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Opie fishes up an INVASION review... you know, that Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig flick!

Fuck... by Mosquito March	Jun 5th, 2007 05:26:33 PM
...am I first?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz* wha-?* oh first! zzzzzzzzzzzzz by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Jun 5th, 2007 05:28:18 PM
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To Harry by ryan brookhart	Jun 5th, 2007 05:29:24 PM
Read this Harry: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ articles/soapbox/soap060107.ht ml
Frankly... by Mosquito March	Jun 5th, 2007 05:33:30 PM
...I don't want to see a story like this told on a small scale - again. There have been so many non-global body snatcher adaptations, and I wish they'd broaden the scope for once. SIGNS did the same thing with the crop circle concept. It was enjoyable, but apart from some limited news footage and second-hand information, the entire invasion may as well have only been taking place in Pennsylvania. If the whole world is being taken over by these goddamn body snatcher things, I want to see THAT happen. I want to see the chaos and destruction that none of the other takes on this story have ever shown.
KEITH URBAN GOTTA EAT by Pound Sand	Jun 5th, 2007 05:34:32 PM
another remake of a remake of a remake? SIGH.
Why? by VoxMillennium	Jun 5th, 2007 05:35:31 PM
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers is a fascinating story, but I'm wondering what this latest version adds to the already existing three (or was it four?). I'm definitely curious about it and willing to give it a chance, but why this movie. Anybody know if the director has made any comments to that effect?
"one of the few elements of the film that doesn’t work. by BitterMan23	Jun 5th, 2007 05:35:56 PM
Unless this is an entirely different film than the one I saw about 3 weeks ago, that may be the wrongiest wrong thing i've ever read on AICN.
Way to look like an ass Marcus Brody by Lando Griffin	Jun 5th, 2007 05:37:06 PM
On a side note I am indifferent to Hostel, Eli Roth and "torture porn" but I love how spiteful Harry and the other contributors are putting the bitchey, whiney haters in their place. Kudos HeadGeek!
BitterMan23 is right by shmu65	Jun 5th, 2007 05:47:20 PM
This reviewer is completely full of shit, and an utter moron. I too saw this movie and it is crap. From beginning to end. You have to be a total nitwit to extract anything good from this film. But, in examining the reviewer's moniker, Opie couldn't be a more apt name for the type of person who would like this movie.
Keith Urban gotta drink! by Lando Griffin	Jun 5th, 2007 05:48:20 PM
Karl Urban gotta eat!
Hey Opie.... by shmu65	Jun 5th, 2007 05:49:52 PM
Umm... Nopie.
SoylentMean by Mosquito March	Jun 5th, 2007 06:03:08 PM
I just watched THE LAST MAN ON EARTH a couple months ago: it's fucking AWFUL. After years of hearing people rave about it, I was shocked by what it actually is. Price spends half the movie making and drinking coffee, and listening to his slow and completely non-threatening vampire friend shout his name and bang on his front door with a stick on a nightly basis. The fact that he doesn't a) kill the one easy-to-kill vampire who knows where lives and who leads other vampires to help vandalize his house and car (???) every night, or b) load up on weapons and move to a secure location makes it a completely silly movie. It was bad even for the time period that it was made. It's astonishing that that it was made three years after a classy Hammer sci-fi cheapie like THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE, which still holds up as a great film.
You mean the lack of chemistry between Nicole Kidman... by jimmy_009	Jun 5th, 2007 06:06:14 PM
...and everyone else on the Planet Earth?
bacci40 by Mosquito March	Jun 5th, 2007 06:06:51 PM
Too bad you skipped the '93 version. Gabrielle Anwar and Meg Tilly get totally full-frontal-naked in it. Not together, but still.
Wow, shmu... Wow. by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 5th, 2007 06:08:42 PM
No need to make it personal, bro. If you don't agree, then fine. I saw the flick, and took the time to write my opinion. If you saw it, where's your review, dude? And, speaking of appropriate names for talkbackers, Bitterman23 is probably not the name of somebody who you want to be siding up with, you know?
First by BigJambo	Jun 5th, 2007 06:11:53 PM
First!!
First by BigJambo	Jun 5th, 2007 06:12:14 PM
Not!
Did you see this movie with Anthony? by i kick tits	Jun 5th, 2007 06:14:31 PM
Get it?
The Original "Invasion" by mike904	Jun 5th, 2007 06:16:34 PM
Something that always confused me about the original.......these pods "grow" into a person, taking his/her idenity and place in society. What happened to the real person? At the end, Dana Wynter falls asleep and wakes up as one of "them". Why did she change just by falling asleep? There was no pod to take her place.
Plant!!! by jarjarmessiah	Jun 5th, 2007 06:19:21 PM
Some had to say it. Right?
SoylentMean by mascan42	Jun 5th, 2007 06:21:39 PM
As in Opie and Anthony, the radio shock jocks. Just thought a fan should jump in before the Stern zombies here attacked them.
LOL, Hi GlennDandy by mascan42	Jun 5th, 2007 06:22:54 PM
Thought you never left Wackbag.
I'm not one to call plant... but... by Kasch	Jun 5th, 2007 06:37:09 PM
Having seen the film at a test screening, that's exactly what this is: a fluff piece. Unless they changed it back to Herschbiegal's original version, this garbage is unsalvagable. Bad, bad, bad...
I'm expecting this to be Eli by justin s	Jun 5th, 2007 06:48:30 PM
I'm expecting this to be Eli Roth's finest work to date. he directed this, right?
"neighborhood dogs begin attacking random strangers" by Son of Hades	Jun 5th, 2007 06:52:40 PM
One man's "classic horror device" is another man's cliché. Admit it, this is another one of those "it's better than you might think" plants, isn't it? Just critical enough to make us think he aint one. "There are some great moments here...a battle tactic that owes more than a little to Shaun of the Dead, but still manages to be fresh and suspenseful." Bollocks. I'll wager ten pounds of someone else's money that it's the hoary old 'blend into the crowd of the undead/snatched' tactic. FFS, that was already shit by the time of Shaun of the Dead, being used as it had a couple of years earlier in the execrable Mummy Returns.
Who is credited as director of this monstrosity? by godoffireinhell	Jun 5th, 2007 06:54:37 PM
Is it still just Hirschbiegel or are McTeigue and the Wachowskis credited as well?
Where's Bruno? by kurdt420	Jun 5th, 2007 07:06:11 PM
How could Bruce leave us hangin like that? He answered one batch of questions then nothing. I'm forced to bitch on this talkback because there is nowhere else to do it. Man I have even more respect for Sly now, at least he found time in his schedule for his fans.
not only do we have four invasion movies now... by Demosthenes2	Jun 5th, 2007 07:06:16 PM
...The Puppet Masters and The Faculty also felt like "re-imaginings," even though the Puppet Masters novel was written before the Invasion novel. The five films that came before this one have ranged from mediocre to great, but I didn't find any to be bad. Although we didn't need another remake at all, at the very least all six films have put the same concept in very different contexts and tried to suggest somewhat different allegorical possibilities, so it wouldn't necessarily be as huge a waste of time as, say, The Planet of the Apes 2001. Anyway, even after all the negative press, I would still like this new Invasion to be good, so this review brought some hope, but I'm still expecting the worst from the previous reviews.
LEAFY... by El Scorcho	Jun 5th, 2007 07:13:31 PM
Ummmm... plant. Obviously.
Starship Troopers by DrDestructo	Jun 5th, 2007 07:44:01 PM
The last scene of Starship Troopers was disappointing? Huh?
Michael Bay Answers!! by wadi77	Jun 5th, 2007 07:46:36 PM
http://tinyurl.com/yv2gfh
POD!!! by Mgmax	Jun 5th, 2007 07:56:35 PM
I meant plant.
Yo Lando by The Ghost of Marcus Brody	Jun 5th, 2007 08:11:00 PM
I was asleep dumbass.
Holy shit, a fucking census taker? At 11:00 at night? by spacehog	Jun 5th, 2007 08:38:14 PM
THAT'S FUCKING TERRIFYING!
MICHAEL BAY by lecter1914	Jun 5th, 2007 09:31:17 PM
Wow...I think he just summed up why we dont need to see TRANSFORMERS.."Why Flames on Optimus...because I wanted flames on Optimus." Talk about hating your fanbase.
Oh I get it now Marcus by Lando Griffin	Jun 5th, 2007 09:34:38 PM
still wasn't funny bitch
I still think the Philip Kaufman remake by ewokstew	Jun 5th, 2007 11:20:53 PM
is by far the creepiest of them all. That flick is seriously unhinged due to the use of camera angles, lighting and music. Sure, it screams 70's, but it still holds up well on many levels.
PLANT!!!!!!!!!!!!! by J-Dizzle	Jun 5th, 2007 11:51:36 PM
Looks a like a DEPARTED ripoff. I'll probably wait until it comes out on DVD and rent it.
first!! by chipps	Jun 6th, 2007 12:00:29 AM
actually i like the sound of this. I'm a bit worried about nicole though. I mean it is a bit worrying that there is a movie called 'Australia' on the horizon. seems a little ambitious ya know? And if it is shit or simply makes less than the 200m that it cost it will be 'australia is out right now' and you'll hear no more from the land down under until the steve erwin bio pic. Plus last man left alive was sweet.
Spores!!! by Olsen Twins_Fan	Jun 6th, 2007 12:41:04 AM
You mean those things which plants exude, right?
Whose this douche?! by D. Allusion	Jun 6th, 2007 12:51:04 AM
If this guy's not a plant, he should get a job as one; his writing gave me shivers the movie never will.
PS: That's "Who's", and I vote Kaufman, Too by D. Allusion	Jun 6th, 2007 01:09:14 AM
A fine movie that still holds up. Jeff Goldblum is hilarious, and when was the last time you could say that. Go on, take a look at it. Go on, now, you heard me.
You want chemistry? Nicole Kidman+Naomi Watts by bioforge	Jun 6th, 2007 01:33:36 AM
You know you want it.
A movie review of a film about Plant like alien.... by lost.rules	Jun 6th, 2007 01:40:34 AM
invaders written by a plant. How ironic.
That's not ironic. by Son of Hades	Jun 6th, 2007 02:46:17 AM
HOW IRONIC.
Plant? How bout I come over there and plant my foot up by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:26:15 AM
But seriously, I've been writing reviews on this site for a long time, years now, and this is the first time I've been called a plant. And several times, to boot. I think it's amazing my run has lasted this long, though. I mean, I was much, much nicer to "Evan Almighty." It's got to be some sort of AICN rite of passage, though. Thank you all for making it happen. I couldn't have done it without the ever-reliable tendency of this site's readership to put every film into only the two categories of "sux" and "rulz" and separate all those who comment here into the two groups of "haters" and "plants." In the next review I write, I'll be sure to bash the flick brutally, whatever it is, as that is sure to be the only thing that will win me some credibility with the Talkbackers, and I do care so much what you all think of me.
RE: Starship Troopers by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:33:13 AM
Yeah, the ending to Starship Troopers. Neil Patrick Harris lays his hand on the alien and announces: "He's afraid!" The End? That didn't feel like a jerk-off ending to you? Just my opinion.
Son of Hades by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:45:19 AM
Sooo... Do I get credit for not having seen "the execrable Mummy Returns," or does it make me more of a nitwit somehow? Bollocks indeed. And, yeah, you guessed correctly which tactic I was talking about. I was trying to keep spoilers out of my review by discussing what I liked, and why I liked it, without being so specific as to ruin it for people. I suppose I shouldn't have bothered.
No, it was 'The Mummy' not the Mummy Returns by Samson_K	Jun 6th, 2007 06:08:06 AM
Where John Hannah's character blends with the undead crowd! And it was actually a very funny scene as it seemed so ad-hoc.
D'oh - when Pedants think alike - Sorry Messi by Samson_K	Jun 6th, 2007 06:09:49 AM
I have no more to give
THAT TACTIC by Regicidal_Maniac	Jun 6th, 2007 06:16:22 AM
was originally employed by Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Don Siegel's 1956 Invasion Of the Bodysnatchers and again by Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams and Veronica Cartwright in Phillip Kaufman's 1978 remake and AGAIN by Gabrielle Anwar and Bily Wirth in Abel Ferrara's 1993 remake Bodysnatchers before itsuse in The Mummy or Shaun of the Dead.
The Pedant in Me was just stating it was the Mummy by Samson_K	Jun 6th, 2007 06:21:10 AM
and not The Mummy Returns! I know it was in the 78 version but haven't seen the 53 version for years. If it is that tactic - it could be Nicole and Daniel smacking the pod people around the head with baseball bats to the sounds of ELO??? Probably 'Mr Blue Sky' but possibly 'Hold on Tight (To Your Dreams)'
bacci40 by Mosquito March	Jun 6th, 2007 07:27:05 AM
I wasn't expecting LAST MAN ON EARTH to be a 'horror film' - I expected it to be a competent sci-fi movie that has a central character who isn't frustratingly stupid. He literally sits there drinking coffee and listening to a bunch of vampires try to break his door down every night instead of killing their leader and/or moving somewhere where they can't just walk up and destroy his house and car. Who in the hell would do that?
who drinks coffee from mcdonald's? by occula	Jun 6th, 2007 07:57:40 AM
there is NOTHING from 'starship troopers' deserving of any mockery, especially the ending. ESPECIALLY!!!
I love Kidman, so I'm pretty excited about this. by a goonie	Jun 6th, 2007 10:24:45 AM
Sure, the stories been done a million times now, but this sounds like an enjoyable couple hours and Nicole Kidman fucking rocks. Not everyone shares my adoration for her, but I think she's one of the most engaging and watchable actresses alive today. She's up for trying new things, taking on new challenges, and she's exquisitely gorgeous. She's made some total trash as of late (The Stepford Wives, The Interpreter), but I'll still watch her in anything she does.
The Interpreter was "total trash"...? by Osmosis Jones	Jun 6th, 2007 11:24:35 AM
I thought that was one of the best movies Kidman has appeared in lately.
messi by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 11:59:17 AM
I am sorry to disappoint you, but I never did catch Downfall. I did see "The Mummy," though, and I could not remember the crowd tactic. The reason it's effective here is because the bodysnatched are intelligent, and each of them is looking for people who might be faking, and showing traits that only uninfected humans would: sweating, nervousness, and any sign of emotion. So Kidman, who is frantic and hysterical, is trying to act cool, detached and unemotionless on the street where everyone is staring at her, scrutinizing. Seeing children dragged away from their mothers, elderly gettiung injected against their will with syringes, and having to fight the inner battle to keep her emotions off of her face... It was pretty suspenseful, and well-acted by Kidman.
How bad can it be? by radio1_mike	Jun 6th, 2007 01:07:53 PM
It can't possibly be worse than Kidman's remake of The Stepford Wives. THAT vehicle would have been as a Broadway play than some remake of a horrifying sci-fi classic. The 50's original really works for me as allegory to the Red Scare. But not so much as an actually invasion movie. The 70's one just creeps me as an invasion movie and an attack on the Me Decade... Which was the 70's fellows... Not the 80's, as some people (especially wikipedia) seem to think, but I digress... I really hope this version can keep it character driven. Oh, by the way, The Omega Man pwns...
messi by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:01:07 PM
Yeah, someone could grab a shotgun and go to town, but the bodysnatched aren't mindless zombies. They are intelligent beings sharing one consciousness. They've infiltrated the military and police forces, and they all know how to use their weapons and everything, so any attempt to simply start gunning down body snatchers would attract a lot of attention, and result in a majorly outmatched firefight.
What's the political side of this? by The Dum Guy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:26:30 PM
Is this in anyway a comment on today's society? I thought the original Body Snatchers was a parrellel to McCarthyism.
Political Side by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 03:51:24 PM
It's just a roller-coaster ride, from my perspective. I suppose if you really wanted to search for an allegory, you could interpret that the bodysnatchers were symbolic of Americans... If you see Americans as cultural invaders who want to convert all those who think and speak differently, or have other cultures, to walk and dress and act like us, to eat McDonalds' hamburgers and wear Nike shoes and watch Tom Cruise movies... And that we think it falls to us to be the world's moral compass, or the world's policeman. ...But you'd really have to stretch to come up with that. There are no major overt suggestions that would indicate the filmmakers were trying to inject a political agenda, except for the above-mentioned dinner party scene with Roger Rees, and that was more foreshadowing than anything else.
messi by ThatOpieGuy	Jun 6th, 2007 04:16:34 PM
I think you should get to work on your own screenplay. I personally would pay to see your flick... twice.
Nicole Kidman has no pheremones by Mennon	Jun 6th, 2007 07:22:48 PM
She is completely without sex appeal. It's amazing. She should be attractive, everything is in it's proper place, but it just doesn't work for some reason. Could some psychologist or physiologist explain this phenomena to me?
Aliens sound like the Borg, just with less sinewy wires by Jugs	Jun 7th, 2007 06:45:19 AM
..goiing inside your body.
You know what would be really hot? by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 7th, 2007 09:40:02 AM
A documentary film showing Nicole Kidman at home, cooking in the kitchen. You know, mixing up cookie dough in a bowl with her hair tied back. No dialogue, no real plot to speak of. Just Nicole making food. Jesus! The world needs this movie.
Osmosis Jones... by a goonie	Jun 7th, 2007 02:43:33 PM
Regarding The Interpreter, I know some enjoyed it, but I just hated it. I found it to be a completely lifeless thriller with zero thrills. The story was achingly predictable and I didn't care about any of the characters in the movie. So yeah, I hated it, but you know, to each their own.

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