advertise it as a "killer plant" movie, and instead make it seem like the Mayans are the villains. That's what I assumed when I started the book, and it was quite a surprise to see how it eventually turned out.
This'll end up in WalMart's $7.50 rack by Doctor_Sin	Mar 16th, 2007 12:38:51 AM

A SIMPLE PLAN RULES ALL!!! by wackybantha	Mar 16th, 2007 03:40:03 AM
Bridget Fonda is soooo purty!!!

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