April 2nd, 2005
Ok. Visiting the Apple movie trailer site wasn’t a good idea. I’ve got things to do today. But here are a handful of movies that officially have my interest:
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Layer Cake
Because Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels wasn’t enough for you kids.
The Island
A different type of clone war featuring Clone Wars veteran Ewan McGregor. The official site‘s story background sounded vaguely familiar. I’ll be damned if this McGregor flick is a remake of The Clonus Horror. Who says watching MST3K was time wasted?
Zathura
You hear those drums? That’s the sound of Jumanji coming to kick your ass for writing the same story twice. Zathura, however, has the benefit of 21st century movie effects.
Batman Begins
You bet your ass I’m putting $7 on this flick.
House of D
David Duchovny sports a goatee. Robin Williams puts another dramtic role under his belt. Erykah Badu acts!
Corpse Bride
An outcast finds their way through a world of normals. Must be a Tim Burton movie.
Bigger than the Sky
An unremarkable guy who has a dull life, doesn’t go anywhere interesting and can’t find the right woman earns the part of Cyrano in the local theatre. My life summed up in a sentence. Though I’ve never played the part of that big nosed guy.
Maybe I should.
Red Eye
It’s a comedy?
“No.”
It’s a sickening bullshit fate-will-have-its-way Hollywood romance?
“Not even. It’s a new film by Wes Craven.”
Ah, so trying to re-capture Scream in a bottle?
“Bingo!”
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That was slightly fun. I may have to do this again in a few weeks.
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April 2nd, 2005
The minute I saw the one-sheet image to this movie, I was sure some fool had made the movie Assisted Living Vampire that Master Shake always talks about.
I was wrong and I watch way too much Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
This Assisted Living looks worth a gander. I saw the trailer and decided that all on my own.
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February 17th, 2005
The Sin City movie finally has a home on the web. There are desktops… new clips… all that shiot.
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February 10th, 2005
It’s no lie. The official site is up and everything.
Have a hope they don’t completely fuck it over.
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November 8th, 2004
The Incredibles is a damn fine movie! Another win for Brad Bird and the folks at Pixar and definitely another plus for good storytelling . I’m itching for a chance to watch it again.
I read on IMDB that Bird and Co. don’t want to rush into a sequel, which is a good thing IMHO. Though Disney will have the right to usurp that decision soon enough.
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September 19th, 2004
When I first read the premise for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow I must admit I was dubious but I held out hope that it would be good.
I was wrong. It wasn’t just good. It was bloody brilliant!
And Angelina Jolie in an eyepatch…still oddly attractive.
I need help, I know this.
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August 27th, 2004
I don’t care what you kids think. I viewed Under the Tuscan Sun via Comcast’s On Demand feature last night and enjoyed every minute of it.
It was one of those: saw it at the right time, the right place, and in the right mindset things.
Now all I need to do is get married, then divorced cause she cheated on me. Lose the house we built together but reap a decent amount of cash from the transfer. Take a trip to Italy at a gay friend’s suggestion…then buy a new house there and fall in love with some beautiful Italian lady.
Yeah, I have it all mapped out.
(BTW, my scenario is slightly different than the movie’s. No spoilers here.)
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July 20th, 2004
It is not as bad as advertised. The US trailers would have you believe that I,Robot is another smart alecky Wil Smith roaming the city making bad one liners. Like a cross between Men in Black and Ahnuld in his 80?s heyday. It is better than that.
Although it?s not as smart as an Asimov tale, it is clever enough for a Hollywood movie. It even made use of the inherent flaw in the 3 laws. I should have given Alex Proyas more credit. Any director who was behind The Crow and Dark City should be given the benefit of the doubt.
What I hate, and love, most about movies are the goddamn trailers. Trailers can tease you, work you up into a frenzy to sit on your butt for 2 hours and watch some actors and actresses make more money. Or they false advertise. They bait and switch. Movies that give you that down-low geek tickle (see Phantom Menace) turn out in the long run to be crap. While flicks that are worth their salt don?t get the advertising or are tricksy in their trailer presentation (see I,Robot).
It?s like you pick up a girl in the bar, take her home, and come morning you find out she?s a whore and you have to pay for it. Oh, do you pay for it.
Enough of my ranting save up some dollars and watch a nice popcorn movie.
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June 30th, 2004
It is fucking AMAZING!
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April 14th, 2004
Born from the minds of Daft Punk. Visualized by the mind of Leiji Matsumoto. Interstella 5555 mixes the unique stylings of anime and house music to create a level of coolness I never dreamed possible.
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