Giles ,'Chosen'
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Well, people have made more than a billion dollars each on three movies that cater to my tastes recently, and I'm not thrilled about a monochromatic noir Superman movie either.
Then they should worry when they lose you as an audience. I've already been given up for dead.
I feel... what's the word for bored, mildly irritated indifference?
Blasé
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Or how about "relaxed," in the Arthur Dent sense?
"I may need a quote...How do you feel about having ridden on Halley's Comet?"
"I haven't," said Arthur with a suppressed sigh, "ridden on Halley's Comet."
"OK. How do you feel about not having ridden on Halley's Comet?"
"Pretty relaxed, Murray."
You know, I love John Cusack as much as any child of the 80s, but dude: you are not the right guy for swords-and-sandals epics:
I'm agog at the very concept of this movie. Who thought this was a good idea?
Well, it does have Jackie Chan. Which goes a long way to invalidate other arguments.
Apparently it's been out in Asia for a while and eta: is a big hit. [link]
John Cusack looks totally lost in every scene in that movie. Which may be appropriate.
I can't quite figure out what the concept is from that trailer, so hard to judge whether it's a good one. The article at Sue's link makes it sounds like something I'd totally want to see.
Merciful heavens. When I saw first saw the trailer, I watched with my mouth hanging open...and not in a good way.
I've loved each of the three leads, but they are NOT mixy things. No. Not. Never.
Throw in the 'it's so EPPPIIIIICCCC' story and it just gets worse and worse.
Maybe it will become a cult classic of badness.
Maybe it will end up being like Jupiter Ascending and surprise us by being cheesy, but charming at the same time.
I can see no way to rescue that epic.
I did however see Inside Out today, and while I don't cry in movies, I got seriously sniffly there. That is a HELL of a great movie. Just stellar: great voice acting, beautiful animation, fabulous characters with a creative, fun plot. Also apparently fairly accurate, according to the therapist I saw it with.
Definitely see it, you won't regret it, unless you hate all things Pixar, in which case you have no soul.