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AICN First Look! Moriarty’s Taken THE PERFECT SLEEP! Should You?!

cool by FlyinHawaiian	Feb 8th, 2008 03:24:41 AM
i gues
good by FlyinHawaiian	Feb 8th, 2008 03:25:18 AM
i stopped anyone from getting first. it's been my dream. good night.
interesting.... by Aloy	Feb 8th, 2008 03:52:09 AM
but I've been taken by too may cool trailers that don't pan out. Playing the film noir bit at the beginning and the Third Man theme.... Homage or pandering to the genre? I'll go see it though. It has style.
Never start your film trailer with a definition by BrowncoatJedi	Feb 8th, 2008 04:05:36 AM
cli·ché [klee-shey, kli-] –noun 1. a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse ....such as beginning a trailer, essay, or other work with a dictionary definition.
Why do I get the feeling by Sheeld	Feb 8th, 2008 04:20:43 AM
Moriarty didn't really like this, but is too involved to be completely honest about it? This doesn't read like one of his usual reviews; there's no in-depth criticism going on (positive or negative), just some vaguely positive (or rather non-negative) comments that don't really amount to anything. I could be wrong, but that's what I got from this review. To me, judging by the trailer, it looks stylish, but amateurish.
"lots of cool shots of guys in hats" by InspectorDoppler	Feb 8th, 2008 04:30:04 AM
aka "everything I thought looked cool in film school." Agree with Sheeld about the trailer, but who knows. best of luck to them in Berlin, there's still nothing uncool about guys in hats.
yawn. looks like an expensive film school project by Spoiler_Man	Feb 8th, 2008 05:01:48 AM
my idea of a perfect sleep involves Bringingsexyback. Except he wouldnt be sleeping. He would be dead.
it looks okay. by TomBodet	Feb 8th, 2008 05:23:02 AM
decent movie of the week for a tv network maybe? I say that in a good way, actualy. let's hope it works.
That's the scream! by methosb	Feb 8th, 2008 05:41:23 AM
About half way into the trailer. When people were talking about famous screams in the Wilhelm scream tribute article TB we were trying to figure out what that scream is called. Anyone know?
If your going to steal, steal from the best unknown by irc-Hollywood	Feb 8th, 2008 06:03:30 AM
there wasn't one original looking thing in that whole trailer
Sheeld... by TheRealMoriarty	Feb 8th, 2008 06:34:45 AM
... I never offered this up as a giant review. It's a preview piece. I like the film, or I wouldn't say I did, but I'm not going to oversell it to you, either. It's a solid tiny movie that I think noir freaks would like a lot. Is all of that okay with you?
I like it! by EvilGeek1	Feb 8th, 2008 06:47:23 AM
I'm a sucker for noir so I'll swoon over the costumes before the charatcers even talk! Moriarty, do you think this'll get a European distribution?
Did this freeze up anyone else's browser? by tonagan	Feb 8th, 2008 06:52:26 AM
Just wondering if I got some settings wrong or something.
Fair enough by Sheeld	Feb 8th, 2008 07:27:05 AM
There is indeed a difference between a preview piece and an in-depth review, I can dig that. Nothing wrong with getting the word out there. Just caught me in a cynical mood I guess.
It doesn't look that noir to me. by mwhyntie	Feb 8th, 2008 08:30:28 AM
Noir isnt just the costumes and lighting, it's the way that things are wrong, or not right, the world is not the way it should be. Thats why they end bleakly, and are unigue, in the way they are filmed, how the story plays out, and how the characters are so dark and untrustworthy. This looks like they've gone more for the style over the substance, but then its just a trailer so who knows, it could be both style and substance and be great.
Ah yes, the " by Osmosis Jones	Feb 8th, 2008 09:49:16 AM

Ah yes, the "EEEEYYYYAAAAGGGGHHHHH" scream by Osmosis Jones	Feb 8th, 2008 09:51:27 AM
I dunno if it has an official name like the Wilhelm, but I always laugh when I hear it (John Woo used it in Broken Arrow and Face/Off). There's also this stock FEMALE scream I hear a lot. Oh, and Roselyn Sanchez = HAWT
hey mori... by blackthought	Feb 8th, 2008 10:44:29 AM
thanks or bringing this flick to my attention...i very much liked what i saw and hopefully i'll be able to see it soon.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VENGEANCE OF DRACULA by Farley Flavors	Feb 8th, 2008 11:00:35 AM
Is this a book? If so, why can't I find it on Amazon? Does anyone know where I can get a copy?
David Lynch Took a Shit in Mori's Bathroom!!! by Internet Thug	Feb 8th, 2008 01:50:13 PM
Holy fuck dude you ARE an insider
Guess it's nice to have friends.... by BraneRobot	Feb 8th, 2008 01:53:38 PM
...who run film sites. I like the way we are led to believe this guy is some grunt working on films, only to find he produced Inland Empire and is apparently friends with Gary Oldman. That said, the trailer is derivative as all hell. And it was cut by the filmmakers, so you know these are what they think are the best moments in the film. If a studio cut it, I could understand, but if this is the best they've got, I'll pass. There was nothing distinctive about the writing or direction. But I do like the old man who taught him his knife skills. That guy was great in The Five Obstructions.
Farley Flavors have you heard of a new invention called the inte by Internet Thug	Feb 8th, 2008 02:00:55 PM
Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula created by Timeshredder (thing) by Timeshredder (5 hr) (print) ? 2 C!s I like it! Sat Mar 27 2004 at 16:38:42 Sherlock Holmes, one of the most famous fictional characters in history, has been adapted to stage and screen, found his way into comic books, and been the subject of numerous post-Doyle pastiches. Nicholas Meyer penned the most celebrated of these works, The Seven Percent Solution (in which Holmes teams up with Sigmund Freud, solves a mystery, and is cured of his cocaine habit), The Canary Trainer, and The West End Horror, in which Holmes and Dr. Watson meet nearly every significant theatrical figure of their day, including Bram Stoker. In 1978, another writer, Loren D. Estleman, paired Holmes with Stoker's most famous creation, Count Dracula, in Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula or The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count. This book differs significantly from the still-unmade screenplay, Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula. While that story has Dracula returning from his supposed death and battling Van Helsing and Holmes, this novel assumes that Holmes assisted in the original story, but his contributions were excluded from Stoker's account. It's a clever premise, but the book, despite excellent research and a lively pace, never lives up to it. The book begins with an introduction in which Estleman presents himself as an editor (he does or did, in fact, edit a small newspaper in Michigan) who found the manuscript among some old papers belonging to a relative of Holmes who died in London, Ontario. After some speculation as to why Watson never published this particular adventure, the story unfolds, beginning with the 1890 arrival of the Demeter, the death-ship which brought Dracula to England. A reporter, Thomas Parker engages Holmes and Watson to help investigate the mystery of the ship, which arrived with the dead captain lashed to the wheel and no other soul aboard. From that point on, Holmes and Watson become entangled in the events of Dracula, though, save for the Sanguinary Count himself, Stoker's characters make only brief appearances. Estleman clearly knows his source material, and he writes in a plausible imitation of Doyle's style. The characters often play as parodies of the original, however, and Estleman feels the need to reference as many Sherlock Holmes stories as he can, whether doing so adds to the plot or not. And while I'm impressed that he could write a story which keeps intact the events of Dracula while inserting Holmes and Watson Gump-like into the mix, his respect for his sources actually becomes a problem. One really needs to know Stoker's novel to appreciate the events, but consequently one also knows the outcome. None of the characters are ever in any real danger, because Estleman will not contradict his sources. His fidelity to canon also excludes Holmes and Watson from the killing of Dracula, so that the crucial moment of his story plays like an anticlimax. The supremely rational Holmes also proves remarkably quick to accept the reality of vampires on the basis of very little evidence. The conflict of a man devoted absolutely to the scientific world-view accepting the supernatural might have proved interesting. We see no such conflict in Holmes, and Watson merely pronounces Van Helsing's story "ineffable twaddle!" and then settles into accepting the undead on Holmes's say-so. The book reads very quickly, and despite a minimum of real suspense, managed to keep me moderately interested. I suppose it was inevitable that the late-Victorian pop-culture's great rational hero and notorious supernatural villain should meet; I only wish the results had proved more sastisfying. Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula The "It" Screenplay of the year 2000 that very likely may never see the light of day as a feature film. The story goes like this: In the Fall of 1999, Columbia Pictures bought this screenplay from first time screenwriter Michael Valle for $700,000 (Valle would get an additional $300,000 if the film was made, rounding him out at a cool million for his first industry paycheck). As if the business end wasn't interesting enough to turn Hollywood heads, the film's flashy title made some very high concept commitments to its audience. It was a proposed original sequel to the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker, featuring both their most famous and fascinating characters. If it read as entertaining as it sounded, it could jumpstart a Sherlock Holmes film franchise, which in American cinema hadn't peaked in decades. Everybody wanted to know if it lived up to its blockbuster potential. The storyline was as follows: Dracula returns to England, alive (or undead) and well, to seek revenge on Abraham Van Helsing and the people who tried to destroy him in Transylvania (as chronicled in Bram Stoker's Dracula). When one of Van Helsing's associates dies of an apparent but unlikely suicide, the highly scientific Master Detective Sherlock Holmes (who is not prone to believing in supernatural flights of fancy) is hired to unravel the mystery. The script was everything one could hope for, and by all accounts going to be one hell of a fun movie. It had impressive action, wonderful humor, and was fantastically faithful to the original works. The project began developments at Chris Columbus' 1492 Productions with Columbus intending to direct it himself. A veteran director of blockbusters such as "Home Alone" and writer of 1985's "Young Sherlock Holmes" film, Columbus' involvement seemed to solidify the film's future. However, there was another British literary hero who would soon set Sherlock Holmes on the shelf: Harry Potter. Chris Columbus became committed to directing the film version of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", leaving "Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula" without a director, but still with a production company behind it, led by Columbus. Columbus would go back and forth on whether or not he wanted to relinquish his director's chair to someone else or wait until after his Harry Potter commitments ended to film Sherlock Holmes. One thing was certain, however. Despite overwhelming fan approval from those who had found the screenplay on the internet, Columbus wanted a new draft of the script. Though he planned to re-write it himself, he had no free time from Harry Potter, and hired softcore horror filmmaker Rand Ravich for the job. It is unknown as to whether or not Ravich's draft has been finished. In late March of 2001, Michael Valle passed away from septic shock stemming from an infection caused by pancreatic cancer. Chris Columbus has stepped down after directing the first two installments in the Harry Potter series for film, and has not announced a next project. To date, there have been no movements to try and revive interest in "Sherlock Holmes and the Vengeance of Dracula".
Dave Vanian huh? by IndustryKiller!	Feb 8th, 2008 04:19:15 PM
That's pretty sweet. Saw The Damned about a year back at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Good show. Glad to see some of these punk legends branching out. The film itself looked cool, and I don't want to piss on something that deserves a fighting chance, but I'm not sure about the lead guy. An actor might have been a better choice from the look of the trailer.
isn't that by mightythor	Feb 8th, 2008 05:14:30 PM
the 3rd Man theme?
Daniela Amavia by Miss Moen	Mar 17th, 2008 11:02:40 PM
According to IMDB Daniela Amavia (Children of Dune) plays a small part in the film. Anybody know what happened to her? After COD she just vanished...

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