Here's an older article on the funding of M:I III [link]
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Tom Scola - May 11, 2006 11:45:02 am PDT #1712 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Polter-Cow - May 11, 2006 12:19:04 pm PDT #1713 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A blockbuster that fails to make a stupefying prophet is now a lame duck?
Yes. All blockbusters must create Mohammed anew.
tommyrot - May 11, 2006 12:23:09 pm PDT #1714 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thus the Hollywood saying, "You're only as big as your last Mohammed."
dcp - May 11, 2006 1:37:02 pm PDT #1715 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Rumour has it that films never break even. Fun with math.
One of the funny bits from Shakespeare in Love:
Philip Henslowe: But I have to pay the actors and the author.
Hugh Fennyman: Share of the profits.
Philip Henslowe: There's never any.
Hugh Fennyman: Of course not.
Philip Henslowe: Oh, oh, Mr. Fennyman, I think you might have hit upon something.
Tom Scola - May 11, 2006 4:48:33 pm PDT #1716 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There doesn't seem to be a whole lot to get excited about this summer. Hollywood has decided that the way to market movies is to make movies that people have already seen.
Mr. Broom - May 11, 2006 5:38:58 pm PDT #1717 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
With a soundtrack that mixes bad rock with bad rap.
Does Colin Farrell look good to anyone in this? The Don Johnson Plus Intensity treatment just makes him look unhygienic.
sj - May 11, 2006 6:06:12 pm PDT #1718 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does Colin Farrell look good to anyone in this? The Don Johnson Plus Intensity treatment just makes him look unhygienic.
I'm probably not a good judge of this because I always think CF looks unhygenic.
Ailleann - May 11, 2006 6:25:12 pm PDT #1719 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I don't know how they keep giving CF hair that doesn't suit him. He's not all that bad looking, people! Let's put forth a little effort here.
Saw MI:III. Bonus to part-time job = free movies. Surprisingly, I didn't hate it. Lots of supporting actors that I lurve, and somehow it added to the enjoyment to watch Tom cry so many times . Go team schadenfreude, even if it's make-believe.
Also, I think I may be a JJ Abrams fangirl now. Though I don't get why everyone spun around so much.
§ ita § - May 11, 2006 8:08:15 pm PDT #1720 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm all over a Miami Vice movie. I just wish the trailers said more.
It's not just about the movie in its own right--I've been catching up on the TV series, and I think of it very differently now that I'm about three seasons in.
Volans - May 11, 2006 8:10:08 pm PDT #1721 of 10001
move out and draw fire
M:I:3 has actually been getting decent reviews. I think the box office is a combination of Cruise backlash and the crappitude of M:I:2.
And what ita said - the studios' budgets are projected out far in advance, and when a film doesn't match the projections, the budgets have to be updated.
We watched I Capture the Castle last night. This completes the trifecta of "Why the DH isn't allowed to pick movies anymore." A couple years ago he decided we didn't have enough romantic comedies for our DVD collection to be well-rounded (we had two). So he purchased 3 movies that were recommended to him as funny, witty, and romantic.
Secretary was good, and smart, but not a romantic comedy by any means. L'Auberge Espangnole wasn't even good or smart. What a waste of foil and plastic.
I Capture the Castle wasn't funny, was romantic in places, and even up making me despair and want to hide in my room. But the scenery was gorgeous, and the 1930s costumes were gorgeous.
And Marc Blucas was one of the leads. Playing, as far as I could tell, Marc Blucas.