'The Killer In Me'
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I should point out - as he very scrupulously does - that Hamid Dabashi was a paid consultant on the film. The article in S&S is great, though, in that it puts the movie into the context of Scott's films as being about redemption in foreign lands. Well worth reading.
Of course, you could also refer to the similarly highly regarded historian who raved about Alexander pre-release them admitted that he was mostly chuffed that they let him ride in a cavalry charge...
Do they manage to make Bacon's role uncomfortably sympathetic?
Yes. The whole movie is very uncomfortable, and I don't think there's a single character that you can view completely comfortably. Well, maybe David Alan Grier. He was cool.
I saw Sin City this weekend. I won't need to be seeing that again.
Elijah should never be that creepy.
The Calgary Sun has an article about comic book movies.
Wonder Woman (2006): Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has signed to write and direct. No word on who he'll cast, although he recently confirmed one thing to Entertainment Weekly: His Wonder Woman won't be battling evil in star-spangled panties.
Does this mean he's going to go with the Golden Age look, something more like the armor from Kingdom Come, or perhaps the stylin' Seventies approach?
Joe has that action figure.
Ah, but does he have the Mod Emma Peel-inspired Wonder Woman?
No, no he doesn't. And he shan't, ever.
That armor fuckin' rocks.
I just hope that he acknowledges Wonder Woman's bondage past.
I am confused by this IMDB piece:
Hollywood hunk Mark Wahlberg has slammed Eminem, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck for giving a false impression of tough, impoverished childhoods in their music and films. The Planet Of The Apes star has lambasted Damon, his co-star in new movie The Departed, for romanticizing difficult upbringings in Good Will Hunting, his debut film with Affleck. Wahlberg - who blames his assault conviction 17 years ago on his harsh childhood - has also attacked rapper Eminem for idealizing his difficult formative years in his biopic 8 Mile, in an interview with Details magazine. The 33-year-old actor complains, "My childhood wasn't like some 8 Mile bulls**t where you go and have a rap-off. Or like West Side Story, where you all start dancing and s**t. If I make a film about my upbringing it's going to be about more than a f**king kid doing math, like in Good Will Hunting, you know what I mean?"
First off, it doesn't seem like he's harshing on Damon and Affleck, and secondly, why would you harsh on a rapper's semi-autobiographical movie for not being like your life? It's because there was no Funky Bunch, right?
