Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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So, we went to see Kong.
Good lord that was a long movie.
Peter Jackson wouldn't know a tight edit if it picked him up, tossed him in the air, caught him with its foot, and then flung him against a wall.
Andy and Naomi were amazing.
But there were several times when I said t River voice Doesn't make sense.
Yup.
Andy and Naomi were amazing.
But this. You know when I cried? On the frozen pond. And I think actually from that point on.
Jackson's kids were in there, again, too.
We noticed that, as well.
However, I thought the pond went on too long (as so much of the film did). Seriously. Eventually even ape-butt gets cold.
So, since Monday, I have seen Kong, Narnia, Geisha, and re-watched Love, Actually and Pirates of the Caribbean. In order of David-Love (from least-loved to most-loved) these movies go:
5) Geisha
4) Pirates
3) Kong
2) Narnia
1) Love
But I do quite like all of them. Pirates and Kong may switch places after the novelty wears off.
Talk about retreading holy ground:
According to IGN.com, writer/director Peter Farrelly (The Perfect Catch) is making progress on his update of The Three Stooges. "It will be an old time matinee feeling," he explains, "And we're thinking of going with complete unknowns or whoever the best actors are - Benicio Del Toro has expressed interest in playing Moe. Jeff Daniels has expressed some interest in playing Larry."
The script is made up of four 20-minute episodes with all the action set in the present day. "The first episode is them growing up in an orphanage...[and] ends with them as adults," says Mr F. "We want to shoot it in March and we want it out a year from now."
Hmmmm. I could see Jack Black as Curly...
They should recreate the original actors using CGI.
(I just wanna see how bad it would turn out.)
I'd be really upset if it turned out to be crap. They already did a made for TV movie that was actually quite good, with Evan Handler as Larry Fine, Michael Chiklis as Curly, and John Kassir as Shemp.
Inspired; I could immediately picture Chiklis doing Curly's classic wide-eyed, slack-mouthed "Huh?" expression.
I still call the very idea of this film sacrilege, but I have to bow to you on this point.
From Scifi.com: Studios Unveil 2006 Slates
The major studios have begun announcing their slates of releases for 2006, and they are full of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural thrillers and computer-animated movies. A rundown follows.