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There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.
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Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
Remember, everytime you drag someone through the mud, you're down in the mud with them
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...
It's about learning to dance in the rain
Where are we going...and... WHY are we in a handbasket?
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The rights to Fleming's first 007 novel, "Casino Royale" - sold by him separately very early on - now reside with Eon Productions. The book was filmed for television and later as a big-screen spoof, since Connery was unavailable.
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...and Hollywood wonders why box office profits are going down so much. Geez...for every half-way decent "original" flick, there's 10 remakes. I can only hope that they realize this remake craze is going to get run into the ground very soon.sindatur wrote:There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.
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I always appreciate a good retelling of a story, like from the POV of a different character but in general most remakes I've seen are inferior to the original.Encryptic wrote:...and Hollywood wonders why box office profits are going down so much. Geez...for every half-way decent "original" flick, there's 10 remakes. I can only hope that they realize this remake craze is going to get run into the ground very soon.sindatur wrote:There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.
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Concieving Ada ....I thought I was going to be watching a bio pic of Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who "invented" the 1st computer language 100 years or so before the computer. Instead I got some really strange plot of how a modern genius computer scientist was trying to use computers to get in touch with Ada from the future and transfer her memories to an unborn child....bizarre!!
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Ooh, now I've seen Hero, I have to agree with Gart's assessment. Particularly the bit in spoiler tags.Gart wrote:Hero. It's got some lovely fight scenes, gorgeously shot with some clever use of color. But the plot is tissue paper thin and the pacing is lethargic at best. As for the ending, well:Spoiler
After all the exposition, the titular hero tells the proto-emperor that he's decided not to kill him. All very well, but then why turn up and make it clear that he was going to, thereby ensuring his own execution? Why not just go to the beach or something?
Surprisiningly enough, I liked Hero--which is odd because I generally don't like Tarrentino. What really struck me about Hero was the beauty of it all. Color was used stunningly in that film (the fight scene in the leaf-covered forest comes to mind). Also, I genuinely enjoyed the sacrifice of the hero at the end (sure there might be some story problems with it) but I still enjoyed it--which is more than I can say for a lot of films.
you want an anti-recommendation? Here's one: Moulin Rouge
Worst
Movie
Ever
I stand with Ray Bradbury's assessment that it is an example of one thing so wrong with modern media: sensation over thought. You don't think watching that movie, you just see over 4,000 half-second frames.
Blech.
you want an anti-recommendation? Here's one: Moulin Rouge
Worst
Movie
Ever
I stand with Ray Bradbury's assessment that it is an example of one thing so wrong with modern media: sensation over thought. You don't think watching that movie, you just see over 4,000 half-second frames.
Blech.
Was auch immer komm, dieses weiß ich für sicher:
Ich bin zurückgekauft.
Wenn Diamanten reichlich war, würden sie keinen Wert haben. Echter Wert kommt nich aus schönheit--er kommt aus seltenheit.
Ich bin zurückgekauft.
Wenn Diamanten reichlich war, würden sie keinen Wert haben. Echter Wert kommt nich aus schönheit--er kommt aus seltenheit.
I agree, we were looking so forward to this movie before it came out, but, we couldn't even stomach half of it.Prom_STar wrote:
you want an anti-recommendation? Here's one: Moulin Rouge
Worst
Movie
Ever
I stand with Ray Bradbury's assessment that it is an example of one thing so wrong with modern media: sensation over thought. You don't think watching that movie, you just see over 4,000 half-second frames.
Blech.
www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/zhang.htmlprom_star wrote:Surprisiningly enough, I liked Hero--which is odd because I generally don't like Tarrentino
Zhang Yimou is the director of Hero, prom...
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
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have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
Why the heck did I think it was Terent-however you spell his bloody name then?Lucimay wrote: Zhang Yimou is the director of Hero, prom...
Well, at least now I can genuinely say I've never liked anything I saw that guy made
Was auch immer komm, dieses weiß ich für sicher:
Ich bin zurückgekauft.
Wenn Diamanten reichlich war, würden sie keinen Wert haben. Echter Wert kommt nich aus schönheit--er kommt aus seltenheit.
Ich bin zurückgekauft.
Wenn Diamanten reichlich war, würden sie keinen Wert haben. Echter Wert kommt nich aus schönheit--er kommt aus seltenheit.
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Hero
I have not seen Hero nor have any direct knowledge of the film. But....
Murrin, could be Quentin produced the flick and the Chinese guy directed it. Like the 1978 Dune movie, directed by David Lynch and produced by Dino deLaurentis.
Murrin, could be Quentin produced the flick and the Chinese guy directed it. Like the 1978 Dune movie, directed by David Lynch and produced by Dino deLaurentis.