Mal ,'Shindig'
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Haha, Raq, isn't that who he always plays?
Ooh, I forgot the other thing I was going to say about MiIII (I have no idea where the colon goes anymore)... I was so impressed that Jonathan Rhys-Meyers finally seemed almost straight! I only slightly slashed him with Ethan! He finally doesn't look quite like a little boy. And the part where he's sweaty and arguing in Italian ? Mmmm. I think he's got some major BBoC factor.
I am just about to start reading that series! My first-ish foray into fantasy!
Well, fantasy books, anyway.
Er...books classified as fantasy.