It is not a Harry Potter kind of a movie."
Well, depending on whether or not Harry DIES at the end, it might be moreso than he thinks.
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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Nutty - Feb 07, 2007 7:31:37 am PST #7367 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Frankenbuddha - Feb 07, 2007 7:54:47 am PST #7368 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Finally saw CHILDREN OF MEN last night, and it's probably the best movie I've seen from 2006 (haven't seen PAN'S LABYRINTH yet though - that's next on the list to see). Just nail-biting sequences that you don't really think to go "How the hell did they do THAT?" until after you've caught your breath, and the movie definitely set you up so that there was no guarantee that it would have any kind of happy ending.
Actually, after all the betrayals during the movie, I'm not sure that I was supposed to feel all that warm and fuzzy about the ship arriving at the end, but since several characters I liked were sacraficed for one reason or another, that's the feeling I'm going with, else it was all meaningless.
Chiwetel Ejiofor continues to amaze me how well he disappears into characters. I'd forgotten he was in it, and it wasn't until after the first big sequence in the car that I went "Hey, wait, isn't that...".
Jessica - Feb 07, 2007 8:02:53 am PST #7369 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think the ending is ambiguously hopeful. I mean, yeah, there's the boat, so she probably won't drown or die of exposure, but we still have no idea who The Human Project is, or whether they'll be able to help her. By process of elimination, they're the only group left who might be "the good guys," but there's no guarantee that they're not just as corrupt and self-serving as the government and the Fishes.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 07, 2007 8:08:54 am PST #7370 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think the ending is ambiguously hopeful. I mean, yeah, there's the boat, so she probably won't drown or die of exposure, but we still have no idea who The Human Project is, or whether they'll be able to help her. By process of elimination, they're the only group left who might be "the good guys," but there's no guarantee that they're not just as corrupt and self-serving as the government and the Fishes.
Or like Syd, who I was hoping (without much conviction) wouldn't turn out to be a fascist bastard like he did, because I thought he was hella amusing in his earlier scenes. Yeah, that was pretty much take on the ending. I mean, I have to go with the assumption that Theo died, and didn't just pass out from blood loss, but there's really not text one way or the other. And that leaves the Human Project.
I was mighty imressed with Clive Owen too, and, as I think someone here noted, I absolutely loved that he never picked up, let alone used, a gun during the entire movie.
JZ - Feb 07, 2007 11:24:34 am PST #7371 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The filmmakers behind Disney's upcoming fantasy film Bridge to Terabithia disavowed any connection with the movie's ad campaign, which they told SCI FI Wire was deliberately misleading.
sumi, that's a huge relief. Though, what the hell was Disney thinking? Has anyone in charge of the ad campaign actually sat down and watched the movie the whole way through? Any kid who goes in to see it based on the ads is going to come out wrecked, or at least extremely bitter. It might get people into theaters the first weekend, but once word gets out, NSM.
DavidS - Feb 07, 2007 12:14:57 pm PST #7372 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It might get people into theaters the first weekend, but once word gets out, NSM.
Most movies are marketed these days to open big, cashout and quit. Very few go for platforming the marketing and trying to build it and give the movie legs.
In other words, they don't care about word of mouth. They want to hit the Harry Potter fans now while they're jonesing.
Aims - Feb 07, 2007 12:16:48 pm PST #7373 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
They want to hit the Harry Potter fans now while they're jonesing.
looks up from trying to shove DVD's into elbow vein....
Wha? Harry Potter? Where? Where? GIVE ME MY MOVIE!!!
Nutty - Feb 07, 2007 12:17:58 pm PST #7374 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Of course, bad publicity still works too. The ad I saw seemed geared toward the younger set -- 5 or 6 -- which I doubt is appropriate for the movie (if it is indeed faithful to the novel). Crying children and angry parents demanding their money back is the kind of hit I bet Disney would probably prefer to avoid. It tends to persist quite a while after the movie has disappeared.
beekaytee - Feb 07, 2007 12:32:01 pm PST #7375 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Crying children
That's what I would have said about the completely misleading advertising for "Happy" Feet.
Make that 'bipolar' (no pun intended) feet, more like it.
Ailleann - Feb 08, 2007 3:54:00 am PST #7376 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
GIVE ME MY MOVIE!!!
goes to sit in corner with Aimee, sneaks in Daniel Radcliffe