tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3648219314051776824..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Fall Movies Preview Part OneBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-67449182683442880972007-08-22T23:21:00.000-07:002007-08-22T23:21:00.000-07:00"Car chases and people vomiting on each other? Isn..."Car chases and people vomiting on each other? Isn't that a Farrelley brothers movie?"<BR/><BR/>No, it's THE INVASION. It's full of car chases by emotionless aliens, and instead of pods, the alieness is spread by holding people down and vomiting on them. I'm not making this up. Nicole Kidman probably didn't realize how disgusting this would be, since vomiting is what she calls "Dessert"; it follows every meal.<BR/><BR/>estiv, I understood your point - and agreed with it - the first time.<BR/><BR/>I saw LAST ACTION HERO, but had successfully erased it from my memory.<BR/><BR/>Crut, you are right, Julie Chen's "Talent" is incredible, in the most literal sense possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65721533224807201332007-08-22T19:51:00.000-07:002007-08-22T19:51:00.000-07:00Julie Chen continues to hold down a job because of...Julie Chen continues to hold down a job because of her incredible talent and NOT, I repeat NOT, because she's shtupping Les Moonves. <BR/><BR/>-- The first two INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS were very good movies. The third one had some interesting ideas, but this 4th one; Yikes! Watching the original (And a lobby card for it, singed by Kevin McCarthy & Dana Wynter, is framed on my living room wall. That's how much I loved the original.), I never thought to myself, "It's good, but what would make it great would be car chases and people vomiting on each other." -- <BR/><BR/>Car chases and people vomiting on each other? Isn't that a Farrelley brothers movie?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923161793979910495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78425070302718285112007-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:002007-08-22T19:07:00.000-07:00What, no Scary Movie 5 ????What, no Scary Movie 5 ????Dwaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544514023626682777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8022146171564106542007-08-22T18:54:00.000-07:002007-08-22T18:54:00.000-07:00Next up, HAMLET as an action movie.But D., they di...<I>Next up, HAMLET as an action movie.</I><BR/><BR/>But D., they did that in "Last Action Hero." Which I actually watched in a Shakespeare and the Movies class. Joan Plowright, Olivier's widow, is in it. "To be or not to be?" Schwarzenneger cocks and points his gun. "Not to be." Pulls the trigger.<BR/><BR/>And of course you're right about Stepford and Rollerball, but the point is the drop in quality in the remake. Thirty-five years ago a social satire like Stepford, or an action flick with a light overlay of social criticism like Rollerball, could come out of Hollywood. Not anymore. Maybe it's just that the execs are now hip enough to catch, defang, and neuter any such attempts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13707689626853273762007-08-22T15:25:00.000-07:002007-08-22T15:25:00.000-07:00Certainly the remakes of ROLLERBALL and THE STEPFO...Certainly the remakes of ROLLERBALL and THE STEPFORD WIVES were terrible, but I would not call the originals "Great Movies". CITIZEN KANE is a Great Movie. ROLLERBALL & THE STEPFORD WIVES were watchable, average movies.<BR/><BR/>The first two INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS were very good movies. The third one had some interesting ideas, but this 4th one; Yikes! Watching the original (And a lobby card for it, singed by Kevin McCarthy & Dana Wynter, is framed on my living room wall. That's how much I loved the original.), I never thought to myself, "It's good, but what would make it great would be car chases and people vomiting on each other."<BR/><BR/>Wait a minute! I know now; remake CITIZEN KANE with car chases and fist fights! And for the climax, a sled chase on ROSEBUD!<BR/><BR/>Next up, HAMLET as an action movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28512074854747183712007-08-22T13:38:00.000-07:002007-08-22T13:38:00.000-07:00I hate when they remake great movies and trash the...<I>I hate when they remake great movies and trash them.</I><BR/><BR/>The Stepford Wives. Rollerball. Not really "great," but still. I swear, all some of these people learn in film school is production design. They're great at how things look, but don't know how to put a <I>movie</I> in there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49954677426986308012007-08-22T12:24:00.000-07:002007-08-22T12:24:00.000-07:00I agree with you about the new "Heartbreak Kid." I...I agree with you about the new "Heartbreak Kid." It apparently will not have the second woman be prettier than the first because that would be "mean-spirited" and "alienate woman."<BR/><BR/>Well, duh. I mean, the whole point of the original is that everyone in it is kind of rotten, if recognizably human. That's why it works so well. That is why it's a classic. <BR/><BR/>Really disappointing. I hate when they remake great movies and trash them.Rob Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743540135575747985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-23478568467073036792007-08-22T11:03:00.000-07:002007-08-22T11:03:00.000-07:00Saw a commercial for Mr. Woodcock for the first ti...Saw a commercial for Mr. Woodcock for the first time just last night. Didn't catch the release date though.<BR/><BR/>What's the fine print on that poster just below "Michael Douglas - King of California?" Is it "The Gabby Hayes Story?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-56708250231479928632007-08-22T10:22:00.000-07:002007-08-22T10:22:00.000-07:00I also happened upon OUT OF SIGHT/OUT OF MIND la...I also happened upon OUT OF SIGHT/OUT OF MIND last night as well (here in LA), it was kind of exciting to see it again, now knowing your backstory. <BR/><BR/>Really good storytelling!<BR/><BR/>PS What ever happened to MR WOODCOCK? Against all better instincts I like seann william scott. . . .tony libidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14501184367189462143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7805662499869343192007-08-22T01:07:00.000-07:002007-08-22T01:07:00.000-07:00My mistake. Channel 13, MyTV. I guess in that case...My mistake. Channel 13, MyTV. I guess in that case they only have enough money to pay the competitors in hairy midget bikini contests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58465450355821949182007-08-22T01:05:00.000-07:002007-08-22T01:05:00.000-07:00Hey Ken. It's a little past 1:00 a.m. and on Fox 1...Hey Ken. It's a little past 1:00 a.m. and on Fox 11, a great episode of M*A*S*H is playing: "Out of Sight, Out of Mind."<BR/><BR/>How many pennies do you get as residuals again? ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63214575705343332212007-08-22T00:38:00.000-07:002007-08-22T00:38:00.000-07:00I second David. I just got "Hot Fuzz" on DVD and ...I second David. I just got "Hot Fuzz" on DVD and Pegg rings my chimes.<BR/>In a manly hetrosexual way, of course.<BR/>By the way, Ken. What do you think of Tim Burton doing "Sweeney Todd". You think he'll pull it off or will it just be a Goth version of "Paint Your Wagon"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66316883547264531942007-08-22T00:14:00.000-07:002007-08-22T00:14:00.000-07:00//RUN, FATBOY, RUN – A guy who’s not really fat en...//RUN, FATBOY, RUN – A guy who’s not really fat enters a marathon. Does he even really run? Title should be WALK FAST, BEER BELLY, WALK FAST.//<BR/><BR/>The fact that said guy is the great Simon Pegg means I'll be seeing this movie, no matter how good or bad it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-41232404990838382122007-08-21T23:43:00.000-07:002007-08-21T23:43:00.000-07:00So Julie Chen of BIG BROTHER also does news? News ...So Julie Chen of BIG BROTHER also does news? News to me. Is the Chenbot as terrible at delivering the news as she is at hosting BB? Because she sucks. (Which is how Mrs. CBS-VP got he job.) Anyway, it's nice to know Joan Chen escaped from that wooden drawer-knob she was trapped in when TWIN PEAKS was cancelled.<BR/><BR/>I thought THE QUEEN was the sequel to ELIZABETH.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Mel Gibson could direct one of his religious-torture-porn pictures, and call it SAW YE MY SAVIOUR.<BR/><BR/>Next they'll be making Jane Austin "Edgy" for the kids, and call it EXTREME PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.<BR/><BR/>BEOWULF will have a natural ad campaign slogan, "Don't give away the ending!" because in 700 years, no one has ever finished reading it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58377550168823840012007-08-21T22:14:00.000-07:002007-08-21T22:14:00.000-07:00KING OF CALIFORNIA – Michael Douglas as a crazy pe...<I>KING OF CALIFORNIA – Michael Douglas as a crazy person who believes there’s gold buried under the local Costco. Shovels are on aisle 23 and jackhammers are on aisle 16.</I><BR/><BR/>Filmed in the Santa Clarita Valley. Those shots in the trailer of them walking down past a Chuck E. Cheese and after, coming upon that Costco, I know exactly where both of those are.<BR/><BR/>"Weeds" is filmed here too, exclusively (they use Santa Clarita Studios for their soundstages), and I consider that our proudest export.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com