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The Houdini Biopic DEATH DEFYING ACTS Escapes Early In Australia!

FIRST! by barrignite	Mar 27th, 2008 06:23:38 AM

Benji and the Intergalactic Prince by LordPorkington	Mar 27th, 2008 06:24:21 AM
I miss that show.
Also... by barrignite	Mar 27th, 2008 06:25:21 AM
Why is guy pearce not more respected? Granted, his career started in a day time soap but after LA Confidential and Memento, you would think he would be hot property. No one seemed to give a shit after The Time Machine.
Oh wait, it was... by LordPorkington	Mar 27th, 2008 06:25:32 AM
Benji, Zax & The Alien Prince. I thought that sounded wrong.
Pretty late with the review by Ladonite	Mar 27th, 2008 06:29:14 AM
It's been out here for three weeks already. The release is already starting to die down... So whatever. I meant to go see it a few weeks ago, but I went with Be Kind Rewind.
Opening week by hallmitchell	Mar 27th, 2008 06:51:14 AM
$385,000 Another aussie flop.
For The Love of Benji! by PaddyIrishman	Mar 27th, 2008 07:23:09 AM
Great TV Movie. Also a great phrase when you dont want to blasphem. Or another great phrase "Theres a smell of Benji off ya!"...very bored at the moment. Appologies
Neat, specially with Guy Pierce in it by ricarleite	Mar 27th, 2008 07:25:31 AM
But I always felt Houdini was more of a TV-movie material.
oh jeesus... thanks for the old news by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 27th, 2008 07:25:56 AM
why dont you just give us that review of Godzilla again.
THE SHAT DID A BOOK ON HOUDINI..... by Greigy Just Wanted To Say	Mar 27th, 2008 07:29:20 AM
It was Shatastic.
Yep OZ movies in a slump... by quantize	Mar 27th, 2008 07:29:38 AM
and the production of yank dogshit like Justice League aint helpin neither..
Terminator talkback is still alive???? by random dude	Mar 27th, 2008 07:31:40 AM
I left at about 2000th message. It's fucking scary, man!
you mean magic ISN'T REAL?? by Maniaq	Mar 27th, 2008 07:35:59 AM
say it ain't so!
Please name one good movie with Catherine Zeta-Jones. by DerLanghaarige	Mar 27th, 2008 07:40:29 AM
I can't remember any.
!TERMINATOR AMIGOS! by Mysterious Yobo	Mar 27th, 2008 07:45:39 AM

"I hate biopics" by unionJACKass.webs.com	Mar 27th, 2008 08:16:00 AM
Are you kidding?? THE AVIATOR, WALK THE LINE, CHAPLIN, and RAY. Nuff said
The sad thing is.. by Redbox	Mar 27th, 2008 08:42:35 AM
Houdini did desperately yearn to reach his mother from beyond, and he ruined the reputations of many of the psychics of the day, because he could not be conned and always discovered their methods. His mother had agreed on a codeword, which he never heard again. When he died he also left a codeword with his wife, so she would know if he really was contacting her. She never heard it, although she also consulted many mediums. The story of Houdini is the triumph of mind over reality and the sad truth in the limitations of magic. I have always felt that bringing the idea of "real" magic or E.S.P. or superpowers into a story about real magicians was proof of the intellectual limitations of Hollywood. I guess it's not just Hollywood huh? Houdini deserves his own serious movie, not a "heaven is real" feel good crapfest. Someone said he only deserves a TV movie? You should read up on him. He was practically the most famous man in the world and magic's greatest innovator. Probably one of the most amazing minds ever to waste his time as an entertainer.
This movie was laughable by Garbageman33	Mar 27th, 2008 10:09:07 AM
Starting with the fact that they have a lean Australian playing a stocky Jew from Appleton, Wisconsin. I didn't buy it for a second. Actually, I didn't buy any of it, as often happens when you expect Catherine Zeta Jones to do your heavy lifting. And you can only wring so much emotion out of a guy dying from getting punched in the stomach. In fact, as onscreen deaths go, that might be the funniest one since Brick Tamland killed a guy with a trident.
Uhh DerLanghaarige... by Master Bruce	Mar 27th, 2008 03:14:54 PM
how 'bout her first lead role in a big budget movie & probably her most sincere performance; THE MASK OF ZORRO? It also has a damn near-perfect template for what a "superhero" film should have - drama, humor, & action w/o forgeting it should also be FUN @ the same time! Don't get me wrong, "grim & gritty" when done right like in SIN CITY can be great, but it's rarely ever done that well...imho that is.
having it be actually paranormal is extremely disrespectful by troutpencil	Mar 27th, 2008 06:12:28 PM
To everything that Houdini stood for. Fucking retarded. I wonder if they shot alternate endings.
I want a Freddy Mercury BIOPIC & Chris Farley one too! by ThePilgrim	Mar 27th, 2008 09:33:29 PM
Fuck Biopic haters. Some people want to look in on someone elses life, I hate when they lie a great deal about what happend. Anyways those two guys right there would make for great BIOPIC flicks!
Apparently this film is symbolic of... by Sherlock Holmes II	Mar 28th, 2008 12:03:27 AM
...a little thing called "co-production hell". Conflicting tastes of the status-seeking U.K. interests versus the more organic, homegrowniness of Australian story telling, where you let a narrative evolve naturally, so any "epic" qualities come sprouting out at you, instead of the constant, gimmicky attention-seeking antics of the U.S. or British mold of filmmaking. Sounds like this one keeps hitting you in different parts of the head all the time, like an annoying 'best friend'.

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