I think Jason Lee does have kids.
What is it that turns you off about Walk Hard and Charlie Wilson, Matt?
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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Laga - Dec 23, 2007 8:21:49 am PST #2935 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Glamcookie - Dec 23, 2007 8:34:13 am PST #2936 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I am Matt. Walk Hard looks excruciatingly stupid and Charlie Wilson stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, two of my most hated. I am totally not the typical movie goer though. I am an indie movie snob for the most part (AIFG).
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2007 8:41:47 am PST #2937 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not an indie movie snob in any way, but I share GC's aversions to those two movies.
Laga - Dec 23, 2007 8:45:28 am PST #2938 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I guess I'm just a sucker for John C. Reilly. Especially when he sings.
I'd prefer it if Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts weren't the stars of Charlie Wilson but the story fascinates me and I was completely enthralled by the trailer.
Now I haven't actually seen either picture so I will come back with my tail between my legs once I have if they turn out to suck.
You can't go wrong with Enchanted.
tommyrot - Dec 23, 2007 8:52:46 am PST #2939 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica Simpson’s new movie Blonde Ambition was released on 8 screens this weekend in Jessica’s home state of Texas, before it gets dumped on DVD next month (January 22nd 2008 to be exact). /Film correspondent Steve Mason sent us this hilarious report:
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Blonde Ambition averaged $48 per screen on Friday for a total box office of $384. Based on an $8 ticket price, that means that 6 people paid to see the movie at each of those theatres, and only 48 people went to see the movie! That’s amazing! One of the worst performances a movie has ever had.
I am projecting that Jessica’s “star vehicle” will gross just $1,190 this weekend or $149 per location.
Steph L. - Dec 23, 2007 9:44:00 am PST #2940 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Charlie Wilson stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, two of my most hated.
Tom Hanks doing a bad fake accent. Ptui.
erikaj - Dec 23, 2007 9:51:53 am PST #2941 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Julia Roberts doing anything, but especially being a hooker with a bad dye job looking into the camera and braying at us. Maybe that's not the film though....maybe the trailer guy needs to spend a weekend in Gitmo. I might see "Walk Hard" but to be honest, there are very few movies that make me want to rush to the theater, knowing I can catch the video in six months. Don't understand why anyone would go to the Chipmunks, ever, though. With you on that one.ETA: And I'm now a big Aaron Sorkin fan, but not too long ago I rewatched "A Few Good Men," which I remembered very fondly, and it didn't really say anything, although I thought so at the time. I mean, Jack did his thing, and Tom did his, but I hadn't really realized how little actually happens in it. Ironically, that truth was hard to handle. So AS' name is not like The Good Housekeeping Seal or anything.
Laga - Dec 23, 2007 10:07:44 am PST #2942 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
keep in mind the trailer guy's job is to get the average person to want to see the film. They're trying to make "Walk Hard" look like the sequel to "Talladega Nights".
erikaj - Dec 23, 2007 10:16:34 am PST #2943 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
No, actually, I think it's "Charlie Wilson's" trailer that I've taken the dislike to. But my favorite "Walk Hard" ad is the John Mayer one. "That bastard is your father,"
Scrappy - Dec 23, 2007 10:39:17 am PST #2944 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Mike Nichols directed Charlie Wilson, so I havet hope it will be somewhat nuanced. Maybe I am a soft touch, but Walk Hard looks like a movie I'll dog--they got good songwriters to write the parodies and if they get the tone right, it could be good silly fun.