The Hush-Hush News Report 7.28.09: Memoirs of a Movie Geek
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 07.28.2009
The latest on “Saw VI”, news on Josh Brolin joining the “Wall Street” sequel, Darren Aronofsky's next project, “Castlevania's” new director, Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale check out of “Prisoners”, being a critic vs. being a fan and much more!
Hello ladies and gentlemen…welcome to the Hush-Hush News Report! I'm Jeremy Thomas, bringing you the latest and greatest in Hollywood news, casting, rumors and more! It's hotter than hell for me here in Oregon…and yes, I realize that "hot" in Oregon doesn't even begin to compare with hot in other places in the world. But it's comparatively hot and when I've lived here my entire life and have the practically-webbed feet to prove it, 102 degrees is too damn hot. Anyway, enough of my whining…let's get to it!
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Saw Scribes Promise Some Resolution…Finally
Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton spoke at Comic-Con with Shock Till You Drop about the upcoming Saw VI. "Anyone who has felt slighted by the previous entries, look out," said Dunstan. Melton added in, "[Director] Kevin Greutert is an editor but, man, he knows horror movies," said Melton. "He knows all of the references we're making but he's very aware of controlling everything, what he'll need in the editing session. But part four was too confusing, part five wasn't confusing enough and this one hits the mark right in the middle. We have a really good 'A' story which makes all of the Tobin Bell flashbacks feel organic and not forced. There's good pacing and finally there's a resolution. Finally. Six could be done and that's it, there could be no more. In terms of the John Kramer storyline, we put a nice bow on it. It's fulfilling for people, I think."
Dunstan agrees and believes the film works on another level as well. "It's also timely. There are a couple of elements to the story that take advantage of our current climate."
Returning cast members include Costas Mandylor, Mark Rolston, Betsy Russell, Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith. Then there's newcomer Peter Outerbridge. "He's great in this," said Melton. "He plays a character named William and him and Tobin, they're connected. Deeply connected. They have a wonderful back and forth. This film just feels more intimate than the other ones."
Last week, Melton and Dunstan signed up to write Saw VII for returning director David Hackl. And they hinted that there will definitely be some new surprises in store if all goes right.
I have to give Dunstan and Melton points here for having the guts to talk honestly about the previous Saw films. And this isn't just a case of them ragging on someone else—they co-wrote that last two films, so this is them admitting that they made mistakes. I enjoyed Saw IV quite a bit even though it relied on a heavy gimmick of hiding when it actually took place within the continuity until the very end, and Saw V was tolerable, though certainly a step or three down. That these guys realize there are problems mean that they were willing to look at their own work with a critical eye and that says volumes to me. At the same time, admitting fault in your previous work doesn't mean your new work is going to be any better, just different. I find a few worrying thoughts in the "current climate" talk because when Hollywood tries to be timely they usually fall flat on their face. Either way I was going to see it, but in the end this does make me just a little bit more hopeful and that's a good thing…especially if they're signed on for VII, which I see no need for but will surely make the studio a boatload of cash.
Spirit Pictures Plan Kong Prequel
Variety reports that Spirit Pictures is looking to breathe new life into King Kong and a project initially developed by effects legend Ray Harryhausen.
Producers at the company have picked up the rights to the book "Kong: King of Skull Island," a prequel to the well-known tale of the big ape.
Written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, the book focuses on the back story of Skull Island and how the giant gorilla became king there. It introduces other giant gorillas and dinosaurs only hinted at in the previous films.
The plan is to produce the film using motion-capture technology such as Robert Zemeckis used to make The Polar Express, Beowulf and the upcoming Disney's A Christmas Carol.
Spirit also is developing War Eagles a project original King Kong co-director Merian C. Cooper and Harryhausen had developed together and were nearly set to produce before the outbreak of WWII. The period actioner is set in 1939 and revolves around an ace fighter-pilot who tests a new jet and winds up crash-landing in the arctic, where he encounters a lost civilization that's been thriving there for centuries.
Andy Briggs is working on the scripts for both films.
Sorry, but I just don't find any interest in this one. The motion capture technology has yet to truly thrill me and I don't see this one giving me a reason to change my mind. Pretty effects may be nice, but I want a solid story and I just can't see how they'll do that here. Besides that…we're giving giant gorillas prequels now? What's next, a prequel for the Knight in Seventh Seal? King Lear: The Early Years? At this rate we'll be seeing Leonard, Part V in theaters in a year or so, and does anyone (besides Erik Luers, of course) want that?
Brolin Is Stone's Money Villain
Josh Brolin is tipped to nab the villain role in "Money Never Sleeps", Oliver Stone's follow-up to his classic 1987 feature "Wall Street" says Deadline Hollywood Daily.
Javier Bardem was originally sought for the part but the actor turned it down. Oliver Stone and screenwriter Allan Loeb ("21") are adding the final touches to the screenplay.
In "Money Never Sleeps", Brolin would play a villainous hedge fund manager. Shia LaBeouf plays a young trader who seeks revenge with advice from his fiancee's dad - Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko character.
Brolin is a great choice for anyone's movie these days, and considering that he worked with Stone to great effect in W. this should be a very welcome addition to the cast for fans of Wall Street. I know that people are still up in arms about LaBeouf starring and personally I would have preferred Emile Hirsch, but it's hard to deny that LaBeouf becomes more and more marketable with each box office smash he's in. Honestly, just the sheer joy of seeing Douglas and Brolin acting off of each other is well worth the price of admission alone for me, and anything else is icing on the cake. This is one long-delayed sequel that I don't mind at all.
Caruso Fills Dead Space
D.J. Caruso ("Eagle Eye," "Disturbia") is attached to direct the sci-fi/horror video game adaptation "Dead Space" reports Variety.
Game manufacturer Electronic Arts is developing the property and considering takes from prospective screenwriters. Once a scribe is set and the details worked out, the property will be auctioned off to studios sometime in September.
Dead Space is set in the 26th century in deep space, where an engineer who responds to a distress signal from a mining ship finds the vessel infested with monstrous creatures called Necromorphs. The creatures are human corpses, reanimated by an alien virus.
Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce.
I will admit that, being a man who doesn't keep up on the newest video games (I just recently started playing Neverwinter Nights 2 again), I know very little about Dead Space. I am also very hesitant to give optimistic comments toward any movie based on a video game. However, if anyone can make a fantastic film out of a video game, it will be D.J. Caruso. Caruso is a talented director who has turned unlikely movies like Disturbia and Eagle Eye into hits and if he takes this movie half as seriously as he took those ones, we could have a rare winner of a video game movie. Survival horror can make good film—I actually enjoy the Resident Evil films, for example—but there are many pitfalls here that could make this one go very wrong. I'll want to see casting before giving a solid "it could be good" rating, but for now I'm very, VERY cautiously optimistic.
Kunis to rival Portman in Swan
Mila Kunis is in discussions to star opposite Natalie Portman in Darren Aronofsky's supernatural drama "Black Swan." The pic centers on a talented ballerina (Portman) in the New York City Ballet who is tormented by a rival who might or might not be a figment of the dancer's imagination.
Kunis will play the rival, Lilly, with strange occurrences between the two increasing as they prepare for a big performance.
Kunis, who broke out with her role as Jason Segel's love interest in last year's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," was among the standouts at Comic-Con during the weekend. The actress, repped by CAA and Curtis Management, turned out to promote turns in Denzel Washington starrer "The Book of Eli," the Ben Affleck-toplined comedy "Extract" and her voice role in the animated Fox series "Family Guy."
Kunis also is set to co-star in the relationship comedy "Date Night" alongside Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
"Swan" is set to begin shooting in the fall in New York. Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures is producing with Rick Schwartz's Overnight Prods., which is financing the indie. Overnight's Schwartz and Aaron Kaufman will produce with Protozoa's Scott Franklin, while Phoenix Pictures' Mike Medavoy will exec produce.
The project does not have distribution, but Fox Searchlight, which distributed Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," could come on board as it moves into production.
Mila Kunis playing another villain? My initial reaction was, "I'm sorry, I don't buy it." She was absolutely terribly in Max Payne as a supposed bad-ass Russian Mafia member and while she has a lot of charisma I don't buy her as a villainess. Then again, this is a film by Darren Aronofsky, who become a 411 darling by knocking it out of the park with The Wrestler. Aronofsky has taken some very odd castings and made them work before, and this could well be one of those cases. My opinion of Portman is high and I expect that she and Aronofsky might well pull a perception-changing performance out of Kunis. If not…well, you can only do so much with what you've got, right?
Wahlberg & Bale Out as Alcon Takes Prisoners
Alcon Entertainment has acquired Aaron Guzikowski's hot spec with a plan to fast-track production and release the movie in October 2010. The company, which will pay mid-six figures against just over $1 million, has bested Summit and Relativity, who had been among the companies circling the project but who were not willing to commit to the fast-track schedule.
But in a twist, Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, who had previously been attached to the dark thriller, will no longer be part of the package. Producers will now look to cast new stars as well as continue the search for a director, with all of those elements expected to be on board by early fall.
The budget is expected to be in the $30-$40 million range for Guzikowski's tale, which looks at a small-town man whose daughter is kidnapped and responds in a vigilante fashion by imprisoning a neighbor he suspects committed the crime. Wahlberg was to play the father and Bale the big-city cop investigating the crimes.
This is one of the more interesting developments I've seen in a while. People can make all the Terminator: Salvation jokes they want, Christian Bale is still a very bankable star and Mark Wahlberg is as well. So why would Alcon cut them loose? There are a couple possibilities here; one is that the duo had deals that gave them a chance to cut loose if the project went into turnaround and they decided to do just that. The other possibility is that Alcon is trying to keep the costs down and to do that they had to give the high-profile actors the boot. Whatever the reason many eyes are going to be scrutinizing who they cast in the two roles and why they were better for Alcon than them. I mentioned this in an earlier Hush-Hush and was optimistic; then again, at that time Bryan Singer was set to direct and this no longer seems to be the case. My interest has dipped significantly, but we'll have to see where they go from here.
Wan Heads to Castlevania
"Castlevania," a live-action adaptation of the video game, has gained new life as game publisher Konami is in final negotiations with "Saw" helmer James Wan to direct and Ian Jeffers to script.
Crystal Sky Entertainment topper Steven Paul ("Ghost Rider") is producing.
The project centers on the battle between Dracula and the Belmont clan of vampire hunters in a labyrinthine fortress in the Carpathian mountains.
Wan's first film was "Saw," followed by "Dead Silence" and "Death Sentence," which Jeffers scripted. Wan completed a comedy short, "Doggie Heaven," last year.
"Castlevania" debuted as a video game in Japan in 1986. Crystal Sky acquired the feature rights in 2005 and attached Paul W.S. Anderson to direct, followed by Sylvain White in 2007, with Rogue co-producing, but the project stalled during the WGA strike.
Wan's attachment was first reported by the Bloody Disgusting website.
I have a friend who's going to be spitting nails over this. He loves Castlevania and was pissed enough when it was Anderson attached to direct; now that it's Wan who hasn't proven himself outside of the horror genre, I can't imagine he's much more enthused. I'm of the opinion that the Belmont story shouldn't be given a big screen treatment at all. It's too video game-y to make a decent story on its own and sometimes I think we should just leave well enough alone. Besides, the Dracula character's been done to death, and Alucard (as he's called in the game) is not anything new or original enough to draw my interest. I'm rather hoping this fades back into turnaround or development hell and stays there.
More Brackett in H2?
Rob Zombie confirmed to Shock Till You Drop that you can expect to see more of actor Brad Dourif reprising his role as Sheriff Brackett. But you'll find him in a shabbier condition than when we last saw him. "Brad's very important to the movie," Zombie exclusively tells ShockTillYouDrop.com. "Last time, you couldn't fit too much with him. Here you have your survivors. Laurie Strode moves in with Sheriff Brackett and Annie. That's the core of your movie. For Brackett, Brad grew his hair long and he's all rough looking. He's old, he's worn out, he's just this beat-down guy with these two girls he can't deal with. Brad must have that in his real life because he latched onto it. He was like, 'Man, I can relate to this. I'm getting old.' He really bonded with those two girls. He didn't have a lot to do in the first film but here he really digs in. There's classic Brad Dourif in this."
As for the status of Halloween II, "We tested it last week in New York and now we're finishing the movie, editing. Next week we'll test it in L.A. The screening went really good. I just try to sit in the audience and feel the vibe." The film opens in theaters on August 28.
Anyone who is a fan of Dourif—and if you watch horror, you're probably a fan—should consider this welcome news. He was quite good as Leigh Brackett in the first film, but we didn't see very much of him at all. If we can see more of him and see how he's been strung out and worn down, I think Dourif can really add to the film. Plus, we didn't get any Michael Myers/Leigh Brackett showdown and I'd kind of like to see that—even if it means the end of the good Sheriff.
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Lots of comments about the Superman reboot comment I made last week, and I'm grouping them all in one for my own ease.
From mojo-x:
When was Superman Rebooted?
From Paul:
Ummm...does Superman Returns ring a bell? The definition of a reboot is a movie which has no prior ties to previous installments at all. Hence, Superman Returns was a reboot.
From Jake G:
Isn't Superman Returns which directly ties to the first two Superman films (Including returning actors [DEAD ones!]) make it less of a reboot? Sure it's not exactly a direct sequel, but I'm going to have to go with Mojo-X that it's not a true reboot either.
From Todd Vote:
Superman Returns falls into the continuity of the original Christopher Reeve's films. It happens after Superman II, but ignores the events of Superman III, and IV. Superman Returns is not a reboot at all. It was considered a reboot of the franchise only because it was the first film in the series in nearly 20 years. It was designed to reboot fan interest, not because it was a reboot of the franchise.
Okay, let me clarify. A reboot is a film that removes established continuity and forges ahead separate from what we've seen before. Superman Returns is, without question, a reboot in that it removes the continuity of the third and fourth films and starts from there. You don't have to reboot a film from the very beginning; it's just the way they usually do it. Besides, if it's not a reboot it's a retcon, and we do not need another "re" after remake, reboot, reimagining, re-envisioning (thanks Mr. Cage) and so on.
Jake G. had some more to say too:
Super Max sounds like a really bad idea to me. Calendar man? Really? It takes too long to set those villains up and gives little time to do much with Green Arrow in my view.
Shazam is an interesting idea for a movie, but considering how the character's name is Captain Marvel and he's a bit hokey and has all the same issues Superman does except that he can transform into a 4th grader means that this movie will either end up a stupid comedy or a complete revision that looks nothing like the comic property.
Sign me up for Tennant as the Hobbit.
I can see your concerns about Super Max Jake, and they are concerns I have. On the other hand, I could see them doing it well too. If they balance Arrow's stuff with the villains just right it would be a very fun sort of movie. I absolutely agree that Shazam is a bad idea, what I meant is that he's a recognizable and thus probably bankable. I'm waiting to see what the casting and such is like before I take too much of a crap on it. And yes, Tennant could be exceptional as Bilbo.
From The Great Capt. Smooth:
Go back and look at the Miz's first WWE vignettes where he is at their offices. I don't know anything about his acting ability, but he WAS a perfect Wally West Flash.
Terrifyingly, you're right. I say "terrifyingly" because I now envision WWE Studios getting ahold of the property somehow. Ew.
From Lobo:
Jeremy, I generally agree with your well-stated points about movie protests. I disagree, however, with your statement that no one thinks Austrians look up to Hitler because of Bruno. I don't know for sure, but given the sheer volume of people who think that World War II was fought either in the 1600s or in the 1970s, the people who vote based on hairstyles, the candidate's spouse, or because they think the candidate will pay their mortgage, and the people who buy into stupid conspiracy theories about everything from 9/11 to the moon landings, I can't dismiss the idea that people don't draw those kinds of inferences, no matter how stupid they are. I've heard many folks say dumb things like, "Well, there must be truth in it, or they wouldn't show that/be allowed to show that." I'm not saying the protesters are right in their actions--just that the population at large is much less coherent than you give them credit for.
That was one of my more optimistic days to be fair Lobo; on Mondays when I write this, I don't have to fight traffic so my opinion of humanity is much higher than other days. I guess I should have qualified the statement to say "no one REASONABLE thinks Austrians look up to Hitler," and unreasonable morons will always make themselves look like such. Just look at the Westboro Baptist Church. Speaking of which, I would like to take this opportunity to tell Fred Phelps that he can blow me. Anyway, I think that people as a whole may have some serious issues, but I do think that the worst 5% of the population make the rest of us look bad and we're pretty reasonable chaps as a rule. But your point is noted.
From Mike:
As I agree with your assessment of the overactive protests on most entertainment fronts, I couldn't help but laugh when thinking of all the other groups that could have protested many horror movies. E.g.:
Cross genders against Psycho
Cancer patients appalled by Saw
Figments of the imagination who condemn Nightmare on Elm Street
And as a hockey goalie myself, Goalies against defamation in Friday the Thirteenth.
I think I might go start a facebook group or two to mobilize these causes now.
Go for it, Mike! I think I'll start a Facebook group to mobilize against films that discriminate against those with good taste by being terrible. It's not fair that we have to suffer with our high standards while people with low ones can like Wolverine, Transformers 2 and 17 Again! Down with discrimination...who's with me??
From Guest#4628:
I'm so excited to hear they're making the Game of Thrones books...and that HBO is making them. They're pretty adult books, and some of the best written fantasy ever. I wish HBO would have gotten the Sword of Truth books by Goodkind, and done something less cheesy with them.
Yeah, I have friends who are HUGE fans of the Sword of Truth books (Hi guys!) and they loath the Legend of the Seeker show. I can't even imagine how much better it would have been if HBO or Showtime had gotten hold of them. Ahh, well.
From Steve Gustafson:
DC has been all over the place. Just a few months ago they were supposed to be pushing a new initiative with its various projects. Isn't Jonah Hex just about finished principle shooting?
The real question to you: Did you ever see the Flash television show? Thoughts? More importantly, did you hear my idea for Flash on Broadway? Instant moneymaker!
Wow, there's a blast from the past...the Flash TV show. I only have vague memories and they aren't good. Still, as I said last week I've never liked the character and the suit so I may be biased. Jonah Hex is finished I think, they showed posters and had a panel at Comic-Con. And any idea you have is instant money, Steve! Just look at the 5 & 1 (as all of you readers should)!
The Hush-Hush Editorial Section: Memoirs of a Movie Geek
If you've listened to this week's Movie Zone podcast (and if you haven't, you should!), you'll know that our discussion for the "Five Good Minutes" portion was very inclusive. Starting off as a discussion of being a critic versus being a fan, at one point the discussion went to the open question for everyone of what made them passionate about movies. I thought it would be interesting this week to expand upon my response a bit and let you, my readers, know where I come from as a fan of cinema--how I got to where I'm at, essentially. So come, take a trip back in time with me, and we'll see how this scrawny, long-haired hippy came to love Kevin Smith and horror films, hate Uwe Boll and most romantic comedies, and all the rest of what goes through my mind when viewing Hollywood through my rose-colored glasses.
When I was especially young, movies weren't a big thing in my life. The first movie I remember seeing, although there were certainly others, was The Fox and the Hound when I was a four and a half. I honestly remember it more for the ice cream trip after the movie. What I did love, though, was reading. I used to tear my way through books with a passion. I read C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia books and his Space Trilogy, although I didn't understand the latter until some years later. I loved Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain (later adapted into the Disney cartoon The Black Cauldron). I read comic books with just as much passion, particularly Iron Man, anything with Hawkeye, Alpha Flight and The Avengers and West Coast Avengers. It was through books that I found my first passion for movies--the old Universal horror films specifically. My school library had a series of hardback books that were published in order to introduce kids to the studio's old-school horror films, and when I found them I was instantly in love. I read about the big names like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and the Wolf Man...but I also read about Fu Manchu, the Phantom of the Opera, and the Werewolf on London and how Abbott and Costello had met many of them. Of course, I soon wanted to know more and, being older and "safer" horror films in an era when Jason Voorhees was carving up teenagers, my parents didn't mind so much. Little did they know that it would be carrying onward to a love of film that would often surprise (and many times frustrate) them.
From Dracula and Imhotep, it seems a natural progression to move to more modern horror. I found Ghostbusters and Gremlins when they came out in theaters and loved both, watching them alongside my parents. A little bit less of their approval was in play as I snuck looks at films such as Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. They were okay with Goonies because they were kind of cute monsters...on the cover of the VHS tape in the rental story, anyway. Same with Critters. At the same time, I was expanding out of horror into more mainstream fare. I remember watching Footloose and trying to dance like Kevin Bacon with zero success; wearing the headband everywhere didn't do me any favors on the social scene either, let me tell you. But I found the many genres available in movies fascinating...and I wanted to know more.
I can say that, cinematically at least, my life changed when I saw Casablanca when I was fourteen. My favorite movie up to that point had been Young Guns, a movie that still holds a very soft spot in my heart, and outside of the Universal horror hadn't taken much to classic films. The Humphrey Bogart movie completely transfixed me though. The plot was excellent, the performances by Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Peter Lorre were phenomenal, the score fit perfectly and everything about it was breath-taking to me. To this day it is still one of the two greatest films I've ever seen and it was the first VHS tape that I ever wore out watching. For me, this was the movie that got me looking at films as something deeper than entertainment.
Where Casablanca was the movie that changed the way I saw films, there were certainly others that did so. Almost Famous was the first film that I officially looked at from a critical standpoint, and Sin City was one that stuck out for me as how a movie could really be done right. My love of fantasy and science-fiction literature made me into a serious fan of those genres, and that's a good portion of why Serenity is the film that ties with Casablanca for me. At the same time there were films that pushed me to get away from less well-made films, such as the works of Uwe Boll—Alone in the Dark is a movie that I utterly loathe—and Dungeons & Dragons which did everything wrong that Lord of the Rings did right. But you know what? I find value in the terrible films as much as I love the great ones. Because while we can look at the crap like Meet the Spartans and be filled with feelings of revulsion like I am, what has to be remembered is that someone out there loved it, and as unlikely as it may sound it quite possibly made someone into a fan of movies. And that's what is so great about film to me. Tastes may run a very, VERY wide gamut and we may look down on people for loving crappy films or being pretentious for preferring independent of foreign-made movies over more mainstream fare, but the important part is that we're all movie fans. And that we are could have come from anywhere. Think about what made you into a lover of film this week and do me a favor…go back and watch that movie if you can. Take a couple of hours and sit down, watch that movie and remember why you fell in love with film. I'm willing to bet that it will make your week.
Well, that's all for this week. Join us again next week when we'll have more of all the movie news, rumors, links and rants that you love (or hate!). This is Jeremy Thomas, off the record, on the QT…
Well, Leonard Part V would be quite exuberant,thrilling, and groundbreaking if I do say so myself.
Posted By: Erik Luers (Registered) on July 27, 2009 at 11:31 PM
You've inspired me, somewhat.
In one respect, I've had the best parents because they let me watch just about anything I wanted to from a young age. They, of course, kept sexually graphic movies away, but I remember being eight and allowed to watch movies like "Predator," and Demolition Man." The only rule was "no repeating any of the language you hear in these movies." I never really did, because I was scared they'd take the movies away.
I can vaguely remember movies like "Star Wars," the 007 films, and the universal monster movies playing when I was young, but I can't really remember seeing them. Memories are funny, aren't they? The first movie I remember going apeshit over, and I mean really thinking "this movie is the coolest f***ing thing I've ever seen," was undoubtedly "Terminator 2."
So many awesome moments, and when you're 7-8 years old, everything in that movie is incredible. Especially the T-1000 killing John's foster father, later killing the mental institution security guard and watching the T-1000 reform after being blown into a million pieces. It was unbelievable.
Devout film lover after that, but ti wasn't until I saw "The Lord of the Rings," that I realized I wanted to be a filmmaker. Funny story: the first time I saw "Fellowship," I hated it because of the ending. Made me so angry. My dad told me all of ten minutes later after walking out of the theater there would be two more of these movies. Anger began to fade a bit, 'till I realized I had to wait a whole year to see the next one.
I've learned to be critical of movies a little too much, and at the same time, not logically understand why. I knew I didn't like "Terminator Salvation," even though I have fond memories of the other movies. My big justification for not liking the movie was cheapening the character of John Connor when he should have been the savior of mankind. Other than that, I found that it just didn't feel right, instinctively. I had that with the latest Harry Potter film. I have begun to do this with all movies. I don't normally look for logic, I look for what feels right: a bullseye. As much as I love the new "Star Trek," there are a few things I know that didn't hit home. I can make peace with that, though. I know the movie was a nine, but it felt like a ten.
"The Lord of the Rings," is the only movie I have never had that problem with (except for that one time with the ending). I am gonna watch them again, Jeremy. I'll see ya in 12 hours.
Oh, and for the record, I love "Serenity."
"In Nolan, we trust!!"
Posted By: Guest#2451 (Guest) on July 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM
I'm also cool with the Wall Street sequal. It'll really fit into the greedy atmosphere that's going on today. Finally, if the WWE ever got the rights to the Flash, who would play Gorilla Grodd? Big Show? Mark Henry? Great Khali?
Posted By: The Great Capt. Smooth (Guest) on July 28, 2009 at 10:53 AM
