I read the article in EW (I think or maybe it was the LA Times Magazine) that said the same thing. Also, Giamatti took so long getting back to him about the lead that M. Knight was looking at Kevin Costner as an alternative.
My husband took my daughter to see The Village because I was uninteresting in seeing it. When they got back, he was trying to tell me how cool the plot twist was at the end and I totally called it without ever having seen anything but one trailer. He wants to see Lady in the Water, but it will be without me. Maybe the kids and I will go see Pirates again while he sees it.
Also, Giamatti took so long getting back to him about the lead that M. Knight was looking at Kevin Costner as an alternative.
Heh, I read that too. Makes sense - those two guys are SOOOO much alike. @@
It looks like the book is an even stupider idea than the movie is. Even if his point of view is valid, what purpose does it serve to burn your bridges that way? Does he have any concept of how Hollywood works?
I don't dispute Giamatti's skill and acting talent, only his ability to occupy the screen without making me want to throw a chair through it. A visceral reaction that has been intensified rather than lessened by every out-of-character interview and television appearance of his that I've seen.
Does he have any concept of how Hollywood works?
He's writing
RPF Mary Sue.
It sure doesn't sound like he does.
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A visceral reaction that has been intensified rather than lessened by every out-of-character interview and television appearance of his that I've seen.
Oh, do tell...
Oh, nothing interesting or entertaining like the Cruise/Holmes trainwreck. He's just struck me as a whiny, self-absorbed ass in late night talk show appearances and his SNL hosting gig.
In other news, I didn't have nearly as much fun watching D.E.B.S. as I hoped I would. I thought that the film had some serious pacing problems that were due to poor direction.
I confirmed my suspicions last night when I watched part of Herbie: Fully Loaded (also directed by Angela Robinson) last night on cable. I disliked it for exactly the same reasons. The movie had three montages in the first 45 minutes, not counting the opening credits.
In other news, I didn't have nearly as much fun watching D.E.B.S. as I hoped I would.
I had the opposite reaction, only because I had ZERO desire to watch it, but SA talked me into renting it one weekend that she visited me. I mean, it wasn't particularly good, but it was entertaining, which I didn't expect.
Yeah, Disney's attempt at an intervention was in Defamer a while back as well.
I saw the Village long after knowing the end. And honestly, if he'd put the big reveal in the first 15 minutes instead of the last, it'd really be a good movie. Which just makes it that much more frustrating.
Does he have any concept of how Hollywood works?
I'm pretty sure it works like this: if you consistently make hundreds of millions of dollars for a studio, you can do anything you like.
I actually saw D.E.B.S. in the theater at full price and enjoyed the hell out of it, but possibly because I saw it with meara. We have a history of seeing really silly and stupid movies with hot chicks in them together. We saw Honey in the theater and had a blast.
