Oh. My. God.

How fucking greedy is Mel Gibson?

This fucking greedy: The Passion Recut

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That trailer about trailers is pretty damn funny. Shame about the movie.

I watched this trailer and was not overly impressed. Arthur, The Book and Marvin get two thumbs up; the rest get two thumbs down...and who's bright idea was it to put Zaphod's 2nd head under his chin?

note: the trailer link is to a 26MB .mov file.

It's a relief to me to read all this enthusiasm for Hitchhiker's Guide - on other boards people are so "But....[wah]....Zaphod's not British!" "But....I don't like Marvin!" "But....the original voices woulda been so much better!" Instead of, like me, thinking: Oh, they're doing something different, innit cool?

I mean, hey, I love everything Hitchhiker's, have every book (including radio scripts and the Big Photo Story Book), and I loved the tv show, but unlike a lot of people who remember all the earlier versions, I seem to be able to divorce myself from what was, and to be psyched for what could be. Hitchhiker's Guide has been a long time coming, and I think it's going to be completely groovy.

It's not only the voices (great casting, btw) that will be a joy to hear, but Sam Rockwell? He was such a marvellous Guy Fleegman. And Martin Freeman? He was so incredible in The Office series, and his Stan Laurel method of acting will serve Arthur Dent extremely well. I predict. ;-D I also don't think there's anything wrong with casting Mos Def in a movie. Haven't figured out why, yet, but I can live with that.

They've handled the trailers nicely, and I think that bodes well. And, of course, the Serenity trailer is going to be shown with it....so, all things being equal, I'm looking forward to April 29.

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and who's bright idea was it to put Zaphod's 2nd head under his chin?

I'm relieved it's not another head on his shoulder, for one. Tired of that trope, really, really, tired. I'm happy someone found a new way of presenting bicephaly.

I'm not in love with Mel Gibson, but is he any greedier than Peter Jackson and the other directors doing the same thing?

I adore the casting of Mos Def. I can't wait to see him justify my love.

I have to begrudgingly give you that one, ita. While I object to the themes of the film itself, there's obviously an audience that wants to see it again (and again and again). Gibson might as well give them what they want.

I don't really understand how he can cut a PG-13 version. I mean, without the horrifically graphic violence, the film is about ten minutes long.

Maybe there were additional scenes shot of Jews cheating people out of their money and seasoning babies in their kitchens that he's cut back in to pad the run time?

Halle accepts her Razzie in person.

Pretty funny.

I still dislike her.

Berry gets some grudging points for me for that.

Of course, she'd get more points from me if for every large-budget, high-paycheck movie she appears in, she alternated with independent, low-pay movies that stretch her acting abilities.

Heh. I like Halle a little more now for that.

This weekend I watched Wit, which was good, but not as good as Emma Thompson's performance. Seriously, how amazing is she?

Yesterday was Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses. I thought it would be more performance stuff from their tour, and hadn't realized it was a documentary. It was only okay. They needed to cut the entire bit about Scott Thompson trying to work his robot dog.

Today I'll either watch Napoleon Dynamite, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster or Gia before I settle in with some deliciously trashy food to watch the Oscars.

Arthur, The Book and Marvin get two thumbs up; the rest get two thumbs down...

Having seen him in a couple of differnt things now, all of which I was very impressed with him, there is no way in which Mos Def is not absolutely perfect for Ford Prefect. I think I'm looking forward to him most of all.