Ouch. That was a painful read (and he's not usually an especially bile-filled reviewer, so he must've really loathed this thing). And I haven't seen Wicked or even heard the soundtrack, but the big love for it here among the Buffistas is making me feel oddly protective of Kristin Chenoweth.
He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
Anya ,'Touched'
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JZ - Jun 23, 2005 2:03:44 pm PDT #4557 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
erikaj - Jun 23, 2005 2:30:12 pm PDT #4558 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm not sure if I would like it(although my gut instinct despite my childhood love for the show is "not really.") but they are promoting it SO much that it is at that "show me that trailer again and I'll NEVER see it!" stage. You know?
Jessica - Jun 23, 2005 2:48:41 pm PDT #4559 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
co-writer/director Nora Ephron
I did not know this was hers. One more reason not to see it, then!
bon bon - Jun 23, 2005 3:13:47 pm PDT #4560 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Protect Your Fake Baby: Clive Owen will be starring in The Children of Men, a scifi flick set in a future where mankind hasn't been able to have kids in 18 years... except for one lucky, lucky girl.
Someone please tell his publicist to stop.
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 3:15:57 pm PDT #4561 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Think he hired Orlando's?
Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2005 5:25:53 pm PDT #4562 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Another post to add a scathing review of Bewitched. When a reviewer starts out his article with the line "Warning: vicious personal-sounding attacks to follow. I want revenge on those who stole 100 minutes of my life," I'm thinking that this might be fun to read.
Wow - this has been pretty much every review I've read so far. If this is this bad, how bad is Steve Martin's PINK PANTHER remake to get put off until...what was it? The next century?
§ ita § - Jun 23, 2005 5:40:04 pm PDT #4563 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm reading rottentomatoes.com -- currently Herbie: Fully Loaded is at 44%, and Bewitched at 27%. I swear, from synopses alone, the rotten tomato reviews for Herbie: Fully Loaded are just as good as the fresh reviews for Bewitched.
Kathy A - Jun 23, 2005 10:53:14 pm PDT #4564 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
oddly protective of Kristin Chenoweth
That protective instinct for her is even worse for me, since the only thing I've seen her in was as Sally in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, where she was just amazing.
tommyrot - Jun 24, 2005 6:07:28 am PDT #4565 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Glowing NYT review of George A. Romero's Land of the Dead.
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2005 6:58:29 am PDT #4566 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
British actor Paul Bettany has joined the race to play Batman's nemesis The Joker in a planned sequel to Batman Begins. Director Christopher Nolan left no doubt The Joker would feature heavily in the next Batman installment when the villain, formerly played by Jack Nicholson, left a calling card in the final scene of the box office smash hit. And now Batman fansites are desperately trying to make sure producers pick the right man for the job. Crispin Glover was an early favorite, along with Star Wars' Mark Hamill, who provides the voice of The Joker in the Batman animated series and Aussie actor Lachy Hulme, and now Bettany has got the fans' vote. An insider tells website Batman-on-film.Com that the A Beautiful Mind star is officially in the running to play the evil character.
I like this idea, having just seen Gangster No. 1. I'm not convinced of Bettany as having a sane malice (like a Bond), but he was a delightful crazy-assed fuck.