I liked the promos for Flyboys.
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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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sumi - Sep 20, 2006 3:28:34 pm PDT #4438 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 20, 2006 6:45:47 pm PDT #4439 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I theoretically love the idea of a film about ace pilots in the Great War, but from the look of the trailer, with planes flying through exploding zeppelins and all, I'm afraid they're going to feature Manfred von Richthofen as a famous German ace before America even officially entered the war, and have James Franco's non-Australian character be the one who kills him against all odds after a heroic hours-long dogfight. By jumping into his plane in midair and punching him to death.
Anne W. - Sep 21, 2006 1:37:08 am PDT #4440 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm looking forward to Flyboys, but then again, I did have something of an obsession w/ WWI pilots back when I was a child.
IAmNotReallyASpring - Sep 21, 2006 3:29:10 am PDT #4441 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
By jumping into his plane in midair and punching him to death.
"They won't stop me delivering these UNICEF pennies"
Has anyone here seen Brick? The writer/director is seriously talented but, geez, even the here's-what's-happening exposition was difficult to unravel.
DXMachina - Sep 21, 2006 3:58:05 am PDT #4442 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
but from the look of the trailer, with planes flying through exploding zeppelins and all, I'm afraid they're going to feature Manfred von Richthofen as a famous German ace before America even officially entered the war
Well, Richthofen was a famous ace before America entered the war. He made his fame when he shot down British ace Lanoe Hawker in November 1916, and he had 52 kills by the end of "Bloody April" (1917), which is about the time the US declared war. Still, I'm with you on the rest of it. The dogfight scenes in the trailer look too cluttered, and I almost got eyeroll strain when I saw the guy running along the top of the Zeppelin.
megan walker - Sep 21, 2006 4:28:02 am PDT #4443 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Has anyone here seen Brick? The writer/director is seriously talented but, geez, even the here's-what's-happening exposition was difficult to unravel.
I just watched it and I agree. And the commentary? No help. I turned it off after about 20 minutes. I really did like the film though and just mentally put it into the "noir plots don't have to make sense" part of my brain. It has good company there.
Fred Pete - Sep 21, 2006 4:53:41 am PDT #4444 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
with planes flying through exploding zeppelins and all
No plane involved, but The Rocketeer has a brilliant exploding zeppelin scene.
And a lovely running shout-out to Test Pilot.
sumi - Sep 21, 2006 5:33:17 am PDT #4445 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Is the Brick the mystery?
I need to add to my queue.
Once there is room.
megan walker - Sep 21, 2006 5:51:17 am PDT #4446 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Is the Brick the mystery?
Yes, Brick is a mystery. It takes place at a California high school, but has a very noir feel. I was happy I waited for the DVD because the language is a bit odd and I liked having the subtitles.
Sean K - Sep 21, 2006 5:55:12 am PDT #4447 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The dogfight scenes in the trailer look too cluttered,
And the planes are to colorful. We recently mounted a production of "Billy Bishop Goes to War" at a theater here, and the themed artwork in the gallery was by a guy who does paintings of biplanes. He had a lot of notes on camouflage schemes for biplanes.
But too-colorful military vehicles is standard for Hollywood. It helps to be able to tell the difference between good guys and bad guys.
Now that I think about it, too-cluttered military formations is standard Hollywood too -- they want to get everybody in the shot. If it was more like real life, they'd never be able to have more than one person/vehicle in a shot.
I still want to see Flyboys, though.