I think Push is underrated. That was a good movie, and I love that it was set in Hong Kong instead of New York or L.A. or the usual.
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Polter-Cow - Feb 09, 2013 4:19:30 pm PST #23498 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Feb 09, 2013 9:18:23 pm PST #23499 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau and I just got back from Side Effects. I was looking forward to seeing this movie - it is Soderbergh and I have tended to like his films.
Beau hated the film. I didn't hate it, but the movie was incredibly predictable. Far more predictable than I thought possible. I also think the trailers showed way too much of the film. Beau didn't like it because he thought it violated some tenets of storytelling (and let me tell you, that really gets his goat).
That kind of thing bothers me a bit less - but I thought there were logic holes you could drive a spaceship through. I think the movie needed to be a bit tighter because there were genre shifts that made me think the 3rd rewrite cut out a lot of the movie that was most interesting to me.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2013 2:54:37 am PST #23500 of 30000
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I thought there were logic holes you could drive a spaceship through.
See also, Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 10, 2013 3:52:14 am PST #23501 of 30000
"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
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond was the movie that convinced me Chris Evans had range well beyond playing douchey fratboy types. And could do passable regional accents; I think he did a more believable job than Ellen Burstyn in that respect.
le nubian - Feb 10, 2013 8:35:11 am PST #23502 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Oh, and there was a trailer for Tyler Perry's movie that is coming out in April. Watching that trailer filled me with RAGE.
I hate that fucker.
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2013 8:47:17 am PST #23503 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How did Tyler Perry's non-Madea outing go? I don't even remember the movie being released, just the trailers stopping (thankfully).
sj - Feb 10, 2013 9:13:37 am PST #23504 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
How did Tyler Perry's non-Madea outing go? I don't even remember the movie being released, just the trailers stopping (thankfully).
The Alex Cross movie? I'm pretty sure it flopped, which is really bad considering it is based on a series of bestsellers. link
§ ita § - Feb 10, 2013 9:31:22 am PST #23505 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Interesting. I mean, taking over from Morgan Freeman is an interesting proposition if it's the 50% of his career where he was awake during filming. The NY Times article [link] seems to like Perry as Madea, but thinks the movie is crud from top to bottom, and that Perry doesn't have the chops to elevate the material (as Freeman or Elba would have).
I fell out of love with James Patterson a while back, but casting Perry was a big flashing not-even-on-instant-play sign for me.
le nubian - Feb 10, 2013 9:40:13 am PST #23506 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Tyler Perry also cannot act his way out of a paper bag. So for him to star in a movie is putting too much burden on someone who has no range and little charisma.
erikaj - Feb 10, 2013 12:33:26 pm PST #23507 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I don't think so either. But then I had to give myself a hard time about whether I was being culturally myopic or not. Also, I don't get why everyone returns to the Madea well so often, even though I laughed at the first one, and spent part of my childhood watching Vicki Lawrence in support hose... feisty grandmas are funny, but eight times later? But my grandma was more like Endora anyway.