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Capone talks to Matthew Vaughn about STARDUST, Bobby De Niro, X-MEN, THOR and much more!!!

I love the fact that he eclipsed Richie with ONE movie by DirkD13"	Aug 7th, 2007 03:29:33 AM
And proved himself to be far more talented at actual film direction, and no less talented at visual stylistics.
second by Duncan Irons	Aug 7th, 2007 03:32:34 AM
i always wanted to be but most probably yet again failed...
Maybe X3 would've been good if MV directed it... by Zardoz	Aug 7th, 2007 03:38:44 AM
It probably couldn't have been worse than what we got! But no, Fox had to rush it and fuck it up...Thanks, guys!
t(h)urd by davcra	Aug 7th, 2007 03:38:47 AM
Sounds like a good egg. Any comics marvel don't want adapted?
Foppish pirates? Yeah, haven't seen that before. by Julius Dithers	Aug 7th, 2007 03:53:48 AM
With Favs wrapping up Iron Man, Wight on Ant-Man and Vaughn (hopefully) doing Thor, the likelihood of a well-made Avengers movie improves. Maybe David Yates will be available after Harry Potter 6?
CAPONE by mwhyntie	Aug 7th, 2007 04:03:59 AM
Whats the strike about and whos going on it?
Mark Strong is that good. by Cameron1	Aug 7th, 2007 04:13:33 AM
Anyone should try and find a copy of Low Winter Sun for a breathtakingly brilliant turn from Strong. He almost made Revolver watchable too.
VAUGHN IS A PLANT! by Mullah Omar	Aug 7th, 2007 04:14:41 AM
It's obvious that Vaughn answered all of Capone's questions himself and Capone just went along writing everything down accurately. So much for this site's credibility...
Damn It by barnaby jones	Aug 7th, 2007 04:19:26 AM
I hate that this film looks like a British movie and we have to wait until November to see it.
Gay Pirates? I blame Johnny Depp. And Orlando Bloom. by V'Shael	Aug 7th, 2007 04:37:21 AM
Those guys gayed up piracy that was a direct insult from Disney to movie pirates. And as for that flat-chested Tomboy Beanpole in their 3-way cockfight of love... GAY.
DAMN YOU VAUGHN!!! by TheBloop	Aug 7th, 2007 05:35:13 AM
Fo giving us Brett Ratner's x-men 3. Damn you!
It's a plant by Vamp-AICNchat	Aug 7th, 2007 06:01:44 AM
Only kidding, great interview. Layer Cake is one of my favourite films of the last five years. The score is great too.
Does anyone care about Thor? by Trazadone	Aug 7th, 2007 06:18:37 AM
I mean, seriously? Thor is bar none the lamest Marvel character ever created. My eyes glaze over when I see Thor on the shelves.
Our Friends in the North by Franco Begbie	Aug 7th, 2007 06:59:33 AM
Funny how Christopher Ecclestone and Daniel Craig have obviously gone onto being these huge names, and now Mark Strong is being talked about in the same terms. Whoever cast that show must have been a bloody genius.
So it's Midnight Run by way of Princess Bride? by rev_skarekroe	Aug 7th, 2007 07:15:22 AM
Someone should do Princess Bride by way of Midnight Run. DeNiro can be Wesley, Grodin can play Buttercup, Yaphet Kotto can play Andre the Giant. It's perfect!
I still haven't seen X3 by Judge Briggs	Aug 7th, 2007 07:29:35 AM
Boycotting out of pure nerdiness. Welp, since they made Juggernaut a mutant, I swore I wouldn't see it until it's on TBS or something. Fucking Fox. First Fox News and now X3.
Judge Briggs by Vamp-AICNchat	Aug 7th, 2007 08:07:28 AM
It's good, but it just ain't as good as X2.
I know everyone hates Richie by scratcher	Aug 7th, 2007 08:19:32 AM
but I don't agree that Layer Cake is better than Snatch and LockStock. Richie's films may not be perfect, but they're edgier and funnier. Other than Craig, the performances were far superior (or maybe their parts were better written). Not that I'm knocking Vaughn, and I'm really looking forward to Stardust. I hope it lives up to the hype.
Hey Trazadone...I feel the same way about HULK... by CarmillaVonDoom	Aug 7th, 2007 09:25:27 AM
Thor is a GREAT property for an adaptation imo...Thor has the whole 'Shazam-like' alter-ego thing going on with Donald Blake. Check out Kirby's original run on Journey Into Mystery...fun stuff.
Gay Pirates? How original.... by TheJake	Aug 7th, 2007 09:34:39 AM
Um, that is unless you take into account the origin of the term "butt pirate". Pirates were notorious for being homos while on long voyages. How is that original? Shit, there's even a well known saying in the Navy about sailors on subs - "12 men go down, 6 couples come up." And um, how about that Village People song...
LAYER CAKE is way overrated. by Mosquito March	Aug 7th, 2007 10:06:57 AM
And STARDUST looks just like PRINCESS BRIDE, or a made-for-TV fantasy film, but with better actors. Seriously, every shot of Michelle Pfeiffer in the trailer looks like some kind of Disney-produced evil-witch-step-mom movie. This thing is gonna fucking tank.
X3 was the best one by BendersShinyAss	Aug 7th, 2007 10:19:05 AM
I mean X1 def had charm and was an impressive big screena daption. but lets not beat around anyones bush - X3 was a fucking rollercoaster ride of pure delight. But if you don't like it then who cares...
X3 the best one? by Cellar Door	Aug 7th, 2007 10:31:58 AM
Hmmm..personally, I'd disagree but not by much. I think for such dramatic story turns they should have taken a bit more time and fleshed it out a bit. Ratt did far better than I ever thought he could and without a doubt X3 has the best and most realized/focused soundtrack of the 3. But Juggernaut as a mutant was dumb but forgivable (tho not the muscle suit...wtf??!?!) and for the purists, the unforgivable interpretation of Dark Phoenix. Easily the least of the 3 but still a watchable action/popcorn flick. (For those who think X2 sucked, watch the first 10 minutes again and tell me of just one scene that sweet in X3?)
X3 was a pretty good film... but.... by Demode	Aug 7th, 2007 10:42:32 AM
I would have been happier if Singer had directed it, but I thought in the end it wasn't a bad film. Only thing that bothered me was the scene where Magneto turns his back on Mystique once she was no longer a mutant. As if! He wouldn't have turned on one of his own like that. He would have found a way to bring her back as a mutant.
LAYER CAKE was terrific. by all	Aug 7th, 2007 10:45:33 AM
MV managed to give the English Gangster genre a little heart n soul. Can't wait to see his new flick.
bloody revisionism by Lost Prophet	Aug 7th, 2007 10:46:47 AM
X3 was not good. However, due to the unmitigated shit that surrounded it, and the festering rancid corpse of cinema that has been on display this summer it now looks like Raiders of The Lost Ark. It's a decline in standards all round.
Stardust has a cheap trailer by messi	Aug 7th, 2007 11:27:18 AM
only good thing was Ricky gervais, that came out of nowhere and still makes me laugh.
Matthew Vaughn = This year's little miss PLANT by messi	Aug 7th, 2007 11:27:53 AM
cunce.
X3 is good, not X2 Good, by AlwaysThere	Aug 7th, 2007 12:25:52 PM
Even with the time constraints it's more confident than X1.
X3 = Terrible "X-Men movie" but ok popcorn movie. by blindambition238	Aug 7th, 2007 01:08:02 PM
As an X-Men fan I have to admit that it was competently done as an action movie which is a miracle and should earn Ratman a bit of credit given the rush job schedule and shit script. But yea, as an "X-Men movie" it pretty much was insanely blasphemous to canon, which was pretty much the only thing that kept me from enjoying it as a normal movie.
X3 BLEW AS HARD, AND AS DEEP AS..... by artie langes nut	Aug 7th, 2007 01:19:51 PM
BRETT RATNER'S TRANNY HEY O O O OO O O O
if anybody can make THOR work, i say Vaughn can by pipergates	Aug 7th, 2007 01:37:36 PM
nice chat,
X3 Fairly Maligned by oisin5199	Aug 7th, 2007 02:39:07 PM
What a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Terrible editing with absolutely no emotional content, cheesy dialogue, actors phoning it in for a paycheck, ass-raping of X3 mythology and disrespecting major characters, too many useless mutants, a non-sensical climax. The list goes on. How anyone can think X3 is the best XMen film is beyond me. Vaughan saw a screaming train wreck and got out while he still could. Good for him.
The best part about MV on Thor... by ballyhoo	Aug 7th, 2007 03:02:27 PM
is that one of my best friends is named Matthew Vaughn and he's a HUUUUGE Thor fan.
all I can say for X3... by liljuniorbrown	Aug 7th, 2007 04:11:56 PM
Thank God Rattner didn't get Superman. I think his best film was Red Dragon, I still would have loved to see Depalma direct that one with that cast but oh well.
I am so looking forward to this! by Jakes Nel	Aug 7th, 2007 04:37:21 PM
And as excited as I am at the possibility of Vaughn directing Thor, another side of me wishes he'd turn to something a bit more original. Then again, if he doesn't direct Thor, it'll probably be shit. Oh, and I agree with liljuniorbrown about Ratner not doing Superman. Thank God.
I was On Board X3 With Matt On by DOGSOUP	Aug 7th, 2007 05:09:09 PM
...and jumped ship when the Rat came on. Whch sucks, i grew up with the XMen and wanted the third one to be something special. It was, Something Especially Wretched. I don't blame you Matt, you seem like a guy with integrity. Anyway Stardust should redeem your comic-to-film- geek cred nicely. Even though...it was a novel...before a comic.....whatever...
Midnight Run love is always appreciated... by Alonzo Mosely	Aug 7th, 2007 05:38:39 PM
Now where did I put my sunglasses...
Vaughn had all the wrong ideas for X3 by Donald Trump	Aug 7th, 2007 06:11:20 PM
We could whine all we want about Ratner, but it was Vaughn's script.
"Kill Cyclops because he is busy making Superman" by Donald Trump	Aug 7th, 2007 06:21:56 PM
I don't care how well-crafted the film could have been, the film still fails at the basic conceptual level: "Kill Cyclops because he is busy making Superman Returns." Offenses Vaughn committed against the X-Men (in no particular order): 1 - Removing Cyclops, the Heart of the Phoenix Saga story. Moronic decision (although his hand was probably forced by FOX on this decision) 2 - the Mutant Cure - using a 2-month old, Joss Whedon plot point (and Whedon-invented character! [indian doctor]), instead digging deeper into X-men lore for a better story. 3 - Having Magneto emotionally manipulate the Phoenix 4 - Killing Xavier 5 - Killing Jean 6 - Curing Rogue (??!?!?!??!?!) 7 - Changing Juggernaut's origins and power 8 - Curing Mystique 9 - mangling/ under-utilizing Colossus
Gosh I had forgotten how worked up I could get about X3 by Donald Trump	Aug 7th, 2007 06:29:30 PM
before I forget, 10 - Completely ruining the Sentinels, minimizing them to a Danger Room simulation, and stamping out any future possibility of them being used as a serious threat from humans. It has been a long time since I saw the movie, and during that period I had become a little more accepting of it, but now my eyes are open once again! This was a travesty!!
Donald Trump... by blindambition238	Aug 7th, 2007 08:06:16 PM
Yea the Cyclops dying thing, among most of those other things probably, was pretty much decided entirely by the studio and wasn't vaughn's idea. Theres a X-Men filmverse fan site I forgot the name to, but before and after X3 came out they hosted a Q&A with the screenwriters. Sure enough when the complaints came in about how butchered the phoenix saga and the characters were, they basically said something along the lines of 'Sorry but, we sincerely tried the best we could with the framework and notes we were given to work with', especially the part about Cyclops.
Oh yea... by blindambition238	Aug 7th, 2007 08:10:37 PM
But we can most certainly blame him for casting Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut
Here's Juggy! by GavinVanDraven	Aug 8th, 2007 01:53:47 AM
Why couldn't vinnie jones just have worked out for his role in X3? the "lets just do a rubber muscle suit approach" is pretty lame. well, that and making him a mutant... and making no mention that he and "wheels" are step brothers... and making his head look like a penis... oh nevermind.
Peter Jackson must direct Thor by ndouglas	Aug 8th, 2007 08:11:26 AM
It's marvels only epic character
i say yeah, Jackson fits Thor like a glove by pipergates	Aug 8th, 2007 09:32:41 AM
his abilities, creative strengths would work wonders for Thor, and even his hacky tendencies could fit a superhero like this- over the top and exaggerated special effects could look really cool with this Marvel-Asgardian. Someday is hope somebody makes a movie about the real Thor and Odin and Valhalla, far away from the tacky plastic suits and infantile behavior Marvel has thrust upon it... Vaughn might be the one able to add a bit of the old legends to it.
when is quint reviewing the by caspartine	Aug 8th, 2007 09:54:52 AM
when is quint reviewing the film didnt he watch it with harry?
Ouch, something just fell on my foot! by oceanic86	Aug 8th, 2007 04:56:47 PM
I wonder if it has anything to do with all the names being dropped in this interview...
Oh, and X3 was really stupid. by oceanic86	Aug 8th, 2007 05:07:57 PM
The Alcatraz siege is so fucking retarded. Magneto, going completely against character, sends hundreds of his nu-metal mutants to die for no reason while Jean stands on the sidelines looking evil. Only after their entire force is nearly decimated, does she step forward and destroy the entire fucking compound single-handedly. Why didn't she just do that right from the start? Oh, that's right, because the movie is a piece of shit. I was actually thinking I might get some enjoyment out of the movie, but the entire affair was just idiotic. I can't imagine shit like Daredevil, Elektra, or Ghost Rider being much worse than that.

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