I am so psyched for Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
I'm all over that one.
Kingdom of Heaven and Monster In Law were all over the place too.
Spike: At least give me Wesley's office since he's gone. Angel: He's not gone. He's on a leave of absence. Spike: Yeah, right. Boo-hoo. Thought he killed his bloody father. Try staking your mother when she's coming on to you! Harmony: Well…that explains a lot.
'Destiny'
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§ ita § - May 24, 2005 8:32:43 am PDT #3301 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - May 24, 2005 8:32:44 am PDT #3302 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The only movie this summer I'm looking forward to is Howl's Moving Castle, which I haven't seen any publicity for.
Oh, HELL yeah. New Miyazaki!
Betsy HP - May 24, 2005 8:35:18 am PDT #3303 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Apparently many of Padme's scenes hit the cutting-room floor.
ALL of the dialogue and scenes regarding the creation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic is gone. All of it. Even things I saw included in footage shown at CIII. Rick said when we were in the "Spectacular" footage thing that they had to hack another 15 minutes and here's where it got cut. It's a damn shame. In hacking all this, Lucas removed three of Bail's scenes and the majority of Padme's subplot that makes her more than an oblivious wife whose conversations with her husband go, shockingly, like an episode of the anime Inuyasha:
DawnK - May 24, 2005 8:36:00 am PDT #3304 of 10002
giraffe mode
Is it just me, or has the wild Summer Movie Extravaganza (which has started, in the past, as early as May 1) been kind of subdued?
I'm already sick of the ads for War of the Worlds because they are on all.the.time. Besides RotS, I think that this is supposed to be the other summer blockbuster. I'm looking forward to Batman very much, but other than those I can't think of anything that's supposed to be BIG this summer, but that could be lack of sleep talking.
I think we're going to see Madagascar, 'cause we've got kids but I don't even remember the previews that we got when we saw RotS.
ETA: That's a damn shame about those scenes Betsy. They would have made the movie more watchable for me and made an even bigger connection to Leia's actions in Star Wars.
Dana - May 24, 2005 8:39:25 am PDT #3305 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I may have a year ago - Stephanie Romanov is a costar.
Worth watching?
Fred Pete - May 24, 2005 8:43:58 am PDT #3306 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I guess I have seen ads for Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
There's one prominently pasted on the wall of the Metro station nearest to work. I'm very aware that a movie by that name opens 6/10. Not aware of anything about it, unless it's intended to be a Thin Man-type flick.
Jessica - May 24, 2005 8:48:35 am PDT #3307 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dear George Lucas,
Creating rebel alliance = good. "No, it's because I'm in love with you" = bad. Please make a note of it.
Kthxbye
I'm also looking forward to Mr & Mrs Smith. Bring on the sexy fighting!
bon bon - May 24, 2005 8:50:53 am PDT #3308 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
But Batman Begins and RotS are everywhere. Madagascar, Mr & Mrs Smith, Bewitched, The Island, War of the Worlds-- we're running out of weekend to contain the onslaught of advertising overkill. I'm just surprised that Stealth is seemingly underpromoted right now, but maybe they don't want to spoil momentum.
§ ita § - May 24, 2005 8:52:53 am PDT #3309 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't seen anything for The Island, and I want to. Okay with missing out on Bewitched, and wish there were less Madagascar.
Fred -- Mr & Mrs Smith has Brad and Angelina beating the everloving tar out of each other. Looks like fun.
Ailleann - May 24, 2005 8:53:12 am PDT #3310 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Big-ticket movies of the summer (this list is longer than I thought):
The Longest Yard
Madagascar (gonna be huge)
Batman
Bewitched
Cinderella Man
Land of the Dead
Herbie: Fully Loaded
High Tension (French thriller, may not get wide release)
Honeymooners
Lords of Dogtown
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
The Perfect Man (Hillary Duff vehicle)
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
War of the Cruise
Bad News Bears
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dark Water
The Devil's Rejects (Rob Zombie, again may not get wide release)
Fantastic Four
The Island
Night Watch (Russian thriller, see High Tension)
Sky High (Disney)
Stealth (Jamie Foxx's post-Oscar action movie)
Wedding Crashers
Deuce Bigalow 2
Dukes of Hazzard
Pink Panther
Red Eye
Skeleton Key
Valiant (animated! about pigeons!)
eta: good gravy formatting!