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I wish Surviving Christmas ranked a little more than 8% at Rotten Tomatoes. I swear the trailer looked funny.
One of my co-workers saw it last night and said it was really awful. My response of "But it has James Gandolfini hitting Ben Affleck with a shovel!" was met with blank stares from all but one person.
Who was the EW Machinist critic, btw? I haven't read the review yet, but I'm curious.
My response of "But it has James Gandolfini hitting Ben Affleck with a shovel!"
That's my entire reason for wanting to see it, I think. I'm shocked to see how much it's reviled. The trailer has some mildly funny bits, and that comedy gold.
I think they should reshoot the movie so it's just 100 minutes of Gandolfini beating the crap out of Affleck using assorted methods.
What the music guy actually means Don't Look Now.
hangs head in filmic shame
Did anyone read the "review" of The Machinist in last week's EW? Didn't really discuss the movie, but instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.
ita, I saw that. And I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."
The EW Machinist review.
Ah, Lisa Schwartzbaum. Her reviews tend to be oddly issue-focused rather than movie-focused.
I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."
How tall are you?
I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless. He is looking disturbing, very skeletal, but come the fuck on, lady. You're first world too, and I bet you take all sorts of advantage of your privilege.
How tall are you?
5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.
I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless.
Seriously. It's a movie. He did it for a role. It was the nature of the character. Get over it.
5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.
Skeletal is related to height. He's listed at 6'2. On him, the weight is as skeletal as I'm even slightly comfortable considering.
Signed,
Not Seeing The Movie For Reasons Of Discomfort But Doesn't Think That Makes It A Bad Movie.
I don't think that's a fair thing to say at all, let alone without seeing the movie.
In Sean's defence, he didn't call anybody a moron. And I don't think he intended to personally insult anybody by making a generalization on 'mainstream' critics inability to enjoy some thinking movies.
As far as not seeing the movie yet, perhaps he should have used the original's title when putting in his two cents. But it is his understanding that The Grudge was shot so fairly indentically to the original, that I guess he felt comfortable enough to make a judgement call.